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Betty Goshorn
Mar 9, 2020
Betty L. Parson Goshorn, age 88, of East Waterford, PA, passed away on Monday, March 9, 2020, at her home. Born in Huntington County, PA, she was the daughter of the late Alva and Beulah Parson. A homemaker most of her life, Betty enjoyed gardening, baking, canning, hummingbirds, and caring for her family, especially the grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Surviving are...
Zona Upperman
Mar 8, 2020
Zona J. Upperman, 84, of Chambersburg, passed away on Sunday, March 8, 2020 at home with her family by her side. Born on August 19, 1935 in Waynesboro, PA, she was a daughter of the late Clarence H. Barlup and Marie Geyer Barlup. She was the widow of William L. Upperman, who preceded her in death on December 15, 1993....
Randall Gunder
Mar 8, 2020
Randall J. Gunder, 67, of Chambersburg, passed away on Sunday, March 8, 2020 at his home. Born April 22, 1952 in Waynesboro, he was a son of the late Charles Ira and Margie Opal Carr Gunder. Randall was a 1970 graduate of Waynesboro Area Senior High School. He was employed at early in his life at Landis Machine and most...
Frederick Lohr
Mar 8, 2020
Frederick C. “Fred” Lohr, Sr., age 82, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Sunday, March 8, 2020, at the York Hospital. Born February 1, 1938, in Pittsburgh, PA, he was the son of the late Fred and Nellie Lohr. A U.S. Air Force veteran, Fred served honorably from 1957-1961. He continued his service working for the F.B.I. and then the...
Robert Allen
Mar 7, 2020
Robert W. Allen, age 83, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, March 7, 2020, at the Menno Haven Rehab Center. Born July 21, 1936, in Chicago, IL, he was the son of the late Forrest L. and Mary Noreen Iacono Allen. Mr. Allen served his country honorably in the U.S. Navy from 1955-1959. He went on to graduate from...
Carol Kauffman
Mar 7, 2020
Carol A. Kauffman, 72, of Fayetteville, passed away on Saturday, March 7, 2020. Born February 25, 1948 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Charles T. “Whitey” Brookens and Mary Louise Cool Brookens. Carol had been employed as a seamstress at Stanley Co., as a CNA at several area nursing homes and as a house parent at the...
Walter Sheely
Mar 6, 2020
SSgt. Walter Lewis Sheely, Jr. (US Air Force, Ret.), 85, of Chambersburg, passed away on Friday, March 6, 2020 at Menno Haven Rehabilitation Center. Born January 11, 1935 in Hanover, PA, he was a son of the late Walter Lewis Sheely, Sr. and Myra Emma Hanna Sheely. A Vietnam War veteran, Walter served honorably in the US Air Force as...
Susan Lesher
Mar 5, 2020
Susan W. Lesher, 65, of Marion, passed away Thursday afternoon, March 5, 2020 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 6, 1954 in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Glenn H. and E. Pauline Wingert. A 1972 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Susan was a homemaker, an employee of Gartenberg Jewelry, and a faithful partner to...
Frank Menton
Mar 5, 2020
Frank James Menton of Shippensburg, PA passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 05, 2020. Frank, born on February 26, 1928, was the son of Frank and Josephine Menton. He graduated from Bethel High School, Bethel CT in 1945. Upon graduation, Frank served in the US Navy from 1945-1949 where he was a machinist on USS Sea Owl and USS Diablo...
Bonnetta Seibert
Mar 5, 2020
Bonnetta K. Seibert, 77, of Fannettsburg, PA, passed away on Thursday, March 5, 2020 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 9, 1942 in Mount Union, she was a daughter of the late Thomas Eugene and Clara Della Hollabaugh. Bonnie was a 1960 graduate of the Captain Jack High School in Mount Union. She had been employed at the Stanley Co.,...
D. Jean Shaffer
Mar 3, 2020
D. Jean Shaffer, 86, of Chambersburg, passed away on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at her home. Born April 11, 1933 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Donald J. and Ruth E. McKee Sheets. Her beloved husband, Donald S. Shaffer, preceded her in death on March 11, 2002. Jean was a 1951 graduate of the former Chambersburg High...
Warren Leach
Mar 3, 2020
Warren R. Leach, 89, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Edison, New Jersey, passed away on Tuesday afternoon, March 3, 2020 at Menno Haven in Chambersburg. Born August 15, 1930 in New York, New York, and raised in Syracuse, NY, he was the son of the late Kenneth and Marie Chiappardi Leach. Warren was a 1953 graduate of Cornell University...
Ronald Walters
Feb 29, 2020
Ronald E. Walters, 87 of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Saturday morning, February 29, 2020 at The Shook Home. Born January 10, 1933 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Paul and Kathleen Wilson Walters. Mr. Walters retired from the James River Corporation (formerly American-Can Company). He had also been employed as a meat cutter for several area stores...
Harold Coder
Feb 27, 2020
Harold L. ”Code” Coder, Jr., 86, of Fayetteville, passed away on Thursday, February 27, 2020 in his home, while surrounded by his family. Born on March 26, 1933 in Naugatuck, CT, he was the son of the late Harold LeRoy Coder and Jennie Louise Farnwalt Coder. Harold attended the former Chambersburg High School, and he then went to work with...
Catherine Carbaugh
Feb 27, 2020
Catherine Elizabeth “Kate” Carbaugh, age 89, formerly of Fayetteville, PA and a resident of the Orrstown Personal Care Home entered into eternal rest on Thursday, February 27, 2020. Born October 27, 1930, in Harrisburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Alfred and Catherine Jones Gilbert. Mrs. Carbaugh was a member of the Fayetteville Church of God and Mt....
Harold Talhelm
Feb 27, 2020
Harold E. Talhelm, Jr., 82, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, February 27, 2020 at the Chambersburg Hospital after courageously battling COPD for several years. Born November 16, 1937 in Hanover, PA, he was a son of the late Harold E. Talhelm, Sr., and Doris BeMiller Talhelm. A United States Army Veteran, Harold served honorably from 1954-1957. Following his service,...
Gaylord Peters
Feb 27, 2020
Gaylord Lee Harmon “Pete” Peters, 91, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, February 27, 2020 at Providence Place. Born November 8, 1928 in Oak Harbor, Ohio, he was the son of the late Harmon and Viola (Meinke) Peters. Pete graduated from Oak Harbor High School in 1946 and immediately began work at Erie Army Depot (EAD). He entered the U.S....
John Fry
Feb 26, 2020
John W. Fry, Jr. passed away peacefully and entered Heaven’s Gates on Wednesday, February 26 at Spiritrust Lutheran Skilled Care. Born April 30, 1936, in Montoursville, PA he was the son of the late Rev. John W. Fry, Sr. and Ada Pauline Showvaker Fry. John lived his early life in Gettysburg, PA and graduated from Gettysburg High School in 1955....
Glenn Reasner
Feb 25, 2020
Glenn A. “Cuz” Reasner, 89, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Tuesday morning, February 25, 2020 at Paramount Senior Living. Born May 7, 1930 in Fayetteville, he was a son of the late Ralph K. and Bertha McClure Reasner. Cuz was employed with the Chambersburg Engineering Company as a blacksmith for 27 years, retiring in 2000. He was a member of...
Eugene Eberly
Feb 25, 2020
Eugene R. Eberly, age 79, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Tuesday, February 25, 2020, surrounded by his loving family. Born March 4, 1940, in Chambersburg, PA he was the son of the late Reuben W. and Miriam E. Baer Eberly. Mr. Eberly worked as a dairy farmer and logger most of his life. He was a member of Grand...
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