Obituaries

Aug 8, 2019

Robert Dale Love, 79, of Waynesboro, passed away on Thursday, August 8, 2019 at the Waynesboro Hospital. Born March 23, 1940, he was a son of the late Thomas Eugene and Veronica K. Popson Love. Robert was a 1957 graduate of Brookville High School. He later earned a B.S. degree in education from Clarion University. A U.S. Air Force veteran,...

Aug 5, 2019

Robert E. "Bob" Detweiler, 85, passed peacefully on Aug. 5, 2019, at Menno Haven in Chambersburg, Pa. He was the husband of the late Mary A. (Erdman) Detweiler. Bob was born in Quakertown, Bucks County on Nov. 17, 1933, to the late Earl and Edna (Landis) Detweiler. A 1951 graduate of Quakertown High School, he went on to earn a...

Aug 5, 2019

Aug 4, 2019

Carolyn Gsell Holzer, 84, of Penn National, died Sunday, August 4, 2019. Born on June 9, 1935, Carolyn was the daughter of Isabel Binkley and Norman Guy Roof. She graduated from Fair Haven High School, Massachusetts and Penn Hall Prep School and Jr. College. She was the church secretary for First Lutheran Church, sold advertising for WCBG radio, and worked...

Aug 3, 2019

After an inspiring, courageous and brave eight year battle with cancer, Sharon Dianne Washabaugh, 64, of Chambersburg went Home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, on Saturday, August 3, 2019, in the comfort of her home. She was born October 13, 1954 in Chambersburg, the daughter of the late Patricia Ann (Swartz) and Richard David Washabaugh. She...

Aug 1, 2019

Julio D. Lecuona of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, 87 years of age, died at home on Thursday, August 1, 2019. The only child of the late Julio and Isabel (Bella) Lecuona, he was born on September 3, 1931 in Havana, Cuba. He graduated high school from the Columbus School in Havana and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from...

Jul 30, 2019

Ruby M. Stouffer, 82, of Martinsburg, WV and formerly of Chambersburg passed away Tuesday afternoon, July 30, 2019 at Menno Haven. Born November 9, 1936 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Luther and Ethel Wagaman Stouffer. Ruby was a 1953 graduate of the Greencastle Antrim High School and served as class secretary. She worked for 42 years...

Jul 29, 2019

Gwendolyn Massey-Jones-Gordon, 65, of Chambersburg, and formerly of Wintergarden, FL, went Home to be with the Lord Monday, July 29, at her home while surrounded by her family. Born on July 29, 1954 in Wintergarden, FL, she was a daughter of the late K.C. and Annie Mae Massey. Gwen was a Registered Nurse in the Behavior Health Department of Chambersburg...

Jul 29, 2019

Mary C. Corwell, 83, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday morning, July 29, 2019 at ManorCare Health Services. Born October 22, 1935 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Cleadis E. and Catherine Heckman Peters. Mary had been employed at the former J. Schoeneman Co. in Chambersburg for nearly 20 years prior to her retirement. She was a...

Jul 27, 2019

Dolores J. Deardorff, 86, of Fayetteville, passed away on Saturday, July 27, 2019 at her home. Born August 19, 1932 in Chambersburg, she was the only daughter of the late Charles G. and Beulah M. Helman Overcash. Dolores devoted most of her life to making a home for her family. She enjoyed ceramics, painting, gardening and raising miniature Schnauzers. She...

Jul 26, 2019

Lois K. Shockey, 79, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, July 26, 2019 at her home. Born December 5, 1939 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Cloyd and Gertrude Glass Keebaugh. Her beloved husband, Vincent O. Shockey, preceded her in death in 1998. Lois was a 1957 graduate of CASHS. She was employed as a secretary at...

Jul 25, 2019

Billy Jean Morningstar, 75, of Chambersburg, passed away July 25, 2019. She was a daughter of the late Robert and Bebe Zeis. She was a 1962 graduate of CASHS. Surviving are her daughter; son; grandson; and her sister. Services, entrusted to Thomas L. Geisel Funeral Home, will be private.

Jul 22, 2019

Curvin A. Sanders, 92, of Chambersburg, passed away Monday, July 22, 2019 at Paramount Senior Living in Fayetteville. Born January 23, 1927 in Gettysburg, he was a son of the late Clarence and Alice Overholtzer Sanders. A graduate of Gettysburg Senior High School, Curvin went on to serve in the United States Army as a Paratrooper from 1945 to 1947....

Jul 21, 2019

Bertha M. Perry, 91, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Sunday, July 21, 2019 at Hershey Medical Center. Born January 17, 1928 in McConnellsburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late John C. and Fannie E. Gress Hess. She had at one time been employed at the former J. Schoeneman Company in Chambersburg and last worked at McDonald’s in Scotland....

Jul 16, 2019

Samuel “Sam” Austin Tarquino, age 98, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at Chambers Pointe, Chambersburg, PA. Born on November 10, 1920 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Pasquale & Giovanna (Vagnoni) Tarquino. Sam graduated from the former Chambersburg High School in 1939. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II, where...

Jul 16, 2019

Barbara A. Strayer, 79, of Chambersburg, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at her home. Born July 10, 1940 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Robert W. and Elizabeth H. Byers McCleary. Barbara spent most of her life making a home for her family. She loved animals, watching the birds and...

Jul 12, 2019

Emma Mildred Nisbet Gould, 89, of Chambersburg died peacefully on Friday, July 12, 2019, at Menno Haven Retirement Community in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, after a brief struggle with cancer. Her sons were at her bedside. Born in Madisonville, Kentucky, on March 5, 1930, Mrs. Gould was the daughter of the late Benjamin Dinsmore Nisbet, Sr., and Mabel Pillow Nisbet. Mrs. Gould...

Jul 12, 2019

JoAnn M. Gallagher, age 83, passed away on July 12th of natural causes in her Chambersburg, PA home. JoAnn was born July 8, 1936 in Altoona, Pennsylvania to Evelyn (Obenauer) and Joseph McConnell Exler. JoAnn is a graduate of Bishop Guilfoyle High School, Altoona. Upon graduation she attended the Altoona Mercy Hospital School of Nursing. JoAnn began her formal life...

Jul 12, 2019

Judd Phillip Reasner, 37, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Friday July 12, 2019 at the Gettysburg Hospital. Born April 12, 1982 in Chambersburg, he was the son of Patricia Sue Hobbs Reasner of Fayetteville and the late Phillip R. “Ralph” Reasner who preceded him in death on April 29, 2016. Judd was a 2000 graduate of the Chambersburg...

Jul 11, 2019

Mary Bricker Newcomer, 98, of Chambersburg and formerly of Marion, passed away Thursday morning, July 11, 2019 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 22, 1920 in Letterkenny Township, she was a daughter of the late Warren V. and Susan Viola Sandoe Zullinger. Mary had at one time been employed at the Shirtcraft Company in Shippensburg, the Chambersburg Woolen Mill and...