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John Cunningham
Oct 20, 2015
John H. Cunningham, age 63, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Tuesday, October 20, 2015, at Heritage Hills Retirement Home in Greencastle, PA. Born December 10, 1951, in Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of the late C. Harold and Rhoda Markey Cunningham. A faithful man, John’s trust and belief in God, sustained him throughout his lengthy illness. John is...
Dwain Brookens
Oct 20, 2015
Dwain W. Brookens, 86, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at his home. Born March 22, 1929 in Fayetteville, he was a son of the late Solomon and Rosalie Geyer Brookens. Early in his life Dwain worked alongside his father on the family farm and he later retired from TB Woods in Chambersburg. His wife, Betty M....
Benjamin Heckman
Oct 20, 2015
Benjamin J. Heckman, 81, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully, Tuesday evening, October 20, 2015 at his home. Born July 16, 1934 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Rumler J. and Eleanor Shimer Heckman. Ben was a 1952 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and served in the US Navy from 1952-1955. He retired from Sprint...
Grace Wagner
Oct 20, 2015
Grace Wagner, 93, of Chambersburg, PA, peacefully passed away with her family by her side on Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 16, 1922 in Yeaddis, KY, she was a daughter of the late Johnny and Katie Adams Joseph. Grace leaves behind a wonderful legacy and memories of growing up in the “rugged mountains of Kentucky”....
John Winckler
Oct 19, 2015
John Edward Winckler, 64, of Chambersburg, passed away on Monday morning, October 19, 2015 at his home. Born May 31, 1951 in Portland, ME, he was a son of Lois E. (Mayberry) Plummer and the late Elroy C. Winckler. John was a 1969 graduate of Gorham High School in Gorham, ME. In 1981, he earned his B.A. in Religious Studies...
Lieselotte O'Brien
Oct 19, 2015
Lieselotte W. O’Brien, 90, a resident at Menno Village in Chambersburg and formerly of Waynesboro, passed away Monday morning, October 19, 2015 in Chambersburg Hospital. Services will be held at 11:00 AM Friday, November 6, 2015 at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery.
John Baker
Oct 18, 2015
John William Baker, 72, of Chambersburg, passed away Sunday, October 18, 2015 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 18, 1943 in Chambersburg, PA, he was a son of the late Willie and Maude Turner Baker. John was a 1961 graduate of the Chambersburg High School and served with the US Air Force for four years. He was employed early in...
Linda Hammond
Oct 17, 2015
Linda G. Hammond, age 62, of Spring Run, PA, passed away at her home with her family by her side on Saturday, October 17, 2015. Born October 13, 1953, in Spring Run, PA, she was the daughter of the late Russell and Josephine B. Wilson Bryan. Linda was a 1971 graduate of Fannett-Metal High School. She was employed at Penn...
Charles Staley
Oct 15, 2015
Charles E. Staley “Johnny” age 87, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at his home on Thursday, October 16, 2015. Born December 21, 1927, in South Mountain, PA, he was one of nine children to Harry W. and Lula Maugle Staley. Early in life Mr. Staley lived in Mont Alto, where he went to school, He had attended the former Quincy...
Linda Gipe
Oct 15, 2015
Linda Sue Gipe, 65, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, October 15, 2015 at her home. Born September 12, 1950 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Robert Chastulik, Sr. and Pauline Seylar Chastulik. Linda, dearly know to some as “Shoshana”, was a 1968 graduate of CASHS. She was a member of 2nd Evangelical Lutheran Church, Moose Lodge...
David Angle
Oct 14, 2015
David E. Angle, 74, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday morning, October 14, 2015, at Menno Haven. Born November 18, 1940, in Waynesboro, PA, he was the son of Glenn and Alice McLaughlin Angle. David was a 1958 graduate of CASHS. He was employed as a die maker at James River until he retired after 38 years of service....
Geraldine Kriner
Oct 13, 2015
Geraldine Carr Kriner, 95, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday afternoon, October 13, 2015 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 24, 1920 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late John S. and Mary Foltz Carr. Mrs.Kriner was a 1938 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and a graduate of the former Chambersburg Business School. She was employed...
Olive Crittenden
Oct 12, 2015
Olive H. Crittenden, 95, of Chambersburg, PA, passed Monday morning, October 12, 2015 at ManorCare Health Services. Born April 14, 1920 in Uvilla, WV, she was a daughter of the late Preston and Sarah Branson Morris. Olive was a member of Unity In Christ Church in Chambersburg where she held various teaching positions and was active with the UICC Missionaries,...
Janet Wilson
Oct 11, 2015
Janet L. Wilson, 99, of Mt. Holly Springs, PA and formerly of Schellsburg, PA, passed away on Sunday, October 11, 2015 at Claremont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Carlisle, PA. Born December 20, 1915 in Napier Township, Bedford County, she was a daughter of the late Lorenzo Jobe and Lettie (Fleegle) Miller. Her beloved husband, Woodrow “Woody” Wilson, whom she...
Wallace Gossert
Oct 10, 2015
Wallace W. “Wally” Gossert, Jr., age 58, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, October 10, 2015, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 19, 1957, in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Wallace W. Gossert, Sr. and the late Myrtle Kline Gossert. Wally was a 1977 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior high School. He was last employed...
Jacqueline Picking
Oct 9, 2015
Jacqueline L. Picking, 75, of Marion, PA, passed away Friday morning, October 9, 2015 at her home. Born December 20, 1939 in Waynesboro, she was the daughter of the late Russell T. and Rhoda G. Walck Miller. Mrs. Picking was a 1957 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and went on to earn a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education...
Barbara Eline
Oct 9, 2015
Barbara J. Eline, age 79, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, passed away in her son’s home on October 9, 2015, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, on March 9, 1936, to the late Clark and Mildred Herr Patterson. She graduated from Chambersburg Area Senior High School with the class of 1954, where she was a majorette...
Alma Snyder
Oct 9, 2015
Alma M. Snyder, 88, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Friday morning, October 9, 2015 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 17, 1927, she was a daughter of the late Noah and Bessie Gelsinger Statler. Her beloved husband of 61 years, Eugene “Gene” H. Snyder, preceded her in death on November 6, 2010. Alma worked...
Dawn Kauffman
Oct 4, 2015
Dawn E. (Russell) Kauffman, 54, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly at her home on Sunday, October 4, 2015. Born September 12, 1961 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Chester Leroy and Edith Lucille (Newingham) Russell. Dawn was a 1979 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and was employed as a waitress at the Route...
Lois Hammond
Oct 3, 2015
Lois J. Hammond, age 55, of Willow Hill, PA, passed away at the Chambersburg Hospital on Saturday, October 3, 2015, after a courageous six year battle with cancer. Born in Chambersburg, PA on October 24, 1959, she was the daughter of the late Leroy and Loraine Horn Hockenberry, after her mother’s passing, six months after her birth; she was raised...
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