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Lois Knipple
Sep 17, 2020
Lois J. (Ohlemacher) Knipple, 78, of Chambersburg, PA, and formerly of Shippensburg, PA, passed away on Thursday, September 17, 2020 at Laurel Lakes Wellness & Rehabilitation Center. Born March 27, 1942 in Sandusky, OH, she was the daughter of the late Franklin “Fritz” (of Danbury OH) and Mary Amadea (Eckert of Castalia OH) Ohlemacher. As a 1960 graduate of Port...
Barry Keck
Sep 14, 2020
Barry L. Keck, 74, of Fannettsburg, passed away Monday evening, September 14, 2020 at the home of his son in Ft. Loudon. Born July 22, 1946 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Elwood and Janet Eckenrode Keck. Barry was employed early in his life as a truck driver and then worked for a number of years at...
Susan Rowe
Sep 12, 2020
Susan J. Rowe, 76, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, September 12, 2020 at her home. Born April 18, 1944 in Cloquet, MN, she was a daughter of the late Harry and Nellie Madden Milberger. A homemaker most of her life, Sue had worked for two years as an LPN at St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth, MN. She was...
Edward Clancy
Sep 11, 2020
Tired, weak and worn, Edward Francis Clancy, 91, put his hand in the hand of his Precious Lord and went home on Hero’s Day, Friday, September 11. Born in The Bronx, August 22, 1929, to Anna and Edward Clancy, Sr., he was a lifetime Yankee fan. He even worked on the scoreboard at games during his teens. He attended Cardinal...
Franklin Sturtz
Sep 11, 2020
Mr. Franklin W. Sturtz, 86, of Chambersburg, PA passed away the morning of Friday, September 11, 2020 in Providence Place where he had resided for the last four years. Born September 9, 1934 in Hagerstown, MD he was the son of the late LeRoy and Grethel (Gorman) Sturtz. He attended Waynesboro Area Schools and graduated with a GED from the...
Betty Hambright
Sep 11, 2020
Ms. Betty H. (Pressel) Hambright, age 96, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Friday, September 11, 2020, at Paramount Senior Living in Fayetteville, PA. Born November 13, 1923, in York, PA, she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Eva P. (Creek) Pressel. Mrs. Hambright was a 1942 graduate of York High School. She was a homemaker most of...
Dorothy Henry
Sep 11, 2020
Ms. Dorothy Pauline “Polly” Henry, 82, of Chambersburg, PA passed away the morning of Friday, September 11, 2020 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 12, 1938 in Fayetteville, PA she was the daughter of the late George M. and Rhoda (Finkey) Henry. Polly loved the Lord and she loved to sing. She was loved very much by her family and...
Pearl Scott
Sep 10, 2020
Pearl M. Scott, age 81, a resident at the Quincy Home, and formerly of Chambersburg passed away on Thursday, September 10, 2020, surrounded by family, at the Quincy Nursing Home. Born July 25, 1939, in Blairs Mills, PA, she was the daughter of the late James Forrest Plank and Frances Mae Green. Mrs. Scott was a 1958 graduate of CASHS....
Jeanne Shives
Sep 10, 2020
Jeanne M. Jones Shives, 96, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Thursday afternoon, September 10, 2020 at Chambers Pointe Nursing Center. Born April 25, 1924 in Path Valley, she was a daughter of the late Clarence “C.I.” and Neva Neil Jones. She was a 1941 graduate of the former Metal Township High School and then went on to graduate from nursing...
Marietta Demes
Sep 9, 2020
With a heavy heart we announce our loving mother Marietta (Nan) Emilie Muller Demes has joined our devoted dad, Stephen Demes on September 9th, 2020. Our endearing parents are etched in our hearts and are sadly missed. Nan was born in Congers, New York to Louise and Emile Muller. Both are deceased as is her sister Louise J. Mehl. Nan...
Robin Kearns
Sep 8, 2020
Robin L. Kearns, 59, of Chambersburg, PA, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, September 8, 2020. Born April 19, 1961, in Chambersburg, he was the son of Ronald and Dee (Garman) Kearns. Robin earned his associates degree in surveying from Penn State in 1985, and has been a surveyor in Pennsylvania and Missouri for many years. He lived...
Zachary King
Sep 6, 2020
Zachary R. “Zach” King, 22, of Lake Worth, FL and formerly of Chambersburg, PA and Bettsville, OH passed away unexpectedly Sunday, September 6, 2020 in his home. Born March 31, 1998 in Chambersburg he was the son of Jay King of Bettsville, OH and Sherry (Wagner) Barrows and her husband Mark of Myrtle Beach, SC. Zach was a graduate of...
Rena Dempsey
Sep 6, 2020
Mrs. Rena L. (Lockett) Dempsey, 74, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Sunday, September 6, 2020 in her home. Born October 30, 1945 in Clearfield County, PA she was the daughter of the late William and Mabel (Haines) Lockett. Mrs. Dempsey was a graduate of Moshannon Valley High School with the Class of 1962. She and her husband of 53 years,...
Louise Cook
Sep 6, 2020
Louise E. Harmon Cook, age 92, of Marion, PA, passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2020, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born January 9, 1928, in Mercersburg, PA she was the daughter of the late Jacob Harmon and Melda Bennett Harmon Fargus. A 1945 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School, Mrs. Cook went on to study for two years at...
Catherine Cason
Sep 4, 2020
Catherine Ann (Dempsey) Cason, 70, a guest at the Orrstown Personal Care Home and formerly of Belcamp, MD and Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully, Friday afternoon, September 4, 2020. Born January 28, 1950 in Chester, PA, she was the daughter of the late Francis J. and Catherine Hipp Dempsey. Mrs. Cason was a 1968 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior...
Rose Gipe
Sep 3, 2020
Rose Z. Gipe, 81, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, September 3, 2020 at her home. Born July 17, 1939 in Smithfield, PA, she was a daughter of the late Walter and Bessie I. Shoaf Miller. Her beloved husband, William G. Gipe, preceded her in death in 2010. Rose was employed at the Stanley Co., JC Penny’s, W.T. Grant, and...
Roxane Hockenberry
Sep 2, 2020
Roxane Tammy Hockenberry, age 62, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on September 2, 2020 at her home. Born October 16, 1957 in Waynesboro, PA, she was a daughter of the late Clifford Rock and Leona Starliper Gordon, and was raised by her mother and her stepfather, Charles Gordon. A 1975 graduate of Clear Spring High School, she spent most of...
Doris Sollenberger
Sep 2, 2020
Doris G. Sollenberger, 84, of Chambersburg, passed away on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at her home. Born September 17, 1935 in Roxbury, PA, she was a daughter of the late Samuel and Ada McNair Garnes. Doris was a 1954 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. Early in her life she was a dedicated homemaker. She was later employed at...
Ruth Sheruda
Aug 31, 2020
Ruth E. Sheruda, 88, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday morning, August 31, 2020. Born September 25, 1932 in Peckville, PA, she was a daughter of the late Michael and Julia Perek Soapchalk. Ruth worked as a seamstress in Peckville and had been employed with the Penn Delco School District in Aston as a Special Education Aide, as well as...
Carol Slimmer
Aug 30, 2020
Mrs. Carol (Heckman) Kramer Slimmer, 78, of Chambersburg, PA, died peacefully surrounded by her family in her home on August 30, 2020. Born in Chambersburg on October 30, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Rumler J. and Eleanor S. Heckman of Chambersburg. Carol was married to Richard D. Kramer (deceased March 6, 1986) for 19 years and was...
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