Local Obituaries for Families in Greencastle, Franklin County & Surrounding Areas
Isabelle Lucille (Myers) Statler
Jun 10, 2018
Isabelle Lucille (Myers) Statler, age 91, formerly of Baumgardner Dr. Greencastle, passed away at 10:00 AM Sunday morning, June 10, 2018 in The Shook Home, Chambersburg, PA, where she has resided for the past six years.
Born Oct. 11, 1926 in Waynesboro, PA, she was the daughter of the late Earl Fredrick Myers and Mary Katherine (Hughes)...
Beulah B. (Berger) Harshman
Jun 8, 2018
Beulah B. Harshman
Beulah B. (Berger) Harshman, age 93, of Greencastle, PA passed away at 6:53 PM Friday, June 8, 2018 in her home.
Born March 15, 1925 in Waynesboro, PA, she was the daughter of the late Denton and Edith (Oberholzer) Berger. She married her husband Robert E. Harshman on November 26, 1942. He...

Laban A. Horst
Jun 4, 2018
Laban A. Horst
Laban A. Horst, age 85, of Chambersburg, PA died at 2:25 PM Monday, June 4, 2018 at his home.
Born October 25, 1932 near Hagerstown, MD, he was the son of the late Adin H. and Lizzie (Horst) Horst. He was a retired farmer and livestock hauler. Laban was a member of...
George "Jay" Auxt
Jun 2, 2018
George (Jay) Auxt
Jay Auxt, Williamsport, MD, journeyed to a new life with his Savior on Saturday, June 2, 2018. Born in 1927, he was the son of George and Harriett (Pugh) Auxt. He was predeceased by his siblings (Andrew Auxt, Katherine Stonesifer, Dorothy Feil, and Betty Eves) and his wives, Eloise (Lou) Gordon Miller Auxt and...
Karen E. (Helfrick) Oberholzer
May 20, 2018
Karen E. (Helfrick) Oberholzer
Karen E. (Helfrick) Oberholzer, age 57, of Greencastle, PA went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, May 20, 2018 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She had been battling cancer for the past three years.
Born August 9, 1960 In Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter...
Mark D. Eckstine
May 13, 2018
Mark D. Eckstine, age 61, of Ridge Road. Waynesboro, PA died Sunday May 13, 2018 at his home following an illness since March 2017.
Born January 30, 1957 in Waynesboro, PA, he was the son of the late Leroy and Camilla Susan (Kline) Eckstine. He married his wife Marlene M. (Martin) Eckstine on September 4, 1977.
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Robert C. Reymer Jr.
May 11, 2018
Robert C. Reymer Jr.
Robert C. Reymer Jr. of Greencastle, PA died on Friday, May 11, 2018.
Mr. Reymer is survived by his son Douglas Oliver Reymer, of Greencastle, one brother Andrew Ferrel Reymer of Mt. Joy, PA and numerous nieces and nephews in Baltimore, Philadelphia and Florida. He was preceded in death by his...
Shirley M. (Ross) Dunkle
May 5, 2018
Shirley M. Dunkle, age 88 of Greencastle, Pennsylvania passed away the morning of Saturday, May 5, 2018, entering into the eternal rest of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Born January 15, 1930 in Altoona, PA, she was last surviving child of the late Walter F. Ross and Violet (McMullen) Ross. In addition to her parents, she...

Roy F. Leckron
Apr 29, 2018
Roy F. Leckron, age 95 of Waynesboro, PA went to be with the Lord on Sunday evening April 29, 2018 in the Waynesboro Hospital.
Born February 2, 1923 in State Line, PA, he was the son of the late Russell and Lillian Celeste (Byers) Leckron. He married his wife Ada Estelle (Brechbiel) Leckron on February 20, 1949....
Betty Jane (Robinson) Daley
Apr 25, 2018
Betty Jane (Robinson) Daley, age 84 of Greencastle, PA died Wednesday morning April 25, 2018 at the Chambersburg Hospital. She had been in declining health for the past several years.
Born on August 23, 1933 in Mercersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Nelson and Pearl Olive (Clary) Robinson. She married her husband Ellis Franklin...
Dean Roger Layton
Apr 23, 2018
Dean Roger Layton, son of Cleo Franklin and Janet Blanche (Robinson) Layton, was born 28 January 1946 at West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Florida. He was the second child and first son born to his parents. Dean attended schools in Springfield, Virginia, graduating from Robert E. Lee High School. He earned his Bachelor's Degree in Law Enforcement...
William Max Izer
Apr 6, 2018
William Max Izer
William Max Izer, age 98, a resident of Penn Hall Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Greencastle, PA died at 1:43 AM Friday, April 6, 2018 in the Chambersburg Hospital.
Born on August 1, 1919 in Shady Grove, PA, he was the son of the late Charles Ellis and Alice Lorene (Bittner) Izer....
Nancy L. (Koons) Copenhaver
Mar 30, 2018
Nancy L. Copenhaver
Nancy L. Copenhaver, of Greencastle, PA, passed away Friday, March 30, 2018 at Hershey Medical Center due to complications from a fall. She was born on June 21, 1935 in State Line, PA and was the daughter of the late George C. Koons and Rayetta P. Koons.
Nancy graduated from Greencastle Antrim...
Joanne M. (Martin) Dunning
Mar 29, 2018
Joanne M. (Martin) Dunning, age 68, of Greencastle, PA , passed away surrounded by her family at 8:15 AM Thursday, March 29, 2018 in her home after a seven year battle with pancreatic cancer.
Born April 1, 1949 in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late J. Earl and Ruth (Landis) Martin. Joanne was a...
Rose Marie (Gsell) Virts
Mar 24, 2018
Rose Marie (Gsell) Virts
Rose Marie (Gsell) Virts, age 79 of Rohrersville, MD died Saturday morning March 24, 2018 in Doey’s Hospice House in Hagerstown.
Born August 13, 1938 in Antrim Twp. Franklin County, PA, she was the daughter of the late Clyde W. and Edna May (Rebuck) Gsell. Her husband John Virts died in...
Peggy N. (Nesbitt) Frank
Mar 23, 2018
Peggy N. (Nesbitt) Frank
Peggy N. (Nesbitt) Frank, age 80 of Waynesboro, PA entered eternal rest on Friday morning March 23, 2018. Although she had been in declining health the past several years, she was lovingly cared for at home by her husband Ramsey L. Frank.
Born October 21, 1937 in Wheeling, WV, she was...
William C. Harris
Mar 23, 2018
William Cyphert Harris, former resident of Bethel Park, PA, and Chambersburg, PA passed from this life on March 23, 2018 at Providence Place, Chambersburg, PA.
Born in Vandergrift, Pennsylvania on October 21, 1934, he was the son of the late Madeline Cyphert Harris Shanafelt (Boyd) and late William James Harris. He was married to Faye Ileen Harris...

Arnold K. Bonebrake
Mar 11, 2018
Arnold K. Bonebrake
Arnold Keadle Bonebrake, age 79, formerly a resident of the Trinity House in Waynesboro died Sunday afternoon March 11, 2017 at the Quincy Retirement Village. Services and burial in Green Hill Cemetery, Waynesboro will be at the convenience of the family. Arrangements were handled by the Zimmerman And Son Funeral Home in Greencastle.
Rhoda E. (Brechbiel) Wolford
Mar 11, 2018
Rhoda E. Wolford
Rhoda E. (Brechbiel) Wolford, age 104 of Greencastle, PA died Sunday morning March 11, 2018 in her home.
She was born February 17, 1914 in Antrim Twp. Franklin County, PA, and was the daughter of the late David A. and Effie (Wallach) Brechbiel.
Rhoda was a homemaker and also worked...
Lina Ruth Horst
Mar 5, 2018
Lina Ruth Horst
Lina Ruth Horst, age 93 of the Williamsport Retirement Village and formerly of Nottingham Road Hagerstown, MD died of pneumonia complications at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown on Monday March 5, 2018.
She was born October 3, 1924 near Chambersburg, PA; she was the daughter of the late Samuel H. and Martha...