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Helen Cowan
Jan 25, 2018
Helen S. Cowan, 95, of Fannettsburg, passed away on Thursday, January 25, 2018, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 26, 1922, in Willow Hill, she was a daughter of the late Claude Harrison and Clara Bell Steck Shoop. Her beloved husband, Donald L. “Dutch” Cowan, preceded her in death on January 14, 1989. Helen was employed most of her life...
Lorraine Christman
Jan 24, 2018
Lorraine Webber Christman, 90, of Chambersburg, PA, went to Heaven to be with Jesus Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at the Shook Home. Born July 21, 1927 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Albert C. and Mary E. Davis Webber. She was a 1944 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and was empoloyed in Personnel at Lettkerkenny...
Joyce Hassler
Jan 23, 2018
Joyce Hassler, 84, of Chambersburg, and formerly of Fort Loudon, PA, passed away Tuesday morning, January 23, 2018 at her home. Born January 8, 1934 in Buffalo, NY, she was a daughter of the late Gordon and Adeline Bauer Silvernail. Mrs. Hassler was a 1951 graduate of the former Hagerstown High School. She retired from Mack Truck in Hagerstown, MD....
Adin Ebersole
Jan 19, 2018
Adin R. Ebersole, age 88, of Chambersburg, PA, went to his heavenly home with his family at his side on Friday, January 19, 2018. Born March 1, 1929 in Chambersburg he was a son of the late Harry L. and Rosetta M. Wadel Ebersole. A U.S. Army veteran, Mr. Ebersole served honorably from 1954 – 1956, he continued his service...
Irene Jones
Jan 19, 2018
Irene E. Sites Jones age 81, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully at Providence Place on Friday, January 19, 2018. Born in Abington, PA on September 21, 1936, she was a daughter of the late Howard M. and Marie E. Larkin Sites. Rene devoted countless amounts of time to hospitality and the care of her family, especially her children and...
Richard Hutchison
Jan 18, 2018
Richard Lee “Hutch” Hutchison, age 67, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at his home on Thursday, January 18, 2018. Born June 29, 1950, in Chambersburg, he was a son of Lula Eutzy Hutchison and the late Raymond Hutchison. Hutch worked as a bartender and club manager for the Landis-McCleaf Marine Corps League for 35 years, retiring in 2015, He also...
John Prohonic
Jan 18, 2018
John Prohonic, 88, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, January 18, 2018, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 9, 1929 in Cleveland, OH, he was a son of the late Michael and Elizabeth “Bette” Bauer Prohonic. John was a graduate of Windber High School in Somerset County, PA. He also earned technical degrees from Pittsburgh Technical Institute and the Western...
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...
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