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Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

Susan Briggs

Susan Briggs

Jul 25, 2021

On Sunday, July 25, 2021, Susan R. Briggs, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother went to eternal rest at age 78. Born November 1942, she was a daughter of the late William and Mildred Ruth. In 2000, Susan retired from Industrial Logistics Systems Center located at Letterkenny Army Depot. She previously worked at several local banks. Susan was a member...

Harriet Nicholson

Harriet Nicholson

Jul 23, 2021

Harriet S. Nicholson of Greencastle and formerly of Fayetteville, passed away on Friday, July 23, 2021 at her home. Born in Connemaugh, Somerset County, PA, she was the daughter of the late Jerry and Olga Brandt Grove. She was raised by her aunt and uncle, the late Lucille and Garnet Dayton of Scotland, PA. Harriet was a graduate of CASHS....

Dr. Alfred Price

Dr. Alfred Price

Jul 22, 2021

Dr. Alfred R. Price, who practiced as a family physician in Pittsburgh, Pa. from 1955 to 1995, died at his home in Chambersburg, Pa. July 22 at the age of 95. He was born in 1926 in Pittsburgh, the son of Gwilym A. and Marion Roberts Price and grew up in the Rosslyn Farms borough, with his two brothers, Gwilym...

Nancee Smelser

Nancee Smelser

Jul 21, 2021

Nancee J. (Mentzer) Smelser, of Chambersburg, passed away on July 21, 2021 at her home. Born August 24, 1932 in Tyrone, PA, she was the daughter of the late Howard D. and Madeline Ohrtman Mentzer. Nancee was a 1950 graduate of Altoona High School. She was employed as a supervisor with United Telephone and later Sprint for 38 years until...

Iva Cairns

Iva Cairns

Jul 20, 2021

Iva Mary (Schlear) Cairns, a longtime Reading, Pa., resident died Tuesday evening, July 20, 2021, at the age of 97. An avid gardener and reader, Iva was married to Edward Cairns for 63 years and had one son, Scott. Eddie and Iva loved attending Penn State football games and traveling to as many major league baseball parks as possible. They...

Donna Shipe

Donna Shipe

Jul 20, 2021

Donna L. Shipe, 67, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday morning, July 20, 2021 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 16, 1954 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Robert D. and Edna M. Johnston Tarner. Donna was a 1972 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. Donna was employed for many years at the former City...

Carol Cooper

Carol Cooper

Jul 19, 2021

Carol A. Cooper, 79, of Chambersburg, passed away on Monday, July 19, 2021 at the Menno Haven Rehabilitation Center in Chambersburg. Born March 7, 1942 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Arthur C. and Evalyn (George) Miller. A graduate of Shippensburg State College, where she earned her Bachelor’s in Education, Mrs. Cooper went on to be a...

Pierre Mion

Pierre Mion

Jul 16, 2021

Pierre R. Mion, 89, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away peacefully at his home on July 16, 2021. Born December 10, 1931 in Bryn Mar, PA, he was the son of the late Bernardo and Katheryn Neubaker Mion. Pierre was a well-known illustrator and artist. He attended Montgomery College in Rockville, MD and studied art at what is now known as...

Horace Pierce

Horace Pierce

Jul 11, 2021

Horace Leon Pierce Jr. passed peacefully from this life on Sunday, July 11, 2021, in the Chambersburg Hospital, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, from cancer-related causes. He was born on Jan. 12, 1929, in Suffolk, Virginia. He was the only child of Hattie Marie (Archer) Pierce and Horace Leon Pierce Sr. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents,...

Laurence King

Laurence King

Jul 11, 2021

Laurence Hershey King, 98, died on Sunday, July 11, 2021, at his home in Fayetteville. Born December 21, 1922, in Lancaster, PA he was the second child to the late Albert L. and Margaret Hershey King. A graduate of New Freedom High School, New Freedom, PA in 1940 and Gettysburg College he earned his B.A. in 1950. He earned his...

Vivian Hoover

Vivian Hoover

Jul 10, 2021

Vivian M. Hoover, 77, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Saturday morning, July 10, 2021 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 10, 1943 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Elmer Martin and Alice Kauffman Garber. Mrs. Hoover was a 1962 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. She was employed for 33 years at the former J....

Hulda Russell

Hulda Russell

Jul 10, 2021

Hulda G. Cordell Russell, age 100, passed away peacefully at Chambers Pointe Nursing Center, Chambersburg, PA on July 10, 2021. Born September 5, 1920 in Oakville, Cumberland County, PA, Hulda was the daughter of the late Roy W. and Elsie Clever Cordell. Hulda graduated from Quincy High School in 1939. It was there that Hulda met her beloved husband of...

Samuel Butz

Samuel Butz

Jul 10, 2021

Samuel Eli Butz, 83, resident of Chambersburg, passed away on Saturday, July 10, 2021 at Menno Haven - Chambers Pointe. Born on June 23, 1938 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Stanley A. Butz and Grayce Leacock Butz, and stepson of the late Betty Jean “BJ” Butz. A 1956 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Sam...

Ronald Hull

Ronald Hull

Jul 10, 2021

Ronald E. Hull, Jr., 57, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Saturday, July 10, 2021 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 14, 1963 in Chambersburg, he was a son of Mary Ann Faith Hull of Chambersburg and the late Ronald E. Hull, Sr. who preceded him in death on June 22, 2021. He was a 1981 graduate of the Chambersburg Area...

Morris Patarini

Morris Patarini

Jul 9, 2021

Morris J. “Pat” Patarini, age 87, died on July 9, 2021 in Chambersburg, PA. Born in the small mining town of Nanty-Glo, PA, Pat attended Nanty-Glo High School, where he excelled in sports. He attended John Carroll University where he was an All-Conference football player and majored in Accounting and History. After college he went to work for the U.S....

Robert Schaefer

Robert Schaefer

Jul 8, 2021

Robert M. Schaefer, Jr., 81, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away peacefully at his home Thursday afternoon, July 8, 2021. Bob was born July 7, 1940 in Washington, DC. He is survived by his beloved wife, Virginia “Ginny” Goad DeLore Schaefer, whom he married May 29, 1971; eight children, Michael D. DeLore (companion Laurie Cimino), Michael C. Schaefer, Stephen P. DeLore...

Nelle Mummert

Nelle Mummert

Jul 6, 2021

Nelle M. Mummert, 81, of Chambersburg, passed away with her family by her side on Tuesday, July 6, 2021. Born August 2, 1939 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Laban H. and Eleanor K. Brubaker Stoner. Her beloved husband, Glenn K. Mummert, preceded her in death on July 17, 2005. Nelle was a 1957 graduate of CASHS....

Dorothy Schaff Mowen

Dorothy Schaff Mowen

Jul 5, 2021

Dorothy D. Schaff Mowen, 83, of St. Thomas, PA, passed away Monday, July 5, 2021, in Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 2, 1937, in Washington, D.C., she was the daughter of the late William D. and Georgie (Heatwole) Schaff. She attended Woodrow Wilson High School in Washington, D.C., graduating with the Class of 1955. Dot was an active member of the...

Michael Hennessy

Michael Hennessy

Jul 5, 2021

Michael K. Hennessy, 67, of Wilson Avenue, Chambersburg, passed away on Monday, July 5, 2021 in his home. Born on October 7, 1953 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late James J. Hennessy Jr. and Mary Barbara Selman Hennessy. Mike was a lifelong resident of Chambersburg and a proud Eagle Scout. A 1972 graduate of St. Francis Prep...

Thomas Burkey

Thomas Burkey

Jul 4, 2021

Thomas Gee Burkey, 86, departed this this life Sunday, July 4, 2021 in Chambersburg, PA, after a short battle with cancer. Tom was born May 27, 1935 in West Chester, PA, a son of the late Walter C. and Dorothy Gee Burkey. He spent his childhood in Malvern, PA and graduated from the Tredyffrin-Easttown High School, Berwyn in 1952. He,...

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