Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

Tyler Ginter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...