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Ryan Foor
Mar 16, 2016
Ryan Jeffrey Foor, age 22, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, March 16, 2016. Born April 27, 1993, in Chambersburg, PA, he is the son of Jeffrey Eugene and Tanya Renae Etchberger Foor. Ryan was a 2011 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School. He worked at Volvo in Shippensburg and most recently as a carpenter at Brim...
Richard Miller
Mar 16, 2016
Richard Elmond Miller, 89, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at Penn hall Nursing Center. Born May 7, 1926, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Samuel B. and Lottie Irene Miller. A graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Mr. Miller went on to serve in the U.S. Navy, honorably during WWII....
John Emory
Mar 15, 2016
John W. Emory, age 81, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at his home on Tuesday, March 15, 2016, with his beloved wife and family by his side. Born July 4, 1934, in Waynesboro, PA, he was the son of the late Edward and Anna M. Smiley Emory. Mr. Emory worked as an auto body mechanic all of his adult life,...
Fred Fore
Mar 13, 2016
Fred Barmont Fore, 89, passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2016, at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehab Center, Chambersburg, PA. Born April 19, 1926, in McConnellsburg, PA, he was the son of the late Boyd B. and Janet Gobin Fore. Fred was a 1944 graduate of McConnellsburg High School. A World War II veteran, he served in the Army Air...
Pearl Hartzell
Mar 13, 2016
Anna Pearl (Reamer) Hartzell died on Sunday, March 13, 2016 at Menno Haven. She was born May 29, 1922, the daughter of the late J. Harvey and Ethel Eckenrode Reamer. She was the last surviving member of her family. Her husband, George T. Hartzell preceded her in 1999. Pearl graduated from Penn State Mont Alto in 1975, with an associate...
Julia Schaff
Mar 12, 2016
Julia A. Schaff, 76, of Fayetteville, passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2016 at Manor Care Health Services. Born January 25, 1940, she was a daughter of the late William and June O’Brien. Her beloved husband, Jacob G. Schaff IV, preceded her in death on August 10, 2012. Julia earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Education from Shippensburg University in 1961....
Sangrelee Scott
Mar 12, 2016
Sangrelee M. “Sandy” Scott, 63, of Highspire, PA, passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2016 at her home. Born February 26, 1953 in East Waterford, PA, she was a daughter of the late Robert Paul and Grace Madeline Berrier Berry. Sandy was a 1971 graduate of the former Juniata Joint High School. She later earned her associates degree from Wilson...
Ethel Strite
Mar 12, 2016
Ethel I. Strite, 82, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, March 12, 2016 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 30, 1933 in Maugansville, MD, she was a daughter of the late Leroy and Ida Ebersole Martin. She owned and operated Strite’s Fabric Shoppe in Fayetteville for fifteen years and managed World Treasures in Hagerstown, MD for ten years. Mrs....
Lois Marion
Mar 11, 2016
Lois Marie Marion, 91, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Friday, March 11, 2016. Born September 26, 1924 in Washington D.C., she was a daughter of the late Everett A. and Marie J. Phillips Totten. She is survived by her loving husband of 61 years, Alan C. Marion. The family will receive friends from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM on...
Kathryn Grgurich
Mar 10, 2016
Kathryn J. Grgurich, 89, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, March 10, 2016 in the Magnolias of Chambersburg Nursing Home. Born on November 6, 1926 in Lancaster, PA, she was a daughter of the late Lewis L. Burd and Mary E. Hanley Burd. She was the widow of Nicholas Grgurich, who preceded her in death on January 15, 1998. A...
Melvin Eshelman
Mar 10, 2016
Melvin E. “Big Ed” Eshelman, 71, of Marion, passed away on Thursday, March 10, 2016 in Hershey Medical Center. Born April 13, 1944 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Melvin G. Eshelman and Dorothy Martin Everett. Ed was a graduate of CASHS. He was employed with the former Pennsylvania Railroad, Conrail, and currently Norfolk Southern Railroad as...
Robert Fisher
Mar 10, 2016
Robert E. Fisher Sr. 71, of Salisbury, NC and formerly of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Thursday, March 10, 2016 at the Rowan Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born August 17, 1944 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Charles E. and Catherine Williams Fisher. Mr. Fisher served honorably in the US Army and later retired from Letterkenny Army...
Edith Faubel
Mar 10, 2016
Edith G. Faubel, 89, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Thursday afternoon, March 10, 2016 at her home. Born May 11, 1926 in Hagerstown, MD, she was a daughter of the late Nazarene Frank and Ernestine Coccia Corsi and the step-daughter of the late Irene Corsi. Early in her life, Mrs. Faubel made pizzas, spaghetti sauce, and meatballs from her home...
William Rosenberger
Mar 9, 2016
William “Bill” J. Rosenberger, 59, of St. Thomas, PA, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at his home. Born December 19, 1956 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late William J. and Dorothy Long Rosenberger. Bill was a 1974 graduate of the James Buchanan High School and Liberty University. He was last employed by Goodwill Industries at...
Marien Guyer
Mar 9, 2016
Marien M. Guyer, 81, a resident of the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and formerly of Fayetteville, PA, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday evening, March 9, 2016 at the nursing home. Born December 13, 1934 in East Waterford, PA, she was a daughter of the late John and Frances Smith Miller. Marien was employed at the former Stanley Company early...
Richard Alleman
Mar 9, 2016
Richard D. Alleman, 84, of Fayetteville, passed away on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 in the Quincy United Methodist Home. Born on November 23, 1931 in Mowersville, PA, he was a son of the late Thaddeus Alleman and Lilly Irene Hamilton Alleman. Rich proudly served his country with the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He was retired from Letterkenny Army...
Robert Shindle
Mar 8, 2016
Robert F. Shindle, 93, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 27, 1923 in Williamson, he was a son of the late Motte and Katherine Brumbaugh Shindle. Robert was a 1941 graduate of Waynesboro High School. A World War II veteran, he served honorably in the U.S. Army Air Corps. Robert...
Donald Hayhurst
Mar 6, 2016
Donald Kenneth Hayhurst, age 86, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on March 6, 2016, at his home. Born October 24, 1929, in Kankakee, IL, he was the son of the late Kenneth Hayhurst and Doris Perkins Hayhurst. A 1948 graduate of Momence Community High School, Mr. Hayhurst went on to serve in the Korean Conflict in the US Army from...
Sharon Bitner
Mar 6, 2016
Sharon Denise Bitner, age 50, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly at her home on Sunday, March 6, 2016. Born November 2, 1965 in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of Linda K. Schwartz and the late Ronald L. Strayer. Sharon was a 1983 graduate of CASHS. She was an owner and operator of a daycare. She enjoyed photography, going...
Mark Tasker
Mar 6, 2016
Mark Alan Tasker, 45, of Chambersburg, passed away on Sunday, March 6, 2016 at his home. Born September 5, 1970 in San Francisco, CA, he is the son of Larry A. and Lydia J. (Hill) Tasker. Mark was a 1989 graduate of CASHS. He then earned his Associates Degree from YTI in Electronics and HVAC. Mark was employed at AT&T...
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