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Carl Thatcher
Dec 24, 2020
Carl W. Thatcher, 88, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Thursday, December 24, 2020, at Menno Haven. Born October 21, 1932, in Washington, DC, he was a son of the late Hugh and Marie Thatcher. Raised on a farm in western Maryland, Carl was no stranger to hard work, especially after losing his father at an early age and having...
Martha Lininger
Dec 23, 2020
It is with great happiness and joy that Martha Jane (Kelso) Lininger has passed into the Presence of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Wednesday, December 23, 2020. Born July 23, 1926 in Newburg, PA she was the daughter of the late Carl W. Sr. and Edith Mary (Rhine) Kelso. Martha was preceded in death by her beloved husband...

Janet Jones
Dec 23, 2020
Janet L. Jones, 90, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at Chambers Pointe Menno Haven. Born February 6, 1930 in Slatington, PA, she was a daughter of the late Evan E. Jones, Jr. and Lillian L. Jones. Janet was a 1947 graduate of the Slatington High School and a 1951 graduate of the Allentown School of Nursing....

Helen Foreman
Dec 23, 2020
Helen L. Foreman, 77, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at her home. Born August 6, 1943 in Robertsdale, PA, she was a daughter of the late Joseph Skvarka, Sr. and Dorothy Thomas Skvarka. Her beloved husband, James Foreman, preceded her in death on January 8, 1994. Helen was a 1963 graduate of Tussey Mountain High School....
Bernice Etter
Dec 21, 2020
Bernice Irene “Rene” Etter, 89, of Chambersburg, went to be with the Lord on Monday December 21, 2020 at Paramount Senior Living. Born November 9, 1931 in Hagerstown, she was a daughter of the late Ivan P. and Bernice Barnhart. Her beloved husband, Marvin G. Etter, preceded her in death on June 6, 2014. Bernice was employed as a seamstress...
Christine Hoffman
Dec 20, 2020
Mrs. Christine M. (Perginski) Hoffman, 86, of Chambersburg, PA passed away December 20, 2020 in her home. Born July 16, 1934 in Shamokin, PA she was the daughter of the late Walter and Regina “Jean” (Petrovich) Perginski. She was a graduate of Coal Township High School with the Class of 1952. Mrs. Hoffman then went on to obtain her nursing...
Bruce Poe
Dec 20, 2020
Bruce Albert Poe, age 74, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Sunday, December 20, 2020 at his home. Born December 15, 1946 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Irvin L. Poe, Sr., and Margaret Myers Poe, and the widower of the late Diane George Poe, who passed away in 2015. A U.S. Army veteran, Bruce worked as...

Edward Rock
Dec 19, 2020
Edward J. “Big Ed” Rock, age 77, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Saturday, December 19, 2020, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 14, 1943, in Mont Alto, PA, he was the son of the late Samuel E. and Ruth Small Rock. A 1961 graduate of the Waynesboro Area Senior High School, Ed went on to serve in the U.S....
Leon Bierbower
Dec 19, 2020
Leon Ray Bierbower passed away Saturday evening, December 19, 2020 at his home in Chambersburg. He was born April 25, 1935 in Saville Township, Perry County. He was the son of the late Raymond and Sallie Light Bierbower. He served in the United States Army, and was a member of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees. He was a...

John Iser
Dec 19, 2020
On Saturday, December 19, 2020, John W. Iser, Sr, a loving husband, father of two, and step-father of three, passed away unexpectedly at the age of 67 at home. John was born on June 18, 1953 in Chambersburg, PA to Robert “Bud” and Etta Jane “Etta” (Banks) Iser. On May 12, 1988, he married his best friend, Marianne Carr. Together...
Timothy Kohler
Dec 18, 2020
Timothy “Tim” Scot Kohler, age 58, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away unexpectedly on December 18, 2020 at home. He battled several illnesses for the past 2 years. Tim was born on June 27, 1962 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late William C. Kohler, Sr. and Helen E. (Baker) Kohler. He is survived by a brother, William C....

Roger Roden
Dec 18, 2020
Roger Charles Roden, age 78, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Friday, December 18, 2020, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 10, 1942, in Washington, D.C., he was the son of the late Donald Chester Roden and Lucy Kirstine Lisonbee Roden. Mr. Roden worked in communications as a technician for 39 years, starting with C&P Telephone and retiring from Verizon....
William Rollins
Dec 17, 2020
William E. “Bill” Rollins, Jr., 83, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, December 17, 2020 at SpiriTrust, The Village at Sprenkle Drive. Born October 19, 1937 in Washington D.C., he was the son of the late William E. Rollins, Sr., and Dorothy Hatton Rollins Owens. Bill was a graduate of Suitland High School in Suitland, MD. He served honorably in...
Andrew Shreiner
Dec 17, 2020
Andrew C. “Andy” Shreiner, 53, of Chambersburg, PA passed away unexpectedly Thursday, December 17, 2020 in his home. Born August 23, 1967 in Chambersburg he was the son of the late Eugene B. “Ben” and Joyce A. (Creamer) Shreiner. Andy was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School with the Class of 1985 where he played and excelled...
Jay Stoner
Dec 16, 2020
Mr. Jay Walter Stoner, 81, of Chambersburg, PA passed the morning of Wednesday, December 16, 2020 in Laurel Lakes Nursing Home, Chambersburg. Born May 22, 1939 in Mercersburg, PA he was the son of the late John Wilbur and Carrie Amanda (Rosenberry) Stoner. Jay was a 1958 graduate of James Buchanan High School, Mercersburg. Following the death of his father,...

MaryAnn Russo
Dec 16, 2020
MaryAnn Fields Bert Russo (April 29, 1937 - December 16, 2020) MaryAnn Fields Bert Russo graduated from this mortal earthly life December 16, 2020 and returned to the healing embrace of her Savior Jesus Christ. She was born the sixth and final child of Carl Clifton Fields, Sr. and Hulda Witwer Stauffer Johnston Fields near Roxbury, Franklin County, Pennsylvania in...

Mary Jane Brechbill
Dec 15, 2020
Mrs. Mary Jane (Keller) Brechbill, 95, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Tuesday, December 15, 2020 in Brookview Menno Haven. Born December 29, 1924 in Duffield, PA, she was the daughter of the late Harvey N. and Ruth E. (Heintzelman) Keller. She attended Chambersburg Area Schools and later went on to obtain her LPN degree from the Chambersburg Votech Nursing Program...
Radarryl Hawkins
Dec 13, 2020
Radarryl D. Hawkins, 58, of Chambersburg, passed away on Sunday, December 13, 2020 at his home. Born March 2, 1962 in Lake Alfred, FL, he was a son of Rumaldo Guerrero and Emma Hawkins Guerrero. Radarryl was employed at Hillside Poultry in Chambersburg for over 20 years. He enjoyed art, drawing, fishing and spending time with his family and friends....

Duella Kerlin
Dec 13, 2020
Duella R. Kerlin, 90, a resident at Quincy Village and formerly of Mont Alto, passed away Sunday, December 13, 2020 at the nursing home. Born May 13, 1930 in Huntingdon, she was a daughter of the late Arnold R. and Verna H. Snook Metz. Mrs. Kerlin was a graduate of the Robertsdale High School and was employed for many years...