Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...