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Rosemary McCleary
Dec 14, 2019
Rosemary Culp McCleary, 101, passed away on Saturday, December 14, 2019, at Providence Place of Chambersburg. Born November 1, 1918, in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late William E. and Hazel Lecron Culp. Rosemary was a 1936 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and earned a B.S. in History from Wilson College in 1940. She worked as...
Dwight Smith
Dec 14, 2019
Dwight K. Smith, 76, of Hesston, PA, passed away on Saturday, December 14, 2019 at Hershey Medical Center. Born November 16, 1943 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Grover and Catherine Derr Smith. Dwight was a 1964 graduate of CASHS. A US Army veteran, he served honorably in the Vietnam War from 1967 -70. Dwight was first...
Thelma Keefer
Dec 14, 2019
Thelma R. Keefer, 90 of Fayetteville, PA, passed away peacefully on Saturday morning, December 14, 2019 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 21, 1929 in Lurgan, PA, she was a daughter of the late Michael and Vera Culbertson Rine. Mrs. Keefer was a 1947 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School and was employed for forty years at Sears in...
Charlotte Gerhold
Dec 12, 2019
Charlotte Mae Gerhold, 92, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Thursday morning, December 12, 2019 at SpiriTrust Lutheran, The Village at Luther Ridge in Chambersburg. Born January 17, 1927 in Orrstown, she was the daughter of the late John Lester and Elsie Jane Hoover Hile. She had been employed at the former U-Wanna-Wash Frock Company in Shippensburg, Chambersburg, Newville, and Carlisle,...
Betty Wenger
Dec 12, 2019
Betty E. Wenger, 93, of Chambersburg, passed away on Thursday, December 12, 2019 at Providence Place. Born September 12, 1926 in Neelyton, PA, she was a daughter of the late Bruce and Mary Deshong Johnson. Her beloved husband, Orvil Leroy Wenger preceded her in death on September 15, 2014. Betty worked as a forklift operator at Letterkenny Army Depot and...
Robert Boxler
Dec 11, 2019
Robert A. Boxler, Sr., 82, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday, December 11, 2019 at his home. Born February 11, 1937 in Mineral Point, PA, he was a son of the late John H. and Elizabeth Young Boxler. Bob worked in the ink room at James River for 35 years, before retiring in 1998. He was an avid outdoorsman...
Karen Beeler
Dec 11, 2019
Karen Broadwater Beeler, 77, of Shippensburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, December 10, 2019. Born August 26, 1942 in Pittsburgh, she was a daughter of the late Albert and June Broadwater. Karen was a 1960 graduate of the Pennsbury High School. She retired from Occupational Service, Inc. in Chambersburg where she had been employed as an occupational therapist. She was...
Marilyn Miller
Dec 10, 2019
Marilyn J. Miller, 82, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 9, 1937 in Barberton, OH, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Addie Arnett Shofter. Marilyn was a graduate of the Barberton High School. A loving and devoted homemaker most of her life, she was a member of The...
Frank DeBello
Dec 10, 2019
Frank F. DeBello, Jr., age 52, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Tuesday, December 10, 2019, at Laurel Lakes Wellness and Rehabilitation Center. Born September 2, 1967, in Erie, PA, he was the son of Frank F. DeBello Sr. and Josephine B. Coppedde Frank was a 1985 graduate of McDowell High School in Erie, PA. He worked as an assembler...
Mary Norah
Dec 9, 2019
Mary L. (Shaw) Norah, age 55, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Monday, December 9, 2019, in her home, surrounded by her family. Born November 19, 1964 in Haines City, FL, she was the daughter of the late Edward Shaw and Freddie Mae Teague Shaw. Mary was a 1984 graduate of CASHS, and went on to work in housekeeping for...
Anastasia Kafetzis
Dec 9, 2019
Anastasia K. Kafetzis, 70, of Chambersburg, passed away on Monday, December 9, 2019 in the Laurel Lakes Wellness & Rehab Center, Chambersburg. Born on December 10, 1948 in Karpathos, Greece, she was a daughter of the late Konstantinos G. Sarris and Irene Orfanou Sarris. She was the widow of Konstantinos M. Kafetzis, who preceded her in death on August 28,...
Mark Spangler
Dec 8, 2019
Mark “Marcus” Emerson Spangler, 67, beloved spouse of Heather A. Wade of Greencastle, PA, passed away, Sunday, December 8, 2019 at Laurel Lakes Rehabilitation and Wellness Center in Chambersburg, PA, where he had been a patient since October 9. Born in Boston, and raised in Weston, MA, Marcus was the son of Dr. Arthur S. Spangler and Barbara Fellows Spangler....
Kathryn Detschel
Dec 8, 2019
Kathryn Ellen Detschel, 84, of Fayetteville, PA, passed from this life Sunday evening, December 8, 2019. Born November 24, 1935 in Waverly, NY, she was a daughter of the late William and Ellen Olsen Rautio. Kathryn graduated from Spencer High School with the class of 1953. After graduation she attended cosmetology school and worked as a stylist for many years...
Frances Staples
Dec 6, 2019
Frances L. “Bonnie” Bonner Staples, age 83, of Quincy, PA, passed away on Friday, December 06, 2019, at the Quincy Nursing Home. Born May 7, 1936, in Quincy Township, she was the daughter of the late Cloyd and Nettie Lysinger Bonner. She was the widow of George Michael "Mike" Staples, who preceded her in death on March 30, 2019. Bonnie...
Ronald Neil
Dec 5, 2019
Ronald R. “Ronnie” Neil, Sr., age 82, of Willow Hill, PA, passed away on Thursday, December 5, 2019, at his home surrounded by his family. Born in Willow Hill, PA, he was the son of the late Simon and Mary Runk Neil. Mr. Neil was a logger most of his career, however a confident personality he also operated heavy equipment,...
Dolores Hughes
Dec 5, 2019
Dolores M. “Pat” Hughes, 87, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Thursday, December 5, 2019, at the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehab Center. Born June 5, 1932, in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Hazel Holtry Truett. Mrs. Hughes worked at Peoples Drug Store in Chambersburg until her retirement. She also spent most of her life...
Gloria Scott
Dec 2, 2019
Gloria J. Scott, age 77, of Fayetteville, PA, passed away on Monday, December 2, 2019, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 21, 1942, in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late John and Lorraine Bowman Scott. Mrs. Scott worked as a hairstylist and as a housekeeper for a number of years. She enjoyed playing BINGO, yard sales, photography,...
Albert Norcross
Dec 2, 2019
Albert R. “Cork” Norcross, 68, of Chambersburg, passed away on Monday, December 2, 2019 in Manor Care Health Services. Born in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Ray E. Norcross and Mary Miller Norcross of Chambersburg. A graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School, Cork had worked for PennDot for 35 years, retiring as a purchasing agent in...
Judy Friese
Dec 1, 2019
Judy L. Hull Friese, 71, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away peacefully at her home following a courageous fight with pancreatic cancer on Sunday morning, December 1, 2019 with her family and beloved dog Sadie by her side. Born January 22, 1948 in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of the late Roy E. and Ethel M. Atherton Hull. Judy was a...
Richard Mellott
Nov 30, 2019
Richard L. “Rick” Mellott, age 67, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, November 30, 2019, at his home. Born February 1, 1952, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Richard Mellott and Mary Jane Slavin. A 1970 graduate of CASHS, Mr. Mellott went on to work for Brechbill and Helman Construction Company for the last...
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