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Joseph Beckner
Apr 17, 2024
Joseph D. Beckner, Jr. 82, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Wednesday, April 17, 2024 in his home. Born April 17, 1942 in Chambersburg he was the son of the late Joseph D. Beckner, Sr. and Janet L. (Kell) Beckner. He was a graduate of the Scotland School for Veterans’ Children with the Class of 1961. Following that Joe served with...
Carol Rohr
Apr 15, 2024
Carol Janet (Dunnavant) Rohr, 82 went home to meet her savior, Lord Jesus Christ, on Monday, April 15, 2024, in Chambersburg, PA at Menno Haven’s Rehabilitation Center. Born on the Berry homestead in Farmville, VA on November 8, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Lillian Berry Dunnavant and Ellis Courtney Dunnavant. Carol graduated from the University of Maryland....
Sarah Brooks
Apr 13, 2024
Sarah “Sally” Grace Brooks, 70, of Chambersburg, passed away on Saturday, April 13, 2024 at UPMC Altoona Hospital. Born June 5, 1953, she was the daughter of the late Grace Gilbert Brooks. Sarah was a 1972 graduate of Manheim Central High School. She later attended Shippensburg University. After college she enjoyed traveling and made a life for herself in New...
Mary Baer
Apr 13, 2024
Mary Elizabeth (Martin) Baer, age 103, passed from this life on Saturday, April 13, at the Brookview Health Care Center to join her loving husband and many friends to spend eternity in the presence of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Mary was born on May 10, 1920 as the middle daughter to Jacob and Minnie Martin. She grew up...
Sandra Kaiser
Apr 13, 2024
On Saturday, April 13, 2024, Sandy K. (Byers) Kaiser, 74, accepted God’s invitation to enter through the gates of Heaven with joy in her heart and peace for her body. Her 20-year-battle with cancer was finally over. Sandy was born on February 17,1950, to the late Raymond H. Byers and Gloria L. (Custer) Byers. She grew up in the Shepherdstown,...
Terry Martin
Apr 11, 2024
Terry W. Martin, 57, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, April 11, 2024 at his home. Born June 2, 1966 in Chambersburg, he was the son of Darlene E. Myers Martin and the late Wayne E. “Shorty” Martin. Terry was a 1986 graduate of CASHS. He was employed at Ralph Tolbert Masonry for 38 years. Terry enjoyed working on cars,...
Betty Meyers
Apr 10, 2024
Betty Louise (Sollenberger) Meyers, born in 1931 to Reubin C. and Erma P. Sollenberger of Chambersburg, Pa., passed away at home on April 10, 2024, at age 93. She graduated from the Chambersburg High School in 1948 and worked in the principal’s office until 1951. She then became a homemaker to raise her six children. While still raising her children,...
Darlene Umbrell
Apr 7, 2024
Darlene Strait Umbrell, 78, of Chambersburg, passed away on Sunday, April 7, 2024 at her home. Born September 12, 1945 in McConnellsburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Eugene and Helen Crouse Strait. Darlene was a 1963 graduate of CASHS. She spent most of her life making a home for her family and also worked part-time for Fashion...
George Wend
Apr 5, 2024
George Wend, 94, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, April 5, 2024 at Chambers Pointe Health Care Center. Born August 12, 1929 in New York City, New York, he was the son of the late Milton and Lara Wend. A 1947 graduate of High Mowing School in New Hampshire, George then attended college at St. John’s College in Annapolis, MD....
Mary Butts
Apr 4, 2024
Mary Elizabeth Baker Butts, 89 of Chambersburg, died on Thursday, April 4, 2024 in the Transitions Healthcare Shook Home. Born August 23, 1934 in Benevola, MD, she was the daughter of the late Wilbur W. Baker and Mary Roxanna Stine Baker. She was a graduate of Boonsboro High School and the Washington Co. Hospital School of Nursing. She earned both...
Mary Shaffer
Apr 2, 2024
Mary F. Shaffer, age 81, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at the Shippensburg Healthcare Center on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. Born May 12, 1942, in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Gordon D. and Mary Stoner Beaston. Mrs. Shaffer worked as a chef at the former Manor Care in Chambersburg for 29 years, retiring in 2005. Mrs....
Mary Norcross
Apr 2, 2024
Mary M. Norcross, 93, a resident of Transitions Health Care Shook Home, passed away on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. Born October 10, 1930, in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Robert C. Miller and Mildred C. Snyder Miller, and widow to the late Ray E. Norcross, who passed away on January 30, 1976. A 1949 graduate of the...
James Baker
Apr 2, 2024
James “Jim” Baker, age 68, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at Hershey Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Eugene R. and Mabel Pollard Baker. Jim was a 1973 graduate of CASHS and a 1977 graduate of Penn State University with a degree in...
Dorothy Mills
Apr 2, 2024
Dorothy Jane Mills, 97, formerly of Chambersburg, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at United Zion Personal Care, Lititz, PA. Born August 29, 1926 in Clearspring, MD, she was the daughter of the late Raymond Angle and Nellie Shinham Angle, and widow to the late David Mills, who preceded her in death December 30, 2011....
Brian Umbrell
Mar 31, 2024
Brian Lee Umbrell, age 66, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Sunday, March 31, 2024, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Percy and Bertha May Schuchman Umbrell. Brian worked for Sears for 22 years and then at Kmart in Chambersburg until it closed in 2019. He was also the owner and...
Nancy Weikel
Mar 31, 2024
Nancy L. Weikel, 88, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Sunday, March 31, 2024. Born September 14, 1935 in Lewistown, PA, she was a daughter of the late Richard Broome and Sarah Alice Weaver. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, William W. Weikel, Sr., on July 13, 2006 and her beloved daughter, Debra Weikel on January 6,...
Sulo "Bill" Ranta
Mar 31, 2024
Sulo William “Bill” Ranta, 93, of Fayetteville, Pennsylvania went to be with the Lord Jesus on Resurrection Sunday, March 31, 2024 in Owasso, Oklahoma. Born August 16, 1930 in Negaunee, Michigan, he was the son of Jacob Ranta and Ida Holmi Ranta. His father came to the United States from Finland at the age of 19 and settled in the...
Phyllis Dusman
Mar 30, 2024
Phyllis J. (Huggens) Dusman, 81, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Saturday, March 30, 2024 in the York WellSpan Hospital. Born June 12, 1942 in Hanover, PA she was the daughter of the late J. Samuel and Violet E. (Dickensheets) Huggens. She was a graduate of Hanover High School with the Class of 1960. Phyllis was employed as Office Manager from...
Mary Wilken
Mar 29, 2024
Mary M. Wilken, 88, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, March 29, 2024. Born January 20, 1936 in Shippensburg, she was the daughter of the late Harper and Viola Mixell Williamson. Mary was employed as a sewing machine operator with U-Wanna-Wash Frocks in Ft. Loudon for 27 years and most recently at Mercersburg Apparel for 10 years. She enjoyed playing...
Johanna Murray
Mar 29, 2024
Johanna “Joey” M. Murray, 85, of Hagerstown, MD passed away on March 29, 2024, surrounded by her family. She was born in Marion, NY to the late Jacob and Suzanna Datthyn and preceded in death by her husband, Robert C. Murray in 2015, and five brothers and one sister. She was proud of her Dutch heritage and collected Delft items...
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