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Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

Brenda Galbraith

Brenda Galbraith

Sep 12, 2014

Brenda Faye Galbraith, 65, a lifelong resident of Nutter Fort, WV died September 12, 2014 at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center after a devastating stroke. Brenda was the daughter of the late Edward L. Welch and E. Louise Jamison Welch, also of Nutter Fort. She worked many jobs in the area to include Vincent Memorial Church secretary and cashier at...

Naja George

Naja George

Sep 12, 2014

Naja N. George, age 23, of Chambersburg, PA passed away on Friday, September 12, 2014 at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Born October 27, 1990 in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of Robert Wright and the late Marlena George Campbell. Surviving is her step-father of 23 years, Leroy Campbell; three siblings, James Wright, Joshua George, and Patrick Banks, and...

Dorothy Ritchey

Dorothy Ritchey

Sep 11, 2014

Dorothy R. Ritchey, 97, of Marion, PA, passed away Thursday evening, September 11, 2014 at the home of her son in Fayetteville. Born November 25, 1916 in Jackson Township, she was a daughter of the late Simon and Mary Gillin Griffith. She was a member of Marion First United Methodist Church and loved camping and square dancing. She was a...

Betty Henry

Betty Henry

Sep 9, 2014

Betty M. Brookens Henry, 83, a resident at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday evening, September 9, 2014 at the nursing home where she resided for the past 18 months. Born January 10, 1931 in Reading, PA, she was a daughter of the late Milton and Lulu Shepherd Brookens. Mrs. Henry had worked as a...

Harriet Glasgow

Harriet Glasgow

Sep 9, 2014

Harriet Cutler Glasgow, formerly of Chambersburg, died Monday morning, September 8, 2014 in Quincy, PA. She was born November 14, 1921 to Irwin and Louise (Northwood) Cutler at Chestnut Level, PA. She attended Drumore, PA schools and graduated from Quarryville High School. Harriet received a B.S. in Nursing from Cornell University and New York Hospital. She married Walter Hershour Glasgow...

Floyd Baker

Floyd Baker

Sep 9, 2014

Floyd A. “Short” Baker, 80, of Amberson, PA, passed away Tuesday morning, September 9, 2014 at Providence Place in Chambersburg, where he resided for the past two years. Born April 3, 1934 in Spring Run, he was a son of the late George B. and Verda M. Piper Baker. Following his father’s passing, he was raised by the late J....

Marion Martin

Marion Martin

Sep 9, 2014

Marion E. Martin of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at Providence Place in Chambersburg. Born in Albany, NY, she was the daughter of the late Theodore and Julia Traeger O’Donnell. A homemaker most of her adult life, Marion volunteered at the Chambersburg Hospital for a number of years. She was a life member of the VFW...

Michael Deavers

Michael Deavers

Sep 8, 2014

Michael Wayne Deavers, 54, of Willow Hill, PA, passed away peacefully, Monday evening, September 8, 2014 at his home surrounded by his family. Born December 13, 1959 in Frederick, MD, he was a son of Harold and Nancy Hammond Deavers. Michael was a graduate of the Walkersville High School and was employed as a mechanic with Midas and Meineke. He...

Gladys Shadle

Gladys Shadle

Sep 7, 2014

Gladys Pearl Shadle, 77, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday morning, September 7, 2014 at the West Shore Hospital, Mechanicsburg PA. Born September 24, 1936 in Newburg, she was a daughter of the late Robert M. and Esther Pearl Rebok Reese. Mrs. Shadle retired from the Chambersburg Area School District where she had worked as an accountant in the food...

Mary  Armstrong Herr

Mary Armstrong Herr

Sep 6, 2014

Mary Grace Armstrong Herr, age 86, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday evening, September 6, 2014 at The Inn at Luther Ridge. Born October 12, 1927 in Ft. Loudon, she was a daughter of the late Calvin McLaughlin and Grace Fields McLaughlin. Early in her life, Mrs. Herr worked as a file clerk at Letterkenny Army Depot. She then...

Thomas Mowers

Thomas Mowers

Sep 5, 2014

Thomas L. Mowers, age 83, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on September 5, 2014 at his home. Born September 4, 1931, he was a son of the late Stewart E. Mowers and Frances R. McNew Mowers. Thomas worked at Letterkenny Army Depot as a painter until his retirement in 1986 after 34 years of service. After his retirement, Tom owned...

Jean Gipe

Jean Gipe

Sep 4, 2014

Jean M. Gipe, age 85, of Chambersburg, died on Thursday, September 04, 2014, in the Shook Home, Chambersburg. Born on February 3, 1929 in Lemasters, she was a daughter of the late Frank S. and Martha J. Shuman Harrison. She was the widow of Clarence E. “Cub” Gipe, who preceded her in death on August 21, 2011. Jean was retired...

Marlena "Linda" Campbell

Marlena "Linda" Campbell

Sep 4, 2014

Marlena L. Campbell Marlena Linda (George) Campbell, age 47, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, September 4, 2014. Born April 9, 1967, in Kissimmee, FL, she was a daughter of the late James and Evlena McLeary George. A 1985 graduate of CASHS, Marlena was an outstanding basketball player, scoring over 1,000 points. She was employed at Chambersburg Hospital for the...

Levi Satterfield

Levi Satterfield

Sep 3, 2014

Levi Michael Satterfield, infant son of Shawn Michael Satterfield and Rio Jade-Marie Brophy, passed away at Meritus Medical Center on Sept. 3, 2014. Along with his parents, he is survived by his paternal grandmother, Lisa Marple of Baltimore, Md.; maternal grandparents, Rebecca Brophy of Hagerstown, Md., and Robert C. Brophy of Shokan, N.Y.; seven uncles, Christopher and Trevor Brophy of...

Marian Howe

Marian Howe

Sep 3, 2014

Marian Rose (Snyder) Howe, 85, of Chambersburg, passed away on September 3, 2014 at Providence Place. Born on December 5, 1928 in Wood, PA, she was the daughter of the late Robert V.S. Snyder and Thelma G. (McGaughey) Snyder. After graduating Robertsdale High School in 1946, she moved to Uniontown and began working for a local bank. After living briefly...

Teresa Hartman

Teresa Hartman

Sep 1, 2014

Teresa V. Hartman, age 91, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday, September 1, 2014 at the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehab Center, Chambersburg, PA. Born August 31, 1923, in Waynesboro, PA, she was the daughter of the late John D. and Charlotte S. Bowling Eck. A homemaker, Mrs. Hartman enjoyed spending time with family, especially during family get togethers, watching...

James Stewart

James Stewart

Aug 31, 2014

James R. Stewart, age 84, of Belleville, PA and formerly of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at Valley View Haven Nursing Home on Sunday, August 31, 2014. Born May 13, 1930, he was the son of the late Ernest R. and Mary T. Shively Stewart. A dedicated employee for 44 years of the former Atlantic States Gas Company, now Suburban Propane...

Mabel Clayton

Mabel Clayton

Aug 27, 2014

Mabel E. Clayton, 89, of Spring Run, PA, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday morning, August 27, 2014 in the emergency room of Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 7, 1925 in Amberson, PA she was a daughter of the late Oliver and Margaret Palm Varner. A homemaker most of her life, Mabel was a member of Laurel Grove United Methodist Church, the American...

Leigh Ann Shope

Leigh Ann Shope

Aug 26, 2014

Leigh Ann Shope, 25, of Dry Run, PA, passed away Tuesday evening, August 26, 2014 at Hershey Medical Center. Born June 1, 1989 in Lancaster, she was the daughter of Thomas L. Shope, Brenda L. Wise, and the late Donna F. Wing Shope. Leigh Ann was a spiritual and optimistic young woman who had a great love for life and...

Doris Bard

Doris Bard

Aug 22, 2014

Doris Henry Bard, 83, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Friday morning, August 22, 2014. Born May 3, 1931 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Irvin and Reba Nye Henry. Mrs. Bard was a 1949 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and was employed for more than twenty years with the former United Telephone Company, retiring in...

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