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Emma Beecher
Jul 30, 2016
Emma Elizabeth Beecher, 82, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Saturday, July 30, 2016 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 30, 1934 in Huntingdon, PA, she was a daughter of the late Melvin and Edith Miller White. A homemaker most of her life, she loved spending time with and caring for her family. She served as Secretary and Treasurer of Beecher’s Auto...
R. Pauline Stouffer
Jul 29, 2016
R. Pauline Stouffer, age 102, formerly of Lincoln Way West, Chambersburg, PA, passed away Friday morning, July 29, 2016 at Menno Haven where she has resided since 2009. Born January 15, 1914 in Mercersburg, she was a daughter of the late Clyde and Ruth Gushard Souders. A homemaker most of her life, Mrs. Stouffer was a member of King Street...
Linda Forbes
Jul 27, 2016
Linda Forbes, age 73, passed away peacefully at home on July 27, 2016 surrounded by the spirit of the Lord and her loving family. Born July 15, 1943, she was a daughter of the late J. Paul and Mary (Kitzmiller) Lytle. Linda is survived by her cherished husband of thirty years, Raymond Forbes; her daughter Dianne Kelso (Denise Simmers) of...
Seth Shafer
Jul 27, 2016
Seth Byers Shafer, 88, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday morning, July 27, 2016, at Menno Haven. Born January 3, 1928, in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Jacob W. and Emma Jane Byers Shafer. Seth was a 1945 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. After his graduation, Seth worked as a machinist helper at Shartles Machine...
Lester Baughman
Jul 26, 2016
Lester Lee Baughman, 68, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, July 26, 2016 at his home. Born August 18, 1947 in East Waterford, PA, he was the son of the late George and Vera Baughman Witter. A U.S. Army veteran, Lester served honorably in Vietnam. Following his discharge from the army, he was employed as a mechanic at Letterkenny Army...
Michael Rotz
Jul 24, 2016
Michael Thomas Rotz, 64, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully in his sleep early Sunday morning, July 24, 2016. Born December 2, 1951, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Olen and Mary “Jane” Rotz. His wife, Barbara Ann Rotz, preceded him in death on November 2, 2002. He is survived by his children Michael, Savannah, Jeff...
Bette Trogler
Jul 21, 2016
Bette Jane Trogler, age 86, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Greensburg, PA, entered eternal life on Thursday, July 21, 2016, at the Shippensburg Health Care Center, Shippensburg, PA. Born March 8, 1930, in Greensburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Revon Roy McDermott and Minerva Berringer Smith. Mrs. Trogler was a member of the Marion First United...
Charles West
Jul 20, 2016
Charles E. “Jim” West, 89, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2016, at Menno Haven. He was born on June 23, 1927, in Fayetteville, PA. He was the son of the late Edward C. West and Minnie Brown West. Jim served honorably in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. Jim continued his service to the...
Harry D. "Dash" Leedy
Jul 20, 2016
Harry D. “Dash” Leedy, age 85, of Chambersburg, PA entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, July 20, 2016, in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born October 30, 1930, in Freestone, PA (Horsevalley), he was the son of the late Harvey C. and Verna R. Rosenberry Forrester Leedy. Mr. Leedy attended Shippensburg Area Schools. He married his wife of 65 years, Edith “Eloise”...
Joseph Redington
Jul 20, 2016
Joseph G. Redington, Jr., 73, of Chambersburg, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Wednesday, July 20, 2016. Born July 8, 1943, in Kansas City, MO, he was the son of the late Joseph and Ann (Dempsey) Redington. A graduate of Scranton Preparatory School (Class of '61) and the University of Scranton (cum laude, Class of '65), he served in...
Dennis Miller
Jul 20, 2016
Dennis Ray “Denny” Miller, 69, of Chambersburg and formerly of Shippensburg, passed away after an over four year battle with cancer on Wednesday morning, July 20, 2016, at his home. Born July 9, 1947, in Chambersburg, he was the son of Deloris Miller Smith, and the late Robert Monn. Denny was a 1966 graduate of CASHS. A U.S. Army veteran,...
John Forster
Jul 19, 2016
John Montgomery Forster IV, of Fayetteville, PA passed away at the Village of Laurel Run on Tuesday, July 19, 2016. Born May 26, 1926, in Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of the late John Montgomery III and Gladys Margarite Forster. A U.S. Army veteran, Mr. Forster served honorably during WWII. He was a graduate of William and Mary college....
David Poper
Jul 19, 2016
David E. Poper, age 63, of South Mountain, PA, passed away on Tuesday, July 19, 2016, at the South Mountain Restoration Center. Born June 20, 1953, he was the son of Harry C. and Ruth Stottlemeyer Poper. David was an avid sports fan, rooting for the NY Yankees, NY Giants, and the Steelers. Surviving are three siblings, Harriet I. Witherspoon...
Gene McCleary
Jul 18, 2016
Gene Minerva Beahm McCleary died Monday, July 18th at the Shook Home, Chambersburg, PA. When she was an infant, her parents Strother Washington and Irma Berry Beahm moved from Clover Hill, VA to Waynesboro, PA. Gene graduated from Waynesboro High School in the class of 1940. She married Irvin B. McCleary, Jr., April 14th, 1945 and they had two sons,...
Elmer Drawbaugh
Jul 17, 2016
Elmer L. “Ick” Drawbaugh, 87, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday morning, July 17, 2016 at ManorCare Health Services. Born April 20, 1929 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Elmer L. and Mary Elliott Drawbaugh. He was a 1947 graduate of the Chambersburg High School and served in the US Navy during the Korean War. He retired...
Jeanne (Jean) Cullinane
Jul 17, 2016
Jeanne (Jean) Marie (Tilden) Cullinane, age 92, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away of natural causes on Sunday, July 17, 2016. She was born April 6, 1924 in Roslindale, MA. She was the daughter of Henry and Grace (Smallman) Tilden. Jeanne was formerly from Humarock, MA, Melbourne and Vero Beach, FL before settling in Chambersburg in 2008. She was preceded in...
Clyde Kimple
Jul 16, 2016
Clyde Edwin “Clydie” Kimple, 53, of Orrtanna, PA, passed away at his home on Saturday, July 16, 2016, surrounded by his family. Born July 8, 1963, he was a son of Clyde H. Kimple and the late Margaret “Peggy” Brown Kimple. Clydie was a 1981 graduate of CASHS. He was employed as a forklift operator at Knouse Foods for 25...
Betty Cramer
Jul 15, 2016
Betty Jessell Cramer, age 94, passed away on Friday evening, July 15, 2016, at the Chambersburg Hospital. She was presently a resident of The Manor at Penn Hall. She formerly lived at 951 S. Fifth Street in Chambersburg. Born August 11, 1921 she was the youngest daughter of the late Henry and Mary Elizabeth (Talhelm) Jessell. She grew up at...
Carlos Simon
Jul 15, 2016
Carlos J. Simon, 52, of Philadelphia, passed away on July 15, 2016. Born June 15, 1964, in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of Julio Simon and Carmen Melendez. He is also survived by two sisters, Carmen Simon (Jamel Murray) of Fayetteville, and Linda Castro (Jose) of Fayetteville; two nieces, Elizabeth Santos Simon and Vanessa Sanchez Simon; and a nephew...
Rosalie Poznaniak
Jul 15, 2016
Rosalie Victoria Poznaniak, 75, of Chambersburg, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Friday morning, July 15, 2016, at Hershey Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. Born July 10, 1941 in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Marie Slowikowski Wujek. Rosalie married the love of her life, Leonard W. Poznaniak, on September 27, 1969...
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