Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

Ronald Horst
Nov 13, 2014
Ronald R. Horst, 76, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Thursday afternoon, November 13, 2014 at his home. Born December 31, 1937 in Marion, he was a son of the late Reuben and Elsie Horst. Ron served honorably in the US Army from 1961-1964. Following his discharge from the Army he was employed by his father’s family business as a truck...

Rachel Davenport
Nov 13, 2014
Rachel E. Davenport, 73, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Thursday morning, November 13, 2014 at Hershey Medical Center. Born April 18, 1941 in Franklin, PA, she was a daughter of the late Samuel and Grace Sheats Lowry. A 1957 graduate of the Cranberry High School, she was a homemaker most of her life. She was a member of Trinity Episcopal...

Calvin Scott
Nov 13, 2014
Calvin W. Scott, age 54, of Marion, PA, passed away on Thursday, November 13, 2014 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born, January 14, 1960 in Chambersburg, he was a son of Blanche E. Pearl Scott and the late Wayne T. Scott. Calvin last worked at Hennesey Products in the paint shop. He enjoyed Fishing, camping, football, watching game...

Roy Warsing
Nov 12, 2014
Roy H. Warsing, 88, passed on to glory early Wednesday morning, November 12, 2014 at Penn Hall Nursing Center. Born February 28, 1926 in Wells Tannery, PA, he was a son of the late Clifford and Dortha Wright Warsing. A US Navy veteran of WWII and Korea, he was employed for twenty three years at Mack Truck, retiring in 1986....

Jorge Cortez Luna
Nov 12, 2014
Jorgé Arturo Cortez Luna, 61, of Chambersburg died on Nov. 12, 2014. The family will receive friends from 4:00 – 6:00 PM on Saturday, November 22 at Thomas L. Geisel Funeral Home, 333 Falling Spring Rd. Chambersburg. Services and interment will be held in Mexico.

Betty Hockensmith
Nov 10, 2014
Betty G. Hockensmith, 89, of Chambersburg, PA, entered into eternal rest with her family at her side, after a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s Disease on Monday morning, November 10, 2014 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born March 1, 1925 in Marion, PA, she was a daughter of the late Cyrus and Lela Miller Stoner. Mrs. Hockensmith had been...

Trieste Brandt
Nov 8, 2014
Thomas L. Geisel Funeral Home, Inc. 333 Falling Spring Road Chambersburg, PA 17202 (717) 264-6416 THOMAS L. GEISEL, Supervisor Trieste Memmi Brandt, 97, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Saturday afternoon, November 8, 2014 at Menno Haven. Born July 3, 1917 in Robertsdale, PA, she was a daughter of the late Dominick and Grace Facchinei Memmi. A 1936 graduate of the...

Dolores Fahnestock
Nov 8, 2014
Dolores J. Fahnestock, 86, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Saturday morning, November 8, 2014 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born May 14, 1928 in Wilkes-Barre, PA, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Helen Trentowski Mayeski. She retired as Office Manager at RCA. A member of Bethel Assembly of God, Mrs. Fahnestock had volunteered as pianist...
Julia Monn
Nov 7, 2014
Julia LaRue Hockenberry Monn of Fayetteville, PA entered into God’s eternal care on Friday evening, November 7, 2014 at her home. Born April 24, 1935 in Fannettsburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late Herbert Merle Hockenberry and Elda Adaline Donathan Hockenberry Custer. She was also the step-daughter of the late Albert E. Custer. Before moving to Fayetteville in...

Raymond Wingert
Nov 7, 2014
Raymond C. Wingert, 91, of Menno Village in Chambersburg, PA, passed away Friday morning, November 7, 2014. Born May 4, 1923 at Elk Hollow (Duffield) in Guilford Township, Franklin County, PA, he was a son of the late Milton W. and Clara Garber Wingert. Raymond was a life-long dairy farmer in the Duffield area. He was a member of the...
Henry Greenawalt
Nov 6, 2014
Henry “Hank” Greenawalt, Jr., 76, of Chambersburg, PA went to be with his Lord and Savior on 6 November 2014 while surrounded by his family. Hank was born October 21, 1938 in East Donegal Township, Lancaster County, PA, to the late Henry Brown and Mary Elizabeth Eckert Greenawalt. A 1957 graduate of Hershey High School, Hank served honorably in the...
Frederick Gardner
Nov 6, 2014
Frederick K. Gardner, 82, of Chambersburg, PA, died Thursday evening, November 6, 2014 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born January 16, 1932 in Roaring Spring, PA, he was the son of the late C. Earl and Ruth Rosen Gardner. Mr. Gardner retired from the United States Air Force after 20 years of service. He served at the Pentagon for most of...
Grandon Carmack
Nov 2, 2014
Grandon Warren Harding Carmack, age 94, of Chambersburg, died Sunday, November 2, 2014 at the Chambersburg Hospital following an acute illness. Born in Three Springs, PA, he was a son of the late Harvey and Naomi Stevens Carmack. A graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Mr. Carmack served during WWII with the US Army Infantry on Leyte Island in...
Hazel Hobble
Nov 2, 2014
Hazel Erma Hobble, 91, of Chambersburg, PA, died Sunday afternoon, November 2, 2014 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 28, 1923 in Doylesburg, she was a daughter of the late Arthur and Vada Fertney Hockenberry. A homemaker most of her life, she had worked at Letterkenny Army Depot during WWII. She enjoyed flower gardening, baking cookies, word searches, and traditional...
Donald Eby
Nov 2, 2014
Donald L. Eby, 73, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday morning, November 2, 2014 at Menno Haven. Born January 23, 1941 in Washington County, MD, he was a son of the late Allan and Naomi Showalter Eby. Mr. Eby was an employee and later a partner at Lehman’s Egg Service in Chambersburg for 46 years, retiring in 2010. After retiring...

Sarah Peters
Nov 1, 2014
Sarah Louise Crawford Peters 87, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Saturday, November 1, 2014. She was predeceased by her husband of 57 years, James W. Peters, who passed away on August 22, 2002. Sarah was born February 14, 1926, in Halfway, MD, the daughter of Chester P. Crawford and Clara Shearer Crawford. Sarah graduated from Chambersburg High School in...
Jerry Small
Oct 30, 2014
Jerry Lee Small, 77, of Palm Bay, Florida, passed away on Thursday, October 30, 2014. He was born January 5, 1937 in Chambersburg and moved to Brevard County, Florida in 2010. Jerry was a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. After retiring, he worked as a rural letter carrier for the U. S. Postal Service. He was also an...

Herbert McElwain
Oct 30, 2014
Herbert R. “Butch” McElwain, age 92, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Thursday morning, October 30, 2014 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 5, 1922 in Bellwood, PA, he was a son of the late John R. and Anna Mary Hillard McElwain. His beloved wife of 52 years, Ella Mae Snyder McElwain, preceded him in death on February 8, 1999. A...

Dennis Ommert
Oct 29, 2014
Dennis R. Ommert, age 65, of South Mountain, PA, passed away on Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 7, 1949 in Waynesboro, PA, he was the son of John Ommert and the late Mary Ricker Ommert. A U.S. Marine, Dennis served honorably during the Vietnam conflict, where he was awarded the National Defense Medal, Vietnam Service...