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Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

Annie Grant

Annie Grant

May 6, 2015

Annie M. Grant, 84, of Chambersburg, PA, died May 6, 2015 at home. Born on April 1, 1931 in Mt. Airy, NC, she was the daughter of the late Major and Ada Belle Martin Hayden. She was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Waynesboro and a social member of Burt J. Asper Post 46, American Legion. She is...

Juanita Shetler

Juanita Shetler

May 5, 2015

Juanita M. Cummings Shetler, 64, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday evening, May 5, 2015 at her home. Born April 9, 1951 in Leesburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late Raymond L. and Dorcas Unger Cummings. Juanita had been employed at the former James River Corporation, Pet-Ritz, and at Vandekamps, all in Chambersburg. She enjoyed her later...

Randy Goodyear

Randy Goodyear

May 3, 2015

Randy Allen Goodyear, age 59, of Shippensburg, PA, passed away on Sunday, May 3, 2015, at his home. Born August 24, 1955, he was a son of the late Faye A. Tritle Goodyear. Randy worked as an assembler for Volvo Manufacturing in Shippensburg. He was a member of the Orrstown Rod and Gun Club and Christian Life Assembly of God....

Christine Beldyk

Christine Beldyk

May 3, 2015

Christine J. Beldyk, age 86, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Sunday, May 3, 2015, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 23, 1928, in Spring City, PA, she was the daughter of the late George and Mabel Hoffman Mauger. A homemaker most of her adult life, Mrs. Beldyk enjoyed sewing and spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren and...

Clair Johnson

Clair Johnson

May 2, 2015

Clair E. “Gene” Johnson, 81, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Saturday morning, May 2, 2015 at his home. Born January 23, 1934 in Stoufferstown, PA, he was a son of the late Clarence McKinley and Mary Wiser Johnson. Early in his life, Gene was employed as a heavy equipment operator. He later went to work at Letterkenny Army Depot, retiring...

Zoe Fegan

Zoe Fegan

May 1, 2015

Zoe Isabelle Fegan, age 91, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, May 1, 2015 at Chambersburg Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Edward R. and Cora I. Sollenberger Fegan. She is also preceded in death by her brother, Charles Fegan. A graduate of Chambersburg High School, Zoe worked as an accounting clerk in Harrisburg for the Commonwealth of...

William Stake

William Stake

Apr 27, 2015

William G. Stake, age 88, of Elizabethtown, PA, passed away at his home on Monday, April 27, 2015, with his daughter by his side. Born November 29, 1926 in Amberson, PA, he was the son of the late William C. and Bessie Coons Stake. A U.S. Army veteran, Mr. Stake continued his government service at Homestead for 15 years and...

Betty Mickey

Betty Mickey

Apr 26, 2015

Betty Jane Mickey, 90, of Fayetteville, passed away on Sunday, April 26, 2015 at home. Born on December 26, 1924, in Fayetteville, she was the daughter of the late Stewart E. and Frances R. McNew Mouer. Her beloved husband of 68 years, Harold L. Mickey preceded her in death on April 7, 2011. Betty Jane retired in 1990, after 23...

Donald  Ripka

Donald Ripka

Apr 26, 2015

Donald R. Ripka, 62, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday evening, April 26, 2015 at his home. Born July 24, 1952 in Bellefonte, PA, he was a son of Peggy Young Ripka Brooks and the late Donald “Pete” Ripka. Donald retired from the US Army after twenty-two years of service. He was a veteran of Desert Storm. Following his retirement...

Josephine Bryan

Josephine Bryan

Apr 26, 2015

Josephine G. “Gay” Bryan, age 85, of Spring Run, PA, passed away at her home on Sunday, April 26, 2015. Born August 25, 1929 in Spring Run, she was the daughter of the late Harvey and Susan Hammond Wilson. Mrs. Bryan was a 1947 graduate of the former Metal Township High School. She was a homemaker most of her adult...

David Holliday

David Holliday

Apr 25, 2015

David Holliday, Jr., 59, of Fayetteville, PA, passed Saturday evening, April 25, 2015 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 24, 1955 in Sodus, NY, he was a son Mittie Burch Holliday and the late David Holliday. David honorably served in the US Army. He was employed as a Lead Supply Technician at Letterkenny Army Depot and New Cumberland Navy Depot. He...

James  Devinney

James Devinney

Apr 24, 2015

James Michael “Mike” Devinney, age 89, a true gentleman and most recently a resident of Menno Haven, Penn Hall, in Chambersburg, died April 24, 2015. Mike was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey. His beloved wife of 55 years, Janet Wilt Devinney preceded him in death. A proud member of the Greatest Generation, Mike was a Navy veteran who saw...

Louise Warsing

Louise Warsing

Apr 24, 2015

Louise Warsing, 85, of Chambersburg, PA, passed on to glory Friday morning, April 24, 2015 at Penn Hall. Born November 13, 1929 in New Grenada, she was a daughter of the late William Paul and Zola Bolinger Alloway. Louise was a graduate of the Robertsdale High School. A homemaker most of her life, she enjoyed spending time with her family...

Daniel Miller

Daniel Miller

Apr 21, 2015

Daniel Mark Miller, 31, of Chambersburg and Fayetteville, PA, passed away Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 31, 1983 in Chambersburg, he was a son of Samuel E. and Anna Price Miller of Chambersburg. Daniel was a 2002 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. He owned and operated Daniel’s Landscaping and had previously been...

Anne Palsgrove

Anne Palsgrove

Apr 19, 2015

Anne Louise (Falls) Palsgrove, 90, of 1425 Philadelphia Avenue and formerly of 471 Warm Spring Road, Chambersburg, PA, died Sunday, April 19, 2015 at Penn Hall Nursing Center. Born July 30, 1924 in Bluefield, Virginia, she was a daughter of the late Lewis Falls and a foster child of the late C.C. and Alberta Richardson. She attended Chambersburg schools. Her...

William Geist

William Geist

Apr 19, 2015

William R. “Bill” Geist, 81, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday evening, April 19, 2015 at his home. Born January 20, 1934 in Williamstown, PA, he was a son of the late William C. and Mary E. Haller Geist. Bill was a graduate of the Williamstown High School and served honorably in the US Navy during the Korean War. He...

Jane Bond

Jane Bond

Apr 18, 2015

Jane E. Bond, age 85, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Hagerstown, MD, passed away on Saturday, April 18, 2015, at Menno Haven. Born August 13, 1929, in Hagerstown, MD, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Catherine Richardson Gossard. Mrs. Bond worked as a secretary until her retirement in 2007. She was a member of the Otterbein...

Frederick  Lauver

Frederick Lauver

Apr 17, 2015

Frederick L. “Fred” Lauver, Jr., age 46, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly in the Chambersburg Hospital Emergency Room. Born in Norristown, PA, he was the son of the late Frederick L., Sr. and Bernadine Lea McCans Lauver. Fred worked in warehousing most of his adult life. He enjoyed going camping, fishing, hunting, playing with dogs, watching NASCAR, especially Jeff...

Francis Armel

Francis Armel

Apr 15, 2015

Francis “Red” Eugene Armel, age 84, of Marion, PA, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 15, 2015. Born in Winchester, VA, on October 16, 1929, he was the son of the late Harry V. and Marjorie Knight Armel. A U.S. Army veteran, Mr. Armel served honorably during the Korean Conflict; he continued his service at Letterkenny Army Depot as a...

Beda Stouffer

Beda Stouffer

Apr 15, 2015

Beda S. Stouffer, 86, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, April 15, 2015 in Chambersburg Hospital. Born on August 20, 1928 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Russell and Emma Lehman Shatzer. Beda spent her working years as a bookkeeper for the former Dice’s Tire Shop in Chambersburg, PA. She was active in Franklin County Farm Women,...

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