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Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

Ines Runk Mentzer

Ines Runk Mentzer

Dec 29, 2015

Ines G. (Hoover) Runk Mentzer, 89, of Chambersburg, was called home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at the Chambersburg Hospital surrounded by her family. Born May 26, 1926 in Todd Township, Huntingdon County, she was a daughter of the late Daniel D. and Olive J. Drake Hoover. Ines was a 1942 graduate of Robertsdale High...

Maxine Rife

Maxine Rife

Dec 29, 2015

Maxine K. Rife, 84, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday morning, December 29, 2015 at her home. Born August 4, 1931 in Marion, PA, she was a daughter of the late George B. and Mary Alice Snyder Seilhamer. Maxine was a graduate of the Greencastle High School. She was a homemaker most of her life and enjoyed sewing and cooking....

Jean Cook

Jean Cook

Dec 25, 2015

Jean E. Cook, 94, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, December 25, 2015. Born on November 16, 1921 in Chambersburg, she was the only child of the late Charles H. Hambright and Mary Seibert Mickey Hambright. She was the widow of Robert W. Cook, whom she married on September 6, 1941. They resided in Menno Village for more than 18...

Thomas Shearer

Thomas Shearer

Dec 23, 2015

Thomas B. “Tom” Shearer, age 79, of St. Thomas, PA, passed away at the Chambersburg Hospital on Wednesday, December 23, 2015. Born in Fannettsburg, PA on December 9, 1936, he was the son of the late Gamble and Grace Brown Shearer. Mr. Shearer was a 1955 graduate of the Fannett-Metal High School, he went on to work at Craft Press...

Clarence Myers

Clarence Myers

Dec 21, 2015

Clarence H. “Ike” Myers, 87, of Chambersburg and formerly of Dublin, PA, died on Monday, December 21, 2015 in Menno Haven. Born on June 21, 1928 in Bedminster Twp., PA, he was a son of the late Isaiah M. Myers and Sadie Kratz Myers. He was the widower of M. Irene Miller Myers, who preceded him in death on December...

Peggy Roberts

Peggy Roberts

Dec 20, 2015

Peggy L. Umbrell Roberts, age 69, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Sunday, December 20, 2015, at her home. Born May 27, 1946 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late James C. and Iva Miller Umbrell. Peggy was a 1964 graduate of CASHS. She started her career at Hennessy Products, in Chambersburg, working her way up to Administrative...

Kimberly  Burdge

Kimberly Burdge

Dec 20, 2015

Kimberly J. Burdge, age 48, of East Waterford, PA, passed away on Sunday, December 20, 2015, at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh. Born December 15, 1967, in Lewistown, PA, she was the daughter of Mary Burdge and the late David Burdge. A 1985 graduate of Juniata High School, Kim went on to serve in the U.S. Navy in 1989 –...

Max Benedict

Max Benedict

Dec 20, 2015

Max H. Benedict, 82, of Chambersburg, PA, died Sunday morning, December 20, 2015 at his home. Born August 30, 1933 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Glenn and Pearl Helman Benedict. He served with the US Army during the Korean War and retired from Letterkenny Army Depot with 29 years of service. Following his retirement he was...

Stewart McCleary

Stewart McCleary

Dec 19, 2015

Stewart Michael McCleary, 70, of Chambersburg, PA, died Saturday morning, December 19, 2015 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born June 19, 1945 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Lester and Elizabeth McCleary. He was employed as a truck driver by Lehman’s Egg Service for many years and also worked as a custodian at the Chambersburg...

Jean Swanson

Jean Swanson

Dec 19, 2015

Jean M. Swanson, 89, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Saturday, December 19, 2015 at Penn Hall where she had resided since 2009. Born in Lemasters, PA in 1926, she was a daughter of the late Samuel and Mary Greenawalt Myers. Jean was a 1944 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and went on to earn a Bachelor’s Degree in...

Joan Strader

Joan Strader

Dec 18, 2015

Joan E. Strader, 86, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Friday evening, December 18, 2015 under the care of Quincy Village and SpiriTrust Lutheran Home Care and Hospice. She had been a resident of Edenville for the past 23 years. Born December 13, 1929 in Donora, PA, she was the daughter of the late J. Francis and Elsie V. Gilmer Strang....

Martin Wells

Martin Wells

Dec 17, 2015

On December 17th 2015 Martin D Wells of Fort Loudon passed from this world and those who loved him. He was best known as Marty. He was born July 29, 1943 in DuBois, PA to the late Joseph and Dorothy (Reitz) Wells. He attended Dubois School. Marty worked five plus years at Gabler Trucking in Chambersburg and he retired from...

Betty Ailes

Betty Ailes

Dec 17, 2015

Betty J. (Picking) Ailes, 91, of Fayetteville, PA, formerly of Chambersburg and Johnstown, passed away on Thursday morning , December 17, 2015 at The Village of Laurel Run. Born March 23, 1924 in Johnstown, PA, she was a daughter of the late Fred C. and Elizabeth Picking Kent. She was the devoted and loving wife of 71 years to the...

Martha Shoop

Martha Shoop

Dec 17, 2015

Martha J. Shoop, 88, of East Waterford, PA, passed away on Thursday evening, December 17, 2015 at her home. Born August 16, 1927 in Port Royal, PA, she was a daughter of the late Earnest S. and Roseanna Dalton Peterson. Her beloved husband of 67 years, Dale C. Shoop, whom she married on August 10, 1946, preceded her in death...

Shirley Grove

Shirley Grove

Dec 17, 2015

Shirley L. (McNew) Grove, 80, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully Thursday morning, December 17, 2015 at Providence Place where she has resided the past four years. Born January 30, 1935 in Fayetteville, PA, she was a daughter and the baby of six children born to the late David C. and Rhoda (Peters) McNew. Shirley grew up and lived in...

Beatrice Swisher

Beatrice Swisher

Dec 15, 2015

Beatrice N. Swisher, 93, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at Menno Haven. Born February 20, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Walter I. and Gertrude Stoner Hoover. Her beloved husband, Richard D. Swisher, preceded her in death on August 27, 2002. Beatrice was employed as a seamstress early in her life at Interwoven for...

Kathryn  Criniti

Kathryn Criniti

Dec 15, 2015

Kathryn M. Criniti, age 88, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly in the Chambersburg Hospital on Tuesday, December 15, 2015. Born October 30, 1927, in Yardley, PA, she was the daughter of the late Anna Doyle Robbins. Mrs. Criniti graduated from the former Yardley School. She worked as a teacher’s aide for years at a local Junior High school in...

Robert Hartwig

Robert Hartwig

Dec 14, 2015

Robert H. Hartwig, 71, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday, December 14, 2015 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 19, 1944 in Warsaw, NY, he was a son of the late John Henry and Marjorie Jane Hilborn Hartwig. He was a member of MCC of the Spirit Church in Harrisburg, PA. Robert is survived by his brother, Jack Hartwig and...

Robert Wilson

Robert Wilson

Dec 13, 2015

Robert E. “Bob” Wilson, age 77, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Sunday, December 13, 2015 at the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born March 2, 1938, in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Arthur and H. Louise High Wilson. A machine operator, Bob dedicated 36 years, working at the James River Corporation, retiring in 1998. He...

Florence Hepfer

Florence Hepfer

Dec 12, 2015

Florence E. Hepfer, 88, of Chambersburg, passed away on Saturday, December 12, 2015 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 9, 1927 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Brandt C. Gonder, Sr. and Barbara G. Werdbaugh Gonder. Florence was a 1945 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. She was employed at Grief Company as a seamstress for...

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