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Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

Beverly Babb

Beverly Babb

May 3, 2021

Beverly J. Babb, 75, of Chambersburg, passed away on Monday, May 3, 2021 at the Chambersburg Hospital with her family by her side. Born February 11, 1946 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late J. Ross and Mary Holtry Foust. Early in her life, Beverly was employed at the Stanley Company and later was employed in the office...

Reuben Jones

Reuben Jones

May 2, 2021

Reuben C. Jones, age 78, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Sunday, May 2, 2021, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 14, 1942 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Paul F. and Kathleen L. Gsell Jones. Mr. Jones was a 1960 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. He worked as a nursing attendant at the...

Brenda Smith

Brenda Smith

Apr 30, 2021

Brenda Kay Smith, 65, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Friday morning, April 30, 2021 at her home. Born February 3, 1956 in Waynesboro, PA, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Charlotte Monighan Caldwell. Brenda was a graduate of the Waynesboro High School and served honorably in the United States Marine Corps. She had been employed for many...

Raymond Lane

Raymond Lane

Apr 28, 2021

Raymond Charles Lane, 74, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Wednesday, April 28, 2021 in the Chambersburg Hospital. He was born February 12, 1947 in Robertsdale, PA to the late Benjamin S. and Gladys Lorene Duvall Lane. He retired from Grove Manufacturing. He is survived by two sons, Darren Lane of Fayetteville and Kevin Lane of Chambersburg; 3 grandchildren; and 2...

Richard Leedy

Richard Leedy

Apr 27, 2021

Richard D. Leedy, 86, of Chambersburg and formerly of Scotland, PA, passed away Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at Menno Haven. Born on May 29, 1934 in Chambersburg, he was the youngest of nine children of the late Jacob and Thesta Foreman Leedy. A 1952 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, he later went into the U.S. Army, and then...

Sharon Salmon

Sharon Salmon

Apr 25, 2021

Sharon K. “Sherry” (Chilcutt) Salmon, 66, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Sunday, April 25, 2021 in her home. Born September 20, 1954 in Chambersburg she was the daughter of the late Ralph H. Chilcutt, Jr. and Betty L. (Brown) Chilcutt. She was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School with the Class of 1972. Sherry was employed by...

Angela Smith

Angela Smith

Apr 25, 2021

Angela D. Smith, 60, of Fayetteville, PA passed away Sunday, April 25, 2021 in her home. Born March 7, 1961 in Chambersburg, PA she was the daughter of Shirley (Rose) Stahl and the late Lawrence Smith. She was a graduate of the Greencastle Antrim High School with the Class of 1978. Angela was employed as a dialysis technician for a...

Christina Taylor

Christina Taylor

Apr 23, 2021

Christina T. Taylor, age 71, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, April 23, 2021, at Manor Care Nursing Home. Born December 9, 1949, in Bronx, NY, she was the daughter of the late William T. and Eleanor Weinkauf Taylor. A U.S. Army veteran, she served honorably in Vietnam during the Conflict. Ms. Taylor worked at the former J.P. Morgan...

Melvin "Bucky" Taylor

Melvin "Bucky" Taylor

Apr 21, 2021

Melvin “Bucky” Taylor, 82, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at Laurel Lakes Rehabilitation and Wellness Center. Born June 15, 1938 in Newark, New Jersey, he was the son of the late Robert Wade and Inez Hamilton, and widower of the late Alice (Barnhart) Taylor, who preceded him in death on November 11, 2014. A United...

Theodore Weber

Theodore Weber

Apr 19, 2021

Theodore Robert “Ted” Weber, age 89, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Monday, April 19, 2021, at Manor Care. Born in Hagerstown, MD on January 16, 1932, he was the son of the late Harry Clinton and Georgia Gossard Weber. Mr. Weber was a graduate of Hagerstown Junior College. He went on to serve honorably in the U.S. Army during...

Douglas Wright

Douglas Wright

Apr 18, 2021

Douglas E. Wright, 63, of Fayetteville, PA passed away on Sunday, April 18, 2021 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 28, 1957 in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Norman Rand and Patricia Grace (Wright) Rand. Doug worked as an auto mechanic for most of his life, with his primary employment being at Creamers Towing and Auto...

Cree Shoemaker

Cree Shoemaker

Apr 17, 2021

Cree N. Shoemaker, age 87, of Amberson, PA, passed away on Saturday, April 17, 2021, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born October 13, 1933, in Dry Run, PA, she was the daughter of the late Rosetta Worley McMullen. Mrs. Shoemaker was a graduate of the former Fannett Township High School. She was a member of the Dry Run Legion Post 232...

Ralph Nye

Ralph Nye

Apr 15, 2021

Ralph E. Nye, 61, of Concord, PA, passed away surrounded by his family on Thursday, April 15, 2021 at UPMC Pinnacle West Shore in Mechanicsburg. Born October 5, 1959 in St. Petersburg, FL, he was the son of the late Harold and Helena Wingert Nye. Ralph attended CASHS. Early in his life, he was employed at Gabler’s Auto Body and...

Curtis Dodson

Curtis Dodson

Apr 15, 2021

Curtis R. Dodson, 49, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Thursday, April 15, 2021 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 23, 1971 in Waynesboro, he was a son of Susie Pentz Dodson and the late Stanley Dodson. Curtis was a 1990 graduate of Greencastle-Antrim Senior High School. He enjoyed following the Washington Wizards, National and Capitals. He also loved spending...

Ray Wagaman

Ray Wagaman

Apr 12, 2021

Ray D. Wagaman, Jr., age 70, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away at York Hospital on Monday, April 12, 2021. Born May 10, 1950, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of Loretta Kauffman Hardsock and the late Ray D. Wagaman, Sr. A 1968 graduate of CASHS, Mr. Wagaman went on to serve honorably in the U.S. Army in the Vietnam...

Emory Suder

Emory Suder

Apr 11, 2021

Emory A. Suder, Jr., 78, of Greencastle, PA passed away Sunday, April 11, 2021 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 4, 1943 in Big Pool, MD he was the son of the late Emory A. Suder, Sr. and Goldie Pearl (Graham) Suder. He was a graduate of Clear Spring High School with the Class of 1961. Mr. Suder was a...

Ruth Smith

Ruth Smith

Apr 11, 2021

Ruth I. (Sechrist) Smith, 82, a resident at the Gardens at Gettysburg, passed away on Sunday, April 12, 2021. Born May 22, 1938 in Selinsgrove, PA, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Helen (Brownwell) Sechrist and widower of the late Howard Smith, who preceded her in death in 2014. Mrs. Smith worked at the Selinsgrove State School...

Ronald Andrews

Ronald Andrews

Apr 10, 2021

Ronald L. Andrews, 79, of Fayetteville, PA, went to be with the Lord while surrounded by his loved ones on Saturday, April 10, 2021. He was born on December 24, 1941 in Chambersburg to the late Ruth Shearer. Ronald was raised alongside his aunt, Mary Haman, by his loving grandparents, the late James and Esther Andrews. He was a 1959...

Sharon Henry

Sharon Henry

Apr 9, 2021

Sharon E. (Hockenberry) Henry, 66, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, April 9, 2021 at Quincy Village. Born January 28, 1955 in Hanover, PA, she was the daughter of the late Woodrow and Mary (Watson) Hockenberry, and widow to the late Harold G. Henry, Jr., who preceded her in death in 2008. A 1973 graduate of Fannett Metal High School,...

Darrell Gamble

Darrell Gamble

Apr 7, 2021

Darrell J. Gamble, 59, of Philadelphia, PA, passed away on April 7, 2021 in Chambersburg. Born May 6, 1961 in Philadelphia, he was the son of the late James R. Floyd and Freddie Mae Gamble. A 1979 graduate of William Penn High School in Philadelphia, Darrell went on to work at the Interstate Bloodbank, Inc. for 25 years and at...

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