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Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

Fay Anderson

Fay Anderson

Oct 14, 2022

Fay Ellen Anderson of Chambersburg passed away on Friday, October 14, 2022, at SpiriTrust Lutheran – The Village at Luther Ridge. Born in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Bruce and Blanche Hull Byers. Fay was employed for a number of years at Town and Country and later as a teller at Dauphin Deposit until her retirement. Fay...

Barbara Hargadon

Barbara Hargadon

Oct 14, 2022

Barbara J. Hargadon, 78, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Friday, October 14, 2022 at Brookview at Menno Haven. Born July 18, 1944 in Springfield, MA, she was a daughter of the late Mario John and Florence E. Ivers Menocal. Following high school graduation Mrs. Hargadon went on to earn a Bachelor’s Degree from Towson State. She was a member of...

Kirk Paul

Kirk Paul

Oct 13, 2022

Kirk Patrick Paul, 75, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Thursday, October 13, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born January 11, 1947 in Wayne, PA, he was the son of Kenneth and Hope Schuyler Smith Paul. Kirk served with the US Navy in Guam and later earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Villanova University. He was employed as a...

Harry Goetz

Harry Goetz

Oct 12, 2022

Harry F. Goetz, 88, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born November 10, 1933 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Edward F. and Pearl E. Sheets Goetz. Harry was employed as Vice President of E.F. Goetz Construction Company in Chambersburg. He played in the marching band in high school and...

James Bumbaugh

James Bumbaugh

Oct 9, 2022

James W. Bumbaugh, 88, of Fayetteville, PA passed away, Sunday, October 9, 2022 in Laurel Lakes Rehabilitation Center, Chambersburg, PA. Born February 5, 1934 in Pond Bank, PA he was the son of the late David E. and Thelma Bumbaugh. He was a graduate of the Chambersburg High School with the Class of 1952. He served as class treasurer. In...

Myra Turchetta

Myra Turchetta

Oct 9, 2022

Myra J. “Jean” Turchetta, 93, of Chambersburg, and formerly of Altoona, passed away on Sunday, October 9, at The Village at Luther Ridge. Born on February 3, 1929 in Altoona, she was a daughter of the late George and Miriam Charles Emerick. She was the widow of Arthur Charles Turchetta, who passed away on October 6, 1973. Jean was retired...

Alvin Crawford

Alvin Crawford

Oct 9, 2022

Alvin S. Crawford, 63, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Sunday, October 9, 2022 in the York Hospital. Born September 3, 1959 in Chambersburg he was the son of Edna (Otterbein) Crawford of St. Thomas and the late Dalton “Sonny” Crawford who passed away in 1988. He was a graduate of the James Buchanan Senior High School with the Class of...

George  Kalathas

George Kalathas

Oct 7, 2022

George M. Kalathas, 67, of Shepherdstown, WV and formerly of Chambersburg, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, October 7, 2022. Born on October 15, 1954, in Neohori, Nafpaktia, Greece, he was a son of the late Michael N. and Glekeria Kanelos Kalathas. He was the sole proprietor of Tommy’s Pizza in Shepherdstown, WV since 1975. He also owned and operated The...

Dorothy Abrams

Dorothy Abrams

Oct 7, 2022

Dorothy K. Abrams, 97, of the Shook Home, Chambersburg, PA passed away Friday, October 7, 2022 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 16, 1924 in McConnellsburg, PA she was the daughter of the late George A. and Mary H. (Helman) Keebaugh. She is the last of her immediate family. In addition to her parents, Dorothy is preceded in death by...

Samuel Woolcock

Samuel Woolcock

Oct 4, 2022

Samuel L. “Lynn” Woolcock, Jr., 64, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Harrisburg, PA, passed away on Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 7, 1958 in Lansing, MI, he was a son of Rev. Samuel L. Woolcock, Sr. and Shirley J. Auvenshine Woolcock. Lynn was a self-employed owner/operator of his own painting business. A talented artist,...

Dorothy "Jean" McNew

Dorothy "Jean" McNew

Oct 1, 2022

Dorothy “Jean” McNew, 97, of Fayetteville, passed away on Saturday, October 1, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 17, 1925 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Irvin and Nettie West Ulrich. Jean was employed as a dietary aide at South Mountain Restoration Center until her retirement. She was a member of the Fayetteville Church of God....

Herbert Hess

Herbert Hess

Sep 30, 2022

Herbert J. Hess, 94, of Chambersburg, PA passed from this life to his Heavenly Home, September 30, 2022. Born May 11, 1928 in Harrisonville, PA he was the son of the late Jobe W. and Nina E. (Bard) Hess. He served with the United States Army from 1952 until his honorable discharge in 1954. Herb was employed as an electronics...

Stephen Nas

Stephen Nas

Sep 30, 2022

Stephen V. Nas, 64, of Orrtanna, passed away on September 30, 2022 at his home. Born May 21, 1958 in Morristown, NJ, he was a son of George S. Nas and the late Evelyn V. Morgan Nas. His beloved wife, Virginia Crawford Nas, preceded him in death on December 20, 2021. Following high school, Stephen served honorably in the US...

Marcia Boyer

Marcia Boyer

Sep 30, 2022

Marcia Wanda Boyer, 72, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Friday, September 30, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born November 19, 1949 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of Mabel Wingert Bard of St. Thomas and the late Marshall Bard. Marcia was a graduate of the former St. Thomas High School and was employed early in her life at Knouse Foods...

Alice Moore

Alice Moore

Sep 30, 2022

Alice E. Moore, 86, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, September 30, 2022 at Paramount Senior Living. Born December 25, 1935 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Robert Joseph and Francis May (Cuff) Barton. Alice was a devoted mother, grandmother and friend. She was employed at Letterkenny Army Depot unitl her retirement in 1999. A long standing...

Sandra Mowen Mills

Sandra Mowen Mills

Sep 27, 2022

Sandra K. Mowen Mills, 74, of Chambersburg, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 27, 1948, she was the daughter of the late Martin I. and Martha Mellott Mowen. Her beloved husband, Delnore F. “Dilly” Mills, preceded her in death on November 20, 2020. Sandra was a...

Donald Swan

Donald Swan

Sep 23, 2022

Donald Swan, 71, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Friday, September 23, 2022. Born March 29, 1951 in Chambersburg he was the son of the late Ralph and Sarah Swan. He was a graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School. Following high school Don served with the United States Marines during Vietnam. He then went on to serve in the Army...

Richard Sprankle

Richard Sprankle

Sep 22, 2022

Richard N. “Dick” Sprankle, age 90, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at home on Thursday, September 22 2022. Born June 17, 1932, in Tyrone, PA he was the son of the late Curtin A. and Sarah M. Wyland Sprankle. A U.S. Army veteran, he served for 7 years in the Intelligence Office, stationed in the US, Europe, and Korea during...

Janice Donohue

Janice Donohue

Sep 22, 2022

Janice M. (Cramer) Donohue, age 88, formerly of Hollis, Centerport, and Greenport, NY passed away on September 22, 2022 in her home in Chambersburg, PA surrounded by her children. Janice was married to her late husband, Peter J. Donohue for 65 years and is survived by their children John (Jane), Lynn (John) Gerken, Kathleen (Kevin) Mulcan, and grandchildren Mark Donohue,...

Frances Rice

Frances Rice

Sep 21, 2022

Frances I. Rice, age 71, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born in Frederick, MD on October 30, 1950, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Helen Jewell Bell. Ms. Rice was a 1968 graduate of the Frederick High School. She worked at the Franklin Learning Center as a Teacher’s...

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