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Joyce Shreiner
Dec 11, 2020
Joyce A. Shreiner, 86, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, December 11, 2020 at her home. Born December 25, 1933 in Shippensburg, she was a daughter of the late Percy M. and Chole E. McCaleb Creamer. Her beloved husband, Eugene P. “Ben” Shreiner, preceded her in death on November 2, 2003. Joyce spent most of her life making a home...
Edwin Patterson
Dec 11, 2020
Edwin L. Patterson, 91, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Friday, December 11, 2020 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 31, 1929 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Grover and Nellie Wennell Patterson. A 1947 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Mr. Patterson founded the Art Sign Company in 1948 and owned and operated the business for...
Ronald Haulman
Dec 9, 2020
Mr. Ronald Eugene “Daisy” Haulman, 83, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Wednesday, December 9, 2020 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 7, 1937 in Chambersburg he was the son of the late William Jacob and Ellen (McClure) Haulman. He attended Chambersburg area schools. Mr. Haulman served in the Pennsylvania Nation Guard in the 1950’s. He worked as a truck driver...
Harry Fiddesop
Dec 9, 2020
Harry J. “Joe” Fiddesop, Jr., 65, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at his home. Born June 2, 1955 in Hyattsville, MD, he was the son of the late Harry J. Fiddesop, Sr., and Ruth Smith Fiddesop. A US Navy veteran, Joe served honorably during the Vietnam War. He was employed as a mechanic at various businesses...
Constance High
Dec 7, 2020
Mrs. Constance S. “Connie” (Harry) High, 81, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Monday, December 7, 2020 in the York Hospital, York, PA. Born August 30, 1939 in Dry Run, PA she was the daughter of the late Wilbur “Red” and Violet (Snyder) Harry. She started her career at the Stanley Company, Chambersburg. She was later employed at the Letterkenny Army...
Jack Horner
Dec 6, 2020
Jack D. Horner, 72, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Sunday, December 6, 2020 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 10, 1948 in Chambersburg he was the son of the late Robert M. and Martha Gail (Keller) Horner. Jack was a graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Class of 1966. He then went on to serve in the United...
Barbara Arnsparger
Dec 6, 2020
Barbara Arnsparger, 73, of Greencastle, PA, passed away Sunday evening, December 6, 2020 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 24, 1947 in Lancaster, PA, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Jean Reddig Hollinger. Barbara was employed at the former Hennessey Products in Chambersburg for 22 years. She loved children and especially enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren...
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...
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