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Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

Joanna Miley

Joanna Miley

Apr 23, 2022

Joanna G. (Miller) Miley, 81, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Saturday, April 23, 2022 in her home. Born June 13, 1940 in Waynesboro, PA she was the daughter of the late Nelson David and Clara E. (Washinger) Miller. She was a graduate of Chambersburg High School with the Class of 1958. Joanna was employed as a shoemaker at Gettysburg Shoe...

E. Ann Ziobrowski

E. Ann Ziobrowski

Apr 22, 2022

Elizabeth Ann Ziobrowski passed away on April 22, 2022 at home, after a nearly 8 year battle with metastatic breast cancer. Ann was born June 9, 1956 to Claude E. Chesnut, Sr and Mary Helen Chesnut, in Chambersburg. She and Robert G. Ziobrowski were married in 1980 and have had 41 wonderful years of marriage. Ann graduated from Chambersburg Area...

Gloria Wallen

Gloria Wallen

Apr 21, 2022

Gloria “Jean” (Betts) Wallen, 75, of Chambersburg, PA passed away the morning of Thursday, April 21, 2022 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 10, 1946 in Waynesboro, PA she was the daughter of the late Woodrow and Rachel (Smith) Betts. She attended Biglerville Area Schools. Jean was employed as a skiver at the Hanover Shoe Factory for over 33 years....

Kate Hamilton

Kate Hamilton

Apr 19, 2022

Kate L. Hamilton, 84, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 15, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Otto and Trude Limberg. Kate was employed as an editor at the Public Opinion for over 40 years until her retirement in 2003. She was a member of 1st Evangelical Lutheran Church...

June Bowling

June Bowling

Apr 19, 2022

June E. Bowling, 95, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 21, 1926 in Fayetteville, she was a daughter of the late Clyde and Stella Tolbert. Her beloved husband of 66 years, Robert L. “Bob” Bowling, preceded her in death on June 25, 2009. June and her husband Bob were married on...

Jay Black

Jay Black

Apr 18, 2022

Jay E. Black, 86, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Monday, April 18, 2022 in Menno Haven’s Brookview Healthcare Center. Born January 14, 1936 in Chambersburg he was the son of the late Harry Black, Sr. and Rhoda (Buterbaugh) Black. He was a graduate of Chambersburg High School with the Class of 1953. Following high school, he served in the United...

Shirley Bowers

Shirley Bowers

Apr 18, 2022

Shirley Marie Bowers (nee Patterson), of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, April 18 at the age of 83, with her family by her side. Shirley was born in Chambersburg to Mabel and Ralph Patterson on June 2, 1938. She graduated from Chambersburg Area High School in 1956. She began her career at...

Ann Rotz

Ann Rotz

Apr 17, 2022

Ann K. Rotz, 62, of Shippensburg, passed away unexpectedly of natural causes in her home on Sunday, April 17, 2022. She was born on May 27, 1959 in Chambersburg, to the late Athley K. Kline and Alva Upperman Kline. Ann grew up in Chambersburg and graduated from C.A.S.H.S. with the class of 1977. For most of the last twenty years...

Milton Crawford

Milton Crawford

Apr 17, 2022

Milton J. Crawford Jr., 85, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Sunday, April 17, 2022 in Menno Haven Healthcare Center. Born September 7, 1936 in Chambersburg he was the son of the late Milton J. Crawford, Sr. and Sarah (Coble) Crawford. He was a graduate of Chambersburg High School with the Class of 1954. In his younger years he was employed...

William Butts

William Butts

Apr 16, 2022

William D. “Bill” Butts, 87, of Chambersburg, PA, died Saturday morning, April 16, 2022 at the Shook Home. Born November 29, 1934 in Carlisle, PA, he was the son of the late Harley D. and Marie Elizabeth Marsh Butts. Bill was a 1952 graduate of the Shippensburg High School and also attended Shippensburg University. From 1955 to 1957 Bill was...

I. Mae Seylar

I. Mae Seylar

Apr 15, 2022

I. Mae Seylar, 94, of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday morning, April 15, 2022, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 11, 1927, in Five Forks, she was a daughter of the late Walter Scott and Mattie Fern Martin Hoover. Mae was a 1945 graduate of Quincy High School. She was a member...

Floyd Runyon

Floyd Runyon

Apr 14, 2022

Floyd Leroy “Lee” Runyon, 81, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, April 14, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 29, 1940 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Nelson M. and Viola M. Reamer Runyon. His beloved wife, Sharon A. Runyon, preceded him in death on November 2, 2020. Lee was a 1959 graduate of St. Thomas...

Jeffrey Brookens

Jeffrey Brookens

Apr 13, 2022

Jeffrey Lynn Brookens passed away in the early evening of April 13, 2022 at the age of 69. Born on July 8, 1952 in Chambersburg, PA, he was the only child of Ellis H. and J. Louise (Foreman) Brookens. At a young age, Jeff’s father nicknamed him ‘Puncho’—a moniker that he is referred to by friends and family to this...

Marie Cole

Marie Cole

Apr 13, 2022

Marie R. Cole, 78, of Waynesboro, PA, passed away on Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at her home. Born December 16, 1943 in Bronx, NY, she was a daughter of the late Christopher and Phyllis Gandiello Ambrosecchia. A dedicated mother and grandmother, Marie spent most of her life making a home for her family. Early in her life she was employed...

Larry Heefner

Larry Heefner

Apr 12, 2022

Larry D. Heefner, 76, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 22, 1946 in Waynesboro, he was a son of the late Levi and Hazel Mentzer Heefner. Larry was a 1965 graduate of Greencastle-Antrim High School. He was employed at Landis Tool Company and Casting Technologies for over 30 years until his...

Richard Horst

Richard Horst

Apr 10, 2022

Richard Lee “Dick” Horst, 73, of Ellicott City, Maryland, passed away on April 10, 2022 at Gilchrist Hospice Center, Columbia, MD, after a brief illness. Dick was born on March 27, 1949 to Ralph W and Helen Witherspoon Horst in Chambersburg, PA. He was married to his high school sweetheart, Brenda Marie Russell, for 50 years. After graduating from Chambersburg...

Carol Meminger

Carol Meminger

Apr 10, 2022

Carol A. Meminger, 81, of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, April 10, 2022. Born July 20, 1940 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Marshall and Josephine Mickey Vanderau. Carol was a 1958 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. Early in her life she had been employed at Letterkenny Army...

Bertha Furry

Bertha Furry

Apr 9, 2022

Bertha L. “Bertie” Furry, 93, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Saturday, April 9, 2022 at Stonebrook Personal Care at Paramount Senior Living in Fayetteville. Born May 6, 1928 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Peter Carl and Freda Cook Ott. Early in her life she had been employed at the former Penn Hall Girl’s Preparatory School and...

James Sollars

James Sollars

Apr 9, 2022

James R. “Jim” Sollars, age 76 of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Saturday, April 9, 2022, after a brief illness at York Hospital. Born June 5, 1945, in Canonsburg, PA, he was the son of the late Thomas G. and Viola D’Emilio Sollars. Jim was a 1963 graduate of Rostraver High School and a 1967 graduate of St. Vincent College,...

Marlin Denlinger

Marlin Denlinger

Apr 9, 2022

Marlin R. Denlinger, 75, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Saturday, April 9, 2022 in ProMedica formerly ManorCare of Chambersburg where he had been a resident the last seven years. Born October 6, 1946 in Gap, PA he was the son of the late Roy D. and Verna (Hostetter) Denlinger. He was a hardworking man who worked as a truck driver...

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