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Ralph Derk
Jul 1, 2013
Ralph A. Derk, 96, of Chambersburg, PA, died Monday, July 1, 2013 at Menno Haven Retirement Community. He was born October 18, 1916 in Paxinos, PA. A 1934 graduate of the Shamokin High School, Mr. Derk worked as the owner/operator of the Butcher Boy Market in Treverton, PA until his retirement in 1975. After his retirement, Ralph moved to Largo...
Reverend Albert Gibson
Jul 1, 2013
Reverend Albert W. Gibson, Jr., 80, of Fayetteville, PA, died Monday morning, July 1, 2013 at the Gettysburg Lutheran Care Center. Born August 19, 1932 in Baltimore, MD, he was a son of the late Albert W., Sr. and Katherine Richwein Gibson. Rev. Gibson was a graduate of Capital University and Trinity Lutheran Seminary, both in Columbus, OH. He was...
Robert Durand
Jun 30, 2013
Robert N. Durand, 81, of Chambersburg, PA, died Sunday, June 30, 2013 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 31, 1931 in Watertown, NY, he was a son of the late Roland and Anita Babcock Durand. A graduate of the Watertown High School, he went on to attend college in Canton, NY graduating with a degree in Dairy Science. Mr. Durand served...
Bonnie Rosenbaum
Jun 29, 2013
Bonnie L. Rosenbaum, age 72, of Chambersburg, PA, went peacefully to be with The Lord on Saturday, June 29, 2013 at the Shook Home. Born August 29, 1940 in Windber, PA, she was the daughter of the late John and Edna Fisher Boyle. She was the widow of Phillip I. Rosenbaum, who preceded her in death on July 23, 1983....
Jean Walters
Jun 28, 2013
Jean E. Walters, age 80, went home to be with her Lord, Friday morning, June 28, 2013 surrounded by her family. Born February 28, 1933 in Waynesboro, PA, she was the daughter of the late Lloyd O. Miller, Sr. and the late Catherine E. Wolfe Miller. Mrs. Walters was a 1950 graduate of Waynesboro High School. A homemaker most of...
Mark Hollinshead
Jun 27, 2013
Mark H. Hollinshead, 47, of Ortanna, PA, passed away Thursday afternoon, June 27, 2013 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 15, 1966 in Ashtabula, OH, he was the son of Marlin H. Hollinshead, and the late Sara Anne Gibson Hollinshead, and step-son of Linda Hollinshead. Mark was a 1985 graduate of McConnellsburg High School and a 1987 graduate of the Antonelli...
Carol Osen
Jun 27, 2013
Mrs. Carol Osen, 76, of Chambersburg, PA passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 27, 2013 surrounded by her family. She was a valiant fighter for 28 years in her battle against breast cancer. Carol was born on January 17, 1937 in Bethlehem, PA, the daughter of the late Charles Martin Sandwick, Sr. and Jessie Ramsay Sandwick. Carol graduated from the...
Edward Garman
Jun 26, 2013
Edward F. Garman, age 70, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at Menno Haven Nursing Home on Wednesday, June 26, 2013. Born November 27, 1942 in Mill Creek, PA, he was the son of the late Pete P. and Nancy Parks Garman. Mr. Garman was a 1961 graduate of Huntington High School. He joined the U.S. Army National Guard in 1963,...
Dorothy Gift
Jun 25, 2013
Dorothy A. Gift, age 80, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away in the Chambersburg Hospital on Tuesday, June 25, 2013. Born March 17, 1933 in York, PA, she was the daughter of the late John and Margaret Darner Kessler. Mrs. Gift worked as a PBX operator in Daytona Beach, FL at the Dayton Memorial Hospital and locally at numerous textile factories,...
Elizabeth Kleffel
Jun 25, 2013
Elizabeth L. Throssel Kleffel, of Mechanicsburg, PA and formerly of Chambersburg, entered into eternal rest on June 25, 2013, joining her late husband Rev. Paul H. Kleffel, on the date of their sixty-fourth wedding anniversary. Born in Mifflinburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late John and Edna Throssel. Elizabeth was a graduate of Mifflinburg High School and Pierce...
Philip Horne
Jun 23, 2013
Philip M. Horne, age 55, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Sunday, June 23, 2013 in the York Hospital after complications from a fall. Born February 28, 1958 in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of Frances Reasner Horne and the late Garnet L. Horne. Mr. Horne worked at the Franklin County Career and Technology Center for over 14 years....
Linda Price
Jun 23, 2013
Linda J. “Bupps” Sheaffer Price, 63, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully Sunday afternoon, June 23, 2013 at her home. Born June 21, 1950 in Ephrata, PA, she was a daughter of the late Earl Sheaffer and Edna Hilton Miller. Bupps was raised at her beloved Scotland School for Veterans' Children, graduating in 1969. While attending school she obtained her...
Alma Lawver
Jun 22, 2013
Alma V. Patterson Woods Lawver, 82, of York, PA, passed away on Saturday, June 22, 2013 in her home. Born on March 12, 1931 in Fannettsburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late Roy G. Patterson and Mabel E. Woolett Patterson Griffith. Alma was a wonderful homemaker and a loving mother, grandmother, and daughter. She loved family gatherings and...
Carl Cook
Jun 20, 2013
Carl W. Cook, "Cookie", age 78 of 936 Geyer Drive, Chambersburg, PA, passed from this life to his heavenly home on Thursday, June 20, 2013 after an 8 year battle with Parkinson's Disease and 2 years of melanoma cancer. He was born on July 25, 1934 in Chambersburg, a son of the late Ralph D. and Miriam E. (Culler) Cook....
Norman Ryder
Jun 16, 2013
Norman R. Ryder, age 72 of Amberson, PA, passed away on Sunday, June 16, 2013 at his home with his family by his side. Born at home in Amberson on December 17, 1940, he was the son of the late Norman C. and Madelyn Daugherty Ryder. Norman was a 1958 graduate of the Shippensburg High School. Norman farmed for a...
Carl Peterson
Jun 16, 2013
Carl William “Chub” Peterson, 81, of Spring Run, PA, died unexpectedly Sunday, June 16, 2013 at his home. Born December 3, 1931 in Willow Hill, PA, he was a son of the late Harold William and Lydia Lorene Dunkle Peterson. Chub served with the US Army and was employed at Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg for 36 years, retiring in...
June Hancock
Jun 15, 2013
June L. Hancock, age 88 of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, June 15, 2013 at the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehab Center. Born October 21, 1924 in Fayetteville, PA, she was the daughter of the late George and Ursula Hart Metz. Mrs. Hancock was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church. She was employed for a number of years...
Carolyn McNew
Jun 14, 2013
Carolyn “Sue” McNew, age 67, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, June 14, 2013, surrounded by her family at the Hershey Medical Center. Born in Harrisburg, PA on June 1, 1946, she was the daughter of the late Frank P. Reasner and Elva R. McNew Reasner. A book keeper, Sue worked for several businesses in the Dover, DE area...
Raymond Fisher
Jun 14, 2013
Raymond L. Fisher, age 82, of Scotland, PA, passed away on Friday, June 14, 2013 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 12, 1931 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Charles J. and Ida M. Ross Fisher. A 1950 graduate of the Chambersburg High School, Mr. Fisher went on to attend the former Shippensburg State Teachers College for...
Gladys Ewan
Jun 12, 2013
Gladys S. Ewan, 89, of Chambersburg, PA, died Wednesday evening, June 12, 2013 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 4, 1924 in Cove Gap, PA, she was a daughter of the late Benjamin F. and Elsie Mellott Briggs. Gladys worked as a nurse’s aide at the former Guilford Convalescent Home, the former Piney Mountain Nursing Home, and as a private nurse....
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