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Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

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...

Maria Dell
Mar 20, 2014
Maria E. Dell, age 76, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Thursday, March 20, 2014 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 19, 1937 in Del Rio, TX, she was a daughter of the late Pedro and Sara Rosa Roque. Her husband, Earl C. Dell preceded her in death on December 11, 1993. A 1955 graduate of Del Rio High School, Maria...

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 &...