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Betty Gardner
May 6, 2018
Betty Catherine Gardner, 82, of Chambersburg, passed away on Sunday, May 6, 2018, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 25, 1935, in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Marie Quinton Graves. Her beloved husband, Ronald Gardner, preceded her in death on February 15, 1989. Betty was a 1953 graduate of Downingtown High School and attended Cheyney...
Katrina Shives
May 6, 2018
Katrina D. Shives, age 43, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at her home on Sunday, May 6, 2018. Born September 18, 1974, in Chambersburg, PA, she was a daughter of H. Alton Shives and the late Joyce Shetter Shives. Katrina was a 1993 graduate of CASHS, she went on to graduate from Thompson Institute with an Associate’s Degree. Katrina was...
Ronald Henry
May 5, 2018
Ronald E. Henry, 75, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Saturday morning, May 5, 2018 at his home. Born April 17, 1943 in Baltimore, MD, he was raised by his grandparents, the late John and Bessie Golden Henry. Ronald retired from Hess Manufacturing in Quincy, PA after 28 years of employment. He was a carpenter, handyman, and flea market vendor. He...
Crystal Helman
May 4, 2018
Crystal Ann Helman, 56, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, May 4, 2018, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 14, 1962 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of John Henry Davis and Shirley Saunders Davis. A 1980 graduate of North High School in Hagerstown, Crystal was employed as a customer service representative at Citibank for 20 years. She enjoyed reading,...
John Bubser
May 1, 2018
John E. Bubser, Sr., 84, of Chambersburg, and formerly of Audubon, PA, passed away Tuesday afternoon, May 1, 2018 at Providence Place in Chambersburg. Mr. and Mrs. Bubser enjoyed residing at Shannondell at Valley Forge for 12 years prior to moving to Chambersburg. Born June 27, 1933 in Schuylkill Haven, PA, he was the son of the late Francis X....
Bernard Deardorff
Apr 29, 2018
Bernard “Benny” Deardorff, age 58, of Chambersburg, passed away at home with his wife by his side, on Sunday, April 29, 2018. Born in Waynesboro, PA, on November 20, 1959, he was a son of the late Roy Deardorff and Dorothy Wagner. Benny was a farmer and cattle dealer. He enjoyed going to auctions, buying and selling cattle. He also...
Janice Stevens
Apr 29, 2018
Janice M. Martin Stevens, age 72, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Sunday, April 29, 2018, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 27, 1946, in Shippensburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late Gilmer L. “Marty” and Isabel Devor Martin. Mrs. Stevens was a 1964 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. She worked at Letterkenny Army Depot...
Jean Stenger
Apr 28, 2018
Jean Stenger, age 82, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, April 28, 2018, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 24, 1935, in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Harvey G. and Grace E. Shields Wingert. Mrs. Stenger was a 1953 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. She was a Bus Driver for the Chambersburg Area School...
Doris Hoover
Apr 27, 2018
Doris I. Hoover (Bingham), age 93, of Quincy Village in Waynesboro, PA, and formerly of Liberty Street in Chambersburg, PA, passed away Friday, April 27, 2018. Doris was born on October 15, 1924, in Altoona, PA, and graduated in the class of 1942 from Altoona High School. She was the daughter of the late Charles Edgar and Izetta (Stombaugh) Bingham....
Sheila Vanderau
Apr 27, 2018
Sheila Ann Vanderau, 85, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, April 27, 2018, at Providence Place. Born April 16, 1933 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Stinson and Mildred Wingert Martinez. Her beloved husband, Robert E. Vanderau, preceded her in death on March 13, 2011. Sheila was a 1951 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School....
Vonnie Hamil
Apr 26, 2018
Vonnie Arlene Hamil, 77, of Amberson, PA, passed away on Thursday, April 26, 2018, at her home. Born December 15, 1940, in Amberson, she was the daughter of the late Alton Conrad and Orpha Mae Culbertson Piper. A 1958 graduate of Fannett-Metal High School, Vonnie worked as a hair dresser most of her life. She was a member of Amberson...
Anna Quivers
Apr 25, 2018
Anna “Marg” Margaret (Rideout) Quivers, 83, of Chambersburg, passed away at her home on Wednesday, April 25, 2018. Born on February 6, 1935, in Mercersburg, she was a daughter of the late Thomas N. and Anna Rideout. Marg was a member of John Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church, Chambersburg, where she was President of the Missionary Society and Sang on the...
Rebecca Fix
Apr 25, 2018
Rebecca Mosebey Fix, 90, of Chambersburg, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 13, 1927, in Wells Tannery, PA, she was the daughter of the late Robert L. and Carrie Rosenberry Mosebey. Her beloved husband, Harry Norman Fix, whom she married on June 17, 1950, preceded her in death on February 26, 2010....
Thomas Massingale
Apr 22, 2018
Thomas Edward Massingale, 62, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, April 22, 2018 in the emergency room of Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 13, 1955 in Cincinnati, OH, he was the son of the late Clarence Edward and Thelma Wilson Massingale. He served honorably with the United States Army and the National Guard. He had formerly been employed with...
Lee Martin
Apr 18, 2018
Lee Edward Martin, 78, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away April 18, 2018 at Menno Haven in Chambersburg. He was born November 15, 1939 to the late Raymond and Mabel Martin. Lee was a building contractor in the Hagerstown area and after retiring from construction became a turkey farmer in Greencastle, PA. Throughout his life and in his retirement he found...
Homer Johnson
Apr 18, 2018
Homer D. Johnson, 79, of Spring Run, PA, passed away Wednesday morning, April 18, 2018 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Chambersburg. Born January 7, 1939 in Spring Run, he was a son of the late Myrl and Thelma Snyder Johnson. Mr. Johnson had been employed at Domestic Pump Company, Inc. in Shippensburg and then from 1966-1970 he...
Gloria Petra
Apr 15, 2018
Gloria Ann Petra, 84, passed away at her home on Sunday, April 15, 2018, with her family by her side. Born March 14, 1934, in Jersey City, NJ, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Pauline Benson O’Brien. Mrs. Petra worked as a High School Registrar at Paramus High School in New Jersey for 25 years, retiring in...
Ruth Meyers Hawbaker
Apr 15, 2018
Ruth L. Meyers Hawbaker, 97, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday afternoon, April 15, 2018 at The Shook Home. Born January 30, 1921 in Guilford Township, she was a daughter of the late Daniel E. and Susan Lesher Stouffer. Mrs. Hawbaker was a 1938 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. A homemaker most of her life, she also assisted...
Alcesta Kitzmiller
Apr 14, 2018
Alcesta “Cess” (Smith) Kitzmiller, age 100, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, April 14, 2018 at Penn Hall Chambers Point. Born November 11, 1917, in Mt. Union, PA, she was the daughter of the late Alvin Guy and Florence (Flickinger) Smith. After graduating from Shippensburg University, she taught school in Mt. Union, Lewistown and Chambersburg, retiring in 1976. She...
David Wells
Apr 14, 2018
David F. Wells age 83, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away at his home on Saturday, April 14, 2018. Born November 26, 1934, in Galesburg, IL, he was a son of the late Mason Billard and Evelyn Leone Freda Wells. Mr. Wells graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Clarkson College in Potsdam, NY. He retired in...
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