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Dennis Rosenberry
May 11, 2017
Dennis Lee “Denny” Rosenberry, age 75, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Thursday, May 11, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 11, 1942, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Lawrence Henry and Zelda Louise Geyer Rosenberry. Denny was a 1961 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. Denny went to work in sales at...
Clarence Cooper
May 9, 2017
Clarence E. “Spike” Cooper, 67, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at his home. Born July 28, 1949 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Orlan and Jane Staley Cooper. Surviving is his wife of 30 years, Susan I. Cooper, whom he married on July 9, 1986. Spike was a 1967 graduate of Forbes Road...
Patricia Baer
May 2, 2017
Patricia L. Baer, age 77, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at her home with her family by her side on Tuesday, May 2, 2017. Born August 19, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Emory and Isabel Thressia Freet McClure. A 1957 graduate of Greencastle Antrim High School, Mrs. Baer babysat while raising her children, then continued her career...
Thomas Henn
Apr 28, 2017
Thomas Michael “Tom” Henn, 64, of Chambersburg, passed away due to complications of heart disease on Friday, April 28, 2017 in Georgetown (SC) Memorial Hospital. Born on September 9, 1952 in New Brighton, PA, he was a son of the late John Henn and Helen Podnar Henn. A U.S Army veteran, Tom served two tours in Vietnam. Upon returning to...
Robert Rinick
Apr 26, 2017
Robert Gibbons Rinick, age 81, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday, April 26, 2017, at the York Hospital. Born February 21, 1936 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Robert F. and Helen Gibbons Rinick. Mr. Rinick was a 1954 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. He went on to work for the former James River...
Ruth Hartzok
Apr 25, 2017
Ruth A. Hartzok, 94, of Chambersburg, died peacefully Tuesday, April 25, 2017, with family at her side. Born Jan. 12, 1923, in St. Thomas, PA, she was the daughter of the late Paul Tritt and Helen Keefer Aughinbaugh. She was preceded in death by her husband, M. Lee Hartzok. She graduated from Chambersburg High School in 1940 and was employed...
Robert Dihel
Apr 25, 2017
Robert H. Dihel, age 82, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on his 53rd wedding anniversary, Tuesday, April 25, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 15, 1935, in Rising City, NE, he was the son of the late Harold and Ruby McElravy Dihel. Mr. Dihel was a 1953 graduate of Clover Park High School in Tacoma, WA. A U.S. Army...
Martha Harvey
Apr 25, 2017
Martha V. Harvey, 92, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 2, 1925 in Crosskeys, PA, she was a daughter of the late A. W. Burdge, Sr. and Cora Eaten Burdge. Her husband, Richard W. Harvey, preceded her in death in 2003. Martha was employed as a press operator at the Stanley...
John Snyder
Apr 24, 2017
John A. Snyder, Jr., age 92, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Monday, April 24, 2017, at Manor Care Health Services in Chambersburg, PA. Born September 23, 1924, in Harney, MD, he was the son of the late John A. and Clara E. Cook Snyder, Sr. A Clerk at Letterkenny Army Depot, Mr. Snyder retired after 35 years of service....
Thelma Meminger
Apr 23, 2017
Thelma “Jean” Meminger, 75, of Chambersburg, passed away on Sunday April 23, 2017 at her home. Born December 3, 1941 in Windber, PA, she was a daughter of the late Russell and Ruth Garland Haman. Jean was employed as the head cook at Letterkenny Army Depot for 14 years. During her time there she attended a Culinary Arts school in...
Esther Ward
Apr 23, 2017
Esther Ward, 99, of Fayetteville, passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, April 23, 2017 in her home, following a lengthy illness. Born on April 19, 1918 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late George Herbert Foreman and Blanche Mae Walterick Foreman. She was the widow of Francis P. Ward, whom she married on March 30, 1940. He preceded...
Mary Hammond
Apr 21, 2017
Mary “Louise” Hammond, 85, formerly of Fannettsburg, passed away with her daughters by her side on Friday, April 21, 2017 at her daughter’s home in Chambersburg. Born April 27, 1931 in Nossville, PA she was a daughter of the late Charles and Catherine Berrier Smith. He husband of 58 years, Albert Hammond, preceded her in death in 2010. Louise was...
Nancy Pefley
Apr 20, 2017
Nancy E. Pefley, 82, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly, Thursday, April 20, 2017 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 19, 1934 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Paul and Helen Monn Suders. She attended the former Stoufferstown Elementary School and was a graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. A homemaker most of her life, she...
Rodney Cook
Apr 20, 2017
Rodney N. Cook, age 77, of Tampa, FL and formerly of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Thursday, April 20, 2017, at St. John’s Hospital North in Lutz, FL. Born in Huntington, PA on December 10, 1939, he was the son of the late Clarence N. and Hattie M. Whitfield Cook. Mr. Cook was a 1957 graduate of the Chambersburg Area...
Adin Lehman
Apr 20, 2017
Adin Leroy Lehman, 88, a resident at Menno Haven, passed away Thursday evening, April 20, 2017 at the nursing center. Born October 12, 1928 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Reuben and Katie B. Lehman. A self-employed farmer, Mr. Lehman had also worked as a mechanic at Stouffer Brothers in Chambersburg for 17 years, retiring in 1991....
Margaret Thatcher
Apr 18, 2017
Margaret (Peggy) Louise Thatcher, 76, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, April 18, 2017, at Menno Haven. Born on January 25, 1941, in Canton, OH, she was a daughter of the late Elza Sherman Taylor and Hilda Carolyn Bates Taylor. A retired school teacher and family counselor, she earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Education with her major in Spanish...
James Shives
Apr 18, 2017
James Frederick “Fred” Shives, 80, known to his son’s friends as “Ferd”, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday morning, April 18, 2017 in Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 25, 1937 in McConnellsburg, he was a son of the late Theodore Roosevelt and Clara Hazel Mellott Shives. A design draftsman, he retired from Manitowoc in 2000. Following his retirement, he was employed...
Orphaline Querry
Apr 17, 2017
Orphaline Dell Querry, 101, of Chambersburg, was called home to her Lord after a long journey on April 17, 2017, at Penn Hall in Chambersburg. She was born on July 1, 1915 in Mapleton, PA, a daughter of the late C.H. and Nora (Bailey) Dell. She was a graduate of the Mt. Union High School, Mt. Union, PA. On June...
John Lynch
Apr 16, 2017
John F. “Jack” Lynch, 93, of Chambersburg, PA, died Sunday, April 16, 2017 at Chambers Pointe Nursing Center (formerly Penn Hall) in Chambersburg. Born November 8, 1923 in Philadelphia, he was a son of the late John and Rosalie Roletter Lynch. Mr. Lynch graduated from the Williamson Trade School as a machinist in 1943 and then volunteered for the US...
Jay Chronister
Apr 16, 2017
Jay F. Chronister, 92, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday, April 16, 2017 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 30, 1924 in Adams County, he was a son of the late John C. and Bessie Wetzel Chronister. Mr. Chronister served honorably with the US Army during WWII and later retired from Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg. He was an active...
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