Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County
Kevin Riedy
Jul 20, 2018
Kevin Dan Neil Riedy, age 59, of Chambersburg, PA, loving husband, father, and grandfather, went home to be with his Lord and Savior after a short, brave battle with cancer on Friday, July 20, 2018, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 20, 1959, in Allentown, PA, he was a son of Lillian Mantle Riedy and the late James Riedy. A...
Erma Prohonic
Jul 20, 2018
Erma Zabrosky Prohonic, age 82, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, July 20, 2018, in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 29, 1935, in Windber, PA, she was the daughter of the late Simon and Elizabeth Prem Zabrosky. Mrs. Prohonic was a 1954 graduate of Windber High School. She married her late husband, John in 1954. She worked as a...

Arthur Kramer
Jul 20, 2018
Arthur C. “Art” Kramer, age 89, of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, July 20, 2018, at his home. Born June 20, 1929, in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Arthur A. and Blanche Coble Kramer. Mr. Kramer worked 38 years for the former Chambersburg Stone Company and McCleary Oil, as...
Marlene Putt
Jul 19, 2018
Marlene Kay Putt, 64, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, July 19, 2018. Born September 3, 1953 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Arvie P and Helen E. Reath Martin. Marlene was a homemaker and in her early years she worked at Modern Dry Cleaners in Chambersburg. She enjoyed playing bingo, gambling at Charlestown and spending time...

Larry Wagaman
Jul 14, 2018
Larry E. Wagaman, 73, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Saturday, July 14, 2018 at ManorCare Health Services in Chambersburg. Born on June 26, 1945 he was a son of the late Luther and Marguerite Cameron Wagaman. Larry was employed for many years at South Mountain Restoration Center prior to his retirement in 1995. He was a member of Pond Bank...

Mary Burns
Jul 13, 2018
Mary S. Burns, 89, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully Friday morning, July 13, 2018 at her home. Born August 10, 1928 in Martinsburg, WV, she was a daughter of the late James E. Beard, Sr. and Mary Ellen VanMetre Beard. A homemaker most of her life, Mrs. Burns attended Mt. Pleasant United Brethren Church in Chambersburg. She was a...
Charles Butler
Jul 12, 2018
Charles “Chuck” Butler, 92, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, July 12, 2018, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born January 15, 1926, in Chicago, IL, he was a son of the late Roland Glen and Theda Propst Butler. A US Army veteran, Chuck served honorably during World War II; he then earned an associate’s degree from Purdue University. Chuck worked at...
Shelva Moats
Jul 10, 2018
Shelva J. Moats, 80, of Mont Alto, passed away on Tuesday, July 10, 2018, at The Gardens of Gettysburg. Born November 12, 1937, in Worleytown, PA, she was a daughter of the late Raymond K. and Grace P. Trout Meyers. Shelva was a graduate of Greencastle High School. Early in her life she was employed at South Mountain Restoration Center....

Peter Hall
Jul 8, 2018
Peter Clayton Hall, 73, of Shippensburg, PA, passed away suddenly on Sunday, July 8, 2018 at Chambersburg Hospital surrounded by his family. Born in Chambersburg on April 14, 1945, he was a son of the late George E. and Ruth Clayton Hall. Peter graduated from Chambersburg High School and served two tours with the US Army during the Vietnam War....

Donald Wood
Jul 6, 2018
Donald F. “Don” Wood, age 77, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully at his home with his family by his side on Friday, July 6, 2018. Born in Alexandria, VA on September 28, 1940, he was the son of the late William L. and Helen Morris Wood. Don was a graduate of Surrattsville High School in Clinton, MD. He worked...

Dennis Lawson
Jul 2, 2018
Dennis W. “Bud” Lawson, age 88, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at Menno Haven on Monday, July 2, 2018. Born September 21, 1929, in Shenandoah Junction, WV, he was a son of the late Jesse Carson and Edith M. Southard Lawson. An expert stone and brick Mason, Bud worked for Merletti Brothers Masonry for years, retiring in 1998. Bud co-owned...
Kenneth Beaver
Jul 2, 2018
Kenneth E. Beaver, 84, of Chambersburg, passed away on, July 2, 2018. Born September 24, 1933, in Greencastle, he was a son of the late John K. and Mae Ella Ovelman Beaver. He was a 20 year Air Force veteran and was later employed at the Chambersburg Post Office with over 20 years of service. He loved his dogs, Eddie...

Francis Harlowe
Jul 1, 2018
Francis E. “Jack” Harlowe, 95, of Waynesboro and formerly of Marion, passed away on Sunday, July 1, 2018, at the Shook Home. Born November 24, 1922 in Tyrone, PA, he was a son of the late John M. and Mary E. Sprouse Harlowe. His beloved wife Kathryn A. Flick Harlowe preceded him in death on December 8, 1997. Jack was...
Crawford Peters
Jun 30, 2018
Crawford F. Peters, 76, of St. Thomas, PA, went to be with his Lord and Saviour on Saturday morning, June 30, 2018 from his home. Born May 20, 1942 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Cletus and Catherine Heckman Peters. Early in his life, Crawford had worked as a gas station attendant. He was then employed as...

Lois Stambaugh
Jun 30, 2018
Lois L. “Babe” Stambaugh, 89, of Chambersburg, passed away with her family at her side on Saturday, June 30, 2018, in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born November 24, 1928, in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Gerald M. and Ruth M. Keebaugh Kegerreis. Her beloved husband, Joseph A. Stambaugh, preceded her in death in 1984. Lois was a 1946...

Ricky Deamer
Jun 28, 2018
Edenburg- Ricky L. Deamer, 64, passed away Thursday evening Specialty Select Hospital in Johnstown, PA. He was born in Duluth MN April 5, 1954 to Roy and Georgianna Deamer. He is survived by his father Roy, Ephrata, PA, his mother and step father Georgianna and Warren Hoffeditz, Chambersburg, PA, four siblings, Georgia (Earl Jr.) Peters, Roy (Bonnie) Deamer Jr., Dennis...

Margaret Mary Novak
Jun 28, 2018
Fayetteville- Margaret Mary Novak, 92, passed away Thursday morning June 28, 2018, at Quincy Village where she had resided since May. She was born in Scranton, PA. December 17th, 1925 to Joseph and Margaret Mary ( Mahaedy) Michaeli. She graduated from Scranton High School. She was preceded in death by her first husband William F. Moran who passed away in...
Elizabeth Patnychuk
Jun 26, 2018
Elizabeth M. Patnychuk, 85, of Chambersburg, PA, fell asleep in the Lord on Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at York Hospital. Born November 1, 1932 in Colbert County, Alabama, she was a daughter of the late Edward Maxwell and Bertha (Maxwell) Daniel. A homemaker most of her life, Mrs. Patnychuk could often be found working in her yard and garden, although...
June King
Jun 26, 2018
June M. Hoke King, 84, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Tuesday morning, June 26, 2018 at Menno Haven. A daughter of the late Millard and Myra Raffensberger Hoke, she was born June 24, 1934 in Manchester, York County, PA and raised in Goldsboro, PA. Mrs. King was a 1955 graduate of the former Shippensburg State Teacher’s College. She taught eleventh...
Cody Wileman
Jun 25, 2018
Cody D. Wileman, 28, of Waynesboro, PA, went to be with our Lord on Monday, June 25, 2018. He was born March 13, 1990 in Chambersburg and was a graduate of the Fannett-Metal High School. He was currently employed with Chambersburg Ice and Cold Storage. He is mourned by his parents, Randy L. Wileman and wife Katina and Ruth A....