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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
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