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David Demichei

David Demichei

Feb 3, 2022

David L. Demichei, 97, of Chambersburg, PA. passed away Thursday, February 3, 2022 at his home with his children and grandchildren holding his hands. Born March 26, 1924, in Roswell, Ohio, he was the son of the late Joseph and Angeline (Moratti) Demichei. The family moved to Wisconsin where Dave excelled at football at North High in Milwaukee. He earned...

Rachael Mizzer

Rachael Mizzer

Feb 2, 2022

Rachael A. Mizzer, 37, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, February 2, 2022 in the Chambersburg Hospital surrounded by her family. Born December 28, 1984 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of Harold Overcash and Connie Fordyce. A professional photographer, Rachael was the owner/operator of Rachael Mizzer Photography. She also worked part-time at Michael’s in custom framing. She was born...

Ingrid Metzler

Ingrid Metzler

Feb 2, 2022

Ingrid Metzler, 87, of Chambersburg, was welcomed to her eternal home in Heaven with Jesus on Wednesday evening, February 2, 2022. Born August 5, 1934 in Nuremberg, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Fritz Sonnekalb and Ellen Sonnekalb Hafner Keller. She and her husband of 66 years, Richard L. Metzler, met as students at Goshen College in Goshen,...

Ralph Benedict

Ralph Benedict

Jan 31, 2022

Ralph H. Benedict, 83, of Waynesboro, PA, passed away Monday morning, January 31, 2022 at The Shook Home in Chambersburg. Born August 14, 1938 in Waynesboro, he was the son of the late Henry M. and Hazel L. Strite Benedict. Ralph was a 1956 graduate of the former Quincy High School and served for one year with the National Guard....

Charles Mills

Charles Mills

Jan 30, 2022

Our Heavenly Father welcomed Charles Robert (Bob) Mills into His warm embrace on Sunday, January 30, 2022 with the comforting words from Matthew 25:23 “well done, my good and faithful servant”. Although he was a man of few words and quiet spirit, he invested his Godly gifts daily by serving others in any capacity necessary. Those who had the opportunity...

Betty Eberly

Betty Eberly

Jan 29, 2022

Betty Jane (Friese) Eberly, 94, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Saturday, January 29, 2022 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born October 31, 1927 in Chambersburg she was the daughter of the late Norman and Rebecca (Martin) Friese. She was a graduate of Chambersburg High School. Betty was primarily a homemaker; however she drove a school bus for her family’s bus company....

Kimberly Shatzer

Kimberly Shatzer

Jan 25, 2022

Kimberly S. “Kim” Shatzer, Ph.D., age 58 of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with her Lord and Savior at the Chambersburg Hospital on Tuesday, January 25, 2022. Born March 22, 1963, in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of Phyllis Besecker Foreman and the late Glenn A. Webber. Kim was a 1988 graduate of Shippensburg University with a Bachelor...

Vera Mulhollen

Vera Mulhollen

Jan 25, 2022

Vera L. Mulhollen, age 84, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Tuesday, January 25, 2022, at the Laurel Lakes Nursing and Rehab Center. Born July 17, 1937, in Juniata Township, Huntington County, PA, she was the daughter of the late Chester and Myra Long Baker. Mrs. Mulhollen was a homemaker most of her working years. She enjoyed making crafts, painting,...

Phyllis Westerfield

Phyllis Westerfield

Jan 24, 2022

Phyllis Wheeler Westerfield, age 84, of Chambersburg, PA passed away of natural causes on Monday, January 24, 2022, at Menno Village. Born July 28, 1937, in Louisville, KY, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Margaret Parsons Wheeler. Phyllis retired from the United States Postal Service, where she served with meritorious service for 22 years. She began her...

Gladys Luka Acri

Gladys Luka Acri

Jan 23, 2022

Gladys L. Acri, age 97, passed away on Sunday, January 23, 2022 at the Menno Haven Brookview Health Center. Gladys was born on August 8, 1924 in Neenah, Wisconsin, and was raised by her grandparents, Lincoln Winch and Carrie Cornish Winch. After living in Wisconsin and Oswego, New York, she resided for the next 60 years in Chambersburg. Gladys was...

Dauphine Amsley

Dauphine Amsley

Jan 22, 2022

Dauphine F. “Doll” Amsley, 71, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully at her home with her family by her side on Saturday, January 22, 2022, after a brief and courageous battle with cancer. Born January 6, 1951 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Leroy L. and Vera M. Black Amsley. She was a 1968 graduate of the...

Marion Campbell

Marion Campbell

Jan 21, 2022

Marion G. “Mitzi” Campbell, 88, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Friday, January 21, 2022 in Brookview Menno Haven. Born September 1, 1933 in Orrstown, PA she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Ada (McNair) Garnes. She was a homemaker raising her three sons. Marion enjoyed going to Penn State Football games, watching the Pittsburgh Steelers, traveling, decorating her...

Margaret Gsell

Margaret Gsell

Jan 21, 2022

Margaret D. Gsell, 97, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Friday morning, January 21, 2022 due to natural causes in Florida where she had resided for the past year and a half with her daughter Cynthia Appel Shackleton. Born December 27, 1924 in Pennbrook, PA, she was a daughter of the late Harvey and Mary Fenstermacher Clark. She was a 1942...

William Johnston

William Johnston

Jan 21, 2022

William M. “Bill” Johnston, Jr., 84, of Fayetteville, PA passed away Friday, January 21, 2022 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born Saturday, February 17, 1937 in the Chambersburg Maternity Home, he was the only son of the late William M. Johnston, Sr. and Jeanne P. (Schuchman) Johnston. He was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School with the Class...

Martha Paszkowski

Martha Paszkowski

Jan 20, 2022

Martha J. Paszkowski, 74, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, January 20, 2022 in her home. Born June 19, 1947 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Ernest Fix and Gladys Hock Jones Fix. A 1965 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Martha primarily worked as a bank teller at Chambersburg Trust, then Valley Bank for...

William Johnson

William Johnson

Jan 19, 2022

William E. “Bill” Johnson, 86, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Wednesday, January 19, 2022 in ProMedica Rehabilitation Center, Chambersburg. Born November 21, 1935 in Spring Run, PA he was the son of the late Meryl and Thelma (Snider) Johnson. He served in the United States Army during Vietnam and with the Army Reserves for 25 years. Bill was employed in...

John Spangler

John Spangler

Jan 19, 2022

John R. “Bob” Spangler, 91, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 29, 1930 in New Franklin, he was the son of William J. and Ina Fortney Spangler. A US Navy veteran, Bob served honorably during the Korean War. He was employed as a truck driver most of his life, first for...

Jean Harper

Jean Harper

Jan 17, 2022

Jean Marjorie Rodway Harper, 88, passed peacefully from her Fayetteville, PA home to her Heavenly home, Monday, January 17, 2022. Born June 4, 1933 in Cambridge, MA, she was a daughter of the late William Batchelder Stanley Rodway and Mary Macaulay Rodway. Raised in the center of Boston across from historic Trinity Church, she was a member and Valedictorian of...

Clarence Carbaugh

Clarence Carbaugh

Jan 17, 2022

Clarence J. Carbaugh, 79, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday afternoon, January 17, 2022 at his home. Born July 8, 1942 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late George and Viginia Deshong Carbaugh. He had been employed for 25 years with Nibble with Gibbles and then went on to work for the former Hennessey Products. He retired from...

David Puhl

David Puhl

Jan 15, 2022

David Michael Puhl passed away on Saturday, January 15, 2022 in Munich, Germany. He was born on October 16, 1954 in Pittsburgh, PA to George and Julia (Roll) Puhl. He graduated from Baldwin High School in Pittsburgh in 1973. He then moved to the Mont Alto/Chambersburg area to attend Penn State Mont Alto. In 1975, he met his new best...

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