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Suzie Goodwin
Oct 1, 2021
Suzie A. Goodwin, 39, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, October 1, 2021 at her home. Born March 11, 1982 in Greenwood, SC, she was the daughter of MayBell Strother Jones and the late Phil Jones. Suzie was most recently employed at Citi Corp. in the fraud department. She loved playing bingo, listening to music, fishing, watching movies, traveling and...
Anna Zeigler
Sep 30, 2021
Anna G. (Parsons) Zeigler, 83, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Thursday, September 30, 2021 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 23, 1938 in Orbisonia, PA she was the daughter of the late Lawrence and Grace (Shope) Parsons. Anna was employed as the assistant produce manager at the A&P, Food Lion and Sunnyway Foods. She was a member of the Heidelberg...
Lew Gibbons
Sep 29, 2021
Lew R. Gibbons, 90, of St. Thomas, PA, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, September 29, 2021 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 14, 1931 in Edenville, PA, he was the son of the late Bertha Ashwell. A US Army veteran, Lew served honorably from 1949 – 1952 during the Korean War. He was the owner/operator of...
Davie West
Sep 27, 2021
Davie M. West, 62, of Mercersburg, PA passed away Monday, September 27, 2021 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 25, 1959 in Frederick, MD he was the son of the late David Lee and Mary Elizabeth (Mossburg) West. He was a graduate for the Thomas Johnson High School, Frederick, MD. Davie was employed as a truck driver for Food Lion...
Joanne Fox
Sep 27, 2021
Joanne S. Fox, 92, widow of J. Nelson “Nellie” Fox, of Chambersburg, passed away on Monday, September 27, 2021 at Menno Haven Brookview. Born on October 10, 1928 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Omar F. Statler and Ethel Niswander Statler. A 1947 graduate of the former St. Thomas High School, she married Nellie on June 28,...
Patricia Wagner
Sep 27, 2021
Patricia A. “Patsy” Wagner, 74, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Monday, September 27, 2021. Born July 10, 1947 in Waynesboro, PA, she was a daughter of the late Marvin W. and Bernice Mae (Rosenberger) Yaukey. A 1965 graduate of the Waynesboro Area Senior High School, Patsy then worked as a caseworker for the Pennsylvania Board of Assistance for 20...
Eugene Stelma
Sep 27, 2021
Eugene R. “Gene” Stelma, 78, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Monday, September 27, 2021 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 13, 1943 in Graceton, PA he was the son of the late Victor and (Mary Kotzur) Stelma. Following high school he served in the United States Navy until his honorable discharge. Gene was employed by R&P as a mechanic in...
Jean Crotty
Sep 27, 2021
Jean C. Crotty, 89, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Monday September 27,2021 at SpiriTrust Lutheran Skilled Care Center. Born September 1,1932 in Rochester, NY. She was the daughter of the late George B. Zerkle and Mabel Brady Zerkle, and the widow of Robert John “Bob” Crotty. Jean served her country with the U.S. Navy. Her time in service took...
Rodney Guyer
Sep 26, 2021
Rodney Harold Guyer, age 71, of Shippensburg, PA, passed away at his home on Sunday, September 26, 2021. Born August 9, 1950, in Huntington, PA, he was the son of the late Raymond P. and Josephine Bilger Guyer. Mr. Guyer was a 1968 graduate of the Chambersburg Area School District. He went on to serve honorably in the US Army...
Charles Wetzel
Sep 25, 2021
Charles F. “Freddie” Wetzel, 86, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Saturday, September 25, 2021 at home. Born November 21, 1934 in Clay Hill, PA he was the son of the late John S. Wetzel and Virginia B. (Hutton) Rebok. He served in the United States Marine Corps from February 1956 until his honorable discharge February 1958. Freddie did two six...
Richard Brill
Sep 25, 2021
Richard Glen Brill, 88, of Chambersburg, PA passed away the morning of Saturday, September 25, 2021 in Menno Haven Chambers Pointe where he had resided since July 2018. Born February 17, 1933 in Churchtown, PA he was the son of the late Mamie (Snader) Brill Killian and Ivan Martin Brill and the step-son of John Killian. He is preceded in...
Martha Showers
Sep 25, 2021
Martha C. Showers, age 89, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, September 25, 2021, at Laurel Lakes Nursing Home. Born August 10, 1932, in Hamilton Township, PA, she was the daughter of the late Frank D. and Mary Cook Coble. She was a retired elementary school teacher, having taught first grade at South Hamilton elementary school, for many years,...
Barry Spahr
Sep 24, 2021
Barry R. Spahr, 63, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Friday, September 24, 2021 in Holy Spirit Medical Center, Camp Hill, PA. Born March 31, 1958 in Chambersburg, PA he was the son of Doris (Diffenderfer) Spahr and the late William Spahr who passed away June 14, 1989. He was a graduate of Bethel Park High School with the Class of...
Donald Witmer
Sep 24, 2021
Donald L. Witmer, 81, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Friday, September 24, 2021 at Ephrata Hospital. Born August 21, 1940 in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Paul and Martha Martin Witmer. A 1958 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Donald went on to honorably serve in the U.S. Navy from 1959 to 1963....
Shirley Brubaker
Sep 24, 2021
Shirley (Davis) Brubaker, 85, of Shippensburg, PA passed away Friday, September 24, 2021 in her home. Born July 27, 1936 in Saxton, PA she was the daughter of the late William H. Davis, Sr. and Martha M. (Dickinson) Davis. She was a graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School with the Class of 1954. Shirley was employed as a press...
Jeffrey Mayer
Sep 22, 2021
Jeffrey R. Mayer, 56, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, September 22, 2021. Born August 24, 1965 in Chambersburg, he was the son of George Mayer (husband of Dorris) and Sharon Mayer. Jeff worked as an electric meter technician for the Chambersburg Borough for the past 20 years. Previously, he was a butcher at many different locations including Crider Meats...
Lewis Baer
Sep 21, 2021
Lewis E. “Sonny” Baer, 74, of Shippensburg, PA, passed away on Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at York Hospital. Born January 17, 1947 in Hagerstown, MD, he was the son of Lehman and Hilda Reynolds Baer. Sonny was a graduate of North Hagerstown High School. He earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the University of Maryland and was employed at...
Frances Herrity
Sep 21, 2021
Frances Louise “Fran” Herrity, Ph.D., age 78, of Fayetteville, PA passed away on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born in Washington, DC on May 14, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Harry Edward Sparshott, Sr. and Frances Louise Kellum Sparshott. Ms. Herrity earned her Bachelor, Masters, and Doctorate degrees from George Mason University, where she...
Robert Yourkavitch
Sep 19, 2021
Robert B. “York” Yourkavitch, 88, of Chambersburg, passed away on Sunday, September 19, 2021 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 14, 1933 in Reading, PA, he was the son of the late John Paul Yourkavitch and Freida Brookens Herr. York was a 1951 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. A US Marine Corps veteran, York served honorably during the...
Janet Voegel
Sep 18, 2021
Janet A. Voegel, 81, of Chambersburg, passed away on Saturday, September 18, 2021 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 16, 1940 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Charles E. and Catherine Williams Fisher. Janet was a 1957 graduate of CASHS. She dedicated most of her life to making a home for her family. Over the years, she...
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