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Isabel Drawbaugh

Isabel Drawbaugh

Jan 29, 2016

Isabel S. Drawbaugh, 83, of Chambersburg, died on Friday, January 29, 2016 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born on June 26, 1932 in Waynesboro, she was a daughter of the late Gerald Shaffer and Margaret Hoy Shaffer and raised by Walter and Isabel Snyder in Chambersburg. Isabel worked years ago as a teller at the former Valleybank, and also as a...

Melvin Watkins

Melvin Watkins

Jan 29, 2016

Melvin P. “Mel” Watkins, 89, of Dry Run, PA, died Friday evening, January 29, 2016 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 22, 1926 in Coals Valley, PA, he was a son of the late Clarence and Edna Stains Watkins. He was employed at one time with the Pennsylvania Game Commission and also worked as a truck driver and logger. He...

Luann Truax

Luann Truax

Jan 28, 2016

Luann Harriet Truax, age 65, of Shippensburg, PA, passed away on Thursday, January 28, 2016 at Mt. Nittany Medical Center. Born October 26, 1950 in Brattleboro, VT, she was the daughter of Harriet Coolbrith Gassette and the late Norman Gassette. Her loving husband, Norman Truax, whom she married on May 23, 1993, preceded her in death on February 2, 2012....

John Stumbaugh

John Stumbaugh

Jan 28, 2016

John E. Stumbaugh, 83, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Thursday morning, January 28, 2016 at his home. Born June 27, 1932 in Marion, PA, he was a son of the late Edward and Pearl Harmon Stumbaugh. John retired from C. Earl Brown where he worked as a diesel mechanic for forty-seven years. Following his retirement he worked part-time for fifteen...

Robert Root

Robert Root

Jan 27, 2016

Robert L. Root, 83, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born on December 13, 1932 in Plainfield, NJ, he was a son of the late George and Audrey Daly Root. His loving wife of 55 years, Ann M. “Mike” Root, whom he married on December 27, 1959, preceded him...

Gerald Black

Gerald Black

Jan 26, 2016

Gerald L. Black, 75, of Chambersburg, PA, entered his Heavenly home Tuesday, January 26, 2016. Born June 29, 1940 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Walter and Viola Rice Black. Gerald co-owned and co-operated Black Brothers Lumber where he could often be found operating the log loader truck and running the saw at the mill. He enjoyed...

Irene Gearhart

Irene Gearhart

Jan 26, 2016

Irene L. Gearhart, 78, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Tuesday morning, January 26, 2016 at Quincy Village. Born July 5, 1937 in Hancock, MD, she was a daughter of the late Homer and Mabel Younker Weller. Irene was employed as an LPN at the former Franklin County Home for the Aging, and later at Shook Home until her retirement....

Sue Day

Sue Day

Jan 24, 2016

Sue Moyer Day, age 69, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehab Center on Sunday, January 24, 2016. Born May 19, 1946, in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Elmer and Catherine Fetters Moyer. A 1964 graduate of CASHS, Sue went on the earn her bachelor’s degree from Shippensburg University in 1978 and...

Dorothy  Sitterly

Dorothy Sitterly

Jan 24, 2016

Dorothy Marie Andreiuolo Sitterly, 91, a resident of the Village of Laurel Run, Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Sunday, January 24, while visiting her daughter, Doree, of West Lake Village, CA. Born on January 4, 1925 in Corona, NY, she was a daughter of the late Francis Andreiuolo and Dorothy Balzer Andreiuolo. She was the widow of Robert J. Sitterly,...

Russell Bender

Russell Bender

Jan 24, 2016

Russell A. Bender, 91, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at Penn Hall. Born October 29, 1924 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late William and Laura (Miller) Bender. Russell was a 1943 graduate of the former Quincy High School. A U.S. Army Air Corps veteran, he served honorably in the European Theatre as...

Charles Cruz

Charles Cruz

Jan 23, 2016

Charles Placido Cruz, age 94, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Saturday, January 23, 2016 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Mr. Cruz was born May 3, 1921 in Honolulu, HI. Mr. Cruz worked for the U.S. Government at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard for over 35 years, retiring in 1976. He would eventually move from Hawaii to Maryland and finally permanently...

Rev. Arthur Kuehn

Rev. Arthur Kuehn

Jan 22, 2016

Rev. Arthur H. Kuehn, 79, of Fayetteville, PA, died at the Colestock Center, Quincy Village, PA on Friday, January 22, 2016. He was born in 1936 in Cincinnati, OH the son of the late Dorothy and Harry Kuehn. Rev. Kuehn graduated from Withrow High School, Wilmington College, and Colgate-Rochester Divinity School. He was listed in Who’s Who In High School,...

Robert Puchalski

Robert Puchalski

Jan 20, 2016

Robert “Bob” M. Puchalski, 76, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at the Chambersburg Hospital following a courageous battle with cancer. He was born August 5, 1939 in Plymouth, PA, in the home of his late maternal grandparents, Joseph and Sophia Olshefski. He was the son of the late Helen (Olshefski) and Adam Puchalski. Bob was...

Barbara  Kauffman Peck Thompson

Barbara Kauffman Peck Thompson

Jan 19, 2016

Barbara Joy West Kauffman Peck Thompson “Barbie”, age 73, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Tuesday, January 19, 2016, at her home with her family by her side after a courageous battle with cancer. Born February 12, 1942, in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Boyd “Preach” and Elsie Mae Ulrich West. Barbie was a 1960 graduate...

Beulah Cole

Beulah Cole

Jan 19, 2016

Beulah A. C ole, age 99, a resident of Woodland Retirement Center, Orbisonia, PA, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, January 19, 2016. Born in Harlan, IA on January 3, 1917, she was a farmer’s daughter, she loved the outdoors. She joined the 4-H and raised prize winning short-horn beef, which she showed at the...

Sandra Freet

Sandra Freet

Jan 17, 2016

Sandra J. Freet, age 72, of Chambersburg, passed away on Sunday, January 17, 2016 in Falling Spring Nursing and Rehab Center, Chambersburg. She was born on August 3, 1943 in Indian Head, MD to the late LeRoy Gates and Willa Cruise Gates. Sandy was a founding and faithful member of Greencastle Baptist Church. An avid country and gospel music fan,...

Julia Goshorn

Julia Goshorn

Jan 17, 2016

Julia E. Goshorn, age 88, Chambersburg, PA, entered into heaven on Sunday, January 17, 2016, at her home. Born March 8, 1927, in Antrim Township, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Hilda Fox Black. Mrs. Goshorn was a 1944 graduate of Greencastle – Antrim High School. She worked for Corning for 29 years, retiring in 1989. Mrs....

David Bernecker

David Bernecker

Jan 16, 2016

David E. Bernecker, 89, of St. Thomas, PA, passed away on Saturday, January 16, 2016 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born February 3, 1926 in Upton, PA, he was a son of the late Clarence E. and Catherine B. (Hopkins) Bernecker. David was a 1944 graduate of St. Thomas High School. A U. S. Army veteran, he served...

Lennard Staley

Lennard Staley

Jan 16, 2016

Lennard C. Staley, 74, of South Mountain, PA, passed away Saturday evening, January 16, 2016 in the Waynesboro Hospital. Born July 12, 1941 in Waynesboro, he was the son of the late Clinton J. and Louise A. Kauffman Staley. Lennard was a 1960 graduate of the former Quincy High School and attended numerous classes at Shippensburg University. An Industrial Engineer...

Robert Zullinger

Robert Zullinger

Jan 15, 2016

Robert G. Zullinger, 83, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Friday morning, January 15, 2016 at his home. Born September 4, 1932 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Paul K. and Eva Mae Hassler Zullinger. A 1950 graduate of the Chambersburg High School, Bob went on to graduate from Rutger University’s Graduate School of Banking in 1965. He...

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