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Ronald Kohli
Sep 16, 2014
Ronald E. Kohli, 82, of Chambersburg, died on Tuesday, September 16, 2014 at Chambersburg Hospital after a lengthy illness. Born September 28, 1931 in Solsville, NY, he was a son of the late Ernest and Martha Kohli who died in 1963 and 1997 respectively. He was a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rome, NY and a U.S. Army...
Orvil Wenger
Sep 15, 2014
Orvil L. “Leroy” Wenger, age 89, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Monday, September 15, 2014 at home surrounded by his family. Born August 31, 1925 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Paul and Mary Wenger Higgins. A U.S. Army veteran, Mr. Wenger served honorably for 38 years, retiring in 1979 as a CW4; he began his...
Curtis Dangler
Sep 14, 2014
Thomas L. Geisel Funeral Home, Inc. 333 Falling Spring Road Chambersburg, PA 17202 (717) 264-6416 THOMAS L. GEISEL, Supervisor Curtis E. Dangler, 54, of Greencastle, PA died on Sunday, September 14, 2014 in the Emergency Room of Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 2, 1960 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, he was the son of Lester and Betty Dangler. A welder and self-employed...
Jose' Velazquez
Sep 14, 2014
Jose’ D. Velazquez, 73, of Chambersburg, died Sunday September 14, 2014. The family will receive friends on Thursday, September 18, 2014 from 11AM -2PM at Thomas L. Geisel Funeral Home and Cremation Center, 333 Falling Spring Rd. Chambersburg.
Jean Mowen
Sep 14, 2014
Jean O. Mowen, age 70, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly in the Chambersburg Hospital on Sunday, September 14, 2014. Born in Chambersburg on May 13, 1944, she was the daughter of the late William Jacob and Sylvia Burkhart Roll. Dedicated to her Lord and family, Jean spent much of her time being active in her church and caring for...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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