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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...
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...
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