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Betty Czarnecki

Betty Czarnecki

Oct 11, 2016

Betty E. Czarnecki, 82, of Elkton, MD, passed away on Tuesday, October 11, 2016, at Union Hospital. Born February 1, 1934, in Grand Rapids, MI, she was a daughter of the late Deal M. and Helen M. Witt Leach. Her beloved husband, Leonard W. Czarnecki, preceded her in death in 1987. Betty was a 1952 graduate of Coloma High School...

Ethel Brandt

Ethel Brandt

Oct 10, 2016

Ethel Mae Brandt, 74, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Monday, October 10, 2016, at her home. Born January 30, 1942, in Mount Union, PA, she was a daughter of the late Raymond S. and Blanche M. Secrest Jenkins. Ethel was employed at the former Stanley Company in Chambersburg. She was a homemaker most of her life and stayed home...

Michael Lowe

Michael Lowe

Oct 10, 2016

Michael Charles Lowe, 41, of York Springs, PA, passed away on Monday, October 10, 2016, at Holy Spirit Hospital. Born February 16, 1975, in Bethesda, MD, he is a son of Wendy Lowe and the late Mitchell Lowe. Michael was employed as a sales manager at Dean’s Auto Plaza in Hanover, PA. He enjoyed golfing, cars, his Dallas Cowboys, and...

Bessie Funk

Bessie Funk

Oct 10, 2016

Bessie M. Funk, age 97, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Monday, October 10, 2016, at Rogers Homecare in Chambersburg. Born February 4, 1919, in Linden, TN, she was the daughter of the late John H. and Laura Elkins Bates. Mrs. Funk was a 1937 graduate of Centerville High School in Centerville, TN. She married James Funk of Marion, PA...

Jean Snyder Foreman

Jean Snyder Foreman

Oct 9, 2016

Jean E. Snyder Foreman, 77, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully Sunday morning, October 9, 2016. Born November 2, 1938 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Jesse and Katherine Miller Burns. Jean was a 1959 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and taught elementary school in the Chambersburg Area School District. She was former President of...

Jonathan Booher

Jonathan Booher

Oct 8, 2016

Jonathan Matthew Booher, 40, of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with his Lord on Saturday, October 8, 2016, at Hershey Medical Center. Born April 3, 1976, in Chambersburg, he was a son of JoAnn Steiner Booher Bowers of Chambersburg and the late James M. Booher who preceded him in death on October 30, 2011. He attended the Cumberland Valley...

Lamar Hamlett

Lamar Hamlett

Oct 7, 2016

Lamar Hamlett, age 97, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, October 7, 2016, at Penn Hall Nursing Home. Born July 22, 1919, in Green City, MS, he was the son of the late Archie Hamlett, Sr. and Rena Hall Hamlett. A U. S. Army veteran, Mr. Hamlett served his country honorably for 23 years, in both WWII and the...

Constance Hipp

Constance Hipp

Oct 6, 2016

Constance G. Hipp, 78, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Thursday, October 6, 2016, at her home. Born July 8, 1938, in Washington D.C., she was a daughter of the late Robert E. and Augusta E. Lyles Dixon. Connie graduated from High School in Washington D.C. in 1956. She was employed as a secretary at the F.B.I. and later at...

Norman Mowers

Norman Mowers

Oct 4, 2016

Norman C. Mowers, 92 of Chambersburg, PA, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Tuesday morning, October 4, 2016 at his home. Born September 13, 1924 in Newville, PA, he was a son of the late James E. and Alice E. (Shatzer) Mowers. Mr. Mowers served in the US Army during WWII. He retired from Letterkenny...

Elton Simpson

Elton Simpson

Oct 3, 2016

Elton Richard Simpson, age 78, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, October 3, 2016, at Meritus Medical Center. Born June 1, 1938, in Philadelphia, he was the son of the late Dr. Thomas Richard and Corlena Scheur Simpson. A 1956 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Mr. Simpson went on to serve honorably in the U.S....

Dorothy  Rotz

Dorothy Rotz

Oct 2, 2016

Dorothy K. “Dottie” Rotz, 95, formerly of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday morning, October 2, 2016 at Community General Hospital in Harrisburg. Born May 29, 1921 in Carlisle, she was a daughter of the late Samuel S. and Elva Lizzie Kane Kitner. A 1939 graduate of the Carlisle High School, Mrs. Rotz was employed early in her life with the...

John Carter

John Carter

Oct 1, 2016

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. Saturday evening, October 1, 2016 John A.H. Carter found peace and a voice from Heaven saying “Come unto me and rest.” John A.H. Carter, 81, of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with the Lord with his wife Gloria; his friends Robert and Helen...

Marian Harman

Marian Harman

Sep 28, 2016

Marian Isabel Harman, age 92, of Fayetteville, PA, and formerly of Sebastian, FL, passed away Wednesday morning, September 28, 2016, at the Falling Spring Nursing Home. Born July 27, 1924, in Fayetteville, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Katie Perry Mitchell. The last of her immediate family, Marian is survived by numerous great - nieces and nephews....

Michael Witherspoon

Michael Witherspoon

Sep 27, 2016

Michael Eugene Witherspoon, age 34, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly in the Chambersburg hospital on Tuesday, September 27, 2016. Born May 10, 1982, in Chambersburg, he was the son of Robert E. and Diane Juray Witherspoon. Michael attended the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. He had worked as a painter. An avid outdoorsman, Michael enjoyed fishing and hunting; however...

Catherine Davis

Catherine Davis

Sep 26, 2016

Catherine F. Reid Davis, age 89, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, September 26, 2016 at her home. Born in Newtown Platten, Ireland on February 25, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Catherine Green Reid. A homemaker most of her adult life, Mrs. Davis enjoyed her pet cats, donating to various charitable organizations, bird watching, and most...

Peter Hallock

Peter Hallock

Sep 25, 2016

Peter K. Hallock, Sr., 75, of Marion, PA, passed away Sunday evening, September 25, 2016 at his home surrounded by his family. Born February 21, 1941 in Islip, NY, he was the only child of Kittridge and Dorothy Appel Hallock. Mr. Hallock graduated from Penn State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Forestry. He had a great love of the...

James Myers

James Myers

Sep 24, 2016

James R. “Jimmy” Myers, 77, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Saturday, September 24, 2016, at NMS Healthcare in Hagerstown, MD. Born July 12, 1939, in Hagerstown, he was a son of the late Carl L. and Hilda L. French Myers. Jimmy was a 1957, graduate of Williamsport High School. He was employed at James River until his retirement in...

Gretchen Carbaugh

Gretchen Carbaugh

Sep 20, 2016

Gretchen C. Carbaugh, 67, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Tuesday evening, September 20, 2016, in her home, surrounded by her loving family. Born on June 17, 1949, in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Girard H. S. Conn and Arline F. Yost Conn. A 1967 graduate of CASHS, Gretchen continued her education at the Albert Einstein Medical...

Elva Musslewhite

Elva Musslewhite

Sep 19, 2016

Elva A. Musslewhite, age 94, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Monday, September 19, 2016, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Elva was born April 30, 1922, in Tyler, TX, and was the daughter of the late Riley and Mary Marvin McElroy Adams. She was married to James E. Musslewhite on December 24, 1941. James preceded her in death in 2014. Elva...

Robert Garnes

Robert Garnes

Sep 19, 2016

Robert E. Garnes, age 91, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at his home on Monday, September 19, 2016. Born March 16, 1925, in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Samuel C. and Ada Jewel McNair Garnes. A graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Mr. Garnes went on to serve during WWII in the U.S. Army – Air...

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