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Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

Nathan Eshleman

Nathan Eshleman

Jan 7, 2022

Nathan ‘Nate’ Samuel Eshleman, 87, of Chambersburg, PA, was released to the arms of Jesus by his family on Friday, January 7, 2022 at Providence Place Senior Living. Born September 4, 1934 in Smithsburg, MD, he was a son of the late Ralph M. Eshleman, Sr. and Ruth I. Martin Eshleman. Nate was a 1952 graduate of the former Chambersburg...

Rev. James Sollenberger

Rev. James Sollenberger

Jan 7, 2022

Rev. James M. Sollenberger, 68, of Chambersburg, PA, was released to the arms of Jesus by his family on Friday, January 7, 2022. Born November 9, 1953 in Waynesboro, he was a son of the late Jacob Lesher and Ada Myers Sollenberger. Jim was a 1971 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and went on to receive a...

William Greenlaw

William Greenlaw

Jan 7, 2022

William “Bill” Thomas Greenlaw, 67, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania passed away peacefully in his sleep due to natural causes on Friday, January 7, 2022. Born on April 8, 1954 in Jamaica, Queens, New York, he was the son of the late William C. and Bernadette E. Greenlaw. Bill was a graduate of Cranford High School in New Jersey and studied at...

Helen McCardell

Helen McCardell

Jan 6, 2022

HELEN IRENE (MONG) MCCARDELL, 90, passed away Thursday, January 6, 2022 in The Palace Gardens, Homestead, Florida. Born January 21, 1931 in Ringgold, MD, she was the daughter of the late David E. and Lillian Elmyere (Kendall) Mong. She lived her early life in Ringgold. She married Charles W. McCardell on July 6, 1948, in Maryland. They first lived in...

Dennis Brown

Dennis Brown

Jan 4, 2022

Dennis Lee Brown, 70, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at York Hospital. Born March 9, 1951 in Mount Union, PA he was a son of Evelyn Isabel Goshorn Brown and the late William Roy Brown. Dennis was a 1969 graduate of Mount Union Area High School. A US Air Force veteran, He served honorably during the...

Charles Harmon

Charles Harmon

Jan 2, 2022

Charles E. “Stretch” Harmon, 75, of Marion, PA, passed away Sunday afternoon, January 2, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 16, 1946 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Glenn and Della Spoonhour Harmon. He was employed as a truck driver with Nitterhouse Masonry for more than 40 years, retiring in 2011. Mr. Harmon played for the...

Marion Small

Marion Small

Jan 2, 2022

Marion H. Small, 82, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday afternoon, January 2, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 7, 1939 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Albert Leroy and Clara A. Sandoe Hoffeditz. Mrs. Small was a graduate of the former St. Thomas High School. Early in her life she worked on the family dairy...

Thomas Gordon

Thomas Gordon

Jan 2, 2022

Thomas Hall Gordon, Jr., 60 of Biglerville, PA, passed away Sunday afternoon, January 2, 2022 at his home. Born June 2, 1961 in Elwood City, PA, he was the son of Linda Lee Donley Gordon of Largo, FL and the late Thomas Hall Gordon, Sr. A 1979 graduate of Riverside High School in Elwood City, he served honorably with the...

Kaye Robinson

Kaye Robinson

Jan 2, 2022

Kaye L. Robinson, 70, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Sunday, January 2, 2022 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 4, 1951 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Clark A. “Trig” and Dorothy M. (Harmon) Horne. She was employed in the custodial department of Shippensburg University for 13 years retiring in 2012. Prior to that Kaye worked for...

Dorothy Witter

Dorothy Witter

Jan 1, 2022

Dorothy M. (Clark) Witter, 101, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Saturday, January 1, 2022 in the Brookview Health Care Center. Born November 14, 1920 in Harrisburg, PA she was the daughter of the late Harvey W. and Mary R. (Fenstermacher) Clark. She was employed for many years as a receptionist at the Chambersburg Trust Company. Dorothy enjoyed tole painting and...

Blair Clark

Blair Clark

Dec 31, 2021

Blair A. Clark, 87, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday morning, December 31, 2021. Born November 20, 1934 in Menchtown, PA, he was the son of the late Joseph A. and Alice L. Dickens Clark. Blair was a 1954 graduate of Everett High School. A US Air Force veteran, he served honorably during the Korean War. Blair was employed as...

John Gsell

John Gsell

Dec 31, 2021

John W. Gsell, 86, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, December 31, 2021 at Menno Haven - Chambers Pointe. Born on September 24, 1935 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late John and Bertha Keefer Gsell. John was a 1953 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School. He then established John W. Gsell Sheet Metal, which he owned...

John Patten

John Patten

Dec 30, 2021

John S. Patten, Jr., 86, of Fayetteville, PA passed away Thursday, December 30, 2021 in the Chambersburg Hosptial. Born February 4, 1935 in Superior, WI he was the son of the late John S. Patten, Sr. and Germaine (Shears) Patten. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Nancy L. (Jedlika) Patten who he married, April 8, 1961; four...

Verna Rosenberry

Verna Rosenberry

Dec 30, 2021

Verna L. Rosenberry, 94 of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, December 30, 2021 at ProMedica Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation. Born December 4, 1927 in Three Springs, Pennsylvania, she was a daughter of the late Noah David Runk and Edith Marie (Weight) Runk. Verna was a long time member of the Grand Point Church in Chambersburg where she enjoyed both attending...

Sharyn Baker

Sharyn Baker

Dec 29, 2021

Sharyn Ann Baker, 77, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at Promedica in Chambersburg. Born December 20, 1944 in New Haven, CT, she was the daughter of the late William and Eleanor Scarpa Swanson. Sharyn was a graduate of the Wilbur Cross High School in New Haven and then attended South Central Community College in Long Wharf...

Stephen Horton

Stephen Horton

Dec 29, 2021

Stephen R. Horton, age 65, of Orrstown, PA, passed away on Wednesday, December 29, 2021, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 24, 1956, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Donald R. and Doris J. Zeger Horton. A 1975 graduate of CASHS, Stephen went on to serve honorably in the U.S. Air Force for four years until...

Tina Miller

Tina Miller

Dec 29, 2021

Tina Marie Miller, 50, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 13, 1971 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of Jerry Lee Barnhart and the late Janice Ilene Cramer. Tina was a 1989 graduate of James Buchanan High School. She was employed at Letterkenny Army Depot for the past 21 years. Tina...

George Herbert

George Herbert

Dec 28, 2021

George Henry Herbert, age 78, passed away peacefully with his wife by his side on December 28, 2021. It was a long journey of loss due to progressive supranuclear palsy. Born December 23, 1943 in Lewistown, PA, he was one of five children born to Frank E. and Alma Herbert. George was a man dedicated to God, his family, and...

Margaret Racila

Margaret Racila

Dec 28, 2021

Margaret Ellen “Teddy” Kuhn Racila, age 94, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born October 3, 1927, in McConnellsburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late William Lee and Ruth Knable Kuhn. Teddy worked as a waitress and homemaker most of her working years. She enjoyed flowers, gardening, going to yard...

Charlotte Fisher

Charlotte Fisher

Dec 27, 2021

Charlotte M. (Flory) Fisher, 80, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Monday, December 27, 2021 in the Chambersburg Hospital, surrounded by her daughters. Born September 17, 1941 in Shippensburg, PA she was the daughter of the late Charles and Virgie (Adams) Flory. She was employed at Nibble with Gibble’s, Inc., Chambersburg for over 30 years retiring in 2016. Charlotte loved to...

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