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Eber Rife
Mar 18, 2011
Eber J. Rife Jr., age 70, passed away March 18, 2011. He was born April 1, 1940 in Chambersburg, PA to Eber J. and A. Catherine (Cosey) Rife Sr.. He was married to Nancy A. (Piper) Rife on June 23, 1962. Eber was employed by Lee Hopkins as a plasterer before serving in the U.S. Army. After leaving the military,...
Robert Vanderau
Mar 13, 2011
Robert E. Vanderau, age 79, of 2193 New Franklin Road, Chambersburg, PA, died on March 13, 2011 while vacationing in Negril, Jamaica. He was born on March 19, 1931, to the late Howard A. and Mary Yeager Vanderau. He is survived by his wife Sheila S. Vanderau, they were married on July 28, 1956 in Chambersburg PA by Rev. Eilus...
Marianna Mentzer
Mar 13, 2011
Marianna W. Mentzer, 95, formerly of 3208 Lincoln Way East, Fayetteville, PA, died at 12:05 PM Sunday, March 13, 2011 at Menno Haven. Born January 2, 1916 in Inverness, Mississippi, she was a daughter of the late Millard Walton and Mattie Lee Franklin Williams. She lived in Mississippi until 1942 and then moved to the Chambersburg/Fayetteville area. Mrs. Mentzer was...
Dorothy Meyers Butler
Mar 11, 2011
Dorothy R. Meyers Butler, age 84, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, March 11, 2011 in Providence Place. Born on February 3, 1927 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Charles Rife and Ruth Wenger Rife. She was the widow of Martin W. Meyers, who preceded her in death on January 4, 1983. Dorothy was a member of...
Earl Carbaugh
Mar 9, 2011
Earl J. Carbaugh, 80, of Fayetteville, PA, died at 8:51 PM Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 19, 1930 in Orrstown, PA, he was a son of the late Jacob O. and Mary Emma Perry Carbaugh. Earl served with the US Army during the Korean War and worked throughout his life as a carpenter. He was a...
Ella May Hoagland
Mar 9, 2011
Ella May Hoagland, 84, of Chambersburg, widow of Ned B. Hoagland, died on March 9, 2011. Funeral services will be held at 1 PM on Monday, March 14, in the Thomas L. Geisel Funeral Home, 333 Falling Spring Rd., Chbg., with viewing from 12-1 PM. Rev. Paul B. Baker will officiate. Interment will follow in Lincoln Cemetery. Memorial contributions may...
Lisa Black
Mar 8, 2011
Lisa K. Black, age 53, of Chambersburg, PA; passed away on Tuesday, March 8, 2011. Born January 29, 1958 in Harrisburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Charles C. and Joyce Y. Wilbert Silks. Lisa graduated from the Chambersburg Area High School's Class of 1976; she went on to work at Landis Machine and Schreiber Foods. Most recently,...
Mary Wenger
Mar 5, 2011
Mary M. Wenger, 93, formerly of Chambersburg, passed away at 3:55 AM Saturday, March 05, 2011 at The Bridges at Bent Creek in Mechanicsburg. Born February 6, 1918 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Maurice and Martha Sollenberger Mentzer. Mary had been employed as a seamstress at the former Stanley Company in Chambersburg and she and her...
Lisa Hartley
Mar 5, 2011
Lisa Juenger Hartley, 51 of St. Thomas, PA died Saturday, March 5, 2011 at Chambersburg Hospital. Born November 29, 1959, she was the daughter of the late Robert E., Sr. and Joan Bietsch Juenger. Surviving are 2 brothers, Steven and James. A memorial service will be held at 11:30 AM Friday March 11, 2011at Thomas L. Geisel Funeral Home and...
Marianne Byers
Mar 5, 2011
Mrs. Marianne Louise Hosler Byers, 74, of 2392 Scotland Road, Chambersburg, died on March 5, 2011 at home surrounded by her family. Born August 29, 1936 in Mechanicsburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Dorothy Evelyn Deckman Hosler and Melvin George Hosler. A 1954 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Marianne was a member of the...
Judy Landis
Mar 4, 2011
Judy Robertson Landis, 71, of Chambersburg, died unexpectedly on March 4, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born on August 31, 1939, she was the daughter of the late John N. Sr. and Miriam Cromwell Robertson. Judy touched the lives of many in her 34 years as an elementary school teacher in the Greencastle School District. She retired from her love...
Betty Gipe
Mar 4, 2011
Betty Lee Gipe, 88, of 1585 Sollenberger Road, Chambersburg, PA died peacefully Friday, March 4, 2011 at home. Born November 11, 1922 in Carlisle, she was a daughter of the late Frederick R. Pittman and Mary Keadle Pittman. Her beloved husband, Wendell E. Gipe preceded her in death on December 18, 1993. Betty was a graduate of the Carlisle High...
Eleanor Rutka
Mar 2, 2011
Eleanor B. Rutka, 93, a resident at Menno Haven and formerly of Shippensburg, PA, passed away at 2:10 PM, Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at the nursing home. Born April 29, 1917 in Stuttgart, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Fred John and Elizabeth Amelia “Elsie” Beyer Bold. Eleanor was employed for twenty-seven years by New Jersey Bell as...
Junior Grenke
Mar 2, 2011
Junior W. Grenke II, age 57, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly in the Chambersburg Hospital on Wednesday, March 2, 2011. Born September 3, 1953 in Cumberland, MD; he was the son of Anna Lucille Fulk Grenke and the late Junior W. Grenke. Junior graduated from James Buchanan High School in 1971; he went on to work at Grove Worldwide...
Parker Preisler
Mar 1, 2011
Parker Dyer Preisler, age 7 months, son of Jeremy D. and Jennifer Goetz Preisler died unexpectedly on Tuesday, March 1, 2011. He was born August 2, 2010 in Harrisburg, PA. In addition to his parents, Parker is survived by his twin brother, Myles Jack Preisler; maternal grandparents Charlie Jr. and Sue Goetz; maternal great-grandparents Charles Sr. and Phyllis Goetz; paternal...
Catherine Newcomer
Feb 27, 2011
Catherine M. Newcomer, 89, formerly of Wisteria Drive, Chambersburg, PA, died Sunday, February 27, 2011 in Holly Hill, FL. Born August 4, 1921 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Harry Ralph and Lottie Martin. Catherine moved to Florida in 2004 and prior to that she and her late husband were winter resident in Florida. She was a...
Helen Williamson
Feb 25, 2011
Helen L. Williamson, 79, of St. Thomas, PA, died at 5:48AM Friday, February 25, 2011 at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Chambersburg, PA. Born January 30, 1932 in Dublin Township, Huntington County, PA, she was the daughter of the late Roy J. and Dessie N. Murphy Hampton. Helen retired from Sunnyway Foods in Chambersburg where she worked in the...
Helen Shreiner
Feb 25, 2011
Helen K. Shreiner, age 90, of Chambersburg, PA, died on Friday, February 25, 2011 in the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born on January 20, 1921 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late G. Stewart Klenzing and Mary Gabler Klenzing. She was the widow of Charles "Bucky" Shreiner, who preceded her in death on June 16, 1999....
Wilma Shaffer
Feb 25, 2011
Wilma J. Shaffer, age 82, of Chambersburg, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, February 25, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born on February 14, 1929 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Ray Robert Graham and Carrie Kathleen (Reed) Graham. A 1947 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Wilma retired from the Chambersburg Area...
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