Patricia Ann “Patti” Eichelberger, age 71, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly in the Chambersburg Hospital on Tuesday, October 23, 2018. Born June 4, 1947, in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Harold H. and Emma Crusey Helman.
Mrs. Eichelberger was a 1965 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. She was a homemaker most of her adult life. She enjoyed watching football and baseball, especially rooting for the San Francisco 49er’s, Philadelphia Phillies, and FSU Seminoles. She also enjoyed collecting candles and was an avid bird lover.
Surviving is her beloved husband of 43 years, William C. Eichelberger, Jr.; her children, Joseph W. Eichelberger (wife Jackie) of Shippensburg, PA and Amy M. Farina (husband James) of Evans, GA; six grandchildren, Cody (wife Brittany), Colin, Patrick, and Yanna Eichelberger and Dylan and McKenzie Meckley; a brother, James Helman; and numerous nieces and nephews.
A Memorial service will be held on Friday, November 2, 2018, at 2 PM in the Chapel of Thomas L. Geisel Funeral Home and Cremation Center, 333 Falling Spring Rd., Chambersburg, PA, where Rev. Murray B. Stevens will officiate. The family will receive friends two hours prior to the service in the funeral home. Interment will be in Parklawns Memorial Gardens at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in her name to the Pinnacle Health Foundation, mailed to PO Box 8700 Harrisburg PA 17105 or made online at UPMCpinnacle.com/givingback. Online condolences may be expressed on her Book of Memories page at www.geiselfuneralhome.com.