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Jean Laubach
Jan 8, 2013
Jean Cameron Laubach died peacefully on January 8, 2014, at Menno Haven Nursing Center, one day before her 90th birthday. Jean was born January 9, 1924, in New Castle, Pennsylvania, the only child of Francis Willard and Gladys Turner Cameron. Jean thoroughly enjoyed music, playing both the violin and piano. She enjoyed dancing, playing bridge and was an avid reader....
Doretta Mickley
Jan 5, 2013
Doretta Maye Mickley, 84, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Saturday, January 5, 2013 at her home. Born July 23, 1928 in Hustontown, PA, she was a daughter of the late Orville and Ada Deshong Mellott. A graduate of the Hagerstown Business School, she was employed for more than thirty years at Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg, retiring in 1988. After...
Helen Decker
Jan 5, 2013
Helen G. Decker, 84, of Chambersburg, PA, went to be with the Lord on Saturday morning, January 5, 2013 at The Shook Home. Born June 29, 1928 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late William and Della (Coldsmith) Stewart. She retired after a long civil service career at the Letterkenny Army Depot. Helen was a member of the...
Edward Aleksejus
Jan 4, 2013
Edward L. Aleksejus, 91, formerly of 5434 Fairway Drive West, Fayetteville, PA, died at 12:45 PM Friday, January 4, 2013 at College View Nursing Home, Frederick, MD. Born September 9, 1921 in Brooklyn, NY, he was a son of the late Louis and Stella Aleksejus. A US Army Air Corps veteran, he served during WWII in General Patton’s army in...
Henry Flood
Jan 2, 2013
Henry A. Flood, 90, of Chambersburg, PA died unexpectedly on Wednesday, January 2, 2012 at home. Born June 7, 1922 in Elizabethville, PA, he was the son of the late Loy G. and Alice Arment Flood. Henry served his country in the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific during World War II. He retired from the U.S. Army Armament Research...
Alice Garner
Dec 31, 2012
Alice V. Garner, age 92, of Chambersburg, left this earth for her Heavenly Home on Monday, December 31, 2012 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 20, 1920 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Russell and Cynthia (Detrich) Yeager. Alice was a very giving and loving person all of her life. During her working years, she was employed...
John Hart
Dec 30, 2012
John F. Hart, 90, a resident at Menno Haven in Chambersburg, died Sunday, December 30, 2012 in Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 22, 1922 in Rich Hill Township, PA, he was a son of the late Charles and Grace Gray Hart. Following graduation from Rich Hill Township High School, Mr. Hart entered the US Army in December of 1942 and served...
Darlene Fremgen
Dec 30, 2012
Darlene R. Fremgen, age 54, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Sunday, December 30, 2012 at her home. Born July 19, 1958 in Schenectady, NY, she was the daughter of the late John and Ruth Fremgen. Darlene was employed for 22 years at Manitowoc in Shady Grove. She enjoyed writing poetry and woodworking and loved animals and children. She is...
Alice Fleagle
Dec 29, 2012
Alice Catherine Cordell Fleagle, age 88, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away unexpectedly in the Chambersburg Hospital on Saturday, December 29, 2012. Born December 28, 1924 in Ft. Loudon, PA, she was the daughter of the late John Calvin and Abbie Catherine Rife Cordell. Mrs. Fleagle worked at various locations and in various industries throughout the country as she followed her...
Richard Miller
Dec 29, 2012
Richard B. “Dick” Miller, age 77, of Chambersburg, PA passed away on Saturday, December 29, 2012 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 10, 1935 in Chambersburg, PA he was the son of the late Bruce F. and Esther P. Wadel Miller. A 1953 graduate of the former St. Thomas High School, Dick went on to serve in the U.S. Air...
Robert Wile
Dec 29, 2012
Robert “Bob” Crawford Wile, 82, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Saturday, December 29, 2012. Born October 14, 1930 in South Mountain, PA, he was the son of the late Martina S. Reheard and Paul Wile. Robert was a 1949 graduate of Quincy High School. After graduation he enlisted in the US Army and was stationed in Fairbanks, AK for...
Margaret Cox
Dec 28, 2012
Margaret Jane Cox, 92, of Fayetteville and formerly of Harrisburg, passed away on Friday, December 28, 2012 in the Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill. Born on October 5, 1920 in Harrisburg, she was a daughter of the late Roy Waltz and Inis Harvey Waltz. Margaret graduated from the former William Penn High School in Harrisburg. She was retired from the...
Harry McAllen
Dec 28, 2012
Harry Leroy “Dick” McAllen, 96, of Chambersburg and formerly of Path Valley passed away on Saturday, December 28, 2012 joining his beloved wife, Nora Worley whom he married December 30, 1939. Born January 30, 1916 in Fannettsburg, PA, he was the son of the late Donald and Sadie Traxler McAllen. Early in Dick’s life he worked at the CC Camp...
Donald Petra
Dec 28, 2012
Donald L. Petra, age 84 of Fayetteville, PA passed away in the Chambersburg Hospital on Friday, December 28, 2012. Born October 5, 1928 in Hackinsack, NJ, he was the son of the late Jack Rogers and Marie Kovarik. A US Army veteran, Mr. Petra served honorably during the Korean Conflict, where he was awarded the Purple Heart and the Silver...
Harvey Brechbiel
Dec 27, 2012
Harvey F. Brechbiel, Jr., age 90, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Thursday, December 27, 2012 in the Chambersburg Hospital ER. Born on November 19, 1922 in Waynesboro, PA, he was a son of the late Harvey F. and Edith Brechbiel. He was the widower of Beulah Tolbert Brechbiel, who preceded him in death on October 1, 2006. Harvey was...
Harold Gunnells
Dec 27, 2012
Harold Stouffer "Snootch" Gunnells, age 68, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, December 27, 2012 after a brief illness. Harold was born in Chambersburg on May 17, 1944 to the late Frank Owen and Elva Stouffer Gunnells. He was a 1964 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School and entered the Navy after graduation. He was an airplane maintenance specialist...
Helen Brindle
Dec 26, 2012
Helen Pauline Brindle, age 83, of St. Thomas, PA, passed away on Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at Quincy United Methodist Home. Born in Chambersburg on March 17, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Melvin and Doris Hancock Crist. Mrs. Brindle was a 1947 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. She worked in factories most of her adult...
Gladys Freet-Bankowski
Dec 25, 2012
Gladys P. Freet Bankowski, age 78, of Tinley Park, IL, passed away on December 25, 2012 at Palos Community Hospital. Born July 2, 1934 in Concord, PA, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Mae Hockenberry Freet. Gladys enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. She is survived by six children, Carl Grasser, Jack Grasser (Betty)...
William Drake
Dec 23, 2012
William B. Drake, 65, of Chambersburg, PA, died Sunday morning, December 23, 2012 at ManorCare Health Services in Chambersburg. Born September 19, 1947 in Concord, PA, he was a son of the late Boyd and Phyllis Hockenberry Drake. A 1967 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School he served in the US Army Reserve. Bill had been employed at Grove...
Merle Leisher
Dec 23, 2012
Merle E. “Doggie” Leisher, age 83, of Chambersburg, PA passed away peacefully in his sleep at Manor Care Nursing and Rehab Center in Chambersburg on Sunday, December 23, 2012 with his family at his side. Born July 6, 1929 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Robert and Hazel Cockley Leisher. A 1947 graduate of the former Chambersburg...
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