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Orpha Bakner
Apr 3, 2017
Orpha J. (Rock) Bakner, 83, of Pond Bank, PA, passed away Monday morning, April 3, 2017 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born July 18, 1933 in Pond Bank, she was a daughter of the late Roy N. and Esther Bumbaugh Rock. A 1951 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Mrs. Bakner was a homemaker most of her...
Frederick Wilhelm
Apr 3, 2017
Frederick H. Wilhelm, Sr., 81, of Fannettsburg, PA, died Monday, April 3, 2017 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 7, 1935 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Harrison Brooke and Ruth Virgil St. Clair Wilhelm. A graduate of the former Dry Run High School, he served honorably in the US Army from 1958-1960. Early in his life he...
Jacob "Jake" Ramer
Apr 1, 2017
Jacob Barry “Jake” Ramer, age 62, of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, April 1, 2017, at his home with his family by his side. Born January 18, 1955, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Charles and Dorothy Bricker Ramer. Jake was a 1972 graduate of James Buchanan High School. He...
Glen Blubaugh
Apr 1, 2017
Glen Ordean Blubaugh, age 85, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Saturday, April 1, 2017, at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehab. Born in Waynesboro, PA, on October 15, 1931, he was the son of the late Clarence D. and Ruth Creager Blubaugh. Mr. Blubaugh served honorably in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He then went on to work...
Betty McCleary
Apr 1, 2017
Betty J. McCleary, age 94, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully at the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Chambersburg, PA on Saturday, April 1, 2017. Born February 19, 1923, in Robertsdale, PA she was the daughter of the late Gladys Alloway Monn and Harvey Bridenstine. Mrs. McCleary was a 1941 graduate of Robertsdale High School. Betty was an employee...
Rev. Richard Meloy
Apr 1, 2017
Rev. Richard Eugene Meloy, age 89, of Doylesburg, PA, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, April 1, 2017, at Menno Haven in Chambersburg, PA. Born on December 8, 1927, in Harrisburg, PA, he was the son of the late Edgar Beaver and Orpah Frickman Meloy. A 1945 graduate of John Harris High School and an Eagle Scout,...
Robert "Bob" Mentzer
Mar 31, 2017
Robert L. “Bob” Mentzer, age 79, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, March 31, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 5, 1938, in Waynesboro, PA, he was the son of the late Lester Wallace and Josephine Stoner Mentzer. A 1956 graduate of Greencastle-Antrim Senior High School, Bob went on to serve honorably in the U.S. Air Force. Bob...
Ruth Brown
Mar 31, 2017
Ruth Elizabeth Brown, age 100, of Shippensburg, PA, and formerly of Orrstown, PA, went home to be with her Savior on March 31, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 22, 1916, in Nyesville, PA, she was the daughter of the late Eber and Grace Hammond Wenger. She attended school in Letterkenny Township. Mrs. Brown worked at the former Stanley...
Lucille Rock
Mar 31, 2017
Lucille J. Rock, age 81, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away at the Village of Laurel Run on Friday, March 31, 2017. Born July 5, 1935, in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Irvin H. Dullabaun, and Goldie M. Martin. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Landis P. Rock who passed away on October 25,...
Pauline Burkett
Mar 31, 2017
Pauline Kay “Polly” Burkett, 49, of Greencastle, PA, passed away Friday, March 31, 2017 at her home with her family by her side. Born October 22, 1967 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Wallace Gossert, Sr. and Myrtle Pauline Kline Gossert. Polly was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and was a life member...
Ronald McClure
Mar 30, 2017
Ronald McClure, 78, of Fayetteville, PA passed away on March 30, 2017, at Pinnacle Health in Harrisburg, PA. He was the son of the late George W. McClure II and Thelma E. (Pogue) McClure. A 1958 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Mr. McClure went on to serve honorably in the US Army. Mr. McClure worked at Mack...
Louis Domato
Mar 29, 2017
Louis Edward Domato, age 91, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at Menno Haven in Chambersburg, PA. Born June 19, 1925, on Long Island, NY, he was the son of the late Anthony J. and Helen C. Stockmar Domato. A WWII POW, Mr. Domato served honorably in the U.S. Air Force. He was a member of...
Evelyn Peron
Mar 27, 2017
Evelyn Louise Peron, age 81, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Monday, March 27, 2017, at Providence Place. Born in Meadville, PA, she was the daughter of the late Austin R. and Helen A. Gottschling Peterson. A Spanish Teacher, Mrs. Peron dedicated 35 years teaching in the Chambersburg Area School District, retiring in 1993. Mrs. Peron was a member of...
Troy Brooks
Mar 26, 2017
Troy Darrnell Brooks, age 51, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on March 26, 2017, at his home with his family by his side. Born in Hagerstown, MD on July 4, 1965, he was the son of Wallace Brooks and Dorothy Lorraine Christian McDaniel. Troy was a 1984 graduate of North Hagerstown High, where he was a varsity member of the...
Kimberly Kriner
Mar 26, 2017
Kimberly G. Kriner, 59, of Chambersburg, passed away on Sunday, March 26, 2017 at LifeCare Hospital in Mechanicsburg. Born August 20, 1957 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of Althea Hess Bigler Didyk and the late Galen Bigler. Kimberly earned her LPN in 1990 and was employed as such with Piney Mountain Nursing Home. She later earned her B.S. degree...
Robert Foreman
Mar 25, 2017
Robert Earl Foreman, 93, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Saturday, March 25, 2017 at his home. Born March 21, 1924 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Herbert George and Blanche Mae Walterick Foreman. Mr. Foreman was a graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and served honorably with the US Army during WWII. He retired from Letterkenny...
Anthony Koziar
Mar 25, 2017
Anthony “Tony” Michael Koziar, age 38, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly at the Chambersburg Hospital on Saturday, March 25, 2017. Born July 19, 1978, in East Liverpool, OH, he was the son of R. Bruce Koziar (wife Mary) and Shirley A. Muscari Bishop and the late Keith Bishop of Shippensburg, PA. Tony was a graduate of ITT Technical School....
Floyd Johnston
Mar 23, 2017
Floyd V. Johnston, 99, formerly of Westgate Drive, Chambersburg, PA, passed away Thursday, March 23, 2017 at Chambers Pointe in Chambersburg. Born February 14, 1918 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Reuben E. and Mary Hershberger Johnston. He was a life member of the First United Methodist Church and a 1937 graduate of the former Chambersburg High...
Kenneth Forsythe
Mar 21, 2017
Kenneth M. Forsythe, 91, formerly of Marion, PA, passed away Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at Menno Haven. Born April 13, 1925 in Greencastle, he was a son of the late John Albert and Alma P. Orris Forsythe. Mr. Forsythe served honorably with the US Army during WWII. Early in his life he purchased his own truck and was a self-employed...
Virginia Forbes
Mar 21, 2017
Virginia E. Forbes, 70, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 24, 1946 in Fayetteville, she was a daughter of the late James V. and Mary Catherine Shetter Shaffer. Virginia was a 1964 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and was employed for several years as a clerk in the lab...
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