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Wallace Morris
Nov 25, 2017
Wallace W. “Wally” Morris, age 87, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Saturday, November 25, 2017, at Magnolia’s Nursing Home. Born November 4, 1930, in Glouschester, MA, he was the son of the late Wilbur and Fedora Grumbine Morris. A 1949 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Wally went on to serve honorably in the U.S. Navy during the...
Clarence Bard
Nov 24, 2017
Clarence Rosco Bard, age 91, passed away on Friday, November 24, 2017. Born November 23, 1926, in Scotland, PA, he was the son of the late George S. Bard and Cora Henry Bard. A WWII and Korean War veteran, Mr. Bard served honorably in the U.S. Navy, while serving he also was employed by the TB Wood Sons Company, where...
Joan Fleming
Nov 23, 2017
Joan Billig Fleming, age 79, passed to her eternal home on November 23, 2017. Joan was born and raised on a farm in rural Catawissa, PA to Lewis and Carrie Billig in 1938. She graduated from Roaring Creek Valley High School in Numidia, PA in 1955. Joan has 3 siblings: Ruth Kreischer, Albert Billig, both deceased, and Gladeth O’Gorman who...
Robert Maloney
Nov 21, 2017
Robert J. Maloney, age 86, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away at the Quincy Nursing Home on Tuesday, November 21, 2017. Born in Brooklyn, NY on February 20, 1931, he was the son of the late Patrick J. and Margaret Furlong Maloney. A U.S. Army veteran, Bob served honorably during the Korean Conflict. He attended St. John’s College, and had worked...
Helen Zimmerman
Nov 20, 2017
Helen G. Zimmerman, age 74, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly on November 20, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born in Newton Hamilton, PA, on June 12, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Dora Witters Bair. Helen held various positions during her career in the insurance industry and found her risk management work most satisfying. She...
Allen Shands
Nov 20, 2017
Allen L. Shands, 73, of Chambersburg, PA and Myrtle Beach, SC and formerly of Manassas, VA and Orange, VA, passed away Monday morning, November 20, 2017. Born August 9, 1944, he was the son of the late M.L. (Bob) and Clara Lee Edwards Shands. After attending Orange County High School in Orange, VA, he served in the U.S. Army National...
James Eyer
Nov 20, 2017
James L. Eyer, age 80, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, November 20, 2017, at the Fresenius Kidney Care Center. Born June 25, 1937, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Arthur and Viola Gelwicks Eyer. A 1955 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Mr. Eyer went on to serve honorably in the U.S....
Francis Huss
Nov 18, 2017
Francis X. Huss, age 97, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away at his home on Saturday, November 18, 2017. Born August 20, 1920, in Holidaysburg, PA, he was the son of the late Francis X. and Ella C. Forney Huss. A WWII veteran, Mr. Huss served honorably in the U.S. Army Air Corps, serving in the China-Burma-India Theatre. He continued his...
Edna McKee
Nov 18, 2017
Edna K. McKee, 94, a resident of The Village of Laurel Run and formerly of Chambersburg and Fayetteville, passed away Saturday evening, November 18, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born October 12, 1923 in Fayetteville, she was a daughter of the late Sargie, Sr. and Margaret Patterson Baughman. Mrs. McKee had been employed for many years at the former Tracy...
Waneta Geiman
Nov 17, 2017
Waneta May “Neta” Geiman, 100, formerly of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, November 17, 2017, at the home of her daughter, Vickie Lee Wenger. Born September 30, 1917, in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Reverend Albert S. and Esther M. (Carmack) McCans. A card shower was held for her on her 100th birthday where all the names...
Jannice Call
Nov 17, 2017
Jannice Marie Call, 62, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, November 17, 2017 at ManorCare. Born July 25, 1955 in Oshawa Canada, she was a daughter of the late Joseph Ernest and Georgina May Mitchell Gauthier. Jannice was employed most recently at Grove Manufacturing for 13 years and previously at Jamison Door Company in Hagerstown, MD She is survived by...
Nancy Zeis
Nov 17, 2017
Nancy Jane Zeis, 73, of Orrstown, PA, passed away Friday morning, November 17, 2017 at Shippensburg Healthcare Center. Born November 29, 1943 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late George E. and Eliza Catherine Ketzel Zeis. She is survived by her siblings, John Zeis, Verna Youse, George Zeis (Evelyn), all of Mercersburg, Ruth Hamilton (John) of Shippensburg, Helen...
Walter Heiss
Nov 16, 2017
Walter Roland Heiss, 92, of Fayetteville, PA and formerly of Big Canoe, GA, passed away on November 16, 2017. Born February 26, 1925 in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late John R. and Marian Schraml Heiss. His beloved wife of 70 years, Yolanda Stabe Heiss, preceded him in death on July 15, 2017. Walter met Yolanda on...
Oren Carlin
Nov 14, 2017
Oren M. “Junior” Carlin, Jr., 54, of Fannettsburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, November 14, 2017. Born December 24, 1962 in Huntingdon, PA, he was the son of Marie Rosenberry Pool and the late Oren M. Carlin, Sr. Junior was last employed at Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg. He enjoyed spending time with his family and watching NASCAR and all...
James Moore
Nov 11, 2017
James A. Moore, Sr., age 90, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, November 11, 2017. Born in Cincinnati, OH on October 16, 1927, he was the son of the late Robert E. and Cecelia F. Baur Moore. Jim retired from Letterkenny Army Depot in 1989 after 32 years of government service as a photographer. He...
Barbara Svenningsen
Nov 11, 2017
Barbara Ann Svenningsen, 61, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Saturday, November 11, 2017 at Geisinger Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill, PA. Born March 18, 1956 in Kearny, NJ, she was the eldest daughter of the late William and Carol Chenard. Barbara, along with her children, resided in Boundbrook, NJ until moving to Fayetteville, PA in 2006. Barbara’s true passion...
John McDermott
Nov 11, 2017
John J. McDermott, age 84, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at Meritus Medical Center on Saturday, November 11, 2017. Born October 20, 1933, in Wyoming, PA, he was the son of the late James A. and Isabelle Williams McDermott. Mr. McDermott earned his Bachelor of Science Degree from Shippensburg University, his Master’s from the University of Delaware, EBD from Ohio...
Robert Becker
Nov 8, 2017
Robert Keith “Bob” Becker, age 43, of Ft. Loudon, PA, passed away unexpectedly on November 8, 2017, as a result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Born April 2, 1974, he was the son of David D. Becker and the late Bonnita Koser Becker. Bob was a 1992 graduate of Elizabethtown Area High School. He earned his Associate’s...
Lucinda North
Nov 5, 2017
Lucinda “Cindy” B. North, age 65, of Chambersburg, PA, left her earthly cocoon, and has flown to God’s heavenly home, as a newly hatched beautiful butterfly on November 5, 2017, at the Hershey Medical Center. Born March 10, 1952, in Chambersburg, PA, she was a daughter of Betty Shives Earnest and the late Ray Earnest, Jr. Cindy was an LPN...
Larry Tornow
Nov 5, 2017
Larry O. Tornow, 79, of Scotland, PA, passed away Sunday morning, November 5, 2017 at his home. Born in Wisner, NE, he was a son of the late Ray and Ruth Tornow. Larry was a graduate of Marquette High School in Yakima, WA and then served in the US Army for 22 years retiring at the rank of Sergeant First...
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