Local Obituaries for Families in Greencastle, Franklin County & Surrounding Areas
Frances E. Benchoff
Dec 31, 2024
Frances E. “Fran” Benchoff, age 83, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Tuesday, December 31, 2024, at her home. Born May 23, 1941, in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Howard G. and Ruby Grace Johnson Bear.
Fran was a 1959 graduate of the Greencastle-Antrim Senior High School. She was a homemaker most of her adult life. Fran...
Darlene K. Hurst
Dec 29, 2024
Darlene K. Hurst, age 79, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Sunday, December 29, 2024, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born in Chambersburg, PA on November 15, 1945, she was the daughter of the late Glen and Elsie Statler Oberholzer.
Mrs. Hurst was a 1963 graduate of the former St. Thomas High School. She worked as a bus driver for over 30...
Frances Helen Diller
Dec 28, 2024
Frances Helen Diller, age 86, of Greencastle, PA went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 28, 2024, at Heritage Hills Retirement Home. Born February 22, 1938, in Marion, PA, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Norman H. and Elizabeth Eshleman Martin.
Mrs. Diller was a 1956 graduate of the Greencastle-Antrim Senior High School. She married her...
Jeanne Nadean Leister
Dec 22, 2024
Jeanne Nadean Leister, age 85, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Sunday, December 22, 2024, at Brookview at Menno Haven Nursing Home. Born April 14, 1939, in Washington, DC., she was the daughter of William and Ruth Durning Woodruff.
Mrs. Leister was a 1957 graduate of Shenandoah Valley Academy, New Market, VA. Jeanne caught the eye of Clarence E. Leister while...
Genevieve V. Kiser
Dec 18, 2024
Genevieve V. (Hykes) Kiser, age 97, of Chambersburg, PA, and formerly of Greencastle, PA passed away on Wednesday, December 18, 2024, at Chambers Pointe Nursing Home. Born December 10, 1927, in Coseytown, PA, she was the daughter of the late Preston D. and Olive J. Myers Hykes.
Mrs. Kiser was a 1946 graduate of Greencastle-Antrim Senior High School and also attended...
Skylar Elizabeth Sites
Dec 13, 2024
Skylar Elizabeth Sites, age 26, of Baltimore, MD and formerly of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Friday, December 13, 2024, at her home after a courageous battle with cancer. Born October 28, 1998, in Baltimore, MD, she is the daughter of John D. Sites and Julie Miller Sites.
Skylar was a 2017 graduate of Greencastle-Antrim Senior High School and a 2020...
William J. Kuykendall
Dec 11, 2024
William J. Kuykendall, age 101, of Greencastle, PA, passed away at the Chambersburg Hospital on Wednesday, December 11, 2024. Born in Moorfield, WV, he was the son of the late William and Winifred Halterman Kuykendall.
Mr. Kuykendall served honorably in the U.S. Army during WWII. He was a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Greencastle, The Greencastle American Legion, and...
Ruby B. Pentz
Dec 7, 2024
Ruby B. Pentz, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, December 7, 2024, at Paramount Nursing Home with her family by her side. Born June 25, in Fayetteville, PA, she was the daughter of the late John E. Cook and Grace Shatzley Peters.
Ruby worked as a cafeteria supervisor at the Chambersburg Hospital for 25 years, before her retirement. She was...
Norma Jean Witmer
Dec 3, 2024
Norma Jean Witmer, age 82, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Tuesday, December 3, 2024, at Chambersburg Hospital. Born on July 5, 1942, in Hagerstown, MD, she was the daughter of the late Ambrose Earl and Margaret Catherine Carbaugh Izer.
Mrs. Witmer was a 1960 graduate of Greencastle- Antrim Senior High School. She worked as a homemaker, caring for and making...
Charles Edwin Freshman
Dec 2, 2024
Charles Edwin Freshman, age 87, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Monday, December 2, 2024, at his home. Born September 20, 1937, in Greencastle, PA, he was the son of the late Charles J. and Sara Tice Freshman.
Mr. Freshman attended Greencastle Antrim Senior High School. He went on to a career driving truck beginning with Dairymaid, then Servamation, and retiring...
Dorothy L. Clare
Nov 23, 2024
Dorothy L. Clare, age 86, of Greencastle, PA passed away at her home on Saturday, November 23, 2024. Born in Waynesboro, PA on May 20, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Denton and Mabel I. Creager Bingaman.
Mrs. Clare was a 1956 graduate of the Waynesboro Area Senior High School. She went on to own and operate her own...
Nina M. Ruffner
Nov 16, 2024
Nina M. Ruffner, age 80, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Saturday, November 16, 2024, at her home with her husband by her side. Born in Greenville TN on July 5, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Oval Hensley.
Nina worked as a waitress for 38 years, at Nick’s Airport Inn, retiring in 2009. She enjoyed gardening, flowers, going...
Betty J. Elliott
Nov 10, 2024
Betty J. Elliott, 94, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Sunday, November 10, 2024 at Mercy House of Chambersburg. Born October 21, 1930 in Waynesboro, PA, she was a daughter of the late Paul and Ellen Barnes Starliper. Her beloved husband, Richard Elliott, preceded her in death in 2000.
Betty was employed at the Waynesboro Knitting Mill and Fresh Express in...
Howard Rayburn Sheeley
Nov 6, 2024
Howard Rayburn Sheeley, 88, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at his home. Born July 25, 1936 in Waynesboro, PA, he was a son of the late Merle D. and Mary A. Toms Sheeley.
Howard was a 1956 graduate of Waynesboro High School. A US Army veteran, Howard served honorably from 1959 – 1962. He was employed...
Joseph "Joe" M. Shatzer, Jr.
Nov 5, 2024
Joseph M. Shatzer, Jr., 87, of Waynesboro, PA, passed away on Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at Quincy Village. Born December 18, 1936 in Chambersburg, he was a son of the late Joseph M. Shatzer, Sr., and Edyth Sanders Shatzer. His beloved wife, Lois J. Berger Shatzer, whom he married on February 25, 1956, preceded him in death on November 16,...
Linda F. Stitely
Oct 27, 2024
Linda F. Stitely, age 73, of Greencastle, PA, went home to be with the Lord at the Chambersburg Hospital on Sunday, October 27, 2024. Born in Stoystown, PA on February 16, 1951, she was the daughter of the late Frank D. and Martha Ebersole Shaffer.
Ms. Stitely was a 1969 graduate of Greencastle-Antrim Senior High School. She worked as a foot...
Ruth Ann Truax
Oct 26, 2024
Ruth Ann Truax, age 64, of Waynesboro, PA, passed away at home on Saturday, October 26, 2024, after a brief illness. Born in Ashland, PA on October 20, 1960, she was the daughter of the late Donald and Joan Jones Weitz.
Ruth had worked at the former Stroehman Bakeries, now Bimbo for 10 years and then went to work for Cracker...
Danny C. Collins
Oct 25, 2024
Danny C. Collins, 79, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, October 25, 2024 at his home. Born February 11, 1945 in Lincoln County, KY, he was the son of the late John Collins and Geneva Dugger Keucher. His wife of 44 years, Roberta Love Collins, whom he married on December 5, 1964, preceded him in death on December 15,...
Gerald Lee Snyder
Oct 22, 2024
Gerald Lee Snyder was born in Hagerstown, Maryland on October 31, 1935. He grew up in Greencastle, Pennsylvania with his parents Merle Blantire Snyder and Mary Ellen Faust Snyder. He had an older brother Richard, now deceased, who was seven years his senior.
Life was very active for Gerald and his brother. They fished and hunted together and played fast pitch...
Stephanie L. Henson
Oct 22, 2024
Stephanie L. Henson, 75, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at Laurel Lakes Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born December 2, 1948 in Waynesboro, PA, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth N. Hensen, Sr. and E. Adele Anderton Henson. She is survived by her brother, Eric A. Henson of Blue Ridge Summit. Aside from her...
