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Frank Brookens
Apr 7, 2014
Frank A. “Jeff” Brookens, Jr., age 90, of Chambersburg, died Monday Morning, April 7, 2014 at his home. Born November 17, 1923 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Frank Sr., and Maggie Bohn Brookens. His wife, A. Pearl Miller Brookens, whom he married December 29, 1945, preceded him in death on January 11, 1996. A U.S. Navy...
William Parson
Apr 6, 2014
William Ronald “Ron” Parson, age 78, of Dry Run, PA, passed away on Sunday, April 6, 2014. Born in Shade Gap, PA, on September 7, 1935, he was the son of the late William Bryan and Dorothy Effie Gregor Parson. A general laborer for Knouse foods, Run retired after 19 years in 1998. He enjoyed going to and spending time...
Grace Ebersole
Apr 4, 2014
Grace W. Ebersole, age 87, of Chambersburg, went to be with her Lord on Friday morning, April 4, 2014 at Menno Haven. Born October 17, 1926 she was a daughter of the late Michael and Jennie Wenger. She was a homemaker most of her life and a member of Chambersburg Mennonite Church. Grace taught Sunday school and Bible classes. She...
Louise Burkholder
Mar 31, 2014
Louise I. Burkholder, 91, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday afternoon, March 31, 2014 at Menno Haven, where she resided for the past twenty-four years. Born November 9, 1922 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Benjamin and Grace Gossard Perry. Mrs. Burkholder was a 1940 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and was employed as a...
Ruth Cook
Mar 31, 2014
Ruth Josephine (Goshorn) Cook, 90, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Monday, March 31, 2014, at home in Fayetteville where she resided for 54 years. Born August 22, 1923, in Shade Valley, PA., she was the daughter of the late Wilbert and Hannah Goshorn. She grew up on a farm in Blairs Mills, PA, graduating from the Nossville High School and...
Carla Baltimore
Mar 30, 2014
Carla Elizabeth Baltimore, 51, of Chambersburg, PA, died Sunday morning, March 30, 2014 in Chambersburg Hospital. Born January 16, 1963 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Leibert Myers Shatzer and Bennie Mayo Shatzer. Carla was a 1980 graduate of the James Buchanan High School and went on to receive a degree in Ornamental Nursery and Horticulture from...
Jacob Hornbaker
Mar 29, 2014
Jacob E. Hornbaker, 84, of Chambersburg, PA, and formerly of Willow Hill, died Saturday morning, March 29, 2014 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 4, 1929 in Blairs Valley, PA, he was a son of the late Melvin and Mary Pine Hornbaker. A US Army Veteran of WWII, Mr. Hornbaker retired from the former Lowengart Tannery in Mercersburg, where he had...
Karen Myers
Mar 29, 2014
Karen Sue Myers, 57, of Chambersburg, PA, went to be with the Lord Saturday, March 29, 2014 at Penn Hall. She had been in nursing home care since 1993. Born April 23, 1956 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of J. Clifford and Anna K. McKenzie Harry of Chambersburg, and Harold Bingaman of Union, MI. A 1974 graduate of the...
Margaret Seylar
Mar 29, 2014
Margaret P. Seylar, age 68, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, March 29, 2014 at the Manor Care Nursing Home. Born March 8, 1946 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Margaret Rower John. Mrs. Seylar worked as a nurse’s aid for 18 years at former Beverly Nursing Home. She was a member of Freedom...
Milton Huyett
Mar 28, 2014
Milton W. Huyett, 68, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Friday, March 28, 2014 at his home. Born July 27, 1945 in Hagerstown, MD, he was a son of the late Eugene R. and Anna Garrett Huyett. He retired in 2011 from JLG Industries in McConnellsburg. He is survived by his loving wife, Sandy Armstrong Huyett, whom he married March 22,...
Luther Black
Mar 27, 2014
Luther M. “Pap” Black, Jr., age 90, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday morning, March 27, 2014 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 23, 1924 in McConnellsburg, he was a son of the late Luther M. and Pearl Barton Black. His wife, Frances McClure Black preceded him in death on March 22, 2005. A World War II Navy Veteran, Luther served...
Seth Tritle
Mar 26, 2014
Seth E. Tritle, 88, of Chambersburg, PA, died Wednesday at Chambersburg Hospital. He is survived by his wife, Gladys Gerber Bachman Tritle; sons Steven D. (Barb) and Gregory E. (Beverly); 3 grandchildren; and 2 great-grandchildren. His first wife Doris Jean, a daughter Pamela, and sister Geraldine preceded him in death. Services will be held at 2 PM Saturday, April 5,...
Larry Brookens
Mar 26, 2014
Larry F. Brookens, 67, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Wednesday morning, March 26, 2014. Born February 13, 1947 in Chambersburg, he was a son of Marie Heck Brookens and the late Sterling C. Brookens. Larry had been employed at Lehman’s Egg Service in Chambersburg. He was a member of Corpus Christi Church, a social member of Hume-McNeil-Byers AMVETS Post 224...
Kay Kimple
Mar 25, 2014
Kay V. Kimple, age 69, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Buchanan Valley, passed away on Tuesday morning, March 25, 2014 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born November 9, 1944, she was a daughter of the late James E. and Kathryn Brown Watson. Kay worked as a house cleaner in the Gettysburg and Ardentsville areas, at the Ardentsville...
Etta Collier
Mar 25, 2014
Etta “Jean” Collier, 83, of Chambersburg, PA, died Tuesday afternoon, March 25, 2014 at the Shook Home. Born May 1, 1930 in Hopewell, PA, she was a daughter of the late J. Curtis and Josephine Bridenstine Browell. She was a graduate of the Robert P. Smith High School in Yellow Creek, PA. A homemaker most of her life, Mrs. Collier...
Earnest Deal
Mar 24, 2014
In the early morning hours of Monday, March 24, 2014, Earnest E. “Earnie” Deal, 68, of Oil City and formerly of Chambersburg, was received into the loving arms of his Heavenly Father. Born at home on April 26, 1945 in Borden Mines, Maryland, he was a son of the late James and Viola Winebrenner Deal. He graduated from Beall High...
Ronald Keepler
Mar 22, 2014
Ronald K. “Tootsie” Keepler, 48, of Chambersburg, died Saturday, March 22, 2014 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 2, 1965 in Bartow, FL, he was the son of the late Brenda Keepler and is survived by his life-long partner, Kristina Speer; sons Ky, Kendall, and Jeffrey; daughter Kora; and 7 siblings. An avid fisherman and outdoorsman, he had a quick wit...
Margaret Thomas
Mar 22, 2014
Margaret J. Thomas, age 79, of Chambersburg, PA passed away on Saturday, March 22, 2014 in the Menno Haven Nursing Home. Born September 29, 1934 in Cearfoss, MD, she was the daughter of the late Lloyd L. and Ruth A. Smith. Surviving are three children, Jeffrey L. Thomas of Chambersburg, PA; Ronald L. Thomas of Chambersburg, PA; and Patricia A....
Richard Federhoof
Mar 22, 2014
Richard H. Federhoof, age 81, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, March 22, 2014 in the Hershey Medical Center. Born May 23, 1932 in Frederick, MD, he was the son of the late J. Howard and Helen M. Varner Federhoof. A U.S. Army veteran, Dick served honorably during the Korean Conflict. He worked as a cable supervisor and as...
Patricia Sweeney
Mar 20, 2014
Patricia Louise Sweeney, age 65, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on March 20, 2014. Born November 23, 1948, she was the daughter of Robert R. Sweeney and the late Dorothea Stains Sweeney. Patricia graduated with her bachelor’s in Library Science in 1970 from Mansfield University; she went on to earn her master’s degree from Shippensburg University in 1976. An elementary...
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