Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

Kathleen Snider
Dec 18, 2013
Kathleen H. Snider, 90, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 13, 1923 in Fannettsburg, she was a daughter of the late Howard and Edna Fleming Hill. Mrs. Snider was a graduate of the former Metal Township High School and was employed at United Telephone in Chambersburg. She was a long-time member of...

Harvey West
Dec 17, 2013
Harvey Jacob West, age 82, of Amberson, PA passed away on December 17, 2013 at his home. Born February 17, 1931 in Orrstown, PA he was a son of the late Roy and Erma Cover West. A veteran of the Korean War, Harvey served honorably in the U.S. Army. Harvey was a member of Amberson United Methodist Church. He worked...
George Weagley
Dec 17, 2013
George M. Weagley, 94, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday afternoon, December 17, 2013 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 26, 1919 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late George Edward and Mary Catherine Miller Weagley. Mr. Weagley served in the US Army. A Pattern Maker by trade, he had been employed at the former Chambersburg Engineering Company...

Allen Smith
Dec 16, 2013
Allen C. Smith, 74, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday, December 16, 2013 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 16, 1939 in Dudley, PA, he was a son of the late William and Florence Sparks Smith. Allen served with the US Army Reserve and the National Guard. He was employed for thirty years at Nitterhouse Concrete in Chambersburg. A member of...

Gladys Sleighter
Dec 16, 2013
Gladys V. Holstay Sleighter, age 91, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at Menno Haven Penn Hall on Monday, December 16, 2013. Born April 16, 1922 in St. Thomas, PA, she was the daughter of the late John Holstay and the late Margaret Laughlin Holstay. Mrs. Sleighter was a homemaker most of her life, having been married for 63 years to...

Kelita Uglow
Dec 15, 2013
Kelita Ann Uglow, age 60, of Fayetteville, PA passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, December 15, 2013 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 25, 1953, she was the daughter of Paul and Vern Kennedy. She is survived by husband, Richard; sons, Chase and Brock Uglow; grandsons, Drake and Leland Uglow; and brother, Sam Kennedy.

Helen Alber
Dec 15, 2013
Helen H. Alber, age 89, of 520 Bender Avenue, Chambersburg and formerly of Hazleton, PA passed away on Sunday, December 15, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was born on August 29, 1924 in Hazle Township to the late Michael and Helen (Pollock) Harascak. She was a 1942 graduate of Hazle Township High School and began her career in business...
John Cornell
Dec 14, 2013
John D. Cornell, 58, of Mont Alto, PA, died Saturday evening, December 14, 2013 at Quincy Village. Born October 29, 1955 in Everett, PA, he was a son of Frank L. Cornell of Covington, TX, and the late Betty Fletcher Cornell. John was a 1974 graduate of the Everett Area High School. He was currently employed at T.B. Woods Sons,...

Ashley Brechbiel
Dec 12, 2013
Ashley D. Brechbiel, age 26, of Shippensburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, December 12, 2013 as a result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Born July 19, 1987 in Waynes boro, PA, she was the daughter of Donald E. Brechbiel (wife Lori) and the late Angela M. Runyon Brechbiel. Ashley was a 2006 graduate of the Chambersburg...

Patricia Schroth
Dec 11, 2013
Patricia R. Schroth, age 81, of Chambersburg passed away on Wednesday December 11, 2013 at Luther Ridge Retirement Community. Born April 26, 1932 in Chambersburg, she is a daughter of the late Mose and Hazel Schellhase Glass. Her beloved husband, Earl T. Schroth, preceded her in death on July 15, 2008. Patricia was a homemaker most of her life. She...

Hazel Sears
Dec 10, 2013
Hazel J. Sears, age 78, of Chambersburg passed away on Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at her home. Born December 23, 1937 in Doylesburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late Edward and Edna Yocum. Hazel worked as a seamstress for Stanley Co. in Chambersburg and most recently, Franklin Clothing Outlet until her retirement in December of 2010. Hazel enjoyed...

Foster Shoop
Dec 10, 2013
Foster E. Shoop, age 83, of Spring Run, PA, passed away suddenly in the Hershey Medical Center, as a result of injuries sustained in an auto accident. Born August 16, 1930 in Spring Run, PA, he was the son of the late Charles S. and Rebecca Kiser Shoop. A self employed dairy farmer all his life, he enjoyed his grandchildren...

Isabelle Zimmerman
Dec 9, 2013
Isabelle McNew Zimmerman, 101, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday morning, December 9, 2013 at ManorCare Health Services. Born August 16, 1912 in Waynesboro, she was a daughter of the late Benjamin S. and Verna B. Patterson McNew. She and her mother operated the former Jungle Park Restaurant and Gift Shop near Caledonia, retiring in 1965. Mrs. Zimmerman enjoyed flower...

Sylvester Boxler
Dec 9, 2013
Sylvester “Dwayne” Boxler, 73, of Fayetteville, PA, went to his Heavenly home Monday, December 9, 2013. Born August 25, 1940 in Johnstown, PA, he was a son of the late John H. and Elizabeth M. Young Boxler. A graduate of the Franklin High School in Johnstown, Mr. Boxler retired after 36 1/2 years of employment from the Fort James Corporation....

Richard Pearson
Dec 9, 2013
Richard E. Pearson, age 84 of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Fairfax, VA; passed away on Monday, December 9, 2013 at his home with his wife of 32 years at his side. Born July 31, 1929 in Windber, PA, he was the son of the late Lawrence and Jane Pearson. After graduation from Windber High School in Windber, PA in...

Ray Rosenberry
Dec 7, 2013
Ray L. Rosenberry, age 63, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, December 7, 2013 at his home. Born March 25, 1950 in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Robert and Della Showalter Rosenberry. Ray was a 1968 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior high School. He was a produce manager for Giant Food for 37 years....

Paul Rebok
Dec 7, 2013
Paul R. Rebok, Jr., 66, of Chambersburg, passed away Saturday morning, December 7, 2013 at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Born December 15, 1946 in Waynesboro, he was the son of the late Paul R. and Eleanor Viola Spangler Rebok. Early in his life, Paul was employed for 19 years at Grove Manufacturing. He retired from Ingersoll Rand in October...

Miyoko McAfee
Dec 6, 2013
Miyoko McAfee was born on July 15, 1948, in Okinawa, Japan and passed away peacefully with her devoted husband Carl by her side on December 6, 2013, in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Like the cherry blossoms she loved, Miyoko brought beauty and elegance to the world. And much like these delicate blooms, the season of her life was far too short. As...

Sharon McCarthy
Dec 5, 2013
Sharon Reed McCarthy, 66, of Fayetteville, PA, died Thursday, December 5, 2013 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 21, 1947 in Chattanooga, TN, she was a daughter of the late Willie and Virginia Bennett Reed. She was a 1965 graduate of the Seventy First High School, Fayetteville, NC and was employed with Carolina Telephone, now Centurylink. Sharon was well known as...

Edna Staley
Dec 5, 2013
Edna Keller Staley, 93, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Milford, PA, died on Thursday, December 5, 2013 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 1, 1920 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Frank R. and Martha Ellen Traxler Keller. Mrs. Staley was a 1937 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and was employed early in her life...