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Bennett Bard
Dec 6, 2020
Bennett R. Bard, 94, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday, December 6, 2020 at the Brookview Nursing Center at Menno Haven. Born December 12, 1925 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late E. Bruce and Nellie Fox Bard. Ben was a 1943 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. He enlisted with the US Marine Corps in 1944...
Gladys Buckwalter
Dec 4, 2020
Gladys L. Buckwalter, age 86, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, December 4, 2020, at Menno Haven Brookview Nursing Home. Born March 11, 1934, in Marion, PA, she was the daughter of the late David and Catherine Louise Eshleman Lehman. Mrs. Buckwalter was a 1956 graduate of Eastern Mennonite College, where she earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Education. She...
Stanley Gingrich
Dec 4, 2020
Stanley Gingrich stepped into Heaven Friday morning, December 4th. He is survived by his wife, Jacqueline, son, Chris (wife Roni), grandchildren, Lorin, Wesley and Maddie Gingrich, and great granddaughter, Dakota. He is also survived by his brother, James (wife Cora Lynn) and sister, Sue (husband Bob) Gantz, all of Mount Joy, and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in...
Nickolaos Balafoutas
Dec 3, 2020
Nickolaos “Nick” T. Balafoutas, age 76, passed away on December 3, 2020, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 6, 1944 in Neohorion, Nafpactias, Greece, he was the oldest son of the late Theodore N. and Irene Mallios Balafoutas. His family immigrated to the U.S. in his early teen years. Family, friends, and community were his focus. He was a restaurant...
Richard Brandt
Dec 2, 2020
Richard G. Brandt, 78, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 5, 1942, in Pittsburgh, PA, he was the only child of the late Gustav and Charlotte (Schnabel) Brandt. Richard was a 1960 graduate of the St. Basil High School in Pittsburgh, and continued his education at the Wheeling Jesuit University, earning...
Dorothy Burkholder
Dec 2, 2020
Dorothy Steel Burkholder, affectionately known as “Gaggy”, passed away on December 2, 2020, 26 days short of her 105th birthday. Dorothy was born December 28, 1915, in Philadelphia, PA to Florence Elder and William Steel. She graduated from West Philadelphia High School, and attended the University of Pennsylvania School of Education. She was a homemaker, local volunteer, and support to...
Paul Bender
Dec 2, 2020
Paul Stewart Bender, age 88, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Wednesday, December 2, 2020, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 30, 1931, in Mont Alto, PA, he was the son of the late Stewart Charles and Mary Rhone Bender. A U. S. Army veteran, Mr. Bender served honorably during the Korean Conflict. He went on to work for the...
Donald Sherman
Dec 1, 2020
Donald R. Sherman, age 83, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Tuesday, December 1, 2020, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 28, 1937, in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late John and Mary Shoemaker Sherman. A veteran, Mr. Sherman served honorably in the U.S. Army and in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam Conflict. He was a...
Judy Schwartz
Dec 1, 2020
Judy Revell Schwartz, 79, a resident of Quincy Village, passed away Tuesday morning, December 1, 2020 at the nursing center. Born July 16, 1941 in Huyetts Crossroads, MD, she was a daughter of the late Francis and Hazel Murray Revell. Mrs. Schwartz had worked as a legal secretary and was a former owner of the South Mountain Inn. She is...
Evelyn McElwain
Nov 30, 2020
Evelyn McElwain, 71, of Fayetteville, Pennsylvania, passed away on Monday, November 30, 2020 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born January 30, 1949 in York Haven, Pennsylvania, she was a daughter of the late Charles Oscar Millhouse, Jr. and Leona Gertrude (Yeager) Millhouse. A 1968 graduate of the Scotland School for Veterans Children, Evelyn went on to work as a seamstress at...
Robert Woody
Nov 30, 2020
Robert V. “Bob” Woody, 56, of Chambersburg, passed away on Monday, November 30, 2020 in his home. Born on May 3, 1964 in Have de Grace, MD, he was a son of Billy J. Woody and Shelby “Jean” Love Woody of Spruce Pine, NC. Bob graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland and served in the U.S....
Leah Cluck
Nov 30, 2020
Leah M. Cluck, 87, of Waynesboro, passed away on Monday afternoon, November 30, 2020 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 9, 1933 in South Mountain, PA, she was a daughter of the late Ridgely Wagaman and Mae Small, and the widow to the late Larry Cluck. Leah was a graduate of Quincy High School and the York School of Nursing....
Dorothy Geiman
Nov 30, 2020
Dorothy L. “Dottie” Hornbaker Geiman, age 100, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully on Monday morning, November 30, 2020 at SpiriTrust Lutheran, The Village at Luther Ridge. Born August 19, 1920 in Kauffman Station, she was a daughter of the late Leonard and Blanche McLucas Hornbaker. She was employed for 18 ½ years as manager of the children’s department at...
Virgil Davis
Nov 29, 2020
Virgil J. Davis, 67, of Chambersburg, passed away on Sunday, November 29, 2020 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 22, 1953 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Donald H. and Ethel Pittman Davis. His beloved wife, Crystal Steele Davis, preceded him in death on December 7, 1998. Virgil was a 1973 graduate of CASHS. Early in his...
William Hammond
Nov 29, 2020
William A. Hammond, Sr., 79, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday, November 29, 2020 at his home. Born April 10, 1941 in Spring Run, he was a son of the late Nelson and Matilda Happle Hammond. Mr. Hammond was employed for many years with the Carpenter’s Union Local #616, retiring April 10, 2003. He was a member of the Cornerstone...
Leonard Speers
Nov 28, 2020
Leonard E. Speers, 72, of Fayetteville, PA, unexpectantly went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, November 28, 2020 while in Florida with his family. Leonard was born December 5, 1947 and grew up in Fairport, NY; he was the son of the late Harold and Irene (De Groot) Speers. He was a 1966 graduate of Fairport High School...
Edith Schaffer
Nov 28, 2020
Edith A. Schaffer, 90, formerly of Bender Avenue in Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 28, 2020 at Chambers Pointe with her husband at her side. Born January 20, 1930 in Palmerton, PA, she was a daughter of the late Raymond and Sarah Borger Silfies. Mrs. Schaffer was a 1947 graduate of the Palmerton High School and went...
Blanca Romero
Nov 28, 2020
Blanca Iris Romero, 64, of Shippensburg, passed away on Saturday, November 28, 2020 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born January 30, 1956 in Brooklyn, NY she was a daughter of Olga Villanueva Monroig and the late Luis A. Monroig. Blanca was a 1974 graduate of James Madison High School in Brooklyn, NY. She worked in property management in the local area...
Garry Cook
Nov 28, 2020
Garry L. Cook, 76, of Chambersburg, passed away on Saturday, November 28, 2020 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 9, 1944 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late John Leroy and Hazel Fitzgerald Cook. Garry was a1963 graduate of CASHS. A US Army veteran, Garry served honorably during the Vietnam War. He was employed as a heavy equipment...
Kathryn Schmidt
Nov 27, 2020
Kathryn Schmidt, 65, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, November 27, 2020 in her home. Born December 6, 1954 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Richard and Lois (Moriarty) Holden, and widow to the late Richard Schmidt, who preceded her in death on January 8, 2008. Kathryn earned her Bachelors in Science from Penn State University and...
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