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Rev. Dr. Elwood Leister
Jan 15, 2018
The Rev. Dr. Elwood H. Leister, age 89, of Chambersburg, PA passed peacefully on Monday, January 15, 2018, at Menno Haven. Born December 7, 1928, in McSherrystown, PA, he was a son of the late Edgar and Helen Rebert Leister. Dr. Leister earned his Bachelor of Arts in 1950 from Gettysburg College. He then earned his Bachelor of Divinity from...
Daryl Bowen
Jan 14, 2018
Daryl Bowen, age 69, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at home on Sunday, January 14, 2018. Born December 14, 1949, in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Charles and Janet Biesecker Bowen. A 1968 graduate of Landsdown High School, Mr. Bowen went on to serve honorably in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam Conflict. He later worked...
Alma Goetz
Jan 14, 2018
Alma Susan Niswander Goetz, age 99, went to her heavenly home on Sunday, January 14, 2018 at 10:48 p.m. at The Shook Home, where she had resided for the past five years. She was born near Greencastle on August 26, 1918, the youngest of seven children of the late Rev. Albert Martin Niswander and Alta Sheely. She was the last...
Doris Etter
Jan 13, 2018
Doris Jean “Dodie” Etter, 81, of Chambersburg, passed away on Saturday, January 13, 2018, at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born August 6, 1936, in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late Harry and Sarah Coy. Doris was a graduate of Shippensburg High School. She was employed as a telephone operator for United Telephone and retired from that...
Lucinda Garland
Jan 13, 2018
Lucinda Garland, 64, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Saturday morning, January 13, 2018 at her home. Born November 13, 1953 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Charles William Ulrich and Arlene Brookens Gelwicks. Lucinda was employed at the Staples Fulfillment Center in Chambersburg. She enjoyed reading. Her husband, David M. Garland, whom she married January 4, 1982,...
Lillian Shively
Jan 13, 2018
Lillian S. Shively, age 107, died at Menno Haven, Scotland Avenue on Saturday, January 13, 2018. Born on December 16, 1910, in Waynesboro, she was the daughter of the late Issac Benjamin Shockey and Nannie Oglesbee Shockey. She was preceded in death by her husband, John S. Shively, and her brother, Dr. Donavan Isaac Benjamin Shockey, of Waynesboro, PA. Lillian...
Albert Edwards
Jan 11, 2018
Albert L. “Abe” Edwards, 78, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Thursday, January 11, 2018 at the Shook Home. Born October 19, 1939 in Holidaysburg, PA, he was a son of the late Samuel W. and Mary G. Tabor Edwards. Abe served with the US Army Reserve. He founded Abe’s Auto Service in Chambersburg in 1966 and continued as the owner...
Florence Burkholder
Jan 11, 2018
Florence M. (Sites) Burkholder, 89, of Fayetteville, passed away on Thursday, January 11, 2018, at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born December 12, 1928, in Culbertson, she was a daughter of the late Wilbur L. and Della Stewart Sites. A 1947 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Florence worked at the former Kenny’s Scotland Road Market in her...
Florence Kessling
Jan 10, 2018
Florence A. Kessling, 78, of Chambersburg, passed away after a brief illness on Wednesday, January 10, 2018, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 20, 1939, in Madera, PA, she was the daughter of the late John and Nancy Russin Raffin. Florence was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church in Chambersburg. A homemaker most of her life, she enjoyed gardening, cooking,...
Timothy Varner
Jan 10, 2018
Timothy Michael Varner, 58, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 24, 1959 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Daniel B. and Rhoda Belle Knepper Varner. He was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. Tim recently retired from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with over thirty years...
Jason Owens
Jan 9, 2018
Jason L. Owens, 37, of Chambersburg, passed away on January 9, 2018 at his home. Born January 12, 1980, in Chambersburg, he was the son of Carl and Diane Watson. Jason was a 1998 graduate of CASHS. A US Air Force veteran of 7 years, he served honorably during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Jason was employed in security at Letterkenny Army...
Janet Eckstine
Jan 9, 2018
Janet Eckstine, 62, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, January 9, 2018, at her home. Born November 22, 1955, in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late William E. and Sarah Jane Flasher College. Janet was a 1975 graduate of CASHS. Early in her life she was employed at Frey’s Farm Dairy and Sunny Way Foods. She was most...
Robert Stanhope
Jan 9, 2018
Robert C. “Bob” Stanhope, Sr., age 89, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away at the Hershey Medical Center on January 9, 2018. Born January 9, 1929, in Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of the late Aubrey and Mildred Hall Stanhope. Mr. Stanhope served honorably during WWII in the U.S. Air Force; he later attended and graduated from Wheaton College with...
Boyd Smith
Jan 8, 2018
Boyd E. Smith, age 87, of Waynesboro, passed away on Monday, January 8, 2018, at Leland House of Waynesboro. Born July 6, 1930, in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Clyde and Modena Shaffer Smith. He was married for 53 years to the late Madonna F. (Mickey) Smith, who preceded him in death on October 29, 2007. A...
Adelbert Dibble
Jan 8, 2018
Adelbert J. “Curly” Dibble, 75, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday morning, January 8, 2018 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 24, 1942 in New York, he was a son of the late Roger and Memorial Dibble. He served with the US Army for more than twenty years prior to his retirement. Following his retirement from military service he was...
Helen Poe
Jan 8, 2018
Helen L. Poe, 97, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday morning, January 8, 2018 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born October 4, 1920 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Edward and Vera Wolfe Foreman. Early in her life Mrs. Poe was employed at the former H.J. Heinz Company. She later retired from Modern Home Appliance where she worked for...
Dorothy Rice
Jan 6, 2018
Dorothy R. Rice, age 84, of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, January 6, 2018. Born in St. Thomas Township on November 30, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Harvey B. and Grace Snider Wenger. Mrs. Rice was a 1952 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. She worked in insurance...
Michael Cotter
Jan 5, 2018
Michael A. “Gus” Cotter of Fayetteville, PA, passed away peacefully January 5, 2018, after a brief illness. Gus was born November 30, 1935, in Revere, MA to the late Michael A. and Helen J. Cotter. Gus is survived by his sister, Sr. Jean Marie Cotter, PBVM and his nieces and nephews, Gladys Cotter, Daniel Cotter, Jean Cotter, Helen Pinkham, Michael...
Kathy Beck
Jan 5, 2018
Kathy Marie Beck, age 65, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, January 5, 2018, at her home. Born December 13, 1952, she was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Brown. Mrs. Beck worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant at the South Mountain Restoration Center for 25 years, retiring in 1994. She enjoyed crocheting, watching NASCAR,...
Virginia York
Jan 4, 2018
Virginia York, 90, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Thursday, January 4, 2018 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born November 11, 1927, in Brooklyn, NY, she was a daughter of the late Patrick Michael and Catherine Conway Casey. At the age of six, her family moved to Floral Park, Long Island, NY. Virginia earned her bachelor’s degree in economics from Immaculata...
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