Local Obituaries for Families in Greencastle, Franklin County & Surrounding Areas

Feb 21, 2022

Harold R. Duffey, age 94, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Monday, February 21, 2022, at Menno Haven Rehab. Born February 8, 1928, in Hagerstown, MD, he was the son of the late Lewis and Edith Rice Duffey.

Mr. Duffey worked as a mechanic for a number of years, beginning at the former Thumma’s Motor Co. in...

Feb 20, 2022

Timothy Brian Crist, age 52, of Hagerstown, MD went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, February 20, 2022. Born January 6, 1970, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of Shirley K. Crist Fuss.

Tim was a 1988 graduate of South Hagerstown High. He was a member of the Greencastle Sportsman’s Club. He worked for...

Feb 18, 2022

Donna “Kay” (Hoover) Button 80, of Hagerstown, MD passed away unexpectedly on Friday, February 18, 2022.  Born November 9, 1941, in Waynesboro, PA, she was the daughter of the late Charles K. and Phyllis Holbert Hoover.

Mrs. Button graduated from Greencastle High School in 1959.

In her early years, Kay worked for Mack...

Feb 8, 2022

Lena Heister, age 77, of Greencastle, PA died Tuesday, February 8, 2022, at her home in Greencastle, PA after a short illness. Born June 24, 1944, in Huntingdon, PA, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Virginia McElwain Dolt.

Lena was a graduate of Tussey Mountain High School. She married her late husband, Jackson Heister...

Feb 6, 2022

Harold H. Horst, age 91, of New Oxford, PA, passed away on Sunday, February 6, 2022, at the Cross Keys Village, The Brethren Home. Born August 19, 1930, in Hagerstown, MD, he was the son of the late John E. and Virginia V. Hartle Horst.

A 1948 graduate of the Greencastle-Antrim Senior High School, he...

Feb 1, 2022

Wanita M. Gelsinger age 80, of Greencastle, PA, passed away after a brief but courageous battle with cancer on Tuesday, February 1, 2022, at her home surrounded by her family. Born June 28, 1941, in Hagerstown, MD, she was the daughter of the late Edward L. and Catherine E. Harris Schildtknecht. Mrs. Gelsinger worked as a seamstress and presser...

Jan 31, 2022

Joyce A. Stuller, age 84, of Orbisonia, PA, passed away unexpectedly at Penn Highlands Hospital in DuBois, PA on Monday, January 31, 2022. Born in Greencastle, PA on April 19, 1937, she was the daughter of the late J. Charles and Hazel Bivens Beahm. Mrs. Stuller was a 1955 graduate of the Greencastle-Antrim Senior High School. She worked mostly...

Jan 29, 2022

Mark David Leland, age 51, of Hagerstown, MD, passed away unexpectedly at Meritus Medical Center on Saturday, January 29, 2022. Born July 6, 1970, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of Grace Leland and the late Donald M. Leland. Mark was a 1989 graduate of Greencastle-Antrim Senior High School. He worked for the last 11 years for FedEx...

Jan 20, 2022

Mary Jane Guzic, 82, of Greencastle, PA, passed away Thursday afternoon, January 20, 2022 at her home.  Born September 8, 1939 in Cresson, PA, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Mary Lilly Anna.  She was a 1957 graduate of Central Cambria High School.  A homemaker most of her life, she had served for a number of...

Jan 16, 2022

Russell D. Miller, age 50, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Sunday, January 16, 2022, at the York Hospital. Born October 23, 1971, in Waynesboro, PA, he was the son of June Johnson Miller and the late Charles R. Miller.

Mr. Miller was a 1990 graduate of the Greencastle-Antrim Senior High School. He worked as a farmer...

Jan 14, 2022

1923-2022 Mary (Pappageorge) Lindenfelser

Mary (Pappageorge) Lindenfelser, 98, of Waynesboro, PA, died  Friday, Jan 14 in her home.  Beloved wife of the late William A. Lindenfelser.

Born August 10, 1923 in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan to Greek immigrants, she graduated from The Cooper Union, New York, NY with a...

Jan 14, 2022

Carla Dianne Wright, age 68, of Greencastle, PA, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, January 14, 2022, at her home. Born October 29, 1953, in Waynesboro, PA, she was the daughter of the late Arno Max and Rose Marie Potter Kuykendall and raised by Clark and Alice Elliott.

Carla was a 1971 graduate of Greencastle-Antrim Senior High School....

Jan 8, 2022

Jill Michelle Martin age 39, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Saturday, January 8, 2022, at her home. Born January 24, 1982, in Waynesboro, PA, she was the daughter of Wilma J. Martin and the late Michael A. Martin.

Jill was a 2003 graduate of the Franklin Learning Center. She enjoyed making crafts to give as gifts...

Jan 3, 2022

Nancy “Jane” Winters, age 75 of Greencastle, PA, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, January 3, 2022, at her daughter’s home in Greencastle, PA.  Born January 16, 1946, in Waynesboro, PA, she was the daughter of the late Daniel A. and Evelyn Diehl Baer.

Jane was a 1964 graduate of Waynesboro Area Senior high...

2022

Grace D. Witmer Sensenig Martin, age 77, of Waynesboro, PA, passed away on Wednesday, September 7, 2022, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born January 12, 1945, in Coatesville, PA, she was the daughter of the late John and Lunetta Witmer.

Mrs. Martin was a 1962 graduate of Shippensburg Area Senior High School.  She went on to work for...

2022

Charles Wilbur “Bud” Dietrick, 86, of Chambersburg, PA passed away the morning of Friday, July 29, 2022 in the Chambersburg Hospital.  Born October 15, 1935 in West Virginia he was the son of the late Herbert S. and Mildred M. Dietrick.

He was a graduate of Churchland High School, Portsmouth, VA with the Class of 1953 where...

Dec 31, 2021

Merle E. “Gene” Johns, age 76, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, December 31, 2021, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born December 28, 1945, he was the son of the late Norman D. and Julia E. Harmon Johns.

Gene attended James Buchanan High School. He went on to pursue a career as a mechanic, working at the...

Dec 31, 2021

Calvin H. “Cal” Hausenfluck, age 95, of Greencastle, PA passed away on Friday, December 31, 2021, at Menno Haven Rehab Center. Born October 30, 1926, in Washington, D.C., he was the son of the late John H. and Elsie Click Hausenfluck.

A U.S. Navy veteran, he served honorably during WWII. Mr. Hausenfluck worked for the FBI in...

Dec 25, 2021

Betty E. Myers, 93, of Greencastle, PA, passed away Saturday morning, December 25, 2021 at The Shook Home. Born August 21, 1928 in Hagerstown, MD, she was a daughter of the late Fred L. Everhart, Sr. and Pauline Corderman Everhart. Mrs. Myers had been employed at the former McCrory's in Hagerstown; the Greencastle-Antrim High School cafeteria; and she last...

Dec 21, 2021

James R. Stampher, age 87, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Tuesday, December 21, 2021, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 24, 1934, in Pittsburgh, PA, he was the son of the late James Roy and Mildred Strittmatter Stampher.

Mr. Stampher served honorably for 26 years,  in the U.S. Air Force, where he retired as a Master...