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John Rosenberry
Sep 25, 2019
John Cloyd Rosenberry, 80, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, September 25, 2019. Born April 26, 1939, in Horse Valley, PA he was the last living child of the late Roy and Dora (Horn) Rosenberry. John started his own logging business at the age of 15, operated a saw shop for a number of years, and later he started his own sawmill...
Roy Creager
Sep 22, 2019
Roy J. Creager, Sr., age 86, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Sunday, September 22, 2019, at the York Hospital. Born March 3, 1933, in Mercersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Albert R. and Zella Schultz Creager. A U.S. Army veteran, Mr. Creager served honorably in the Korean Conflict, he continued his service at Letterkenny Army Depot,...
Cora Thompson
Sep 21, 2019
Cora “Corky” V. (Keyes) Thompson was born April 21, 1935 in Hagerstown, MD to Reginald O. Keyes, Sr. and Cecelia (Stoner) Keyes. She entered eternal peace on Saturday, September 21, 2019. Corky met and married her loving husband, Edward A. Thompson, Sr. and was blessed with four children. She was a devoted wife, mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother and was affectionately...
Charles Woodal
Sep 21, 2019
Charles Edward Woodal, age 84, known to many as “Woody” or “Ed”, passed away Saturday, September 21, 2019 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 7, 1935 in Path Valley, he was a son of the late Earl T. and Hazel Rohrabaugh Woodal. Ed owned and operated Woodal’s Gararge in Chambersburg. Early in his working career he was employed at Landis...
Walter Matthews
Sep 20, 2019
Walter Elwood “Woody” Matthews, Sr., 76, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, September 20, 2019 at the Chambersburg, Hospital. Born October 26, 1942 in Portsmouth, VA, he was a son of the late Garland and Mary Rawles Matthews. Woody earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering from Clemson University in 1971. He was employed at Corning Glass Works for over...
Elaine Meyers
Sep 20, 2019
Elaine G. Meyers, 71, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away September 20, 2019 after a brief illness. Born September 22, 1947 in Toledo, OH, she was the daughter of of the late Roy A. Rife and Hazel Stewart Rife. After graduating from Chambersburg Area Senior High School, she began her career at F&M Trust Company and retired from the bank 38...
Doris Miller
Sep 20, 2019
Doris Miller, 94, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, September 20, 2019 at Chambers Pointe. Her beloved husband of 60 years, Edwin W. Miller, preceded her in death on May 19, 2011. Doris was born on February 26, 1925 in Latham, TN to the late William and Lester May Grogan Maxey. Her father owned a three floor general store there...
John Hawbaker
Sep 15, 2019
John A. “Jack” Hawbaker, 75, of Chambersburg, passed away on Sunday, September 15, in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born on September 27, 1943 in Lebanon, PA, he was a son of the late Lester A. and Pauline Snell Hawbaker. A 1961 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Jack worked for James River Corporation for 37+ years, and then Frey Communications...
Glenn Webber
Sep 15, 2019
Glenn Albert Webber, 77, of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, September 15, 2019. Born May 14, 1942 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Albert C. and Mary E. Davis Webber. Glenn graduated from the Chambersburg Area Senior High School in 1960. He was employed with Norfolk Southern Railroad for...
Beverly Coldsmith
Sep 15, 2019
Beverly F. Coldsmith, 86, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday morning, September 15, 2019 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 7, 1933 in Greencastle, she was a daughter of the late Kenneth Eugene and Kathryn Louise Stains Leedy. A homemaker most of her life, Bev had at one time worked as a waitress in the Chambersburg area. She was a...
Deborah Bowman
Sep 13, 2019
Deborah Ann Bowman, age 72, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, September 13, 2019, at Quincy Village. Born August 29, 1947, in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Welby and Louise Bush Houser. A 1965 graduate of CASHS, Debbie went to work in elder home care. She enjoyed being around animals and cooking. Surviving is her...
Herbert Snyder
Sep 12, 2019
Herbert E. Snyder, Jr. 75 of Fayetteville, PA passed away unexpectedly at his home on Thursday, September 12, 2019. Born February 24, 1944 in Roaring Spring, PA, he was the son of the late Herbert E. Snyder, Sr. and Rose Fochler Snyder. Herb served as a State Trooper with the Pennsylvania State Police for 25 years, retiring in 1994. He...
JinTsai Wang
Sep 12, 2019
Jin Tsai Wang, age 89, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Thursday, September 12, 2019, at his home surrounded by family. Of Chinese descent, he was born in Inchon, Korea on April 7, 1930, to the late Lien-Sen Wang and Shi Yuan Wang, and emigrated to the United States as a teenager. Dr. Wang was a graduate of Carnegie Mellon...
Johanna Grove
Sep 12, 2019
Johanna M. Grove, 55, of Spring Run, PA, passed away unexpectedly on September 12, 2019, while returning to New York after a cruise with her husband, Chuck. Born September 2, 1964 in Ft. Belvoir, VA, she was the daughter of the late Dillon Wayne Frisby and Joyce Anne Spicer Frisby. Johanna was a graduate of Falls Church High School in...
Mary Ellen Baughman
Sep 7, 2019
Mary Ellen Baughman, 82, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Saturday afternoon, September 7, 2019 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 24, 1937 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Harry and Sarah Hockensmith Etter. She was employed at the former J. Schoeneman Company in Chambersburg for more than 40 years. Mrs. Baughman was a member of King Street...
Michael Turner
Sep 7, 2019
Michael Lee Turner, age 63, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, September 7, 2019. Born May 23, 1956, in Flint, MI he was a son of Jenine Tolbert Turner and the late Homer R. Turner, Jr. A 1974 graduate of CASHS, Mr. Turner went on to serve honorably in the USMC until 1978. He continued his service working...
Jane Funk
Sep 7, 2019
The Lord welcomed Jane L. Funk, 85, into his arms on Saturday, September 7, 2019. She was surrounded by her loving family in her home in Chambersburg. Born March 29, 1934 in Mechanicsburg, she was a daughter of the late Clarence Leroy and Abbie Lockwood Shambaugh. Jane was a 1952 graduate of the Mechanicsburg High School and was at one...
Ryan Foley
Sep 6, 2019
Ryan Joseph Foley, 35, of Chambersburg, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, September 6, 2019 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 17, 1984 in Norristown, PA, he was a son of David and Karen Gennaro Cooley. Ryan was currently employed at Walmart as a grocery clerk. He was previously employed at Stoner’s Family Restaurant. He was an avid fan of the...
Lisa Myers
Sep 6, 2019
Lisa G. Myers, 59, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Friday morning, September 6, 2019 at her home. Born January 19, 1960 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of Shirley L. Gilbert Pugh and the late Clarence F. Pugh, III. Lisa was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and went on to earn a Bachelor’s Degree from Millersville...
Roy Bishop
Sep 6, 2019
Roy Junior Bishop, 95, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, September 6, 2019. Born November 13, 1923 in Letterkenny Township, he was a son of the late Roy B. and Anna Mary Cunningham Bishop. Roy was a 1941 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. After his graduation he enlisted in the US Army and served honorably in World War...
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