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Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

Doris Mentzer

Doris Mentzer

Mar 16, 2014

Doris M. Mentzer, age 82, of Mechanicsburg, PA passed on Sunday, March 16, 2014, surrounded by her loving family. Born May 10, 1931 in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Joseph w. and Edith Zeger Keller. Doris was a homemaker most of her working life; where she cherished spending time with her family and taking care of...

Bruce Katzmann

Bruce Katzmann

Mar 15, 2014

Bruce D. Katzmann, 81, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Saturday evening, March 15, 2014 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 6, 1932 in West New York, NJ, he is survived by his wife of 40 years, Mary; his beloved daughter, April Cappello and husband Tom; and his loving granddaughter, Alexandra. Bruce served in the U.S. Navy from 1950 to 1954...

William Paine

William Paine

Mar 14, 2014

William J. “Bill” Paine, age 90, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, March 14, 2014 at the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehab Center. Born in Harrisburg, PA on October 9, 1923, he was the son of the late William W. and Maude Tyson Paine. A U.S. Navy veteran, Mr. Paine served honorably during WWII, prior to his service, Bill...

Dale Grizer

Dale Grizer

Mar 13, 2014

Dale M. Grizer, 60, of Chambersburg, died Thursday at his home. He is survived by his mother, Jean Halft Grizer; daughters Jamie Kauffman and Tobie (Steve) Scott; grandchildren Cody and Joshua Mumma, Kayden Kauffman, Devin, Zachary, and Elliott Scott; and sisters Kathy O’Farrell, Christy Pensinger, and Anna Batten. His father, Arthur Grizer, preceded him in death. Services will be private.

Mary Miner

Mary Miner

Mar 12, 2014

Mary E. “Susie” Carbaugh Miner, age 73, of Fayetteville, passed away on Wednesday morning, March 12, 2014 at her home. Born February 9, 1941 in Chambersburg she was the daughter of the late Harry W. and Gladys Jones Carbaugh. A 1959 graduate of CASHS, Mary spent most of her life as a homemaker. She enjoyed coloring, planting and growing flowers,...

Edward Brown

Edward Brown

Mar 12, 2014

Edward A. Brown, Sr., 81, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at his home. Born October 1, 1932 in Brooklyn, NY, he was a son of the late William H. and Josephine M. Kallina Brown. Ed was a 1950 graduate of the New York School of Printing and was employed for many years by Regency Thermographers prior...

Thelma Cramer

Thelma Cramer

Mar 12, 2014

Thelma F. Cramer, 102, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at Menno Haven. Born March 14, 1911 in Philadelphia, PA, she was a daughter of the late James and Florence Bean Thorpe. She and her late husband, Rev. George Cramer, Jr., who preceded her in death on November 4, 2006, worked together to help establish Camp Bethel,...

Kathleen Cooper

Kathleen Cooper

Mar 12, 2014

Kathleen E. Cooper, 93, of Chambersburg, PA died on Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at her residence. Born on March 18, 1920 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Beulah Jones Snively. Her beloved husband, whom she married in May 1932, Orville G. Cooper, Sr. preceded her in death. Kathleen is survived by three sons; Orville G....

Carolyn Shaffer

Carolyn Shaffer

Mar 9, 2014

Carolyn M. Shaffer, 68, of Chambersburg, PA, passed Sunday afternoon, March 9, 2014 at ManorCare Health Services in Chambersburg. Born July 20, 1945 in Hancock, MD, she was a daughter of the late Joseph H. Marks, Sr. and Marian Smith Marks. Carolyn was a graduate of the Hancock High School and had been employed for twenty years by Dunn and...

Della Ile

Della Ile

Mar 8, 2014

Della M. Ile, 71, of Willow Hill, PA, died Saturday, March 8, 2014 at Hershey Medical Center. Born March 20, 1942 in Chambersburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late Andrew John and Mary Ann Glunt Woods. Della was a graduate of the Fannett-Metal High School and served as Postmaster with the US Postal Service at Willow Hill. She...

Sandra Enslin

Sandra Enslin

Mar 6, 2014

Sandra L. Enslin, age 74, of Chambersburg, PA passed away on Thursday morning March 6, 2014 at her home. Born February 6, 1940 in Scranton, PA, she was a daughter of the late Wesley E. and Alice Enslin Hall. Her husband, Arnold Enslin, preceded her in death on September 8, 2009. Sandra was a member of Marion First United Methodist...

Leta Hussack

Leta Hussack

Mar 6, 2014

Leta Alexander Hussack, 85, of Chambersburg, (recently a resident of Magnolias) went to be with her Lord on March 6, 2014. Leta was born in Lewistown Hospital on April 6, 1928, to the late Matthew G. and Gretchen Harry Alexander. She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Z. Hussack, her son Stephen Alexander Hussack, her older brother Robert...

Robert Diller

Robert Diller

Mar 5, 2014

Robert H. Diller, age 82, of Chambersburg, PA, went to be with his Lord and Savior on March 5, 2014. Born October 11, 1931 in Chambersburg, he was a son of late Silas S. and Emma Horst Diller. He was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church where he was President of the Hoover Sunday School class. He had...

Janet Keyser

Janet Keyser

Mar 5, 2014

Janet Louise (Kyle) Keyser, age 87, formerly of Fayetteville, PA, died Wednesday morning, March 5, 2014 at Providence Place Retirement Community in Chambersburg. Born February 26, 1927 in Chambersburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late Russel B. and Claudia Trace Kyle. A graduate of the former Chambersburg High School she spent most of her life as a homemaker....

Lili Stevens

Lili Stevens

Mar 4, 2014

Lili Genee Stevens passed peacefully in the loving arms of family March 4, 2014. She has left her footprints on all of our hearts. Lili was the beloved daughter of Chris Stevens and Morgan Landis. She will be sadly mourned by, but, forever remembered by the following family members: Great great grandmothers-Ruth Jay & Ethel Mae Vansickle. Great grandparents-Lon &...

Mary O'Brien

Mary O'Brien

Mar 4, 2014

Mary Ellen “Mollie” O’Brien, age 104, of the Penn Hall Nursing Center in Chambersburg, PA, went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, March 4, 2014. Born in Lewisburg, PA on July 15, 1909, she was the daughter of the late Clinton and Cuba Moyer Aurand. A graduate of Lewisburg High School, Mrs. O’Brien went on to marry her husband,...

Gerald Shaffer

Gerald Shaffer

Mar 3, 2014

Gerald S. “Jerry” Shaffer, age 77, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away in the Chambersburg Hospital on Monday, March 3, 2014. Born March 25, 1936 in Waynesboro, PA, he was the son of the late Gerald C. and Margaret Hoy Shaffer. A 1954 graduate of the Waynesboro Area Senior High School, Jerry went on to join the U.S. Army, where he...

Randolph Patterson

Randolph Patterson

Mar 2, 2014

Randolph F. Patterson (CDR, USN Ret.), age 88 of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Sunday, March 2, 2014 at Menno Haven Nursing Home. Born September 17, 1925 in Norfolk, VA, he was the son of the late Harvey and Wydie Webb Patterson. A graduate of the Naval Academy, Randy went on to dedicate over 21 years of service to the...

Inger Pancoast-Edwards

Inger Pancoast-Edwards

Mar 1, 2014

Inger A. Pancoast-Edwards, 74, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Saturday afternoon, March 1, 2014 at the York Hospital. Born April 7, 1939 in Finland, she was the daughter of the late Karl and Alice Backlund Westerholm. Mrs. Pancoast-Edwards was a graduate of High Point College, High Point, NC. She was a member and Past President of the Tidewater chapter and...

Dorothy Jordan

Dorothy Jordan

Mar 1, 2014

Dorothy (Dot) Nicoll Jordan, 89, passed away on Saturday evening, March 1, 2014 at Menno Haven in Chambersburg PA. Born on August 1, 1924 in the Astoria section of the Borough of Queens, New York, NY she was the oldest daughter of Edna and Benjamin Nicoll. Dot graduated from Garden City High School and Douglass College with a Bachelor’s degree...

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