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Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

Mark Jansen

Mark Jansen

Mar 21, 2017

Mark A. Jansen, 89, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Tuesday morning, March 21, 2017 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born October 29, 1927 in Little Chute, Wisconsin. He was a son of the late Peter M. and Margaret (Biese) Jansen. Mark served honorably with the US Navy during WWII and was awarded the World War II Victory Medal and the Good...

Jeffrey Lane

Jeffrey Lane

Mar 20, 2017

Jeffrey A. Lane, age42 of Chambersburg, PA passed away on Monday, March 20, 2017 at the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehab. Born August 15, 1974, he was the son of Raymond Lane and Stella Pool Rininger. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 25, 2017, at 3:30 PM in the Chapel of Thomas L. Geisel Funeral Home and...

George Mouer

George Mouer

Mar 19, 2017

George Stuart Mouer, Sr., 87, formerly of Fayetteville, passed away Sunday, March 19, 2017 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born May 13, 1929 in Franklin County, he was a son of the late Stuart E. and Frances McNew Mouer of Fayetteville. He worked as a minister, serving the Lord’s purpose at the Fayetteville Church of God, for more...

Glenn Nye

Glenn Nye

Mar 19, 2017

Glenn E. “Curly” Nye, 81, of Greencastle, passed away Sunday morning, March 19, 2017 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born, April 17, 1935 in Chambersburg, PA, he was a son of Russell and Ruth Carbaugh Nye. Curly was a 1954 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. In his early life he worked at Hess Brothers Orchard in...

Thelma  Powell

Thelma Powell

Mar 16, 2017

Thelma Powell, age 92, of Waynesboro, PA, passed away on Thursday, March 16, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 1, 1925, in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Clark and Margaret Heckman McClure. Mrs. Powell was a homemaker most of her adult life, which allowed her to care for her family. She also in later years...

Vivian Truett

Vivian Truett

Mar 16, 2017

Vivian A. Shover Truett, age 95, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at the Chambersburg Hospital on Thursday, March 16, 2017. Born in Shippensburg, PA on September 13, 1921, she was the daughter of the late William C. and Marion Kappes Shover. Mrs. Truett was homemaker most of her life. She was a member of King Street Church and a former...

Philip Stoltzfus

Philip Stoltzfus

Mar 15, 2017

Philip D. Stoltzfus, age 62, of Chambersburg, PA passed away on Wednesday, March 15, 2017, at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD, after a month long battle of being ill. He fought COPD for many years. He received the Gift of Life thru Organ Donation. In 2010 he received a double lung transplant at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He...

Rebecca Bazan

Rebecca Bazan

Mar 15, 2017

Rebecca Bazán, 74, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born March 16, 1942 in New York, New York, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Agueda Rivera Ramos. A homemaker most of her life, Rebecca dedicated her life to her children. God and her church were her world....

Marlin Zook

Marlin Zook

Mar 15, 2017

Marlin D. Zook, age 68, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 15, 1949 in Youngstown, OH, he was the son of the late David M. and Edna Weaver Zook, and the step-son of the late Emma Zook. A 1967 graduate of the North Lima High School, Mr. Zook went on...

Victoria Newcomer

Victoria Newcomer

Mar 14, 2017

Victoria (Vickie) Katherine Rennecker, Newcomer, age 97, of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, March 14, 2017, at Chambers Point formerly Penn Hall Nursing Center. Born in Hagerstown, MD on January 21, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Charles Abram and Sadie Viola Boner Rennecker. She was a very active member...

Charles Kline

Charles Kline

Mar 11, 2017

Charles E. Kline, Jr., Age 84, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 11, 2017, at the Village of Laurel Run. Born March 22, 1932, in York, PA, he was the son of the late Charles E. Kline, Sr. and Edna Sprenkle Kline. Mr. Kline was a 1950 graduate of William Penn High School. Mr. Kline served honorably...

Mabel Baker

Mabel Baker

Mar 8, 2017

Mabel P. Baker, 89, of Chambersburg, passed away on March 8, 2017 at Hershey Medical Center. Born December 3, 1927 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Richard Harrison Pollard and Ida V. (Hetrick) Pollard Stouffer. Mabel was a 1944 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. She then attended Chambersburg Business School. Early in her life she...

Richard Shearer

Richard Shearer

Mar 7, 2017

Richard “Logan” Shearer, age 26, of East Waterford, PA, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Born February 21, 1991, in East Waterford, PA, he was the son of Richard T. Shearer and Betty J. Miller Shearer. A 2010 graduate of Fannett – Metal High School, Logan went on to work in construction, where he had...

Dr. Howard Lebow

Dr. Howard Lebow

Mar 5, 2017

Dr. Howard M. Lebow, 64, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly Sunday evening, March 5, 2017 in the emergency room of Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 19, 1952 in Bronx, NY, he was a son of the late Murray and Betty Adelman Lebow. A graduate of the Churchland High School in Portsmouth, VA, Dr. Lebow went on to earn degrees from...

Rodger Barnhart

Rodger Barnhart

Mar 5, 2017

Lt Col (ret) Rodger L. Barnhart, of Chambersburg passed from this life on Sunday 5 March 2017 at his home in Chambersburg after long battle with cancer. He was born at Fort Monroe, Virginia, February 12th, 1938 to the late Major (retired USAF) C. L. “Barney” and M. Virginia “Ginny” (Auman) Barnhart. Rodger was a graduate of Chambersburg High School...

Floyd Swanger

Floyd Swanger

Mar 4, 2017

Floyd Edgar Swanger, age 83, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at the Chambersburg Hospital on Saturday, March 4, 2017. Born October 9, 1933, in Shippensburg, he was the son of the late Charles Edgar and Cecilia Millhouse Swanger. A U.S. Army veteran, Mr. Swanger served honorably during the Korean Conflict. He continued his service, working at Letterkenny Army Depot, where...

Richard Tedrick

Richard Tedrick

Mar 3, 2017

Richard L. Tedrick, age 80, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, March 3, 2017, at Menno Haven. Born October 21, 1936, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Edward and Dorothy Peters Tedrick. A 1955 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. He served honorably in the U.S. Army Reserves for a number of years. Mr....

Frank Thomas

Frank Thomas

Mar 2, 2017

Frank W. Thomas, 72, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, March 2, 2017 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 7, 1944 in Chambersburg he was the son of the late John W. and Marie Myers Thomas. Early in his life Frank worked at Nitterhouse Concrete Products. He was later employed as a forklift operator at Knouse Foods, then as a...

Chester Teal

Chester Teal

Mar 2, 2017

Chester V. Teal, Jr., 70, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, March 2, 2017 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 9, 1946 in Chambersburg he was a son of the late Chester V. Teal, Sr. and Bessie Marcellice Teal. A U. S. Marine Corps veteran, Chester served honorably in Vietnam. He was awarded the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam...

Floe Fann

Floe Fann

Mar 1, 2017

Floe I. Fann, age 87, of Waynesboro, PA, passed away at her home on Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Born November 30, 1929, in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Alfred L. and Irene Trace Monn. A homemaker most of her adult life, Mrs. Fann enjoyed caring for her family and keeping her own “Army” of children well...

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