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Lois Hinkle Statler
Dec 1, 2016
Lois A. Hinkle Statler, 87, passed away Thursday evening, December 1, 2016 at the Orrstown Personal Care Home. Born March 19, 1929 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Glenn E. George and Esther Miller George Kanner. She attended the former Chambersburg High School and was employed as a Benefits Coordinator in the Human Resources Department at Chambersburg...
John Hahn
Dec 1, 2016
John D. Hahn of Chambersburg, PA died peacefully at home on Dec. 1, 2016 at the age of 80 after an extended illness. Born July 21, 1936, in Canton, OH, he was the son of the late John and Mary (Gerlock) Hahn. John was a graduate of Timken High School and the University of Akron. He was a master woodcarver...
Robert Cook
Dec 1, 2016
Robert E. “Cookie” Cook, Sr., 79, of Shippensburg, PA, passed away Thursday morning, December 1, 2016 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 9, 1937 in Fayetteville, he was a son of the late Rodney Eugene and Pearl Edna Frey Cook. An auto body mechanic most of his life, he and Marlin “Butch” Myers owned and operated Myers and Cook Body...
George Haulman
Nov 30, 2016
George W. Haulman, Jr., 69, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, November 30, 2016, at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born March 3, 1947, in Chambersburg he was a son of the late George W. Haulman, Sr. and Helen Mull Haulman. George was a 1967 graduate of CASHS. He was employed at Johnnies Restaurant and Hotel Services in Chambersburg...
Ronald Perry
Nov 29, 2016
Ronald L. Perry, Sr., 77, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday morning, November 29, 2016 at his home. Born November 26, 1939 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Lester Perry and Rhoda Baker Perry Sollenberger. He was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and was happily married to Mary Jane Thomas Perry, the girl...
Betty Poe
Nov 27, 2016
Betty L. Poe, 69, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly Sunday evening, November 27, 2016 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born January 27, 1947 in Waynesboro, she was the daughter of the late Roy G., Sr. and V. Lois Socks Wagaman. She was employed for more than thirty years at the former Stanley Company in Chambersburg and worked for several years...
Ronald Hoffer
Nov 27, 2016
Ronald C. Hoffer, Sr., 64, of Chambersburg, passed away Sunday evening, November 27, 2016 at his home. Born July 20, 1952 in Williamsport, PA, he was a son of the late Richard and Louise Clark Hoffer. Ronald was a 1970 graduate of the Williamsport High School and served honorably with the US Navy for fifteen years. He was then employed...
Eric Glass
Nov 26, 2016
Eric Lee Glass, age 49, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Saturday, November 26, 2016. Born September 17, 1967, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of Sandra K. Cooke Frank (the late Donald Frank) and the late Charles Glass. Eric was a 1985 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. Eric worked as a...
Eleanore Schmid
Nov 25, 2016
Eleanore Marie (Ellie) Schmid, age 87, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, November 25, 2016, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 16, 1929, in Elizabeth, NJ, she was the daughter of the late John and Helen Homolish Leskanic. Mrs. Schmid was a 1947 graduate of Linden High School in Linden, NJ. She was a member of Corpus Christi Catholic...
Ellen Rife
Nov 24, 2016
Ellen B. Rife, age 64, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at her home on Thursday, November 24, 2016, with her family by her side. Born February 14, 1952, in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Clyde H. and Mary Naomi Burkholder Lehman. A 1970 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Mrs. Rife went on to Licensed Practical...
Doris Oyler
Nov 24, 2016
Doris Katherine Phillips Oyler, 93, of Chambersburg, PA, left the family and friends she loved on Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 24, 2016. Born January 2, 1923, she was adopted at 11 months of age via The Christian’s Home of Pittsburgh by Drucilla Kissell Phillips and William Blair Phillips. Doris graduated from the former Chambersburg High School in 1940. She was nicknamed...
George Cowley
Nov 24, 2016
George L. Cowley, 71, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, November 24, 2016, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 13, 1944, in McKeesport, PA, he was the son of the late Frank A. and Nelle Mehrman Cowley. George was a 1962 graduate of the former Duquesne High School. He later earned his B.S. in Education from Clarion University in 1966...
Arthur Hughes
Nov 23, 2016
Arthur Ralph Hughes, 69, of Fayetteville, passed away Wednesday morning, November 23, 2016 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 27, 1947 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Ralph George and Margaret Stanchowski Hughes. A U.S Army veteran, Arthur served honorably in the Vietnam War. He was employed with Valley Quarries and New Enterprise Stone and Lime for...
Annabelle Jones
Nov 23, 2016
Annabelle Jones, age 93, passed away on Wednesday, November 23, 2016, in Clarksville, TN. Formerly of Fayetteville, PA, she most recently was residing in Hopkinsville, KY. Born August 10, 1923 in Fayetteville, PA, she was the daughter of the late Jacob E. and Nora B. Shields Young. Mrs. Jones was a life member of the American Legion Post 46 and...
Amara Hoke
Nov 23, 2016
Amara Olivia Hoke, age 3, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at her home on Wednesday, November 23, 2016, at 8:24 AM, born in York, PA, she is the daughter of Jeffrey T. and Brittany R. Hoke. Amara loved her family and enjoyed spending time with them; she loved to listen to music, and the chaos that came with having three...
Elizabeth Cowan
Nov 21, 2016
Elizabeth J. Cowan, 87, of Chambersburg, passed away on Monday, November 21, 2016 in Penn Hall. Born on November 21, 1929 in Wilkes-Barre, PA, she was a daughter of the late Walter Smith and Marie Dunn Smith. Elizabeth worked for many years for the Department of the Navy, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, where she later served as the Executive...
Marie Dean
Nov 20, 2016
Marie B. Dean, age 99, of Chambersburg, PA, and formerly of Amberson, PA, passed away at Penn Hall Nursing Center on Sunday, November 20, 2016. Born January 15, 1917, in Altham, PA, she was the daughter of the late George F. and Ann May Sauer Bussell. A Homemaker most of her working years, she was employed as a lathe operator...
Earl Snyder
Nov 17, 2016
Earl E. Snyder, 92, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Thursday morning, November 17, 2016 at Penn Hall Nursing Center. Born November 11, 1924 in West Branch, Iowa, he was a son of the late Albert and Della Mae Myers Snyder. Earl was a 1942 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and served with the US Army in Korea near...
Walter Lehman
Nov 15, 2016
Walter Lehman, Jr., 88, Possum Hollow Rd., died on Tuesday evening, November 15, 2016, at his home. Born June 6, 1928, in Franklin County, PA, he was the son of the late Walter H. and Ada G. (Martin) Lehman. He was a member of the Antrim Mennonite Church near Greencastle and attended the Culbertson Mennonite Church near Chambersburg. He was...
William Trogler
Nov 15, 2016
William A. Trogler, 86, a resident at Elmcroft in Shippensburg, PA, passed away Tuesday morning, November 15, 2016 at the nursing home. Born May 4, 1930 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Albert and Helen Bivens Trogler. Mr. Trogler served with the US Army during the Korean War and was employed by Roadway trucking company He was...
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