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Patricia Aughinbaugh
May 24, 2017
Patricia Ann Aughinbaugh, age 87, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born in Chambersburg on March 1, 1930, she was the daughter of the late John Bryson and Claire Irene Miller Kessinger. Mrs. Aughinbaugh was a 1948 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. Mrs. Aughinbaugh was co-owner and operator of Aucky’s...
Jack Myers
May 23, 2017
Jack P. Myers, 83, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at his son’s home on Tuesday, May 23, 2017. Born November 10, 1933, in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Oliver and Fannie Heckman Myers. Jack served in the US Army and was self-employed as a painter most of his life. He also worked for more than ten years...
Charles Small
May 19, 2017
Charles William “Bill” Small, 72, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, May 19, 2017 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 10, 1944 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late William and Bertha Furry Small. Bill was a 1962 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. Following graduation, he served honorably in the U.S. Navy. Bill was employed...
Millard Wheeler
May 19, 2017
Millard Griffith Wheeler, Jr., 76, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, May 19, 2017 at his home. Born September 22, 1940 in Baltimore, MD, he was a son of the late Millard Wheeler, Sr. and Helen Rose Wheeler. A U.S. Marine Corps veteran, Millard served honorably during the Vietnam Conflict. He was employed with IBM for 25 years until...
Frederick Berger
May 17, 2017
Frederick D. Berger, 72 years of age, of Chambersburg PA, died unexpectedly at his home on Wednesday, May 17, 2017. He is survived by his wife Donna Waddleton; mother, Edna Cooper of Windsor North Carolina; his three daughters Lorrie Berger, Lisa Cannon and husband Austin, Lynette Doyle and husband Joseph ; grandchildren, Austin, Kaitlyn, Jacquelyn, and Samuel. He was pre-deceased...
Nancy Sheaffer
May 16, 2017
Nancy B. Sheaffer, 81, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at the Carolyn Croxton Slane Residence in Harrisburg, PA. Born December 3, 1935 in Mifflin County, she was the daughter of the late Robert Franklin Brown and Pauline Leach Brown. Nancy was employed at the Chambersburg Hospital as an RN for 40 years until her retirement in...
George Bartle
May 13, 2017
George Rodney Bartle, 79 of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Saturday afternoon, May 13, 2017 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born January 4, 1938 in Greencastle, he was a son of the late Ellis and Ruth Shoap Bartle. Mr. Bartle served with the National Guard for eight years. He was employed at the former Dairimaid in Chambersburg and then retired from Harrisburg...
Marie Dankelmann
May 12, 2017
Marie A. Dankelmann, age 91, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, May 12, 2017, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 15, 1926, she was the daughter of the late William and Rose Forstner Ziegler. Mrs. Dankelmann was a graduate of Mastbaum High School. Mrs. Dankelmann went to work in retail at Strawbridges and Clothier in Philadelphia and for the...
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...
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