Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

David Tweedy
May 10, 2015
David L. Tweedy, 64, of Chambersburg, passed away on Sunday, May 10, 2015 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born on May 28, 1950 he was the son of the late Newton and Lillian Bjurstrom Tweedy. David spent his working years at the former Grove Worldwide as a flame cutter. David was a member of the Grove Gray Group. David was a member...
Beverly Minnich
May 9, 2015
Beverly J. Minnich, 91, of Chambersburg, went to heaven on Saturday, May 09, 2015, at Menno Haven Nursing Center. Born on March 4, 1924, in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Juell and Grace Shoop Jones. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of fifty-six years, Robert C. Minnich, on June 24, 2002. A 1943 graduate...

Jodi Baer
May 9, 2015
Jodi A. Baer, age 47, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, May 9, 2015 at her home. Born March 9, 1968, in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of Galen Yohe and the late Lois Shaffer Yohe. A 1986 graduate of James Buchanan High School, Jodi went on to work at Manor Care in Chambersburg, for the last 25 years,...

Betty Carlin
May 6, 2015
Betty L. Carlin, 72, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Wednesday afternoon, May 6, 2015 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 30, 1942 in McConnellsburg, she was a daughter of the late Kenneth Joseph and Helen Sowers Carbaugh. Betty was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and the former Chambersburg Hospital School of Nursing. A Licensed Practical Nurse, she...

Richard Bowman
May 6, 2015
Richard C. Bowman, age 74, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at his home. Born August 13, 1941 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Elwood and Ruth Mowery Bowman. Richard is survived by his wife, Sharon Sallurday-Bowman; a step-daughter, Sara Valadez and husband Ronald of Fresno, CA; three granddaughters, Jonah, Grace, and Jesha...

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...