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Russell Edwards
Jul 21, 2012
Russell L. Edwards, 79, of Chambersburg, passed away Saturday morning, July 21, 2012. Born March 14, 1933 in Croyle, Cambria County, PA, he was a son of Bernard and Emma Flenner Sikorski. After graduating from high school, Russell served as a military police officer with the US Army. He was employed as a die maker at the former James River...
Reuben Brechbill
Jul 21, 2012
Master Sergeant Reuben J. Brechbill (US Army, Ret.), 88, of Fayetteville, PA, died Saturday morning, July 21, 2012 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center where he had been a guest for one day. Born November 17, 1924 near Fort McCord in Hamilton Township, he was a son of the late Jacob Tobias and Ella May Wenger Brechbill. Reuben entered...
Barbara Taylor
Jul 17, 2012
Barbara H. Taylor, 78, of Chambersburg, PA, died Tuesday afternoon, July 17, 2012 at her home. Born November 26, 1933 in Bethany, OK, she was a daughter of the late Elza Sherman and Hilda Caroline Bates Taylor. Barbara was a 1951 graduate of the Middlebranch High School in Middlebranch, OH and went on the graduate from nursing school at Aultman...
Jessie Hutchison
Jul 16, 2012
On July 16, 2012, Jessie V. Hutchison went to be with her Heavenly Father at 9:45 AM, following a long illness. Jessie was born on January 7, 1933 in Chambersburg to the late Walter and Edith Starliper Bietsch. She graduated from Chambersburg High School in 1950 and attended the former Chambersburg Area Business School. William R. Hutchison became her life-long...
Andrew McKenzie
Jul 15, 2012
Andrew McKenzie, age 76, of Fayetteville, PA; passed away in his home on Sunday, July 15, 2012 surrounded by his loving family. Born November 21, 1935 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK, he was the son of the late Andrew and Elizabeth (Turner) McKenzie. After serving honorably in the Royal Army from 1953-1955, Mr. McKenzie pursued an engineering career, starting at IBM,...
Orrin Stevens
Jul 13, 2012
Orrin J. Stevens, 88, of St. Thomas, PA, died Friday morning, July 13, 2012. Born July 20, 1923 in Six Mile Run, PA, he was a son of the late Rufus and Elizabeth Barton Stevens. A US Army Veteran, Orrin served honorably in World War II. He retired from the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission after 17 years of service. Orrin was...
Vema Ricker
Jul 9, 2012
Vema C. Souders Ricker, age 89, formerly of St. Thomas, and currently resided at Penn Hall, passed away on Monday, July 9, 2012. Born February 6, 1923 in Mercersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Clyde A. and Ruth E. Gushert Souders. Mrs. Ricker was a 1941 graduate of the former St. Thomas High School. She began her...
Walter Alpaugh
Jul 9, 2012
Walter Haydon Alpaugh, age 78, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Manassas, VA passed away in his home on Monday, July 9, 2012. Born October 26, 1933 in Washington, DC, he was the son of the late Walter A. and Frances E. Haydon Alpaugh. Walt was a graduate of the University of Richmond with a BS Degree, he served his...
Russel Kriner
Jul 9, 2012
Russel F. Kriner, age 86, of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with his Lord on Monday, July 9, 2012. Born March 26, 1926 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Lester S. and Anna C. Ricker Kriner. A US Navy veteran, Mr. Kriner served honorably during WWII aboard the USS LCS L3 117 in the Pacific Theater....
Shirley Lehman
Jul 8, 2012
Shirley M. Lehman, age 69, of Shippensburg, PA; passed away in her home on Sunday, July 8, 2012. Born in Chambersburg on October 8, 1942, she was the daughter of the late Ralph A. Peters, Sr. and Vera E. Perry Peters. Shirley worked at both Wilson College and at Menno Haven in Food Service, retiring from Menno Haven in 2005....
Robert Stadler
Jul 7, 2012
Robert W. Stadler, age 72, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, July 7, 2012 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 6, 1939 in Saginaw, MI, he was the son of Dorothy Stadler of Saginaw, MI and the late William R. Stadler. A US Army veteran, he retired after 20 years of honorable service as a Chief Warrant Officer...
Robert Crank
Jul 6, 2012
Robert L. Crank, 68, of Amberson, PA, passed away Friday, July 6, 2012 after an eight month battle with cancer. Born November 6, 1943 in Indiana, he was a son of Helen L. Crank and the late Rudolph V. Crank. Robert was a US Army veteran of the Vietnam War, honorably discharged on February 23, 1971. He was retired from...
Chester Baughman
Jul 5, 2012
Chester A. “Pap” Baughman, 79, of Fayetteville, PA, died Thursday, July 5, 2012 at Menno Haven where he resided for the past 10 days. Born July 13, 1932 in Fayetteville, he was a son of the late Sargie W., Sr. and Margaret O. Patterson Baughman. Chester served with the US Army during the Korean War. A farmer most of his...
Robert Tillman
Jul 3, 2012
Robert Tillman, son of the late George and Honga Phillips Tillman, was born on August 9, 1938 in Lenoir County, NC. He departed this life on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at the Chambersburg Hospital, Chambersburg, PA. He graduated from Savannah High School, Grifton, NC and furthered his education by enrolling at North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC. He retired from...
John Bennett
Jun 29, 2012
John J. “Jack” Bennett, age 78 of Chambersburg, PA; passed away in his home surrounded by his family on Friday, June 29, 2012. Born in New York City on October 25, 1933, he was the son of the late William and Dorothy Corrigan Bennett. A veteran of the Korean Conflict, Jack served his country honorably in the US Air Force...
Dorothy Snyder
Jun 29, 2012
Dorothy A. Snyder, age 87, a resident of the Locust Grove Retirement Home in Mifflin, PA and formerly of Blairs Mills, PA; passed away on Friday, June 29, 2012. Born February 25, 1925 in Lack Township, she was the daughter of the late J. Bryan and Ethel Shearer Burdge. A homemaker all her life, Mrs. Snyder enjoyed spending time with...
Robert Fickes
Jun 27, 2012
Robert E. Fickes, Sr., Age 80 of Chambersburg, PA; passed away in the Chambersburg Hospital Emergency Room on Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Born July 24, 1931 in Fayetteville, PA he was the son of the late Joseph E. and Nellie C. Baughman Fickes. A manager in the meat department of the former A&P and Superfresh Supermarkets, Mr. Fickes devoted 27...
Dolores Rosenberry
Jun 22, 2012
Dolores A. Rosenberry, age 88, of Chambersburg, PA, died on Friday, June 22, 2012 in Chambersburg Hospital. Born on April 26, 1924 in Upper Strasburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late Glenn C. and Eileen M. Rosenberry Allen. A 1941 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Dolores worked for the former Stanley Clothing Company for 27 years...
Robert Faust
Jun 21, 2012
Robert E. “Bob” Faust, 85, of Chambersburg, PA, died Thursday evening, June 21, 2012 at Holy Spirit Hospital. Born January 7, 1927 in Windber, PA, he was a son of the late Clark Sherman and Mabel Viola Ott Faust. Bob was a graduate of the Windber High School and served with the US Army Corps of Engineers. He had at...
John Hepfer
Jun 20, 2012
John W. Hepfer, Sr., 85, of Chambersburg, PA, died Wednesday morning, June 20, 2012 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 1, 1927 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Joseph and Nettie Custer Hepfer. A US Army veteran of WWII, he took part in the original Cannonball Run. John retired from Nitterhouse Concrete and Masonry Products and Mt....
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