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June Mowen

June Mowen

Aug 23, 2020

June Mowen, 84, of Chambersburg, died Sunday, August 23, 2020 at The Shook Home from complications of a recent stroke. June was born May 24, 1936 in Fayetteville to the late Kenneth and Estella Newell Farner. She attended the former Chambersburg High School and at age eighteen married the love of her life (Bobby) in 1954. She was employed at...

Viola Johnson

Viola Johnson

Aug 20, 2020

Mrs. Viola B. (Bryan) Johnson, 82, of Chambersburg, PA entered into the arms of Jesus Thursday, August 20, 2020 in her home. Born September 27, 1937 in Camden, NJ she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mildred Bryan. She and her late husband, Mr. Walter Johnson were married June 15, 1957. He passed away June 2001. Mrs. Johnson...

Warren Hoffeditz

Warren Hoffeditz

Aug 19, 2020

Warren Eugene Hoffeditz, 85, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at his home. Born May 10, 1935 in Dry Run, PA, he was a son of the late Harry Eugene and Emma Louella Dietrich Hoffeditz. Warren was a 1953 graduate of CASHS. He was employed as a carpenter for Garman’s Home Center and later was self-employed as...

Nathan Hawbaker

Nathan Hawbaker

Aug 17, 2020

Mr. Nathan H.C. Hawbaker, 70, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Monday, August 17, 2020 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 16, 1950 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Harry S.G. and M. Elizabeth (Sollenberger) Hawbaker. He graduated from the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. He and his wife of nearly 48 years, Mrs. Laura A. (DeVos) Hawbaker,...

Anthony Vydra

Anthony Vydra

Aug 17, 2020

Colonel Anthony Ladislav Vydra (USA Retired), age 86, a resident of Fayetteville, PA and Marlinton, WV, died on August 17, 2020 at his home. A native of Flushing, New York, he was the son of the late Ladislav Huge Vydra and Julie Dvorsky Vydra. Colonel Vydra was a graduate of Flushing High School, the University of Vermont with a degree...

Michel Sollenberger

Michel Sollenberger

Aug 16, 2020

Michel Bennett Sollenberger, 55, died athis residence on Sheffield Drive, Chambersburg, PA, at 5:35am, August 16, 2020. Michel was born on April 30, 1965 in Philadephia, PA. He is survived by his parents Harold and Lois (Delp) Sollenberger of Bushnell, FL; four brothers: Braxton Sollenberger of Elisabethtown, PA, Conrad Sollenberger of Shippensburg, PA, Philip Sollenberger of Chambersburg, PA, and Stephen...

Martha Gomer

Martha Gomer

Aug 16, 2020

Mrs. Martha Sue (Drawbaugh) Gomer, 83, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Sunday, August 16, 2020 at the York Hospital. Born September 21, 1936 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Richard Wayne and Mabel Louise (McKenzie) Drawbaugh. Mrs. Gomer was a graduate of CASHS with the Class of 1954 and she later went on to obtain a bachelor’s...

Rosemarie Thompson

Rosemarie Thompson

Aug 15, 2020

Mrs. Rosemarie (Giorgini) Thompson, 58, passed away Saturday, August 15, 2020. Born March 31, 1962 in Chester, PA she was the daughter of the late John and Gertrude (Platt) Giorgini. After graduating from Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Rose earned her LPN degree from Chambersburg Vo-Tech. She worked for over 20 years at the Chambersburg Hospital. Rose spent her career...

Joan Dionne

Joan Dionne

Aug 13, 2020

Joan (Sokol) Dionne, 80, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Aug 13, 2020. Born in Meriden CT on Jun 1, 1940, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Helen (Renkar) Sokol. She was predeceased by her Husband of 58 years, David, who died in January of 2020. She is survived by her sons Jeffrey D. Dionne and his...

Deanna Reifsnyder

Deanna Reifsnyder

Aug 13, 2020

Deanna Reifsnyder, age 53, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly at her home on Thursday, August 13, 2020. Born June 8, 1967, in Scituate, RI, she was the daughter of the late Edward C. and Betty Joan Phillips Connelly. Deanna worked as a home health aide for a number of years. She enjoyed NASCAR, reading and listening to music. Surviving...

Victoria McKee

Victoria McKee

Aug 12, 2020

Victoria E. “Vicki” McKee, 70, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at her home. Born September 5, 1949 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late David and Martha Ann Myers Dile. Vicki was a 1967 graduate of CASHS. She was the owner/operator of several restaurants in the area throughout her career in the food service...

Judith Tyson

Judith Tyson

Aug 11, 2020

Judith Grace Tyson, 78, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday morning, August 11, 2020 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 2, 1942 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Preston and Bertha Etter Croft. She received a Bachelor’s Degree in Education from Shippensburg University in 1968 and for a short period of time taught history. She had worked...

Loretta White

Loretta White

Aug 10, 2020

Loretta M. (Minnar) White died at home at Penn-National, Fayetteville, PA, 10 August 2020. She was born 1932 in Boston, MA, and was raised in the Boston suburbs and in Quincy, MA. Lorie was the second child, and only daughter of Peter and Vrishida (Aslani) Minnar. She graduated from Tufts (Jackson) University. Lorie worked as a customer representative of the...

Mary Myers

Mary Myers

Aug 7, 2020

Mary E. Myers, 90, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Friday, August 7, 2020 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born January 30, 1930 in Elmira, Ontario, Canada, she was a daughter of the late Isaiah and Hettie Martin Bauman. Mrs. Myers was a homemaker most of her life. She was a member of the Marion Mennonite Church. Mrs. Myers enjoyed working alongside...

Clayton Flack

Clayton Flack

Aug 5, 2020

Clayton B. Flack, loving husband and amazing father, entered Heaven on Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at the age of 80, to be in the presence of Jesus and to be reunited with his dearly departed family and friends. He was born in Poultney, Vermont on April 18, 1940 to the late Frank Edwin Flack and Bertha Shepard Flack. During his...

Coralie Johnson

Coralie Johnson

Aug 5, 2020

Coralie Ann Johnson, 81, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at Magnolias of Chambersburg. Born October 26, 1938 in Harrisburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Russell H. and Cora A. Myers Baker. Coralie was a graduate of Shippensburg State College. She was employed as an elementary school teacher for 40 years until her retirement...

Esther Brandt

Esther Brandt

Aug 2, 2020

Mrs. Esther Jane (Gayman) Brandt, 98, of Scotland, PA passed away Sunday, August 2, 2020 at the Laurel Lakes Rehabilitation Center where she had resided for approximately the last year. Born May 2, 1922 in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Rhoda (Johnson) Gayman of Scotland. She grew up on a farm on what is...

James Mellott

James Mellott

Jul 31, 2020

James Raymond Mellott, 78, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, July 31, 2020 at his home. Born May 5, 1942 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Lloyd M. and Ethel M. (North) Mellott. A United States Navy Veteran, Jim honorably served his country for 33 years. Following his service, he worked at Wal Mart in Chambersburg...

Karen Shrader

Karen Shrader

Jul 29, 2020

Karen A. Shrader, age 63, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away at her home on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Born in Carlisle, PA on December 30, 1956, she was the daughter of the late Roy and Geraldine Mathna Shrawder. Karen is survived by her husband, Earl Shrader III, whom she married on June 24, 1978; two children, Amy Shrader and Earl...

Barbara Sellers

Barbara Sellers

Jul 27, 2020

Barbara Ann Sellers, 75, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Monday, July 27, 2020 at her home. Born April 21, 1945 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Thomas R. and June Horst Swope. Barb was a 1963 graduate of Greencastle Area Senior High School. She was the owner/operator of Barbara Sellers Beauty Boutique in Fayetteville for 50...

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