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Glenn A. Sipes
Feb 22, 2017
Glenn A. Sipes, 95, of Needmore, PA passed away Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017 at his residence. Glenn was born in Harrisonville, PA on January 4, 1922, the son of the late Laura (Schooley) and Rex Sipes. He was the widower of Hazel G. (Mellott) Sipes whom he married on April 18, 1949 and she passed away on November 8, 2014....
Marion "Lynn" Mellott
Feb 9, 2017
Marion "Lynn" Mellott, 65, of Mercersburg, PA passed away Thursday, February 9th, 2017 at his residence. Mr. Mellott was born in McConnellsburg, PA on June 1, 1951, the son of Elda (Coffman) Mellott of Mercersburg, PA and the late Kermit Mellott. He was a member of the Pleasant Ridge Church of the Brethren in Needmore, PA, was a sales/delivery person...
Maxine Kling
Jan 18, 2017
Maxine Kling, 92, of Warfordsburg, PA passed away Wednesday, January 18th, 2017 at Fulton County Medical Center, McConnellsburg, PA. Maxine was born in Franklin County, Illinois on December 28, 1924, the daughter of the late Hallie E. (Rhine) and Charles A. Dorris. She was the wife of David H. Kling whom she married on September 23, 1972. Mrs. Kling was...
Hazel M. Sipes
Jan 17, 2017
Hazel M. Sipes, 82, of McConnellsburg, PA passed away Tuesday, January 17th, 2017 at Fulton County Medical Center, McConnellsburg, PA. Hazel was born in McConnellsburg, PA on November 13, 1934, the daughter of the late Ella Lodema (Sharpe) and Ira Russell Mellott. She was the widow of Marvin O. Sipes whom she married on June 5, 1954 and he passed...
Mary B. Reed
Jan 15, 2017
Mary B. Reed, 80, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Sunday, January 15th, 2017 at her residence. Mary was born in Cliffton Forge, VA on June 2, 1936. She was the widow of Francis K. Reed whom she married in 1952 and he passed away on December 25, 2002. She is survived by daughters Mary F. (companion Phillip Facemire) Griffith of...
Jennifer R. "Jen" Reed
Jan 14, 2017
Jennifer R. "Jen" Reed, 41, of Breezewood, PA passed away Saturday, January 14th, 2017 at her residence. Jen was born in Chambersburg, PA on February 20, 1975, the daughter of Carol Ann (Musselman) Williams of Mercersburg, PA and Edgar C. Hartman, Jr. of Chambersburg, PA. She was the wife of William S. Reed whom she married on December 22, 2016....
Betty Jane Leasure
Jan 11, 2017
Betty Jane Leasure, 91, of Warfordsburg, PA passed away Wednesday, January 11th, 2017 at her residence. Betty was born in Crystal Springs, PA on December 15, 1925, the daughter of the late Percy C. Hixson and Mary Gladys (Jackson) Hixson. Mrs. Leasure attended the Buck Valley Christian Church in Warfordsburg, PA, was a waitress at Penn Hall in Chambersburg, PA,...
Alton D. Hill
Jan 11, 2017
Alton D. Hill, 85, of Warfordsburg, PA passed away Wednesday, January 11th, 2017 at Woodland Nursing and Rehab, Orbisonia, PA. Alton was born in Warfordsburg, PA on December 6, 1931, the son of the late Edna (Peck) and Don Hill. He was the husband of Leona A. (Smith) Hill. whom he married on July 26, 1952. Mr. Hill was a...
Freeda A. Mellott
Jan 1, 2017
Freeda A. Mellott, 90, of Chambersburg, PA passed away Sunday, January 1st, 2017 at Manor Care Nursing Home, Chambersburg, PA. Freeda was born in Saluvia, PA on February 14, 1926, the daughter of the late Maude (Strait) and Charles E. Cline. She was the widow of Ferman C. Mellott whom she married on August 11, 1945 and he passed away...
Cody A. Trail
Dec 30, 2016
Cody A. Trail, 20, of McConnellsburg, PA passed away Friday, December 30th, 2016 at his residence after his courageous battle with cancer. Cody was born in Hagerstown, MD on August 8, 1996, the son of Jennifer D. (Trail) Hoover and David R. Hoover, III of McConnellsburg, PA and Brian and Becky Duvall of Needmore, PA. He graduated from McConnellsburg High...
Christine N. Akers
Dec 6, 2016
Christine N. Akers, 67, of Needmore, PA passed away Tuesday, December 6th, 2016 at Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA. Christine was born in Needmore, PA on December 25, 1948, the daughter of Hazel A. (Palmer) Clevenger of Needmore, PA and her late step-father Boyd C. Clevenger. As a child, she attended the Sideling Hill Christian Church in Needmore, PA, was...
W. Eugene Lake
Nov 25, 2016
W. Eugene Lake, 74, of Harrisonville, PA passed away Friday, November 25th, 2016 at Pinnacle Health, Harrisburg, PA. Eugene was born in Hagerstown, MD on July 24, 1942, the son of the late Edna and Wayne Lake. He was the husband of Myrtle E. (Hershey) Lake whom he married on October 17, 1961. Mr. Lake attended the Mt. Tabor Church...
Kathaleen A. Mellott-Detwiler
Nov 9, 2016
Kathaleen A. Mellott-Detwiler, 93, formerly of McConnellsburg, PA passed away Wednesday, November 9th, 2016 at Somerford Assisted Living, Hagerstown, MD. Kathaleen was born in Needmore, PA on March 22, 1923, the daughter of the late Jessie V. (Mellott) and Maynard R. DeShong. She was the widow of Lester M. Detwiler. She was a member of the Free Brethren Church in...
Ruth E. Lynch
Nov 4, 2016
Ruth E. Lynch, 85, of Big Cove Tannery, PA passed away Friday, November 4th, 2016 in Chambersburg, PA. Ruth was born in Boswell, PA on February 20, 1931, the daughter of the late Inez L. "Vine" (Boyer) Humbert and Thomas O. Humbert, Sr. She was the widow of John F. Lynch whom she married on November 2, 1948 and he...
Gerald L. "Jerry" Reed
Nov 3, 2016
Gerald L. "Jerry" Reed, 73, of McConnellsburg, PA passed away Thursday, November 3rd, 2016 at Harrisburg General Hospital, Harrisburg, PA. Jerry was born in Saxton, PA on August 30, 1943, the son of the late Goldie Ann (Ritchey) and George Lewis Reed. He was the husband of Deborah L. (Pollard) Reed whom he married on July 3, 1999. Mr. Reed...
Duane L. Ramsey
Oct 25, 2016
Duane L. Ramsey, 68, of McConnellsburg, PA passed away Tuesday, October 25th, 2016 at his residence. Duane was born in Harrisonville, PA on February 7, 1948, the son of the late Lois A. (Sipes) and Delmar L. Ramsey. He was the husband of Patti J. (Pittman) Ramsey whom he married on November 4, 1972. He served in the U.S. Air...
Andrew John Lane
Oct 23, 2016
Andrew John Lane, 24, of Needmore, PA passed away Sunday, October 23rd, 2016 at his residence. Andrew was born in York, PA on April 21, 1992, the son of Michelle Elaine (Truax) Lane of Needmore, PA and David J. Lane of McConnellsburg, PA. He graduated from Southern Fulton High School in 2010, attended the Pleasant Ridge Church of the Brethren...
Richard M. "Dick" Mellott
Oct 4, 2016
Richard M. "Dick" Mellott, 92, of Needmore, PA passed away Tuesday, October 4th, 2016 at Falling Spring Nursing Nursing Home, Chambersburg, PA. Dick was born in Needmore, PA on July 17, 1924, the son of the late Jessie M. (Truax) and Rowe C. Mellott. He was the husband of Estella L. (Mellott) Mellott whom he married on May 13, 1944....
Leila M. Strait
Oct 2, 2016
Leila M. Strait, 91, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Needmore, PA passed away Sunday, October 2nd, 2016 at The Shook Home, Chambersburg, PA. Leila was born in Needmore, PA on September 23, 1925, the daughter of the late Clara Ethel (Sipes) and Daniel Blair Strait. She was the widow of Arlie Strait. She was a member of the Needmore...
Robert Lee Guessford
Sep 26, 2016
Robert Lee Guessford, 69, of Needmore, PA passed away Monday, September 26th, 2016 at Fulton County Medical Center, McConnellsburg, PA. Robert was born in Hagerstown, MD on October 20, 1946, the son of the late Helen Mae (Seiders) Cline and Lester Howard Guessford. He was the widower of Natalie (Crouse) Guessford. He was a member of the Pleasant Grove Christian...
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