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Barbara Strite
Mar 29, 2016
Barbara Reamy Strite, 76, of Chambersburg, PA died on March 29, 2016 at her home. She was born July 11, 1939 in Baltimore, MD. She was the daughter of the late Dorothea S. and Howard B. Reamy. The family were members of the Lutheran Church of the Holy Comforter of Baltimore. Barb was a 1957 graduate of Eastern High School...
Vonda Gunder
Mar 28, 2016
Vonda R. Gunder, age 87, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Monday, March 28, 2016, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born in Quincy, PA, on January 19, 1929, she was the daughter of the late William Fairfax Freeman and Emma Heintzelman Freeman. Mrs. Gunder was a 1946 graduate of the former Quincy High School. She was fortunate enough to be a...
Wayne Loar
Mar 28, 2016
Wayne L. Loar, age 57, of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, March 28, 2016, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 24, 1959, in Frostburg, MD, he was the son of the late Elmer Walter and Mary Scott Loar. Wayne was a welder by trade. He was a member of The Open Door...
Paul Garland
Mar 26, 2016
Paul Jesse Garland, age 77, of St. Thomas, PA passed away on Saturday, March 26, 2016, at the Hershey Medical Center. Born in Breezewood, PA on May 14, 1938, he was the son of the late Franklin G. and Mildred E. Pepple Garland. A U.S. Air Force veteran, he served his country honorably for four years. He went on to...
Robert Rowe
Mar 26, 2016
Robert Charles Rowe, 82, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Jessup, MD, passed away on Saturday, March 26, 2016 at Penn Hall Nursing Center with his family by his side. Born May 29, 1933 in Philadelphia, PA, he was a son of the late Charles Rowe and Leota Fellenbaum Rowe McPherson. Bob was employed as a carpenter with Walter A....
Mary Etter
Mar 26, 2016
Mary M. Etter, age 90, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, March 26, 2016, at Menno Haven Nursing Home. Born April 3, 1925, in Franklin County, PA, she was the daughter of the late Allen J. and Olevia M. Claudy Miner. Mrs. Etter worked at A&P Foods for 50 years, where she later retired. She was a member of...
Katharine Pensinger
Mar 24, 2016
Katharine “Katie” D. Glass Pensinger, 89, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Thursday morning, March 24, 2016 in the emergency room of Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 24, 1927 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Matthew Glass and Edith Isenberger Glass Beard. Mrs. Pensinger was a 1945 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and was employed as a...
Terry Heck
Mar 24, 2016
Terry L. Heck, 69, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, March 24, 2016 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 11, 1946 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late John Paul and Margaret Kriner Heck. Terry was a 1965 graduate of CASHS. A U.S. Navy veteran, he served honorably as a river boat patrolman in Vietnam. Following his service,...
Betty Shetron
Mar 23, 2016
Betty L. Shetron, 87, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Wednesday morning, March 23, 2016 at the Shook Home. Born September 27, 1928 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Jane Mills Bitner. She retired from the former H.J. Heinz Company in Chambersburg after 25 years of service. Mrs. Shetron was a life-long member of St. John’s...
David Owens
Mar 23, 2016
David N. “Tiny” Owens, 66, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born November 9, 1949 in Ft. Meade, MD, he was the son of the late Luther N. Owens and Pauline Baily Barrett. A U.S. Army veteran, David served honorably in Vietnam. He was employed as a route driver for Pepsi-Cola in Newville...
Mary Rogers
Mar 22, 2016
Mary J. Rogers, 93, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday morning, March 22, 2016 at the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born May 16, 1922 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of Marahll A. and Dicie E. Holder Foose. Mary retired from Knouse Foods in Chambersburg where she worked for many years. She was a member of Corpus Christi...
Anthony Torina
Mar 22, 2016
Anthony F. Torina, 65, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 29, 1950 in Johnstown, PA, he was a son of the late Nicholas and Sara DiGuardi Torina. Anthony served with the US Marine Corps during the Vietnam War and was employed at Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg, retiring in 2015 with...
Robert Ripper
Mar 19, 2016
Robert Ripper, age 77, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Saturday, March 19, 2016, at Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill, PA, with his loving family by his side. Born July 16, 1938, in Windber, PA, he was the son of the late John R. and Anna Bartko Ripper. Mr. Ripper was a 1956 graduate of Adams-Summerhill Senior High School, where...
Nicholas Snyder
Mar 17, 2016
Nicholas Warren Snyder, 23, died unexpectedly, at home, on March 17, 2016. He was born on November 28, 1992, in Chambersburg, PA. Nicholas was a 2011 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School, and was finishing his senior year at Penn State University, University Park campus, with a degree in Hospitality Management. Nicholas is survived by his parents, Sandra and...
Ryan Foor
Mar 16, 2016
Ryan Jeffrey Foor, age 22, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, March 16, 2016. Born April 27, 1993, in Chambersburg, PA, he is the son of Jeffrey Eugene and Tanya Renae Etchberger Foor. Ryan was a 2011 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School. He worked at Volvo in Shippensburg and most recently as a carpenter at Brim...
Richard Miller
Mar 16, 2016
Richard Elmond Miller, 89, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at Penn hall Nursing Center. Born May 7, 1926, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Samuel B. and Lottie Irene Miller. A graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Mr. Miller went on to serve in the U.S. Navy, honorably during WWII....
John Emory
Mar 15, 2016
John W. Emory, age 81, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at his home on Tuesday, March 15, 2016, with his beloved wife and family by his side. Born July 4, 1934, in Waynesboro, PA, he was the son of the late Edward and Anna M. Smiley Emory. Mr. Emory worked as an auto body mechanic all of his adult life,...
Fred Fore
Mar 13, 2016
Fred Barmont Fore, 89, passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2016, at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehab Center, Chambersburg, PA. Born April 19, 1926, in McConnellsburg, PA, he was the son of the late Boyd B. and Janet Gobin Fore. Fred was a 1944 graduate of McConnellsburg High School. A World War II veteran, he served in the Army Air...
Pearl Hartzell
Mar 13, 2016
Anna Pearl (Reamer) Hartzell died on Sunday, March 13, 2016 at Menno Haven. She was born May 29, 1922, the daughter of the late J. Harvey and Ethel Eckenrode Reamer. She was the last surviving member of her family. Her husband, George T. Hartzell preceded her in 1999. Pearl graduated from Penn State Mont Alto in 1975, with an associate...
Julia Schaff
Mar 12, 2016
Julia A. Schaff, 76, of Fayetteville, passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2016 at Manor Care Health Services. Born January 25, 1940, she was a daughter of the late William and June O’Brien. Her beloved husband, Jacob G. Schaff IV, preceded her in death on August 10, 2012. Julia earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Education from Shippensburg University in 1961....
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