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Esther Strite
Mar 22, 2015
Esther J. Strite, 78, of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, while surrounded by her family on Sunday afternoon, March 22, 2015 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born October 11, 1936 in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Anna Hock Crider. Mrs. Strite was a 1955 graduate of the Shippensburg...
Lilly Black
Mar 21, 2015
Lilly P. Black, age 58, of Fannettsburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, March 21, 2015 at her home. Born April 8, 1956 in McConnellsburg, PA, she was the daughter of Sylvia P. Rohm Powell and the late John K. Powell. A 1974 graduate of CASHS, Lilly then went to TWA Airline Training School in Kansas City, MO. She completed her...
Carol Cassell
Mar 21, 2015
Carol Ann Cassell, age 65, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday morning, March 21, 2015 at Hershey Medical Center. Born July 17, 1949 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late James E. and Lurene I. McClure Gearhart. Her husband, Robert A. Cassell, preceded her in death on September 9, 2005. Carol worked as a restaurant manager for...
Elva Fahnestock
Mar 21, 2015
Elva M. Fahnestock, age 95, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, March 21, 2015 at Menno Haven Nursing Center. Born April 25, 1919, in Antrim Township, she was the daughter of the late Cyrus and Jennie Mae Trovinger Hykes. The last of her immediate family, she is survived by a sister - in - law, Ruby Hykes and several...
Gloria Snowberger
Mar 18, 2015
Gloria Joycene Snowberger, age 82, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 5, 1932, in Waynesboro, PA, she was the daughter of the late Theodore and Helen Haugh Mentzer. A homemaker most of her working years, she did work at Landis Machine in her earlier years. Gloria enjoyed reading, especially mystery...
Lois Atherton
Mar 18, 2015
Lois Catherine Atherton, age 89, of Chambersburg, PA, went to be with her Lord and Savior in the evening hours of Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born September 13, 1925 in Huntingdon, PA, she was a daughter of the late George E. and Roxanna Lynn Fisher. Lois was a graduate of Huntingdon High School....
Ruth Cullison
Mar 17, 2015
Ruth H. Cullison, 95, a resident at Penn Hall and formerly of Marion, passed away Tuesday morning, March 17, 2015 at the nursing home. Born July 20, 1919 in Williamson, she was a daughter of the late George E. and Minnie Kriner Hussong. She was employed at the former Professional Answering Service in Chambersburg for 16 years. Mrs. Cullison was...
Thomas Barnhart
Mar 17, 2015
Thomas C. “Barney” Barnhart, age 84, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born January 6, 1931, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Leslie Little and Iva Belle Barnhart. A Truck Driver most of his professional life, Barney retired in 1989 after 27 years of service. He was a...
Rosalie Strayer
Mar 16, 2015
Rosalie Strayer, age 57, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly in the Chambersburg Hospital on Monday, March 16, 2015. Born June 7, 1957 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of Helen Meck Seilhamer and the late Robert L. Seilhamer. Rosalie worked in medical records at Summit Health for the last two years and at keystone Health prior to that. In...
Thelma Hess
Mar 15, 2015
Thelma M. Hess, 79 of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly Sunday afternoon, March 15, 2015 in the emergency room of Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 31, 1935 in Fulton County, she was the daughter of the late Carl and Julia Mumma Hann. She was a 1953 graduate of the former Hustontown High School and went on to graduate from the former...
Jeffrey Gipe
Mar 14, 2015
Jeffrey L. Gipe, age 67, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Saturday, March 14, 2015 at the Hershey Medical Center. Born November 19, 1947, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Clarence E. “Cub” and Jean Harrison Gipe. A 1966 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Jeff went on to serve in the U.S. Army...
Dorothy Werner
Mar 14, 2015
Dorothy E. Werner, 94, a resident at ManorCare Health Services in Camp Hill and formerly of Chambersburg, passed away Saturday evening, March 14, 2015 at the nursing home. Born November 30, 1920 in Middletown, PA, she was a daughter of the late Harry B. and Esther K. McCurdy Reider. She was a 1938 graduate of the Middletown High School and...
Jack Kendle
Mar 13, 2015
Jack E. Kendle, 84, of Millsboro, DE and formerly of Chambersburg went to be with the Lord on March 13, 2015 after a long struggle with Parkinson’s disease. He was surrounded by his loving family. Jack was born in Waynesboro, PA the son of the late Roy M. and Anna C. (Zimmerman) Kendle. A 1948 graduate of Chambersburg High School,...
Marie McLaughlin
Mar 11, 2015
Marie Ewan McLaughlin, age 93, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at Providence Place Assisted Living. Born February 13, 1922 in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late James Ewan and Grace Nary Ewan. A 1941 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Mrs. McLaughlin went on to serve her country during WWII in...
William Behel
Mar 11, 2015
William D. “Butch” Behel, Jr., 68, of East Waterford, PA, died on Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at home. Born on October 9, 1946 in Altoona, PA he was the son of the late William D. and Mary E. Lafferty Behel. Butch spent his working years at Letterkenny Army Depot and as a heavy equipment operator for Penn Dot, before retiring...
Delores Swanger
Mar 10, 2015
Delores J. Swanger, 77, of Chambersburg, PA, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 24, 1937 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Lloyd and Floe Trace Robinson. Delores was a graduate of the Chambersburg High School and worked for many years as the office manager at the former Southern Cross in...
Rick Foster
Mar 8, 2015
Rick W. Foster, 62, of Spring Run, PA, died unexpectedly Sunday evening, March 8, 2015 at his home. Born July 24, 1952 in Chambersburg, he was a son of Marie M. Miley Foster and the late Robert W. Foster. Rick was a 1972 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School and served in the US Marine Corps during the...
Lewis Drawbaugh
Mar 6, 2015
Lewis B. Drawbaugh, age 87, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, March 6, 2015 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 16, 1927 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Lewis B. Drawbaugh, Sr., and Lillian M. Kohler Drawbaugh. His beloved wife of 61 years, Doris Jean Dawbaugh, preceded him in death on January 11, 2009. A 1946 graduate...
Virginia Glass
Mar 6, 2015
Virginia M. Glass, age 91, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, March 6, 2015 at Providence Place Assisted Living. Born June 27, 1923 in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Margaret Robinson. Mrs. Glass was a 1941 graduate of the Greencastle Antrim High School and homemaker most of her life, taking great pride in...
Mary Kennelly Misa
Mar 3, 2015
Mary T. Kennelly Misa, age 85, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at Manor Care Nursing Home. Born in New York City on June 25, 1929, she was the daughter of the late William and Anna Fitzgerald Kennelly. Mrs. Misa was a homemaker most of her adult life, she was also a member of Corpus Chrisiti...
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