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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...
Donna Moton
Mar 17, 2022
Donna Lee Moton, 78, of Chambersburg passed away on Thursday, March 17, 2022 in her home. Born January 22, 1944 in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late John McKinley Boise and Rosa Magnolia Blakey. Donna is survived by her children, Justina R. (Boise) Swain of Charlotte, NC and Lenore D. (Moton) Wyant of Chambersburg; and one granddaughter,...
Paulette Clark
Mar 16, 2022
Paulette M. Clark, 66, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 28, 1955 in Bedford, PA, she was a daughter of the late Paul. T. and Florence K. (Burkett) Sprowl. A 1974 graduate of Everett High School, Paulette spent most of her life as a homemaker, always taking care of the home...
Louise Miner
Mar 14, 2022
Louise B. Miner, 92, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday morning, March 14, 2022 at Providence Place. Born September 22, 1929 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late George and Pauline Zullinger Brezler. Mrs. Miner was a graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. A homemaker most of her life, she was a life-long member of Corpus Christi...
George "Walter" Gerhold
Mar 13, 2022
George “Walter” Gerhold, 91, of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with his Savior on Sunday, March 13, 2022. He was born on February 18, 1931 in Chambersburg to the late Harvey M. Gerhold, Sr. and Mabel (Shriver) Gerhold. Walter graduated from the Chambersburg High School, where he played football. He served his country, which he loved, in the US...
Edwin Beard
Mar 12, 2022
Edwin R. Beard, Jr., 73, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2022 in his home. Born July 18, 1948 in Hagerstown, MD, he was the son of the late Edwin R. Beard, Sr. and Mary A. Dunham Beard. A graduate of St. Joseph Academy of St. Augustine, FL, Ed furthered his education at the University of Florida,...
Aquazha Climons
Mar 12, 2022
Aquazha Tamyra Climons, 24, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Saturday, March 12, 2022 as a result of a motor vehicle accident in Adams County, PA. Born July 21, 1997 in Chambersburg she was the daughter of Ronda Claretha (Adams) Climons and the late Tyrone Tyrell Climons who passed away in 2009. She was a graduate of Gettysburg High School with...
Hilda Sheeder
Mar 10, 2022
Hilda A. Sheeder, 89, of Fayetteville, PA passed away peacefully to her eternal home on the morning of March 10, 2022. The daughter of the late William K. and Ester Stake, she was born and raised in Saxton, PA. She graduated from Saxton Liberty High School and attended Jefferson College of Nursing in Philadelphia. She married her high school sweetheart...
William Martin
Mar 5, 2022
William E. “Bill” Martin, 86, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Saturday morning, March 5, 2022 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 13, 1935 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Norman L. and Catherine M. Appel Martin. Bill was a member of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School class of 1953 and earned his GED at the age...
Betty Bard
Mar 5, 2022
Betty L. Bard, 88, of Chambersburg, passed away on Saturday, March 5, 2022 at Magnolias of Chambersburg surrounded by her loving family. Born July 15, 1933 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late John and Violet Briggs Amsley. Her beloved husband, Billie A. Bard, preceded her in death on August 21, 2015. Betty was a 1951 graduate of...
Jean Eakle
Mar 4, 2022
Jean Nottingham Eakle, 95, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on March 4, 2022 at Menno Haven Health Center. She was born on December 28, 1926 in Duck, WV, to Willie and Belle (Chapman) Nottingham, the youngest of five children. Jean grew up in Glenville, WV, where she attended school from the first grade through college, graduating from Glenville State College...
Irene Trace
Mar 4, 2022
Irene Rose “Rene” Gough Mathna Russell Trace, age 93 of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, March 4, 2022 in Magnolias of Chambersburg. Born on October 11, 1928 in Birmingham, England, she was a daughter of the late Enoch and Violet Briscoe Gough. Rene grew up in England, where she attended boarding school. In 1947 she moved to the United States....
Janet Rotz
Mar 3, 2022
Janet Marie (Robinson) Rotz, 82, passed from this life and entered Paradise on Thursday, March 3, 2022, from her home with her sons by her side. Born on April 26, 1939 in Mercersburg, Janet was a daughter of the late Elsie V. (Burkholder) Robinson and the late James C. Robinson of Mercersburg. Janet was raised in the Protestant faith. She...
James Van Veldhuizen
Mar 2, 2022
James L. “Jim” Van Veldhuizen, 71, of Chambersburg, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 15, 1950 in Oskaloosa, IA, he was a son of the late Harold and Wilma Boender Van Veldhuizen. As a young man, Jim was interested in the missionary field. He was a...
Harold Taylor
Mar 1, 2022
Harold A. Taylor, Jr., 98, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at Chambers Pointe. Born January 12, 1924 in Scranton, PA, he was the son of the late Harold A. Taylor, Sr. and Clara W. Kaltenbach Taylor. A US Navy veteran, Harold served honorably as an Aviation Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class during World War II. He...
John Van Horn
Mar 1, 2022
John T. Van Horn, 94, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday evening, March 1, 2022 at Promedica Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation in Chambersburg. Born April 11, 1927 in Bedford County, PA, he was the son of the late John M. and Lillie Ritchey Van Horn. He served honorably with the US Army during the Korean War. Mr. Van Horn owned...
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