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Dorothy H. Royal
Jan 17, 2024
Dorothy H. Royal, 82, of Greencastle, PA, passed away Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at Mount Hope Nazarene Retirement Community, Manheim, PA.
Dorothy was born in McConnellsburg, PA on April 22, 1941, a daughter of the late Janet (Bard) and Floyd Swope. She was the widow of John E. Royal, who she married in April of 1965. He...
Mary Lee Lanehart
Jan 12, 2024
Mary Lee Lanehart, 82, of Needmore, PA, passed away Friday, January 12, 2024 at her residence.
Mary was born in Big Cove Tannery, PA on August 31, 1941, a daughter of the late Naomi (Byers) and Ira Lloyd Everts. She was the widow of Charles E. Lanehart, Sr., who she married on March 18, 1961. He preceded...
Harold W. Locke, Jr.
Jan 12, 2024
Harold W. Locke, Jr., 89, of Chambersburg, PA and formerly of Saint Thomas, PA went home to be with the Lord on January 12, 2024.
Harold was born in Saint Thomas, PA on July 7, 1934, a son of the late Mildred (Diller) and H. Wayne Locke. He was united in marriage to Alma M. (Anderson) Locke...
Vivian Reilly
Jan 12, 2024
Vivian Reilly went to her Lord and Savior on January 12, 2024. She was born to Vernon and Una Reese in the small hamlet of Burnt Cabins, PA on March 24,1926. Vivian was the younger of two girls (Helen Reese Morton-deceased). She was blessed with three children: Lyle, Kenneth, and MaryAnn Reed (deceased), then blessed again with five grandchildren...
Carl E. Wertman, Jr.
Jan 10, 2024
Carl E. Wertman, Jr., 76, of Hustontown, PA and formerly of Hancock, MD passed away Wednesday, January 10th, 2024 at his residence. Carl was born in Hancock, MD on February 3, 1947, the son of the late Thelma Geraldine (Clingerman) Wertman and Carl E. Wertman, Sr. He was the husband of Norma J. (Strait) Wertman whom he married on...
Darl G. Schriever
Dec 25, 2023
Darl G. Schriever, 84, of Warfordsburg, PA, passed away Monday, December 25th, at his residence.
Darl was born in Amaranth, PA on May 7, 1939, a son of the late Mary E. (Barnhart) and Ellis V. Schriever. He was the husband of Virginia H. (Ray) Schriever, who he married on September 13, 1961.
Darl was...
Helen Loretta (Cline) Clusman
Dec 24, 2023
On December 24, 2023, Helen Loretta Clusman passed away peacefully at her residence at Country Meadows Retirement Community, Frederick Maryland.
Helen was the second of six children, born to Raymond Merrill Cline and Mary Elizabeth Magsam Cline on October 15, 1934 on the Magsam Farm in McConnellsburg, PA. Helen attended school in McConnellsburg and graduated from McConnellsburg...
Richard F. Wilson
Dec 22, 2023
Richard F. Wilson, 83, of Needmore, PA, passed away Friday, December 22nd, at the Fulton County Medical Center Long Term Care Center.
Richard was born in York, PA on August 31, 1940, a son of the late Dorothy (Ort) and Eugene Wilson and Ross and Goldie Mellott who raised him. He was the husband of Mary Jane...
Alice E. Deshong
Dec 11, 2023
Alice E. DeShong, 81, of Harrisonville, PA, passed away Monday, December 11th, at her residence.
Alice was born in Harrisonville, PA on July 12, 1942, a daughter of the late Doris E. (Witter) and Guy F. Oakman. She was the widow of R. Boyd DeShong, who she married in 1958. He preceded her in death on June...
Marsha L. Vance
Dec 10, 2023
Marsha L. Vance, 43, of Breezewood, PA, passed away Sunday, December 10th, at her residence.
Marsha was born in Waynesboro, PA on March 7, 1980, a daughter of Linda L. (Bingaman) DeShong, wife of Donald of Breezewood, PA and Donald R. Buterbaugh, Jr., husband of Melissa of McConnellsburg, PA.
Marsha was a 1998 graduate of...
Raymond E. "Ed" Seville, Jr.
Nov 25, 2023
Raymond E. "Ed" Seville, Jr., 76, of McConnellsburg, PA, passed away Saturday, November 25, 2023.
Ed was born in McConnellsburg, PA on March 29, 1947, a son of the late Mildred (Keefer) Seville and Raymond E. Seville, Sr. He was the husband of Margaret A. (Strausner) Seville, who he married on December 3, 1967.
Ed...
Mark Y. Atkinson
Nov 23, 2023
Mark Y. Atkinson, 80, of Harrisonville, PA, passed away Thursday, November 23, 2023 at his son's home in Harrisonville, PA.
Mark was born in Sellersville, PA on March 6, 1943, a son of the late Anna Kathryn (Yothers) and Henry Atkinson. He was the husband of Grace E. (Myers) Atkinson, who she married on October 28, 1967....
Hazel L. Mellott
Nov 19, 2023
Hazel L. Mellott, 85, of Big Cove Tannery, PA, passed away Sunday, November 19th, at her residence.
Hazel was born in Big Cove Tannery, PA on June 14, 1938, a daughter of the late Olive (Bishop) and Ulysses G. Keefer. She was the wife of Norman E. Mellott, who she married on April 5, 1958.
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Larue M. Waters
Nov 9, 2023
LaRue Mae (Orr) Waters Davis, known simply as LaRue or Aunt Rue to her family and friends, was born in the spring of 1936 in the bustling borough of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As fate's sunset draped its final hues on November 9th, 2023, she departed this world in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, leaving behind a legacy of love, faith, and gentleness.
...Wanda Jeanne Truax
Nov 9, 2023
Wanda Jeanne Truax, 89, of Harrisonville, PA, passed away Thursday, November 9, 2023 at WellSpan York Hospital, York, PA.
Wanda was born in Wells Valley, PA on February 2, 1934, a daughter of the late Madeline Pearl (Foster) and Richard Harvey McQuait. She was the widow of Guy Charles Truax, who she married on September 2, 1950. ...
Robert Russell Pyle
Nov 8, 2023
Robert R. Pyle, 80, of Waterfall, Pennsylvania, died suddenly on November 8, 2023 in Fulton County. Bob was a father, husband, grandfather, friend to many and much more. He was born November 18, 1942, the son of Edwin James Pyle, Sr. and Marietta (Webb). Bob graduated from Conestoga High School in Berwyn in 1961.
Bob was a...
Carla F. Helman
Nov 3, 2023
Carla F. (Pittman) Helman, 76, of McConnellsburg, passed away peacefully at her home on Hillside Estates, McConnellsburg, surrounded by her family.
She was born in McConnellsburg, on July 11, 1947, daughter of the late Kenneth and Doris M. (Seville) Pittman.
Carla is survived by son Vincent J. husband of Tammy (Smyers) Helman, of Shippensburg; son...
C. Ellwood Sexton
Oct 25, 2023
C. Ellwood Sexton, 79, of Needmore, PA. passed away on Wednesday, October 25th, 2023, at his home on, Sipes Mill Rd. in Licking Creek Twp.
He was born in Baltimore, MD. on September 17, 1944, a son of the late Mary Margaret (Adcock) and Clarence A. Sexton.
On February 20, 1965, he married his wife...
David W. Lochte
Oct 21, 2023
My Life with David My husband Dave Lochte, 76, of McConnellsburg, PA, passed away October 21, 2023. Dave wanted cremated and his cremains scattered. He didn't want services. He was a very private man and didn't like drama. He was a very smart man also. He was quiet and could be very funny. He was a very good dancer...
Kenneth Lee Glazier
Oct 21, 2023
Kenneth "Lee" Glazier, 85, of McConnellsburg, PA, passed away Saturday, October 21, 2023 at WellSpan York Hospital, York, PA.
Lee was born in Chambersburg, Pa on March 29, 1938, a son of the late Viola (Comerer) and Kenneth S. Glazier. He was the husband of Sharon M. (Mellott) Glazier, who he married on June 20, 1959.
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