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W. Donald Diehl
Apr 7, 2022
W. Donald “Don” Diehl, 84, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Thursday, April 7, 2022 in his home. Born October 10, 1937, in Bedford, PA, he was the son of the late Gale and Kathryn (Koontz) Diehl. Don was a graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School with the Class of 1955. He then went onto obtain his bachelor’s degree from...
Clarence Giffin
Apr 2, 2022
Clarence M. “Giff” Giffin, Jr., 95, of Fayetteville, passed away on Saturday morning, April 2, 2022 at his home. Born March 24, 1927 in Cleveland, OH, he was the son of the late Clarence M. Giffin, Sr. and Mary Ellen Wood Giffin. A US Navy veteran, Giff served honorably during World War II. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in business...
Harold McMullen
Apr 2, 2022
Harold McMullen, 83, known to his family and friends as “Mac” or “Jiggs”, passed away Saturday morning at Providence Place in Chambersburg. Formerly of Greenvillage, he was born April 8, 1938 in Shade Gap to the late Franklin B. and Helen Snyder McMullen. Mac was a graduate of the Orbisonia High School and served honorably with the US Army as...
Nancy Colangelo
Apr 1, 2022
Nancy L. Trice Colangelo, age 86, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, April 1, 2022, at her home. Born in Lycippus, PA on October 20, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Robert W. and Gladys G. Johnson Trice. Mrs. Colangelo was a 1953 graduate of Hurst High School in Norvelt, PA. Nancy worked at the former Town...
Betty Baker
Mar 31, 2022
Betty J. Baker, 96, of Fayetteville, and formerly of Shippensburg, passed away Thursday, March 31, 2022 at her daughter’s home after a period of declining health. Her beloved husband Clarence B. “Hank” Baker preceded her in death on January 9, 2012. Born March 6, 1926 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Roy A. and Ruth Gearhart Gipe....
Betty Geisel
Mar 31, 2022
Betty J. (Claycomb) Geisel, 96, of Quaker Valley Road, Alum Bank, passed away at home on Thursday, March 31, 2022. Born April 23, 1925, in Alum Bank, she was a daughter of the late Herman and Gertrude (Fickes) Claycomb. Her husband of 65 years, Jack H. Geisel, Sr., whom she married on June 30, 1947, preceded her in death on...
Linda Dalton
Mar 30, 2022
Linda J. Dalton, 77, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital after a two year battle with cancer. Born December 5, 1944 in New Castle, PA, she was the daughter of the late Ralph J. and Lois E. Hinkson Johnson. Her beloved husband, Richard L. “Dick” Dalton, whom she married on August 7, 1964,...
Rodney Hunsecker
Mar 29, 2022
Rodney D. Hunsecker, 72, of Fayetteville, passed away on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at his home. Born September 1, 1949 in Chambersburg, he was the son of Grace Hunsecker Heintzelman and the late Barney Huss. Rodney was a 1967 graduate of CASHS. A US Marine Corps veteran, Rodney served honorably during the Vietnam War. Early in his life Rodney was...
Helen Smith
Mar 27, 2022
Helen J. Smith, 94, a resident of The Shook Home since 2018 and formerly of Blanchard Avenue in Chambersburg went to be with her Heavenly Father on March 27, 2022 at the nursing home. Born October 20, 1927 in Alexandria, PA, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Sarah (Cisney) Swan. Her husband of almost 57 years, Thomas...
Nancy Crowder
Mar 26, 2022
Nancy E. Crowder, age 77 years, of Chambersburg and formerly of Bellefonte, PA, passed away on March 26, 2022 at Providence Place in Chambersburg, PA. She was born November 7, 1944 in York, PA to the late John H., Jr. and Camille (McHugh) Griffith. Nancy graduated from Carlisle Senior High School and Thompson Institute Business College. She continued her education...
Allen Twigg
Mar 25, 2022
Allen V. Twigg, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather died at the age of 93 on Friday, March 25, 2022. He was born January 16, 1929 in Hitchcock, South Dakota. He relocated as a young boy to Litchfield, PA with his parents and siblings during The Depression. He was the oldest of 10 brothers and sisters. He is survived...
Dorothy Pastor
Mar 24, 2022
Dorothy “June” Pastor, 84, of Fayetteville, PA, and formerly of Glassport, PA passed away Thursday, March 24, 2022 in her home with her family by her side. Born May 3, 1937 in Thurston, OH, she was the daughter of the late Ralph Dean and Margaret M. (Lenhart) England, and widow to the late Thomas George Pastor, who preceded her in...
Darlene Sprow
Mar 23, 2022
Darlene V. Sprow, 89, of Fayetteville, passed away on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. Born October 21, 1932 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Janet Pugh Crider. Darlene was a 1951 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. She was employed as a Nurse’s Aide at the former Franklin County Nursing Home in Chambersburg for 25...
Kirk MacWilliams
Mar 23, 2022
Kirk J. MacWilliams, 71, of Chambersburg, passed away of natural causes on Wednesday, March 23, 2022 in the Emory St. Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, GA. Born on June 21, 1950 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Bernard J. and Jane E. Hoover MacWilliams. A 1968 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Kirk was employed by Century...
Lester Walck
Mar 23, 2022
Lester G. Walck, 72, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2022 in his home after an ongoing battle with cancer. Born May 28, 1949 in Waynesboro, PA he was the son of the late Kenneth R. and Madalyn (Gilbert) Walck. He was a graduate of Greencastle Antrim High School with the Class of 1967. While in high school...
Marilyn Diehl
Mar 22, 2022
Marilyn L. (Jones) Diehl, 94, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday morning, March 22, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born November 5, 1927 in Slatington, PA, she was a daughter of the late Evan E. Jones, Jr. and Lillian L. Jones. She was a 1945 graduate of the Slatington High School. Mrs. Diehl retired on September 18, 1999 from the...
Nina "Jane" Yuhas
Mar 22, 2022
Nina “Jane” Yuhas, age 75, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, March 22, 2022, at Frederick Health Hospital. Born in Connellsville, PA on January 17, 1947, she was the daughter of the late Robert P. and Nina Carson McLuckey. Jane earned her Bachelor Degree from the California University of Pennsylvania and her Master’s from Shenandoah University. She taught...
Gertrude Reichard
Mar 22, 2022
Gertrude L. “Gertie” Reichard, age 74, of Waynesboro, PA, passed away on Tuesday, March 22, 2022, at her home. Born January 4, 1948, in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late John E. “Bud” Reichard and Esther S. Skelly Reichard. Gertie was a 1965 graduate of the Waynesboro Area Senior High School. She worked as an accounts receivable...
Frances Ficks
Mar 19, 2022
Frances J. Ficks, age 83, of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 19, 2022, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born October 18, 1938, in Mercersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Lee and Dorothy Haagen Zeger, Sr. Mrs. Ficks was a 1956 graduate of the former Green Hill High School in Fulton County....
Marlin Wagner
Mar 19, 2022
Marlin O. Wagner, 87, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Saturday evening, March 19, 2022 at his home. Born January 23, 1935 in Greenvillage, he was the son of the late Oscar H. and Bessie M. Keefer Wagner. His wife, Joanne R. Peterson Wagner, whom he married May 21, 1955, preceded him in death on November 19, 2020. Marlin was a...
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