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Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County

Betty Jane Sefcik

Betty Jane Sefcik

Mar 31, 2020

Betty Jane Sefcik, 95, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 in the Shook Home. Born on December 25, 1924 in Tamaqua, PA, she was a daughter of the late Irvin Sassaman and Myrtle Schuetrumpf Sassaman. She was the widow of Stephen W. Sefcik, who preceded her in death on May 5, 1995. Betty Jane was a 1942...

James McCleary

James McCleary

Mar 31, 2020

James W. McCleary, age 76, a resident of Magnolia’s of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at Manor Care in Chambersburg. Born December 14, 1943, in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Robert W. McCleary and Jennis Baker Zimmerman. A U. S. Air Force veteran, Mr. McCleary served honorably during the Vietnam Conflict. He continued...

Alice Quivers

Alice Quivers

Mar 29, 2020

Alice M. Purvis Quivers, 90, of Chambersburg, PA, passed peacefully on Sunday afternoon, March 29, 2020 at her home. Born October 1, 1929 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Curtis Purvis, Sr. and Marion L. Norman Purvis. Mrs. Quivers was a graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. A homemaker most of her life, she was a...

Albert Stoner

Albert Stoner

Mar 29, 2020

Albert “Bucky” Stoner, 88, of Fayetteville, PA, passed into eternal life on Sunday evening, March 29, 2020 at his home. Born August 15, 1931 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Ira Stoner of Monroe, MI and the late Leona Piper of Fayetteville, PA. He attended the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. Early in his life, he worked...

Steven Mickley

Steven Mickley

Mar 26, 2020

Steven Mickley, Sr., age 75, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at the Chambersburg Hospital on Thursday, March 26, 2020. Born October 18, 1944, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Myrtle Cave Mickley. Mr. Mickley worked at the former Grove Worldwide for 43 years, retiring in 2007, he began his career as a welder and ended it...

Marlin Burkholder

Marlin Burkholder

Mar 25, 2020

Marlin Lowell Burkholder, 63, of Chambersburg, PA went home to be with his Lord on Wednesday, March 25, 2020, at home surrounded by his loving family. Born January 7, 1957, he was the son of the late Roy D. Burkholder and Evelyn K. (Hawbaker ) Burkholder. A graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School and Franklin County Vo-Tech School, he...

Constancio Ramirez

Constancio Ramirez

Mar 24, 2020

Dr. Constancio A. Ramirez, 91, of Chambersburg passed away peacefully at his home on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. He was born on September 1, 1928 in the Philippines, the son of the late Pedro S. Ramirez & Julia A. Ramirez. His wife of 55 years, Petrona Belza Ramirez, MD preceded him in death on September 17, 2015. Constancio graduated as...

Mary Burdge

Mary Burdge

Mar 23, 2020

Mary E. Burdge, 71, of East Waterford, PA, passed away Monday morning, March 23, 2020 at Brookline Manor in Mifflintown. Born September 29, 1948 in Altoona, PA, she was a daughter of the late William and Mary E. Behel. Mary was a homemaker most of her life. Her husband, David R. Burdge, preceded her in death in 2008. She is...

Ronald Beachley

Ronald Beachley

Mar 23, 2020

Ronald E. Beachley, 92, of Chambersburg, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, March 23, 2020 in his home due to natural causes. Born on July 29, 1927 in Fayetteville, PA, he was the son of Raymond E. Beachley and Grace Morgan Beachley. He was married to the late Norma Nye Anna Stambaugh Beachley, who preceded him in death on December 22,...

Elijah Englehart

Elijah Englehart

Mar 23, 2020

Elijah “Eli” Englehart, age 24, of Waynesboro, PA, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, March 23, 2020. Born in Chambersburg, PA on August 2, 1995, he was the son of Jerry R. and Susan Heisey Englehart of Waynesboro, PA. A Private Memorial Service will be held at the Thomas L. Geisel Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Chambersburg, PA.

Mary Landaker

Mary Landaker

Mar 22, 2020

Mary Alice Landaker, 88, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully Sunday morning, March 22, 2020 at Laurel Lakes Rehabilitation and Wellness Center. Born March 21, 1932 in Maysville, WV, she was a daughter of the late Wilbur and Charlotte Keplinger Carr. Mrs. Landaker had been employed many years in Hagerstown, MD as a seamstress at EJ Fennels and Bags By...

Rebecca Brouse

Rebecca Brouse

Mar 20, 2020

Rebecca J. Brouse, 64, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Friday, March 20, 2020 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 26, 1955 in Huntingdon, PA, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Sara Jane Krepps Brouse. Rebecca was a 1974 graduate of Southern Huntingdon High School. Following her graduation, she became an LPN and was employed at the...

Mary Staley

Mary Staley

Mar 18, 2020

Mary Belle Staley, age 78, formerly of Chambersburg, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, March 18, in the Grand Strand Medical Center, Myrtle Beach, SC. Born on May 3, 1941 in Shippensburg, she was the daughter of the late Mary Heintzelman. She was the widow of Robert L. Staley, whom she married on June 16,...

Edward Kauffman

Edward Kauffman

Mar 16, 2020

Edward Kauffman, 84, formerly of Fayetteville, passed away Monday morning, March 16, 2020. Born February 9, 1936 in South Mountain, he was a son of the late Raymond and Virginia Staley Kauffman. Edward had been employed at several area orchards; had worked as a shoe cobbler; and was employed at Hess Manufacturing. He was a member of AMVETS Post 224,...

Ruth Decker

Ruth Decker

Mar 16, 2020

Ruth I. Decker, age 94, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away at Laurel Lakes Rehabilitation and Wellness Center on Monday, March 16, 2020. Born September 27, 1925 in Westmoreland County, PA, she was the daughter of the late John Watson and Mabel (Stiltenpole) Watson. Mrs. Decker was a longtime member of the Ebenezer Church in Greencastle, PA. She loved to be...

Marvin McKenzie

Marvin McKenzie

Mar 14, 2020

Marvin L. McKenzie, age 92, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, March 14, 2020, at Luther Ridge Nursing Home. Born May 19, 1927, in New Franklin, PA, he was the son of the late Leslie K. and Elva Lehman McKenzie. A 1945 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Mr. McKenzie enlisted in the U.S. Army on August 14,...

Doris Horton

Doris Horton

Mar 14, 2020

Doris Z. Horton, 88, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Saturday, March 14, 2020 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 25, 1931 in Mercersburg, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Edna Hoover Zeger. A graduate of the former Mercersburg High School, she was a homemaker most of her life. She was a member of The Open Door Church...

Nellie Brookens

Nellie Brookens

Mar 14, 2020

Nellie V. Reath Brookens, age 92, passed away at VNA Hospice House on Saturday, March 14, 2020. Born on June 20, 1927, in Franklin County, Pennsylvania; she was the daughter of the late Charles and Stella Horn Reath. Nellie met her future husband, Joe Brookens, as teenagers at an Auction in Chambersburg and they were married 1 1/2 years later....

Gary Briggs

Gary Briggs

Mar 14, 2020

Gary L. Briggs, 69, a guest at the Spring Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Harrisburg, and formerly of Chambersburg, passed away Saturday afternoon, March 14, 2020 at the nursing home. Born September 29, 1950 in Burnt Cabins, he was a son of the late Robert E. and Verna G. Locke Briggs. Gary was a 1971 graduate of the Southern...

Margaret Picking

Margaret Picking

Mar 12, 2020

Margaret E. Picking Age 66, of Greensburg died on Thursday, March 12, 2002 at Canterbury Place Hospice in Pittsburgh after several years of illness. She was born November 30, 1953 in Wilmington, DE, the daughter of Willis C. and Lois E. Picking and moved to Western PA at age 7. She attended the University of Pittsburgh majoring in Political Science...

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