Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Bonnie Johns
Feb 28, 2017
Bonnie J. Johns, age 76, of Greencastle, PA, passed away unexpectedly at home on Tuesday, February 28, 2017. Born in Shippensburg, PA on September 9, 1940, she was the daughter of the late David and Ruth Daugherty Hostetter. Bonnie was a 1957 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School. She had worked as a bank teller at F&M Bank...

Mildred Catherine Horn Stayman
Feb 27, 2017
Mildred Catherine Horn Stayman, of Upper Strasburg, PA, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, February 27, 2017. Born January 22, 1928, in Lemasters, PA, she was the daughter of the late David W. and Esther Phiel Pool. Mrs. Stayman was a 1945 graduate of the former Lemaster’s High School. She was a homemaker most of...
Lawrence Seburn
Feb 27, 2017
Lawrence J. “Mike” Seburn, 75, of Chambersburg, passed away on Monday, February 27, 2017 at his home. Born September 9, 1941 in Hancock, MD, he was a son of the late Lawrence E. and Arlene Margaret Hann Seburn. His wife Bonnie L. Golden Seburn, whom he married on February 14, 1963, preceded him in death on December 23, 2013. A...
Phyllis Hackney
Feb 26, 2017
Phyllis Ruth Hackney, 71, of Chambersburg, passed away on Sunday, February 26, 2017, at her home with her beloved family by her side. Born August, 5, 1945, in Columbus, OH, she was the daughter of the late Ruth Henderson Crago. Phyllis was a 1964 graduate of St. Mary’s High School in Columbus OH. She later began her career as a...

Rosemary Tokar
Feb 26, 2017
Rosemary Letha Tokar (Block), 74, passed away on Sunday, February 26, 2017, surrounded by her loving family. Born July 23, 1942 in Syracuse, NY, she was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Lillian (Case) Block, brother Jack Block, and sister Ann Betelak. After her retirement from Dun and Bradstreet in Murray Hill, New Jersey, she became a member...
James Mercer
Feb 25, 2017
James Mercer, 87, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Saturday morning, February 25, 2017 at his home. Born in October of 1929 in Odum, Georgia, he was a son of the late Edmund and Annie Ring Mercer. Mr. Mercer served in the US Army for twenty-two years, retiring in June of 1973 at the rank of Chief Warrant Officer 3. During...
Dwayne Thomas
Feb 22, 2017
Dwayne E. Thomas, Jr., 24, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, February 22, 2017, at the Waynesboro Hospital. Born May 20, 1992, in Chambersburg, he was the son of Dwayne E. Thomas, Sr. (wife Cona) of Chambersburg and Heather Naugle (husband Jack) of Fayetteville. Dwayne was employed at CPP in Greencastle and was previously employed at Service Tire...

Diane Kaylor
Feb 21, 2017
Diane L. Kaylor, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 25, 1955 in Hagerstown, MD, she was the daughter of Mary Carr Landaker and the late James H. Landaker. Diane was a graduate of North Hagerstown High School and earned her associates degree from the Art Institute of Philadelphia. She was...

Wayne "Jake" Poe
Feb 20, 2017
Wayne J. “Jake” Poe,75, of Spring Run, passed away on Monday, February 20, 2017, at the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehab Center. Born June 4, 1941, in Charleston, West Virginia, he was a son of the late Duard and Geraldine Jefferis Poe. A U.S. Army veteran and P.O.W., Jake honorably served during the Vietnam conflict where he was awarded the...
Diana Baker
Feb 19, 2017
Diana Marie Baker, age 62, of Chambersburg PA, passed away at ManorCare on Sunday, February 19, 2017. Born May 1, 1954, in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of Lois Stoner Baker and the late Rastus Baker. Ms. Baker was a 1972 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. She worked as a supervisor for Goodwill at Letterkenny Army...

Rosemary Bowser
Feb 19, 2017
Rosemary Bowser, 64, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday, February 19, 2017 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 14, 1952 in Waynesboro, she was a daughter of the late Harry P. and Gloria P. Gensler Bowser. A graduate of the Mont Alto campus of Penn State University, Rosemary was a Registered Nurse and was last employed at the Roxbury Treatment Center....

Roger Davis
Feb 18, 2017
Roger Dale Davis, age 67, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, February 18, 2017, at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehab Center. Born November 25, 1949, in Big Cove Tannery, PA, he was the son of the late Donald Harrison and Ethel Pittman Davis. A 1969 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Mr. Davis went on to work...
Thomas Robinson
Feb 18, 2017
Thomas F. “Chico” Robinson, Sr., 79, of Chambersburg, PA, passed Saturday evening, February 18, 2017 at ManorCare Health Services. Born July 30, 1937 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Harriet Lane and Fred Robinson. He was employed at Letterkenny Army Depot for twenty-six years prior to his retirement. Mr. Robinson was a member of Laurel Lodge IBPOE...

Glenda Fogal
Feb 17, 2017
Glenda K. Fogal, age 81, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at the Chambersburg Hospital on Friday, February 17, 2017. Born in St. Thomas, PA on September 26, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Violet Ricker Gardner. Mrs. Fogal was a 1953 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. Mrs. Fogal worked at Letterkenny Army Depot as...