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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...
Donald O'Neil
Jan 3, 2018
Donald Eugene O’Neil, 90, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, January 3, 2018, at Menno Haven. Born May 16, 1927 in Oswego, NY, he was a son of the late James E. and Anna A. Breitbeck O’Neil. His beloved wife, Mary G. Morabito O’Neil, preceded him in death on January 10, 2013. A US Navy veteran, Donald served honorably with...
John Hockensmith
Jan 3, 2018
John Hockensmith, Sr., age 90, of Chambersburg, PA passed away at his home on Wednesday, January 3, 2018. Born in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Miles Hockensmith, Sr. and Rachael Coy Hockensmith. After graduating from the former Chambersburg High School, Mr. Hockensmith went on to study drafting and design at the Chicago Tech College and both mechanical...
Raymond Ferg
Jan 3, 2018
Raymond “Scott” Ferg, 68, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Wednesday morning, January 3, 2018 at his home. Born September 20, 1949 in Washington, PA, he was a son of the late Harold Grant Ferg and Miriam Katherine Rowland Ferg. He attended the California University of Pennsylvania and received his MBA from Wilson College. Early in life he worked at a...
Ned Fahnestock
Jan 2, 2018
Ned Gillan Fahnestock, age 83, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at home on Tuesday, January 2, 2018. Born May 10, 1934, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Ned G. Fahnestock, Sr. and Reba Cramer Fahnestock. Mr. Fahnestock worked as a plumber for N. E. Diffenderfer Plumbing for 28 years, retiring in 1990. Mr. Fahnestock was a...
Cody Williams
Dec 30, 2017
Cody A. Williams, age 25, of Spring Run, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, December 30, 2017, as a result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Born in Chambersburg, PA on May 15, 1992, he was a son of James C. and Sarah Varner Williams. Cody was a 2010 graduate of Southern Huntingdon High School. He was a...
Martin Caufman
Dec 29, 2017
Martin J. Caufman, 82, of Fayetteville, passed away on Friday, December 29, 2017, at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born October 5, 1935 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Martin L. and Rhea Eberly Caufman. A US Army veteran, Martin served honorably from 1958-60. After his discharge from the Army, he was employed at Letterkenny Army...
Donald Howard
Dec 29, 2017
Donald G. Howard, age 89, of Menno Haven, Northgate in Chambersburg, and formerly of Baltimore, MD, died Friday, December 29, 2017 at Menno Haven. Born September 6, 1928 in Baltimore, he was the son of the late B.C. Glenn Howard and Anna Miller Howard of Baltimore. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran and served on the Church Council. He...
Walter Monn
Dec 29, 2017
Walter W. Monn, Jr. went to be with the Lord on December 29, 2017 at The Village of Laurel Run. Born July 26, 1923 in Scotland, PA he was the son of the late Walter W. Monn, Sr. and Mabel Pauline Williams Monn. Walter was a graduate of the Chambersburg High School. He served in the US Navy from 1943...
Lynn Harter
Dec 29, 2017
Lynn Kyle Harter, 77, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Friday morning, December 29, 2017 at Chambersburg Hospital in Chambersburg, PA. Born March 21, 1940 in Philadelphia, PA, she was the daughter of the late William I. D. Kyle and Mary Jane Kyle. Lynn was a 1958 graduate of Maine Township High School in Park Ridge, IL and a 1960...
Geraldine Felmlee
Dec 28, 2017
Geraldine Felmlee, 90, of Dry Run, PA, passed away on Thursday, December 28, 2017, at Harrisburg Hospital. Born August 15, 1927, in Doylesburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late Harry and Mary Junkin Book. Her beloved husband of 61 years, Cecil C. Felmlee, preceded her in death on April 20, 2013. Geraldine was a graduate of the former...
Bernard MacWilliams
Dec 28, 2017
Bernard J. MacWilliams, 94, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, December 28, 2017 in Menno Haven. Born on March 25, 1923 in Ridley Park Hospital (Philadelphia, PA), he was a son of the late Thomas J. MacWilliams and Olive Grady MacWilliams. He was married to Jane E. Hoover MacWilliams on April 5, 1947. She preceded him in death on August...
John Dale
Dec 27, 2017
John Dahl Dale, 93, of Chambersburg, PA, passed Wednesday, December 27, 2017 at his home surrounded by his family. Mr. Dale retired from the United States Army later, from the Department of Defense. During his military career he served in World War II and the Korean War. He was preceded in death by his mother, Elenore Dahl McKinin; his wife,...
William Brown
Dec 27, 2017
William G. “Bill” Brown, 82, of Chambersburg, PA, departed this life to be with the love of his life on Wednesday, December 27, 2017 at his home. Born February 20, 1935 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Frank G. Brown, Sr. and Mary E. Myers Brown. Mr. Brown was a 1958 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior...
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