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Jerry Owens
Jan 23, 2023
Jerry E. Owens, 79, of Chambersburg, and formerly of Mt. Airy, MD, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, January 23, 2023 with his family by his side. Born June 5, 1943 in Birchleaf, VA, he was the son of Caudle W. and Allene L. Viers Owens. Jerry was a 1962 graduate of Haysi High School in Haysi,...
Donald Sleighter
Jan 23, 2023
Donald E. “Slick” “Gene” Sleighter, 90, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Monday, January 23, 2023 in Magnolias of Chambersburg. Born December 12, 1932 on a farm in Greenvillage, PA he was raised by his grandparents, Norman and Ruth Sleighter. He was a graduate of Chambersburg High School with the Class of 1950. Following high school Slick served with the United...
Jane Zervos
Jan 23, 2023
The family is currently working on an obituary and finalizing plans for a service for Jane. Information will be posted here when available.
Larry Holtry
Jan 22, 2023
Larry Bruce Holtry, 71, of Chambersburg, passed away on Sunday, January 22, 2023 at his home. Born February 18, 1951, in Chambersburg, he was the son of Naomi Mae Swartz Holtry and the late Bruce Leroy Holtry. Larry was a 1969 graduate of Shippensburg High School. He was employed as a Pattern Maker with Pangborn in Hagerstown, MD for 20...
Barbara Taylor
Jan 20, 2023
Barbara A. Taylor, 83, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Friday evening, January 20, 2023 at her home. Born September 18, 1939 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Robert C. and Madeline Shatzer Raifsnider. She was a 1957 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and was employed early in her life at JC Penney...
Esther Brechbill
Jan 19, 2023
Esther M. Brechbill, 93, of Chambersburg, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, January 19, 2023 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 12, 1929 in Letterkenny Township, she was a daughter of the late Daniel D. and Mary S. Sollenberger Byers. Her beloved husband, Blaine J. Brechbill preceded her in death. Esther was a faithful member...
Joan Shaffer
Jan 18, 2023
Joan M. Shaffer, 89, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at Laurel Lakes Rehabilitation and Wellness Center. Born November 22, 1933 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of John R. and Martha Weaver Wingerd. Her beloved husband, Paul E. Shaffer, preceded her in death. Joan was a 1952 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. She spent...
Betty Carnes
Jan 18, 2023
Betty L. (Clark) Carnes, 93, a resident of Quincy Village in Waynesboro, passed away on Wednesday evening, January 18, 2023. Born March 24, 1929 in Pueblo, Colorado, she was the daughter of the late Chauncey L. and Avis Mary (Allen) Clark, and widow of the late Victor A. Carnes, who preceded her in death on December 21, 2018. A 1948...
Ruth Lougee
Jan 17, 2023
Ruth E. Lougee, 93, of Chambersburg, PA, died unexpectedly Tuesday morning, January 17, 2023 at her home. Born September 27, 1929 in Wood County, Ohio, she was a daughter of the late Herman H. and Pauline S. Fogle Rush. She was a graduate of North Baltimore High School, North Baltimore Ohio where she was Valedictorian of her class. Prior to...
Jaquita Lowman
Jan 16, 2023
Jaquita A. “Dean” Lowman, 102, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Monday afternoon, January 16, 2023 at Paramount Senior Living. Born November 23, 1920 in Point, Texas, she was a daughter of the late Lon O. and Carrie Davis Fry. Following graduation from high school she attended the former MacMurray College (now MacMurry University) in Abilene, TX. She was employed as...
Tina Laidig
Jan 16, 2023
Tina L. (Faith) Laidig, 50, of Orrstown, PA passed away unexpectedly Monday, January 16, 2023 in her home. Born August 17, 1972 in Hagerstown, MD she was the daughter of Richard E. and Brenda G. (Ronk) Faith of Clear Spring, MD. She was a graduate of Clear Spring High School. Tina was currently employed at Fiserv formerly First Data, Hagerstown...
Noreen Selby
Jan 14, 2023
Noreen J. (Aylesworth) Selby of Waynesboro, PA, died on January 14, 2023 in the Chambersburg Hospital, surrounded by family and friends. Noreen was born on October 24, 1967 in Chambersburg. She was the daughter of Nathalie (Poulson) and Glenn Aylesworth. Noreen was a graduate of Chambersburg High School and Juniata College, where she earned a BS Degree in Psychology/Biology in...
Willis Ritchey
Jan 14, 2023
Willis Clayton Ritchey, 91, of Chambersburg, PA went to be with the Lord Saturday, January 14, 2023 in his home surrounded by family. Born September 18, 1931 in Yellow Creek, Bedford County, PA he was a son of the late Clayton and Alma Bollman Ritchey. After graduating from Yellow Creek School, Willis went to work at Atlantic Breeders Co-op fresh...
Alice Heefner
Jan 13, 2023
Alice Rose (Hirschman) Heefner, 80, widow of Lowell Heefner, passed away Friday, January 13, 2023 at UPMC Harrisburg Hospital. Born October 17, 1942 in Columbus, OH she was the daughter of the late Harold and Clara (Albert) Hirschman. Alice and her family moved to Renovo PA her junior year of high school, where she later graduated from St Joseph High...
Patrcia Kramer
Jan 12, 2023
Patricia “Pat” (Weyer) Kramer, 91, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Thursday, January 12, 2023, at ProMedica Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born June 12, 1931 in Tyrone, PA she was the daughter of the late George and Thelma (Richhart) Weyer Pat was a homemaker and caretaker all of her life. She loved her title “Memaw” as well as planting flowers. She...
Mary-Jane LeFevre
Jan 11, 2023
Mary-Jane LeFevre, 97, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at the Shook Home. Born October 3, 1925 in Allentown, PA, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Robert I. and Mabel Buss Giering. Mary-Jane was a 1944 graduate of Dover High School in Dover, OH. She went on to study at Julliard School of Music in...
James Mosten
Jan 7, 2023
James I. Mosten, 63, of Hagerstown, MD passed away Saturday, January 7, 2023 in Sterling Care South Mountain, Boonsboro, MD. Born December 12, 1959 in Chambersburg, PA he was the son of Patricia A. Mosten and the late James I. Ransom. He was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. James then went on to serve with the...
Patsy Abbamonte
Jan 6, 2023
Patsy V. Abbamonte, 65, of Fayetteville, PA and formerly of Auburndale, FL, passed away on January 6, 2023 at her home. Born August 15, 1957 in Lakeland, FL, she was a daughter of Elizabeth Bembry Vaught and the late Chester Grant Vaught. Patsy was a graduate of Auburndale High School in Florida. She was employed as a project manager with...
Mary Ellen Bower
Jan 6, 2023
Mary Ellen Bower, 88, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, January 6, 2023 at Brookview Healthcare Center. Born October 22, 1934 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late John H. and Ruth Statler Crawford. Her beloved husband, James E. “Jay” Bower, preceded her in death on October 1, 1998. Mary Ellen was a 1952 graduate of Biglerville High...
Calvin Frederick
Jan 4, 2023
Calvin J. Frederick, Jr., 82, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Wednesday, January 4, 2023 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born October 29, 1940 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Calvin J. Frederick, Sr. and Isabella Clugston Frederick. Calvin was employed as Field Superintendent at Nitterhouse Concrete Products in Chambersburg. He was later employed at Raskas Cheese Products...
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