Local Obituaries for Families in Greencastle, Franklin County & Surrounding Areas
Harold A. Leckron
Apr 21, 2011
Harold A. Leckron, age 80, and a resident of the Penn Hall Assisted Living Center Chambersburg since August 2009 and formerly of 1565 Hykes Rd Greencastle died at 10:20 A.M. Thursday April 21, 2011 in the Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA. following a brief illness. Born September 16, 1930 in Greencastle, PA., he was the son of the late Nelson...
Richard "Dick" Statler
Apr 11, 2011
Richard E. "Dick" Statler, age 72 of 6629 Guitner Rd. Greencastle, PA. died at 6:00 A.M. Monday, April 11, 2011 in his home. Born May 22, 1938 in Greencastle, PA., he was the son of the late D. J. Raymond and Nellie Blanche (Hoover) Statler. He retired from the former Corning Glass Works of Greencastle. He and his wife, Nancy...
Jenevieve W. Musselman
Apr 10, 2011
Jenevieve W. (Zeger) Musselman, age 84 of 8313 Talhelm Rd. Chambersburg, PA. passed away peacefully at 6:57 A.M. Sunday April 10, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 21, 1926 in Antrim Twp. Franklin County, PA., she was the daughter of the late John W. and Lottie C. (Hager) Zeger. A lifelong resident of Antrim Township, Jenny was a 1945...
Margaret E. Rotz
Apr 4, 2011
Margaret E. Rotz, age 76 a resident of the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Chambersburg and formerly of Greencastle died Monday, April 4, 2011 in the nursing home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday April 7 at 1:00 P.M. from the St. Mark''s Catholic Church of Greencastle. There will be no viewing. Burial will be...
Verna E. Wagaman
Apr 4, 2011
Verna E. (Mowen) Wagaman, age 95 a resident of the Cross Keys Village - The Brethren Home in New Oxford, PA. for the last 18 years and formerly of Hades Church Rd. Chambersburg died at 1:20 A.M. Monday April 4, 2011 in the nursing center of the home. Born March 11, 1916 in Guilford Twp. Franklin County, PA., she was...
Harold C. Gayman
Apr 1, 2011
Harold Crunkilton Gayman of Fayetteville, PA. and formerly of Greencastle, PA. passed away at 4:32 P.M. Friday, April 1, 2011 in the Good Shepherd Somers Hospice House in Sebring, Florida following an illness of one month. Born February 17, 1927 in Antrim Township, Franklin County, PA., he was the son of the late Henry S. and Hattie (Crunkilton) Gayman. He...
Faye E. Elliott
Mar 30, 2011
Faye E. Elliott, age 82 of 59 Walter Ave. Greencastle, Pa. died at 6:15 A.M. Wednesday March 30, 2011 in the Shook Home Chambersburg where she had resided for a brief time. Born April 10, 1928 in Shady Grove, PA., she was the daughter of the late Wilbur and Carrie (Myers) Hollinger. Faye was a homemaker and a member of...
Olive M. Homer
Mar 26, 2011
Olive M. (Miller) Homer, age 89 formerly of South Allison St., Greencastle and recently a resident of Quincy Home passed away at 10:15 P.M. on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in the Waynesboro Hospital. She had been in declining health since January. Born, August 30, 1921 in Gardners, PA she was the daughter of the late Charles F. and Ida A....
Elizabeth B. Martin Oberholzer
Mar 22, 2011
Elizabeth B. Martin Oberholzer, age 92 a resident of Menno Haven in Chambersburg, PA. died at 5:15 P.M. Tuesday, March 22, 2011 in the Menno Haven nursing center. Born October 16, 1918 in Washington County, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Leroy S. and Ida (Ebersole) Martin. She had worked as a cook at the Cedar Ridge Children''s...
Rhoda H. Eby
Mar 21, 2011
Rhoda H. Eby, age 89 years, died after a brief illness, Monday March 21, 2011 at the home of her daughter Betty Jane and Mark Martin of 14655 St. Paul Road Clear Spring, MD. Born August 26, 1921 in Hagerstown, Md., she was the daughter of the late Eli and Susan (Hege) Martin. She was a member of the Clear...
Margaret L. Martin
Mar 19, 2011
Margaret L. (Shockey) Martin, age 80 of 5685 Montgomery Church Rd. Greencastle, Pa. died unexpectedly Saturday, March 19, 2011 in the emergency room of the Chambersburg Hospital. Born October 20, 1930 in Romney, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Arthur W. and Tempie L. (Hose) Shockey. She had retired from the Western Maryland Center of Hagerstown in...
Lydia M. Flora
Mar 16, 2011
Lydia M. Flora, age 71 of 309 Irva Dr. West Chambersburg, PA. died at 3:50 A.M. Wednesday March 16, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born April 8, 1939 in Fayetteville, PA., she was the daughter of the late Walter B. and Leah E. (Martin) Christophel. In her earlier years she had worked at the former Waynesboro Knitting Mill and Stanley...
Mary K. Lowans
Mar 14, 2011
Mary K. (Barnhart) Lowans, age 86 of 3140 Hill Rd. Greencastle, PA. died at 11:35 A.M. Monday March 14, 2011 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born May 25, 1924 in Andover, Fulton County, PA., she was the daughter of the late Lewis and Elizabeth (Fagley) Barnhart. She was employed by the Heisey Orchards and Lowengart Tannery, both formerly of Mercersburg. She...
Gail B. Starliper
Mar 14, 2011
Gail B. (Hawbaker) Starliper, age 42 of Greencastle, PA, passed away at 4:10 P.M. on Monday, March 14, 2011 at the home of her parents in Greencastle. Born, February 14, 1969 in Waynesboro, PA she was the daughter of the late Seth W. Hawbaker and Isobel (McLeod) Zach of Greencastle, PA and the step-daughter of Larry D. Zach of Greencastle....
Josephine Wine Spitz
Mar 14, 2011
Josephine ("Josie") Wine Spitz, 64, loving wife and mother, died Monday, March 14, 2011 at her residence in Surfside Beach, S.C. after a valiant four-year battle with ovarian cancer. She was born in Waynesboro and raised in Greencastle. A 1964 graduate of Greencastle-Antrim High School, she then received a B.S. in Health and Physical Education from Slippery Rock University. With...
Ida B. Leininger
Mar 13, 2011
Ida B. (Walker) Leininger, age 85 of 265 North Carlisle St. - Lot 13 Greencastle, PA. died at 9:00 P.M. Sunday, March 13, 2011 in the Waynesboro Hospital. Born April 14, 1925 in Cove Gap, PA., she was the daughter of the late George and Susan Belle Walker. She retired from Landis Tool Co. of Waynesboro and served as a...
David W. Statler
Mar 12, 2011
David W. Statler, age 87 of 255 Baumgardner Dr. Greencastle died unexpectedly at 5:30 P.M. Saturday, March 12, 2011 in his home. Born September 2, 1923 in Antrim Twp. Franklin County, PA., he was the son of the late D.J. Raymond and Nellie Blanche (Hoover) Statler. David was employed as a manager of the former Acme Grocery Stores in Greencastle...
Claude William Little
Mar 5, 2011
Claude William Little, age 86 a resident of Providence Place, Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Clifton Heights, PA passed into eternal rest after a brief illness at 2:55 A.M. on Saturday, March 5, 2011 in Providence Place. Born, June 18,1924 in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late William and Alice E. (Voorhees) Little. He was employed as...
Janet Carol Sipes
Feb 25, 2011
Janet Carol (Widder) Sipes, 74, of Greensburg, died Friday, Feb. 25, 2011 after a prolonged illness. Born June 27, 1936 in Kauffman, she was the daughter of the late George Howard "Dutch" and Mary Ruth Atherton Widder. She graduated from Greencastle High School in 1954 and worked as secretary to William P. Conrad, Greencastle High School principal. She and her...
Bertha Naomi Burkholder
Feb 25, 2011
Bertha Naomi Burkholder, age 101 a resident of the Mennonite Home Maugansville, MD. died at 12:35 P.M. Friday February 25, 2011 in the home. Born December 23, 1909 in Letterkenny Twp. Franklin County, PA., she was the daughter of the late Henry S. and Mary G. (Horst) Burkholder. She did housekeeping work and was a longtime member of Millers Mennonite...
