Local Obituaries for Families in Greencastle, Franklin County & Surrounding Areas
Charles "Charlie" Monn
Jul 16, 2022
Charles “Charlie” Monn, age 79, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, July 16, 2022, at The Gardens of Gettysburg. Born in Waynesboro, PA on January 17, 1943, he was the son of the late Clarence and Marguerite Parncutt Monn.
Charlie worked at the former Grove Manufacturing for 42 years, retiring in 2010. He enjoyed hunting and...
Robert A. Mellott
Jul 9, 2022
Robert A. Mellott, age 78, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Saturday, July 9, 2022, at Williamsport Retirement Center. Born June 10, 1944, in Wood, PA, he was the son of the late Raymond R. and Alice D. Black Mellott.
Mr. Mellott retired in 2002 after 35 years of service from Reynolds and Reynolds. He lastly worked...
Mary K. Lawson
Jul 6, 2022
Mary K. Lawson 78, of Highland Park New Jersey, died Wednesday, July 6, 2022, at her home with her family by her side. Born July 28, 1943, in Greencastle, PA, she was the daughter of late Edgar “Sam” and Gertrude Arlean Shatzer Pentz.
Mrs. Lawson graduated from Greencastle-Antrim High School in 1963. Mary was a domestic engineer...
Janice L. (Loughner) Devlin
Jul 4, 2022
Janice “Jan” L. Devlin, age 72 of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Monday, July 4, 2022, at Well Span York Hospital. Born April 13, 1950, in Johnstown, PA, she was the daughter of Dorothy Brougher Loughner and the late Kenneth Loughner.
Mrs. Devlin had earned her associates degree at Cambria Rowe Business College. She went on to...
Bryon K. Smith
Jul 1, 2022
Bryon K. Smith left this world for a better place on Friday, July 1, 2022, at 67 years old. The last few years of Bryon’s life were full of physical hardships, but he is now free from that most difficult part of his journey. His wife, Nancy looks forward to the day when they are reunited on the other...
Robert D. Witmer, Sr.
Jun 25, 2022
Robert D. Witmer, Sr., age 82, of Chambersburg, PA passed away on Saturday, June 25, 2022, at the Chambersburg Hospital surrounded by family. Born November 21, 1939, in Shady Grove, PA, he was the son of the late Clarence and Mary Lindsay Witmer, Sr.
A U.S. Army Veteran, Mr. Witmer served honorably from 1958-1960. He was later...
Beverly Ann (Binkley) Rice
Jun 22, 2022
Beverly Ann Rice, age 73 of Greencastle, PA, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, at her home with her family at her side. Born July 3, 1948, in Waynesboro, PA, she was the daughter of the late Paul Leroy and Leah Dorothy Glass Binkley.
Mrs. Rice was 1966 graduate...
Roy Edgar Bingaman Jr.
Jun 21, 2022
Roy Edgar Bingaman, Jr., age 90 of State Line, PA, passed away on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at Cadia Health Care. Born May 31, 1932, in Antrim Township, PA, he was the son of the late Roy E. and Edna Wallech Bingaman, Sr.
A U.S. Army veteran, Mr. Bingaman served honorably during the Korean Conflict, he was...
James G. "Jimmy" Smith
Jun 17, 2022
James G. “Jimmy” Smith, age 71, of State Line, PA, passed away at the Chambersburg Hospital on Friday morning, June 17, 2022, with his family by his side. Born July 28, 1950, in Waynesboro, PA, he was the son of the late James J. and Thelma Reeder Smith.
Jimmy was a 1968 graduate of the Greencastle-Antrim High...
Paul L. Freeman
Jun 14, 2022
Paul L. Freeman, 85, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Tuesday, June 14, 2022, at Thornwald Home, Carlisle, PA. Born on May 15, 1937, in Summit Station, PA, he was the son of the late Harvey and Cora (Bressler) Freeman. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by sister, Alberta Lutz, brothers Harvey and Ernest, and...
Eleanor L. (Light) Hess
Jun 13, 2022
Eleanor L. Hess age 93, of Greencastle, PA and a resident of Menno Haven in Chambersburg since 2017, died Monday, June 13, 2022, at the Menno Haven Nursing Center. Born July 22, 1928, in Palmyra, PA, she was the daughter of the late C. Alvin Light and Verna (Doutrich) Light.
She graduated from Palmyra High School in...
David "Buzzy" Lee Brown
Jun 11, 2022
David “Buzzy” Brown
Buzzy, 76, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, June 11, 2022. Born December 8, 1945, in Washington D.C., he was the son of Joe & Helen (Hutchison) Brown.
He was an Army Veteran, Decorated Professional Firefighter and Sergeant in Montgomery County, Maryland, President of Lincoln Utilities and owner of...
Richard William Yohn
Jun 10, 2022
Richard “Dick” W. Yohn, age 78, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Friday, June 10, 2022, at WellSpan York Hospital with his family by his side. The son of the late Willard H. and Mary Agnes (Piper) Yohn, Richard was born on the family farm in Shade Gap, PA on August 25, 1943. It is there on the farm...
Carol Ann (Rachuba) Van Horn
May 27, 2022
On Thursday, May 27, 2022 Carol Ann Rachuba-Van Horn, devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away at the age of 76. Carol was born in Baltimore, Maryland and later relocated with her family to Greencastle, Pennsylvania. Carol was married to her husband Kenly C. Van Horn for 43 years before his passing in 2011. Together they raised their children...
Jessie M. (Cordell) Horst
May 23, 2022
Jessie M. Horst, age 71, of Mont Alto, PA, passed away unexpectedly at her home on Monday, May 23, 2022. Born January 2, 1951, in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Harold L. and Catherine Stumbaugh Cordell.
Jessie worked as a silk screener for Regency for 15 years, and had helped with her daughter’s...
Paul J. Barnes
May 20, 2022
Paul J. Barnes, age 97 of Chambersburg, PA, and formerly Greencastle, PA passed away on Friday morning at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born August 8, 1924, in Peters Township, PA, he was the son of the late Clarence E. and Elva m. Kuhn Barnes.
Mr. Barnes was a 1942 graduate of the former Lemasters High School. After graduation...
Richard "Dick" L. Hall
Apr 27, 2022
Richard L. “Dick” Hall, 85, of Greencastle, PA passed away Wednesday, April 27, 2022 in Meritus Medical Center, Hagerstown, MD. Born January 5, 1937 in Martinsburg, PA he was the son of the late James G. Hall and Helen D. (Russell) Hall Imler
He was a graduate of Loysburg High School with the Class of 1954. Dick...
Thomas Morris Pearson, Jr.
Apr 24, 2022
Thomas “Tom” Morris Pearson, Jr., age 74, of Mercersburg, PA, passed away on Sunday, April 24, 2022, at Brookview Healthcare Center. Born in Alexandria, VA on April 26, 1947, he was a son of the late Thomas M. Pearson Sr., and Hattie Vivian Thompson-Pearson.
A U.S. Navy veteran, Tom served honorably as a radio mechanic on the...
Kenneth Oberholzer
Apr 22, 2022
Kenneth R. Oberholzer, age 78, of Greencastle, PA, passed away at his home peacefully in his sleep, in the early morning hours of Friday, April 22, 2022. Born June 19, 1943, in Greencastle, PA, he was the son of the late Raymond Charles and Anna Elizabeth Grosh Oberholzer.
Ken worked for Valley Proteins for 35 years, retiring...
Betty M. (Rice) Heacox
Apr 20, 2022
Betty M. Heacox, age 92 of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, at her home with her family by her side. Born in Hagerstown, MD on January 28, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Harvey and Myrtle Bingaman Rice.
Mrs. Heacox was a homemaker most of her adult life, however she did...
