Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County
Arlene Brookens Gelwicks
Aug 4, 2014
Arlene Delores Brookens Gelwicks, age 85, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Monday, August 4, 2014 at Holy Spirit Hospital. Born October 6, 1928 in Greene Township, PA, she was the daughter of the late George M. and Mary Mae Shields Brookens. Mrs. Gelwicks worked for the Stanley Company in Chambersburg for 15 years and later for Pet Ritz in...
Naomi Lesher
Aug 1, 2014
Noami Ruth Lesher, age 92, of Marion, PA, passed away on Friday, August 1, 2014 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born in Shippensburg, PA on November 9, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Paul I. and Clara Lehman Wenger. Mrs. Lesher served as a Sunday School Teacher for many years. She was a member of the Chambersburg Brethren in...
Larry Bowling
Jul 31, 2014
Larry E. Bowling, 72, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Thursday afternoon, July 31, 2014 at his home, surrounded by his family, after a courageous battle with leukemia. Born August 30, 1941 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Charles E. and Sarah C. Harrison Bowling. A 1959 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Larry served with...
J. Edward Uglow
Jul 31, 2014
J Edward Uglow, 66, of Chambersburg, passed away at his home on Thursday, July 31, 2014. Born on July 28, 1948, he was the son of the late Jack Uglow and Thelma Keyser Uglow. A 1966 graduate of St. Thomas High School, Ed attended Shippensburg University. He retired as the former President of Jerr Dan Corporation and went on to...
Milton Fritz
Jul 31, 2014
Milton C. “Red” Fritz, 84, of Chambersburg, died Thursday at Shippensburg Healthcare Center. Surviving are his wife, Marion Suders Fritz; daughters Leslie (Mrs. Alan) Miller and Kathy (Mrs. Stanley) Choffrey; son Jimmy M. Fritz; five grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; a brother Ronald Fritz; sisters Constance Stevens and Shirley Fritz; and his beloved pet dog, Gunner.
Joan Smith
Jul 30, 2014
Joan Patricia Smith, 82, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Wednesday morning at home surrounded by her family. Born November 12, 1931 in Washington D.C., she was the daughter of the late Leland and Esther Hedgcock. After growing up in Silver Spring, MD, marrying and having four children, she and her family moved to the Chambersburg area where she became a...
Charlotte Reasner
Jul 30, 2014
Charlotte Elizabeth “Libby” Hoch Reasner, 95, formerly of Fayetteville, died on Wednesday, July 30, 2014. Born on October 16, 1918, in Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, PA, she was the daughter of the late Lester David and Lucy Catherine Reeder Hoch. Libby retired in 1975 after teaching 35 years, most of which were served at Andrew Buchanan Elementary School as a...
Billy Fix
Jul 28, 2014
Billy L. Fix, Jr., age 56, of Blairs Mills, PA, passed away on Monday, July 28, 2014 at his home. Born September 7, 1957 he was a son of the late Billy L. Fix, Sr. and Shirley Chapman Fix. A 1977 graduate of Southern Huntingdon High School, Billy went on to earn his B.S. in accounting from Indiana University of...
Doris McClure
Jul 26, 2014
Doris J. McClure, age 84, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday morning, July 26, 2014 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 28, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Kathleen Flora Florig. Her beloved husband, Robert L. McClure, Sr. preceded her in death on September 11, 1986. Doris worked as a file clerk for T.B. Wood’s Co....
Richard Murphy
Jul 25, 2014
Richard E. Murphy was born February 19, 1931, he passed away peacefully surrounded by all his children, several of his grandchildren, his cousin Denis, and his sons-in-law on July 25, 2014 in the presence of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He was the son of late Edward and Alice (nee. McNulty) Murphy. Born and raised in Jersey City, NJ...
Donald Guyer
Jul 24, 2014
Donald C. Guyer, age 71, of Mont Alto, PA, passed away on Thursday, July 24, 2014 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born in Chambersburg on January 5, 1943, he is the son of Elsie Guyer Little and the late Donald F. Guyer. In addition to his mother, he is survived by two brothers and two sisters. Graveside services will be held...
Evelyn High
Jul 22, 2014
Evelyn B. High, 86, of Kearneysville, WV, died Tuesday evening, July 22, 2014 at the Winchester Medical Center. Born June 25, 1928 in Hagerstown, MD, she was a daughter of the late Hubert Earl and Mary Ramona Price Wolford. A graduate of North Hagerstown High School and a homemaker most of her life, she had worked as a seamstress at...
Grace Mowery
Jul 18, 2014
Grace M. Mowery, 84, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Friday morning, July 18, 2014 at her home. Born May 3, 1930 in Washington Township, PA, she was the daughter of the late William E. and Edna M. Sheffler Stevens. She attended Waynesboro Area Schools and was employed for 40 years at the former Stanley Company in Chambersburg. She attended Christian...
Donald Horton
Jul 17, 2014
Donald R. Horton, 76, of Chambersburg, PA, died Thursday, July 17, 2014 at his home. Born April 8, 1938 in Fulton, County, PA, he was a son of the late William and Goldie Chaney Horton. He was employed by the Borough of Chambersburg, retiring after 31 years of service. Mr. Horton was a member of Freedom In Christ Church, the...
Jeffrey Sites
Jul 17, 2014
Jeffrey Lee Sites has gone to join with peace in the sky. He departed this earth on July 17, 2014 from the Hershey Medical Center surrounded by his family and under the care of the most amazingly dedicated staff. Jeff was born on November 4, 1949 in Chambersburg to the late Paul Miller Sites and Helen Mills Sites, being one...
Jerome Albert
Jul 17, 2014
Jerome C. Albert, 80, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Thursday morning, July 17, 2014 at ManorCare Health Services. Born October 18, 1933 in Altoona, PA, he was the son of the late Jerome C. and Anna Wiesen Albert. Mr. Albert was a graduate of Homestead High School, Homestead, PA, and went on to receive a Bachelor’s Degree from the University...
Donald Cook
Jul 16, 2014
Donald Bowker Cook, 97, of Spring Run, PA, formerly of Hockessin, DE, passed away July 16, 2014 at home, surrounded by his loving family. Born January 14, 1917 in Easthampton, MA, he was the son of Melvin Jesse and May Bowker Cook. He was predeceased by his beloved wife of 52 years, Elizabeth Conant Cook on March 18, 1996 and...
Joan Jurado
Jul 16, 2014
Joan C. Jurado, 73, of Chambersburg, died Wednesday, July 16, 2014 at Manor Care Health Services, Chambersburg. Services and interment will be private and at the convenience of the family.
Helen Kramer
Jul 13, 2014
Helen M. Kramer, 74, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Sunday evening, July 13, 2014 at Quincy Home, where she was a guest for the past several weeks. Born July 5, 1940 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Herbert K. and Grace Musser Reilly. Helen had been employed at the former Nichol’s Department Store in Chambersburg and then...
James Musslewhite
Jul 12, 2014
James E. Musslewhite, age 91, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, July 12, 2014 in the Menno Haven Nursing Home. Born May 24, 1923, in Tyler, TX, he was the son of the late Edgar Barton and Annie Mae Scott Musslewhite. A U.S. Navy veteran, Jim served honorably during WWII. After the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor in 1941,...
Subscribe
Get alerts when new obituaries are posted
