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Voneda Mansberger
Aug 4, 2021
Voneda Louise “Vonnie” Mansberger, 77, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Wednesday evening, August 4, 2021 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 28, 1943 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Preston L. Cook, Sr. and Dorothy Thompson Cook. Vonnie was a 1961 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and was employed for 35 years at the...
Donn Hockensmith
Aug 2, 2021
Donn D. Hockensmith, Jr., 80, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday, August 2, 2021 at the Chambers Pointe Healthcare Center. Born April 4, 1941 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Donn E. Hockensmith, Sr. and Arlene K. Martin Hockensmith. Donn was a 1959 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and served honorably with the US...
Esther Smith
Aug 2, 2021
Esther M. Smith, 90, of Greencastle, passed away on Monday, August 2, 2021 at Brookview Healthcare Center. Born December 14, 1930 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Reed A. Neff and Margaret Noll Neff. Her beloved husband, William L. Smith, preceded her in death on February 25, 2018. Esther was a graduate of the former Chambersburg High...
Jennifer Ward
Aug 2, 2021
Jenny Jo Frock Ward, Mom, Nanny, 66 of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday, August 2, 2021. Born November 17, 1954, she was the beloved daughter of the late Stanley and Jean Frock. Jenny was a graduate of Littlestown High School 1972, and Allentown Hospital School of Nursing 1975. At work, she was a diligent nurse of integrity for the elderly,...
Retha Kauffman
Jul 31, 2021
Retha L. (King) Kauffman, 88, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Saturday, July 31, 2021 in the Shook Home, Chambersburg, PA. Born May 30, 1933 in Hagerstown, MD she was the daughter of the late William H. and Blanche V. (Cullison) King. In her early years Retha was employed at the former Elperin Company Sewing Factory, Hagerstown. She was later employed...
Wilma Fore
Jul 28, 2021
Wilma J. (Terrazas) Fore, 65, of Fayetteville, PA passed away Wednesday, July 28, 2021 in her home. Born June 8, 1956 in La Paz, Bolivia she was the daughter of Graciela (Angles) Terrazas and the late George Terrazas. She was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School with the Class of 1974. She then attended Airline School, Miami,...
Dustin Patterson
Jul 27, 2021
Dustin Kenneth Patterson (Dusty), age 22, of Washington DC, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Born in Tooele, Utah on October 2, 1998, he was the son of Fred R. and Courtney S. Erler Patterson. He had an adventurous spirit, always on the move for the next opportunity life had to offer. He was known for his hugs...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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