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Jerry Smith

Jerry Smith

Sep 10, 2016

Jerry E. Smith, age 38, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly at the Chambersburg Hospital on Saturday, September 10, 2016. Born in Charlottesville, VA on March 13, 1978, he was the son of Brenda J. and John E. Schult. A 1996 graduate of the Greencastle-Antrim High School, Jerry went on to HACC, where he earned several certifications. He was a...

Betty Chilcutt

Betty Chilcutt

Sep 8, 2016

Betty L. Chilcutt, 80, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Thursday morning, September 8, 2016 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 8, 1936 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late John and Anna Kriner Brown. A homemaker most of her life, she was employed at the former Stanley Company in Chambersburg for a number of years. She was a...

Donna Messer

Donna Messer

Sep 8, 2016

Donna L. Messer, 79, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Thursday, September 8, 2016, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 8, 1937, in Davenport, IA, she was the daughter of the late Herbert S. and Irene E. Clifford Peterson. Donna was a 1955 graduate of Davenport High School in Iowa. She and her husband, Terrill J. “Terry” Messer, were High...

Wilma Pyles

Wilma Pyles

Sep 7, 2016

Wilma May Pyles, 92, of Blairs Mills, PA, passed away Wednesday evening, September 7, 2016, at Menno Haven. Born March 4, 1924, in Blairs Mills, she was a daughter of the late Edgar W. and Pearl Gifford Goshorn. Her beloved husband, William N. Pyles preceded her in death on November 10, 1976. Wilma was employed as a mail carrier for...

Nora May "Dolly" Miller

Nora May "Dolly" Miller

Sep 6, 2016

Nora May “Dolly” Miller, 77, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away peacefully Tuesday morning, September 6, 2016 at her home surrounded by her family. Born September 21, 1938 in Fayetteville, she was a daughter of the late John F. and Ella M. Ritter Miller. Dolly had attended the Fayetteville Church of God for many years. She had a great love for...

J. Louise Ashburn

J. Louise Ashburn

Sep 6, 2016

J. Louise Ashburn, 85, of Waynesboro and formerly of Chambersburg, passed away Tuesday morning, September 6, 2016 at her home. Born October 28, 1930 in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late Raymond L. Kitzmiller, Sr. and Isabelle Patterson Kitzmiller. Mrs. Ashburn was a 1948 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and retired from the Franklin Learning Center...

Judith Hollinshead

Judith Hollinshead

Sep 3, 2016

Judith A. Hollinshead, age 72 of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at ManorCare Health Services on Saturday, September 3, 2016. Born June 19, 1944, in Waynesboro, PA, she was the daughter of the late J. Norman and Mildred Roof Moats. Judy was a 1962 graduate of the Greencastle Antrim High School. She worked in retail most of her adult life. She...

Elloise Sites

Elloise Sites

Sep 3, 2016

Elloise F. Sites, age 90, formerly of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, September 3, 2016, at the Village of Laurel Run in Fayetteville, PA. Born October 25, 1925, in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Melvin and Edna Eberly Piper. A 1943 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Mrs. Sites went on to work as a...

Shirley Cook

Shirley Cook

Sep 1, 2016

Shirley D. Cook, 79, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Thursday, September 1, 2016, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 13, 1937, in Mercersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Louise Grove. Her beloved husband, Frank E. Cook, preceded her in death in 1992. Shirley was employed at Letterkenny Army Depot for over 20 years until her retirement...

Betty Winters

Betty Winters

Aug 31, 2016

Betty J. Winters, 59, of Chambersburg, PA, formally of Dempseytown, PA, died August 31,2016 at Hershey Medical Center after a short illness. Born October 23, 1956 in Oil City, PA, she was the daughter of the late Billy O. and Shirley (Deeter) Smalley. She Graduated from Oil City High School in 1974. Betty was Previously employed by Maryland Cup, KMart...

Guy Sentz

Guy Sentz

Aug 30, 2016

Guy Sentz, Jr., 91, died Aug. 30, 2016, at Manor Care in Chambersburg, PA. Born in Emmitsburg, MD, he was the son of the late Guy Sedwick Sentz, Sr. and Loretta E. Paul Sentz. A U.S. Army veteran, Guy served honorably during WWII, having fought in Normandy, North France, and Rhineland. He served in the 90th infantry and served under...

Barbara Bishop

Barbara Bishop

Aug 28, 2016

Barbara A. Bishop age 75, of Chambersburg, PA, walked through Heavens Gates at the Chambersburg Hospital on Sunday, August 28, 2016. Born July 3, 1941, in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late William and Bertha Furry Small. A 1959 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior high School, Barbara went on to work in retail sales. She was an...

Bertha Burkholder

Bertha Burkholder

Aug 27, 2016

Bertha Flohr Burkholder, 93, of Chambersburg, passed into eternity on Saturday, August 27, 2016. Born, March 16, 1923 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Russell and Alice Burkhart Flohr. Her beloved husband, Noah A. Burkholder, preceded her in death on May 5, 2013. Early in her life, Bertha worked for the Heinz Co. and then the Stanley...

Penny Weller Guyer

Penny Weller Guyer

Aug 26, 2016

Penny L. Weller Guyer, 51, of St. Thomas, PA, passed away Friday, August 26, 2016 at her home surrounded by her family. Born June 30, 1965 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Arthur and Lyndall Gelwicks Weller. Penny was a 1983 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. She was a member of the Moose Lodge...

Florence Pheil

Florence Pheil

Aug 26, 2016

Florence F. “Torney” Pheil, 97, of Chambersburg, passed away peacefully at Menno Haven on Friday, August 26, 2016. Born on May 30, 1919 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late P. Krouse Fisher and Anna Blanche Crist Fisher. She was the widow of Wayne Pheil, who preceded her in death on August 8, 2004. Torney was a faithful...

Hilda Simms

Hilda Simms

Aug 26, 2016

Hilda Romaine Simms, 87, of Amberson, PA, passed away on Friday, August 26, 2016 at her home. Born July 13, 1929 in Sparks, MD, she was a daughter of the late Roy Daniel and Dora Catherine Kline. Hilda was a graduate of Hereford High School in Hereford, MD. She was a faithful member of Spring Run Bible Church. She loved...

Robert Fahnestock

Robert Fahnestock

Aug 24, 2016

Robert C. Fahnestock, 88, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Wednesday evening, August 24, 2016 at Menno Haven. Born December 31, 1927 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Charles K. and Marie Snyder Fahnestock. Mr. Fahnestock was a 1947 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and worked as a self-employed carpenter most of his life. He was...

Theodore "Ted" Suders

Theodore "Ted" Suders

Aug 23, 2016

Theodore M. “Ted” Suders, 78, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at ManorCare Health Services. Born December 13, 1937 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Harry M. and Helen Viola Robinson Suders. Ted was and US Army veteran and had been employed throughout his lifetime at the Chambersburg Laundry, Wilson College, Grove Manufacturing, and...

Bradley Hobble

Bradley Hobble

Aug 22, 2016

Bradley E. Hobble, 62, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday afternoon, August 22, 2016 at Holy Spirit Hospital in Camp Hill. Born May 19, 1954 in Doylesburg, he was the son of the late John and Hazel Hockenberry Hobble. A graduate of the Fannett-Metal High School, he was employed at Knouse Foods in Chambersburg, retiring after thirty-eight years of service....

Helen Hobbs

Helen Hobbs

Aug 22, 2016

Helen M. Hobbs, 90, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Monday morning, August 22, 2016 at ManorCare Health Services in Chambersburg. Born November 18, 1925 in Fayetteville, she was a daughter of the late Mary K. Noll Cook. Helen was employed early in her life in the dietary department at the South Mountain Restoration Center and went on to work in...

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