Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County
Tyler Ginter
Nov 28, 2015
Tyler D. Ginter, 19, of Shippensburg and formerly of Greencastle, died unexpectedly on Saturday, November 28, 2015. He was born on July 3, 1996 in Portsmouth, VA to Christopher D. and Timberlun Tierney Ginter, of Greencastle. Tyler was a 2014 graduate of Greencastle Antrim High School and served in the U.S. Navy. He was most recently employed with Lane Enterprises...

Russell Hoover
Nov 28, 2015
Russell C. “Rusty” Hoover, age 37, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly of Saturday, November 28, 2015. Born April 27, 1978, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of Victor R. and Gloria J. Kennedy Hoover. Rusty was a member of the Chambersburg Area Senior high School Class of 1996. He was employed as a Laborer, and worked for Jack...
Jasmine Cleope
Nov 28, 2015
Jasmine V. C. Cleope, age 39, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, November 28, 2015. Born in Virginia Beach, VA on April 13, 1976, she was the daughter of Carl W. and Diane Owens Watson. A homemaker, Jasmine enjoyed spending time with and caring for her children. A free spirit, she was an adventurous person who loved life,...

Janet Jeffrey
Nov 27, 2015
Janet (Carver) Jeffrey, 86, of Chambersburg, PA, died Friday morning, November 27, 2015, at the Shook Home. Born April 17, 1929, in Binghamton, NY, she was a daughter of the late John and Reba (Dufford) Carver. She was employed as a food service manager with the Maine-Endwell School District in Endwell, NY, retiring in 1986. Mrs. Jeffrey is survived by...

Patricia Wills
Nov 26, 2015
Patricia A. Wills, 82, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, November 26, 2015 at ManorCare Health Services. Born January 4, 1933 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Alfred and Armatha Harmon Besecker. Patricia was a 1951 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. She was employed as a systems analyst at Letterkenny Army Depot until her retirement...

Merle McCleary
Nov 25, 2015
Merle D. McCleary, 94, a resident of Quincy Village, passed away Wednesday evening, November 25, 2015 in the nursing home. Born December 19, 1920 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Robert D. and Sarah Morrison Piper McCleary. Mr. McCleary served with the US Army during WWII as a commander of a M18 tank destroyer. He retired from...

Katherine Lowe
Nov 24, 2015
Katherine L. “Kitty” Jacobs Lowe, 99, of Chambersburg, PA, went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at The Village of Laurel Run, Fayetteville, PA. Born February 10, 1916 in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Albert S. and Esther M. (Carmack) McCans. She attended the Chambersburg First Church of God for many years...

June O'Donnell
Nov 23, 2015
June L. O’Donnell, age 67, of Willow Hill, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, November 23, 2015, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born in Burnt Cabins, PA on February 27, 1948, she was the daughter of the late Harry C. and Ida Belle Kearns Boggs. June dedicated 40 years as a school bus driver, safely transporting the children of the Fannett-Metal...
Ralph Gochenauer
Nov 22, 2015
Ralph W. Gochenauer, 71, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday morning, November 22, 2015 at his home following a brief illness. Born December 25, 1943 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Ralph Duke and Anna Elizabeth Sollenberger Gochenauer. Ralph was a 1961 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and served for eight years with the...

Maxine Strike
Nov 20, 2015
Maxine S. Strike, 97, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, November 20, 2015 at Penn Hall Nursing Center. Born January 8, 1918 in Flemington, WV, she was the daughter of the late Waitman F. Snyder and Inez Wyckoff Snyder. Orphaned shortly after her birth, she was raised by her grandmother, Mardula Wyckoff and her Aunt, Edna Wyckoff. Mrs. Strike was...
J. Snowberger
Nov 20, 2015
J. Robert “Bob” Snowberger, 84, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, November 20, 2015 at his home. Born May 21, 1931 in Zullinger, PA, he was a son of the late Ira F. Snowberger and Hazel W. Snowberger. His beloved wife of 63 years, Gloria Joycene Snowberger, whom he married on June 3, 1951, preceded him in death on March...
Senior Airman William Kirkpatrick
Nov 19, 2015
Senior Airman William Hunter Kirkpatrick, 25, a long-time resident of Fayetteville, Pennsylvania, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, November 19, 2015 in Montgomery, Alabama. Hunter was born in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania on May 04, 1990. He was a 2008 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School and attended the Pennsylvania State University. During college, he was called to serve his country and enlisted...

Charles McGilloway
Nov 17, 2015
Charles F. McGilloway, 76, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at his home. Born March 9, 1939 in Brooklyn, NY, he was a son of the late Patrick and Margaret Brennan McGilloway. Charles graduated from high school in Brooklyn and served with the US Navy aboard the USS Leyte. He retired from the Federal Reserve Bank in...

Kathleen Cullen
Nov 16, 2015
Kathleen “Kathy” (Moul) Cullen, age 61, of Appleton, WI, passed away unexpectedly at her home on Monday, November 16, 2015. Kathy was born on March 14, 1954, in Chambersburg, to Doreen (Lesher) Moul and the late Walter W. Moul. She married John Cullen on May 19, 1979, in Chambersburg. Kathy was a loving wife, mother, and caring daughter. She graduated...
Charles Seif
Nov 16, 2015
Charles L. Seif, 78, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday afternoon, November 16, 2015 at his home. Born February 21, 1937 in Pittsburgh, PA, he was a son of the late Charles L. and Dorothy Thompson Seif. Charles earned a Bachelor’s Degree in 1959 from Allegheny College, and a Master’s Degree from the University of Pittsburgh. He served with the...
Donald Scalise
Nov 16, 2015
Donald L. Scalise, 87, a resident of the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday morning, November 16, 2015 in the nursing home. Born October 11, 1928 in Warren, PA, he was a son of the late Joseph and Margaret Costello Scalise. He was a graduate of the Cathedral Preparatory School in Erie and earned and...

Selma Walls
Nov 14, 2015
Selma A. Walls, age 81, of St. Thomas, PA, passed away on Saturday, November 14, 2015, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 11, 1934, in Berwick, IL, she was the daughter of the late Elmer D. and Evelyn E. Rosenberry Larson. Mrs. Walls worked at the former Stanley Company for 17 years, where she retired in 1982. She was a...

Timothy Gamby
Nov 14, 2015
Timothy E. Gamby, 61, of Chambersburg, passed away on Saturday, November 14, 2015 in the Grand Strand Medical Center of Myrtle Beach, SC. Born on December 24, 1953 in Chambersburg, he was the son of Helen Oberholzer Gamby, of Providence Place Chambersburg, and the late Floyd Gamby. Tim was a graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School with the class...

Margaret Pugh
Nov 13, 2015
Margaret B. Pugh, age 98, of Chambersburg, PA, and formerly of Carlisle, PA and Bonita Springs, FL passed away on Friday, November 13, 2015, at Penn Hall Nursing Center. Born June 10, 1917 in Port Washington, NY, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Maloney Brooks. Mrs. Pugh’s proudest accomplishment was her family. She met the love...