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Freda Schneider

Freda Schneider

Dec 26, 2022

Freda M. (Bean) Schneider, 83, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Bowie, MD passed away Monday, December 26, 2022 in Brookview Menno Haven. Born July 13, 1939 in Washington, D.C. she was the daughter of the late Carl and Freda Bean. She was a graduate of the University of Maryland. Freda was employed at a doctor’s office as an office...

Carolyn Boyer

Carolyn Boyer

Dec 25, 2022

Carolyn Boyer, 89, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on December 25, 2022, in hospice. Born in 1933 in Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Rev Paul B. Lucas and Ruth Lucas. Carolyn grew up in the parsonage at Second Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chambersburg, where her father was the Pastor. After the death of her grandmother, Carolyn took...

Robert McClure

Robert McClure

Dec 24, 2022

Robert F. “Bob” McClure, 89, of Shippensburg, PA passed away Saturday, December 24, 2022 in UMPC Carlisle. Born February 5, 1933 in Chambersburg, PA he was the son of the late James C. McClure, Sr. and Margaret (Heckman) McClure. He attended Chambersburg Area Schools. Bob served his country honorably for over 25 years with the United States Army, United States...

James Morsberger

James Morsberger

Dec 23, 2022

James Herbert Morsberger, Jr., 89, of Fayetteville, PA passed away Friday morning, December 23, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 19, 1933 in Baltimore, MD, he was a son of the late James H. Morsberger, Sr. and Esther Winkler Morsberger Higinbothom. He was a graduate of the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and served honorably with the US Navy during the...

William Curfman

William Curfman

Dec 22, 2022

William R. Curfman, 90, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, December 22, 2022 at Shook Home in Chambersburg. Born August 29, 1932 in Homer City, PA, he was a son of the late William M. and Margaret (Kramp) Curfman. His beloved wife of 68 years, Sandra M. Mumper Curfman, preceded him in death on January 20, 2021. Bill was a...

Darryl Wise

Darryl Wise

Dec 21, 2022

Darryl Lee Wise, 61, of New Franklin, passed away on Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at his home. Born December 15, 1961 in Chambersburg, he was a son of Richard Leo Wise and the late Lois Wolfe Wise. Darryl was employed as a mason for many years. He also drove truck, worked as a concrete finisher, worked in paving, and in...

Gary Mahon

Gary Mahon

Dec 20, 2022

Gary A. Mahon, 71, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, December 20, 2022 in Key West, FL. Born November 18, 1951 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late John A. and Dorothy M. Hockensmith Mahon. Gary was a well-known business man in Chambersburg. He dealt in real estate and was the owner/operator of Affordable Storage in...

Gary Stevens

Gary Stevens

Dec 19, 2022

Gary L. Stevens, Sr., 70, of Chambersburg, passed away on December 19, 2022. Born August 20, 1952 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Charles and Betty Jane Baer Stevens. Gary worked as an auto mechanic in his earlier years and later at Ingersoll Rand. In his later years he privately hauled FEMA trailers. He loved to hunt,...

Vera Bricker

Vera Bricker

Dec 19, 2022

Vera G. Bricker, age 84, of Letterkenny Road, Chambersburg died at her home Monday December 19, 2022 after a long illness. Born in Grantville, Dauphin County, PA, she was the daughter of the late J. Byron and Cora Meyers (Sollenberger) Oellig. Vera was a 1956 graduate of Hershey High School and shortly after completed the Practical Nursing Training Program at...

R. Wadel

R. Wadel

Dec 19, 2022

R. Lee Wadel, 87, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday, December 19, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 15, 1935 in Greene Township, Franklin County, PA, he was a son of the late Reuben A. and Bernice Pisle Wadel. Lee was a member of the Mt. Pleasant Church where he served as a Lay Leader, Sunday school teacher, Board...

Dawn Wagner

Dawn Wagner

Dec 18, 2022

Dawn Crystal Wagner, 63 of Shippensburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, December 19, 2022 at the Harrisburg Hospital due to complications from surgery. Born January 9, 1959 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Earl S. and Ethel Irene Slike Hershey. Dawn was a 1976 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and worked early in...

Glenn Rowe

Glenn Rowe

Dec 17, 2022

Glenn E. Rowe, 80, of Fayetteville, PA passed away Saturday, December 17, 2022 in his home surrounded by his family. Born December 24, 1941 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Wayne B. and Gladys P. (Swope) Rowe. He attended Chambersburg Area Schools. Glenn served with the United States Air Force until his honorable discharge February 20, 1961....

Bonita Angle

Bonita Angle

Dec 16, 2022

Bonita A. (Danfelt) Angle, 90, of Chambersburg, died on December 16, 2022, in the Menno Haven Chambers Pointe Community. Born on September 2, 1932, in Waynesboro, she was a daughter of the late Sidney B. and Katherine (Kitty) Danfelt, and a sister of the late Barry Danfelt and Kenny Danfelt. A 1951 graduate of Chambersburg High School, Bonnie worked at...

Sally Dukette

Sally Dukette

Dec 15, 2022

Sally A. Dukette, 59, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, December 15, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 8, 1963 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Howard and Alice Bigler. Sally enjoyed watching movies, playing games, camping and music. She also loved her dogs, Bear and Lexie. She is survived by her husband, David Dukette IV,...

Jane Armstrong

Jane Armstrong

Dec 14, 2022

Jane Armstrong, 99, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2022 in her home. Born October 2, 1923 in Fayetteville, PA she was the daughter of the late Harry L. and Nettie (Decker) Walters. She was a graduate of Chambersburg High School. Jane was employed as a seamstress at Stanley Company for 10 years and then went to work...

M. Hostetter

M. Hostetter

Dec 13, 2022

M. Diane Hostetter, 77, of Chambersburg, PA passed away on December 13, 2022 at her home surrounded by family. Born January 1, 1945, she was the daughter of the late Luther E. and Florence E. McKee Ewan. Diane was a 1962 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. She worked for 22 years at the United Telephone Company/Sprint in...

Charles Vickers

Charles Vickers

Dec 13, 2022

Major Charles P. “Chuck” Vickers Army Ret., 86, of Fayetteville, PA passed away the morning of Tuesday, December 13, 2022 in Somerford Place, Hagerstown, MD. Born May 9, 1936 in Honduras he was the son of the late William A. Vickers and Perfecta Padilla. Chuck was raised in Wanakena, NY by his father William, and his mom Margaret. He enlisted...

Audrey Sadler

Audrey Sadler

Dec 13, 2022

Audrey A. Sadler, age 75 of Fayetteville, PA passed away on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, at her home with her family by her side. Born in Bedford, PA on June 19, 1947, she was the daughter of the late Paul E. and Agnes A. Clair Miller. Mrs. Sadler was a 1965 graduate of Biglerville High School. She worked in Retail...

Carl Vallow

Carl Vallow

Dec 13, 2022

Carl B. Vallow, 94, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday morning, December 13, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 27, 1928 in Kinmundy, Marion County, Illinois, he was the son of the late Jesse Norris (JN) Vallow, long term Publisher/Editor of “The Kinmundy Express”, a weekly newspaper in Southern Illinois, and the late Jessie Avis (Backensto) Vallow. Aside from...

R. Ditzler

R. Ditzler

Dec 12, 2022

R. Jean Ditzler, 78, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, December 12, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 4, 1944 in Waynesboro, she was a daughter of the late Robert S. Lenherr, Sr. and Pauline R. Horsh Lenherr. Early in her life Jean was employed at the Stanley Co. She was employed as a waitress at several restaurants, lastly...

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