Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chambersburg, PA & Greater Franklin County
George Humbert
Jan 30, 2020
George W. Humbert, age 88, passed away at Menno Haven on January 30, 2020 with his family by his side. George was the beloved son of John and Virgie (Keefer) Humbert, Big Cove Tannery, PA. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Karen. George is survived by his loving wife, Janet (Peterson) Shearer Humbert, whom he married in November...
Steven Hege
Jan 28, 2020
Steven B. Hege, age 62, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Tuesday, January 28, 2020, at his home in Chambersburg. Born April 22, 1957, in Dayton, OH, he was the son of the late Marlin G. and Joann I. Beery Hege. Mr. Hege is survived by two children, Jessica Benshoff (husband Aaron) of Chambersburg, PA and Jared Hege (wife Aubrey)...

Jean Gisriel
Jan 26, 2020
Jean McCoy Gisriel, 80, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Sunday, January 26, 2020 at her home. Born March 8, 1939 in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late J. Walter Gisriel, Jr. and Dorothy McCoy Gisriel. A retired educator, Jean earned her master’s degree in Psychology and Education from Boston University. She was a member of Central...

John Swanger
Jan 26, 2020
John Earl Swanger, 79, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Sunday, January 26, 2020 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born July 19, 1940, he was a son of the late Charles Edgar and Cecelia Millhouse Swanger. John was a 1958 graduate of CASHS. He served honorably in the US Airforce. He was employed as a cost accountant with American Can and...

Vincent Marrone
Jan 25, 2020
Vincent J. “Vinnie” Marrone, Sr., age 92, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Staten Island, NY, passed away peacefully at the Chambersburg Hospital on Saturday, January 25, 2020. Born October 12, 1927, in Lucania, Italy, located in the Basilicata Region, he was the son of the late Vincenzo and Mariangela Palazzo Marrone. A veteran, Vinnie served honorably in the U.S....

Betty Culbertson
Jan 24, 2020
Betty M. Culbertson, 85, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Franklin, PA, passed away on Friday, January 24, 2020 at Chambers Pointe. Born June 30, 1934 in Butler, PA, she was a daughter of the late Chester Lee and Edna Mae Reichart McKindree. Her beloved husband, James C. Culbertson, whom she married on December 28, 1953, preceded her in death...

Anne Cyrus
Jan 24, 2020
Anne I. Cyrus, 87, formerly of Fayetteville, PA, passed away Friday, January 24, 2020 at the Shippensburg Healthcare Center. A native of Woodbridge, NJ she was the wife of the late Louis J. Cyrus who preceded her in death in 2011. Mrs. Cyrus had been employed for twenty-five years at Thrift Drug in Chambersburg prior to her retirement. She was...

Jesse Smith
Jan 20, 2020
Jesse E. Smith, age 59, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Monday, January 20, 2020, in Valley Grove, WV. Born October 11, 1960, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Edwin F. and Constance Mohn Smith. Jesse was an owner/operator and over the road truck driver. He was a member of the American Legion Post 223 in...
Clifford Brug
Jan 20, 2020
Clifford J. Brug, 86, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Monday morning, January 20, 2020 at SpiriTrust The Village at Luther Ridge, Chambersburg, PA. Former residents of Salamanca and Alleghany, NY, Mr. and Mrs. Brug moved to Chambersburg in 1999. Born May 24, 1933 in Lackawanna, NY, he was the son of the late Edwin G. and Irene M. Gordon Brug....

Iona Ritchey
Jan 17, 2020
Iona Herron Ritchey, better known as Jeanne, passed away peacefully on January 17, 2020, in Chambersburg, PA at the age of 86. Jeanne was born on June 11, 1933, in Hope, Indiana to Edna and Max Herron. Jeanne enjoyed being a snowbird, who lived in Port Charlotte, FL during the winter and Chambersburg, PA in the summer. She had a...
Ralph Feldman
Jan 17, 2020
Ralph M. Feldman, Jr., age 88, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on January 17, 2020 at his home. Born September 19, 1931 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Ralph M. Feldman, Sr. and Edna Claire Fogelsanger Feldman. Mr. Feldman was a graduate of Chambersburg High School, Class of 1949, and Mercersburg Academy, Class of 1951, after which...

Richard Statler
Jan 16, 2020
Richard K. “Dick” Statler, 80, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Thursday afternoon, January 16, 2020 at the Menno Haven Rehabilitation Center. Born February 21, 1939 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Harvey A. and Ethel E. Keller Statler. Dick was a 1957 graduate of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School. He was Vice President and Part Owner...
Patricia Stumbaugh
Jan 14, 2020
Patricia Zimmerman Stumbaugh, 87, of Chambersburg, PA passed away on Tuesday, January 14, 2020, at the Shook Home. Born July 20, 1932, in Englewood, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Charles W. and Elizabeth Graham Zimmerman Peterson. Mrs. Stumbaugh was a graduate of Bob Jones University in Greenville, SC and the former Western Maryland College. She earned a...

Wilma Ranta
Jan 13, 2020
Wilma Lee Miller, Ranta, 86, of Fayetteville, PA went to be with the Lord on Monday, January 13, 2020, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born February 1, 1933, in Zenith, WV, she was the daughter of the late Frederick Aaron Miller and Margaurite Vernon Miller. Wilma grew up in Zenith, WV and was a 1951 graduate of Gap Mills High School....

Violet Coffman
Jan 13, 2020
Violet Coffman, beloved wife, mother, sister, aunt, grandmother and great grand-mother went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, January 13, 2020, in Chambersburg, PA. She has now arrived in her forever home where she joins her loving husband of 49 years, Edwin Paul Coffman who went to be with the Lord January 21, 2007. Born December...
Ruth Delaney
Jan 9, 2020
Ruth H. Delaney, 96, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, January 9, 2020 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 14, 1923 in Winston-Salem, NC, she was a daughter of the late Irvin and Hattie Ethel Bolejack Styers. She was a member of Grace Brethren Church in Chambersburg and enjoyed spending time with her family. She is survived by five children,...

Lawerence Truett
Jan 5, 2020
Lawrence W. Truett, 70, formerly of Chambersburg, passed away Sunday, January 5, 2020 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 16, 1949 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Charles W. “Buzz” and Doris E. Bricker Truett. Larry served with the US Marine Corps. He is survived by his brother, Richard E. Truett of Macon, GA. A graveside service...

Ursula Criswell
Jan 4, 2020
Ursula J. (Goodhart) Criswell, age 93, of Chambersburg, passed away on Saturday evening, January 4, 2020 at the Chambersburg Hospital following a brief illness. Born January 25, 1926 in Shippensburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Wilber E. and I. Mildred (Kimpton) Goodhart. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry C. Criswell III, on October 12,...
Eric Theimer
Jan 2, 2020
Eric Patrick Theimer, age 69, a resident of Quincy Village passed away on Thursday, January 2, 2020. Born March 17, 1950, in Neenah, WI, he was the son of the late Paul William and Florence Schmitt Theimer. Mr. Theimer owned and operated a vacuum sales and repair store for many years. He enjoyed woodworking, fishing, puzzles, bible study, spending time...
Patricia Palmer
Jan 2, 2020
Patricia Lee Palmer, age 78, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Thursday, January 2, 2020, at the Shippensburg Health Care Center. Born March 23, 1941, in War, WV, she was the daughter of the late Thomas L. White and Nina M. Runyon White. Mrs. Palmer worked as a seamstress for the former Connie’s Sportswear in Waynesboro and more recently as...