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Ida Wilk
Jan 4, 2016
Ida P. Wilk, 88, of Chambersburg, PA, died Monday morning, January 4, 2016 at Providence Place. Born March 17, 1927 in Brownsville, PA, she was a daughter of the late Ralph and Amelia Landi Citro. Ida was a 1945 graduate of the Brownsville (PA) High School. She was first employed by G. C. Murphey Department Store in Brownsville, PA then...
Margie Over
Jan 3, 2016
Margie A. Over, 91, of Chambersburg, PA, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, January 3, 2016. Born March 27, 1924 in Peru Lack, Juniata County, PA to John and Minnie Piper Wise, she was raised by her grandparents, Bernard and Margaret Miller Wise. Mrs. Over was a 1942 graduate of the Lewistown High School and was...
Karen Knight
Jan 3, 2016
Karen L. Knight, 60, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, January 3, 2016 at her home. Born March 16, 1955 in McConnellsburg, she was a daughter of the late Charles Naugle and Alma Osler. Karen was a graduate of the James Buchanan High School and has been employed for nearly 20 years with Franklin County Head Start where she...
Shirley Reese
Jan 3, 2016
The Earth lost an angel in Shirley Ailine Reese on Sunday, January 3, 2016 at her home surrounded by her family and friends after a courageous seven year battle with cancer. Born July 22, 1938 in St. Thomas Township, she was a daughter of the late David W. and Ester Pheil Pool. Her husband, John S. Reese II, whom she...
Germaine Deshong
Jan 3, 2016
Germaine Ruth Deshong, 77, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday morning, January 3, 2016 at her home. Born September 26, 1938 in Freeport, ME, she was a daughter of the late Armand and Ruth Lloyd Gardner. She had been employed early in her life at the Mayberry Shoe Store in Rochester, NH and later worked at her family’s orchard, Brown’s...
R. Edward Whetstone
Dec 30, 2015
R. Edward Whetstone, 81, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Wednesday morning, December 30, 2015 at his home. Born June 20, 1934 in Bedford, PA, he was a son of the late Harold S. and Gladys E. (Diehl) Whetstone. He was a 1952 graduate of the Bedford High School. Ed was employed for thirty five years with Pennelec, retiring as an...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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