Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

Jean Rieck
Nov 5, 2020
Jean Elizabeth Geisel Rieck, age 71, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Thursday, November 5, 2020, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 20, 1949, in Elkhart, IN, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Mary Lewis Geisel. Jean worked as an elementary school librarian, retiring from the Chambersburg School District in 2005 after 23 years. She earned her...

Shawn Johnson
Nov 5, 2020
Shawn D. Johnson age 43, of Chambersburg, PA passed away on Thursday, November 5, 2020, at Transitions Health Care in Gettysburg. Born March 10, 1977, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of Linda Chronister Johnson and the late John Johnson. Shawn grew up in the Chambersburg Area School District. He worked as a stocker in the grocery business and...
Lisa Byers
Nov 4, 2020
A very special person, Mrs. Lisa A. Byers, of Chambersburg, was promoted to heaven on Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at her home after a long illness. Born May 28, 1961 to the parents of the late James A. Diehl and Wanda (Howsare) Diehl. Lisa was a 1979 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School and a 1984 graduate of...

Betty Monastra
Nov 4, 2020
Betty E. Monastra, age 92, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday, November 4, 2020, at the Shook Home. Born August 1, 1928, in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late John and Ethel Wingert Sweigert. Mrs. Monastra worked at the former Stanley Company as a Press Operator and Seamstress for 30 years, after she married her late...
Gary Osler
Nov 3, 2020
Mr. Gary Lee Osler, Sr., 74, of Paramount Nursing and Rehab, Fayetteville, PA passed away Tuesday, November 3, 2020 in the nursing home. Born October 23, 1946 in Chambersburg, PA he was the son of the late Charles and Betty (Shaffer) Osler. He was raised by his grandparents the late Max and Hazel Shaffer. He was the owner of Universal...
Sharon Runyon
Nov 2, 2020
Sharon A. Runyon, 77, of Chambersburg, passed away on Monday, November 2, 2020 at her home. Born June 24, 1943 in West Nyack, NY, she was the daughter of the late Hector and Dorothy Gedbaw Hutt. Sharon was employed at F&M Trust for 33 years until her retirement in 2006. She was a member of Corpus Christi Catholic Church. She...

Claudia Smith Williams
Nov 2, 2020
Claudia Wehn Smith Williams, age 77, formerly of Huntingdon, PA and a current resident of Fayetteville, PA, passed away peacefully with her family by her side at her home on Monday, November 2, 2020. Born October 22, 1943, in Pittsburgh, PA, she was the daughter of the late Russell and Anna Griffith Smith. A 1961 graduate of the Huntingdon Area...
Robert Byers
Nov 1, 2020
Mr.Robert Dean Byers, 87, of Chambersburg, died Sunday, November 1, 2020 at home. Born October 1, 1933 in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Bruce and Blanche Byers. A 1952 Graduate of Chambersburg Area High School, he was employed by Dice’s Tire Shop, Horn’s Motor Express and Shippensburg University. He was a lifelong active member of the...
Robert Monn
Nov 1, 2020
Robert “Bobby” James Monn Jr. of Fayetteville, PA entered into the presence of his Lord and Savior on November 1, 2020, after a brief battle with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia. Born on May 19, 1947, in Chambersburg, PA, he was a son of the late Robert James Monn Sr. and Emma “Kate” Hockenberry. As a youth, growing up in Fayetteville, Bobby...

Tawney Bahn
Oct 29, 2020
Tawney Bahn, 67, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Thursday morning, October 29, 2020 at her home. Born July 6, 1953 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Charles Rice and Mildred Caldwell Vanetesse. She was a member of the Women of the Moose in Chambersburg; enjoyed doing yardwork; and loved dogs and spending time with her grandchildren. She...
Charles Miller
Oct 27, 2020
Charles S. Miller, 87, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 27, 1933 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Bruce F. and Esther P. Wadel Miller. His beloved wife, Emma Louise Straley Miller, preceded him in death on April 11, 1996. Charles was a 1951 graduate of St. Thomas...

Herman Baker
Oct 27, 2020
Herman L. Baker, 96, formerly of Fannettsburg, PA, passed away Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at ManorCare Health Services. Born January 1, 1924 in Fayetteville, PA, he was a son of the late Howard E. and Emma Gertrude (Floyd) Baker. Mr. Baker served honorably with the US Army during WWII. Early in his life he had worked as a plumber at...
E. Sue Frame
Oct 27, 2020
E. Sue Frame, 91, of Avalon, NJ, and formerly of Chambersburg, passed away Tuesday morning, October 27, 2020 at Providence Place. Born November 13, 1928 in Landenberg, PA, she was a daughter of the late John R. and Maie Reeves Edwards. She was a 1946 graduate of the West Chester High School and a 1949 graduate of the Chester County...

Janet Perry
Oct 26, 2020
Janet May Perry, 91, formerly of St. Thomas, PA, passed away peacefully on Monday morning, October 26, 2020 at The Shook Home in Chambersburg. Born November 21, 1928 in Lurgan, PA, she was a daughter of the late Joseph M. and Ruth Stouffer Paxton. Mrs. Perry was a 1946 graduate of the Shippensburg High School. Early in her life she...
Beatrice Over
Oct 26, 2020
Beatrice L. “Bea” (McElhaney) Over, 90, of Chambersburg, PA passed away the morning of Monday, October 26, 2020 at Menno Haven Chambers Point Nursing Center. Born August 20, 1930 in Chambersburg she was the daughter of the late Earl J. and Daisy M. (Hollar) McElhaney. Bea was a graduate of the former Chambersburg High School with the Class of 1948...
Robert Conner
Oct 20, 2020
Robert J. Conner, Sr., 84, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday morning, October 20, 2020 at his home. Born March 20, 1936 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late David G. and Louise B. Bitner Conner. Bob served honorably in the United States Air Force and was employed early in his life at T.B. Woods Sons,...

Shirley Williams
Oct 20, 2020
Shirley Ann Suders Williams, age 82, of Orrtanna, PA, passed away unexpectedly in her home on Tuesday, October 20, 2020. Born June 2, 1938, in Chambersburg, PA she was the daughter of the late Paul L. and Helen Monn Suders. A homemaker most of her life, Shirley enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, gardening, crafts, and loving her...

Richard Miller
Oct 19, 2020
I was born on July 13, 1939, to Dale Miller and Laura (Sanford) Miller in Fannettsburg, PA and died on October 19 2020, at the Paramount Nursing Home in Fayetteville, PA, unfortunately due to Alzheimer's. I graduated from Fannett-Metal High School in 1957. I went on to serve in the U.S. Navy for 3 years and the U.S. Air Force...

Patricia Garvin
Oct 18, 2020
Patricia D. Garvin, 85, of Chambersburg, passed away on Sunday, October 18, 2020 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 5, 1935 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Edwin B. and Bertha S. (Horn) Douglas. Patricia was a 1953 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. Early in her life she was employed at Frank Gayman Chevrolet and...
Christina Sollenberger
Oct 18, 2020
Christina Diehl Sollenberger, 94, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Sunday morning, October 18, 2020 at Menno Haven Brookview Nursing Center. Born January 25, 1926 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Robert M. Diehl, Sr. and Elizabeth Eyster Diehl. She was a 1943 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and went on to earn degrees from Penn...