Local Obituaries for Families in Greencastle, Franklin County & Surrounding Areas
Anna C. Helfrick
Mar 20, 2025
Anna C. Helfrick age 91, of Marion, PA went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, March 20, 2025, at Quincy Village Nursing Home. Born February 4, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Charles Ambrose Myers and Martha Agnes Gayman Myers.
Mrs. Helfrick was a homemaker helping on the family farm and raising eight children...
J. Elden Eby
Mar 19, 2025
J. Elden Eby, age 92, of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born March 3, 1933, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Ira and Lydia Lehman Eby.
Mr. Eby attended the former Chambersburg High School. Mr. Eby was a Dairy Farmer for 25 years; he...
Cheryl Koons Winger
Mar 18, 2025
Cheryl Koons Winger, 83, of Hagerstown, MD, passed away Tuesday, March 18, 2025, at Sterling Care South Mountain Nursing Home. Cheryl was born on Dec. 3, 1941, in Hagerstown, to the late George and Helen (Keller) Koons.
Cheryl grew up in Greencastle, PA. She was the valedictorian of the Greencastle-Antrim High School’s class of 1960. She earned both a bachelor’s and...
Steven M. Weaver
Mar 14, 2025
Steven M. Weaver, 77, of Greencastle, PA passed away Friday, March 14, 2025 in the Waynesboro Hospital. Born September 20, 1947 in Hagerstown, MD he was the son of the late Warren “Puff” and Jane (Hamilton) Weaver.
He was a graduate of Greencastle High School with the Class of 1965. Steve went on to serve with the United States National Guard...
Doris M. Myers
Mar 8, 2025
Doris M. Myers, age 78, of Chambersburg, PA went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, March 8, 2025 at Quincy Nursing Home. Born in Chambersburg, PA on September 13, 1946, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Ruth Bingaman Carbaugh.
Mrs. Myers was a 1965 graduate of James Buchanan High School. She went on to...
Margaret Piskorik
Mar 5, 2025
Margaret Marie Piskorik of Pringle, PA passed away on March 5, 2025, at the home of her beloved son David Piskorik, Greencastle PA. Born February 2, 1930, in Port Griffith, PA, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Zofia (Kovalcik) Novabilski.
She spent her life being a loving wife to her late husband, Andrew Piskorik of 43 years, raising...
Gladys O. McCrae
Mar 2, 2025
Gladys O. McCrae, age 95, of Greencastle, PA, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at Chambers Pointe Health Care Center. Born in Antrim Township, PA, on December 26, 1929, she was the daughter of the late William H. and Bertha M. Snyder Oaks.
A 1947 graduate of Greencastle Antrim High School, Mrs. McCrae...
Leona G. Crider
Feb 27, 2025
Leona G. (Horst) Crider, 93, of Greencastle, PA went to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday February 27, 2025 at Mercy House of Chambersburg.
Born near Marion, Franklin County, PA on October 3, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Ralph B. and Maude (Foust) Horst.
Leona was a member at the Marion First United Methodist Church where she...
Franklin Leroy Suders, Jr
Feb 22, 2025
Franklin Leroy Suders, Jr., age 77 of Marion, PA, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Saturday, February 22, 2025. Born August 22, 1947, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Franklin Leroy and Francis Hornbaker Suders, Sr.
Mr. Suders worked as a production and planning controller at Letterkenny Army Depot for many years, retiring in 1993. After...
Dolores Brandt Burkholder
Feb 21, 2025
Dolores Louise Burkholder, age 91, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Friday, February 21, 2025, at her home with her daughter by her side. Born July 19, 1933, in St. Thomas Township, PA, she was the daughter of the late Charles H. and Annie Florence Ommert Brandt.
Mrs. Burkholder was a 1951 graduate of the former St. Thomas High School. She...
J. Lorraine "Dolly" Shoemaker
Feb 20, 2025
J. Lorraine “Dolly” Shoemaker, age 91, of Greencastle, PA, passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 20th in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born June 10, 1933, in Marion, PA, she was the daughter of the late Roy “Doc” Oberholzer and Nora Barnes Oberholzer. She was preceded in death by her late husband, Joseph R. Shoemaker who passed away on August 1, 1979.
She...
Anna "Jean" Rice
Feb 20, 2025
Anna “Jean” (Lindsay) Rice, 89, of Greencastle, PA passed away Thursday, February 20, 2025 in Mercy House of Chambersburg. Born March 1, 1935 in Greencastle, she was the daughter of the late John Bernard and Beulah (Shank) Lindsay.
Jean was a graduate of Greencastle High School with the Class of 1953. She and her late husband, Robert L. Rice, were married...
Walter R. "Ray" McElhaney, Jr.
Feb 10, 2025
Walter Raymond “Ray” McElhaney, Jr. age 71, of Lake City, FL and formerly of Mercersburg, PA, passed away on February 10, 2025, at Lake City Hospice Haven, Florida. Born in Hagerstown, MD on January 31, 1954, he was the son of the late Walter Raymond McElhaney, Sr. and Edna Allura Mae Gearhart McElhaney.
A 1971 graduate of the James Buchanan High...
Elsie V. Shank
Feb 2, 2025
Elsie V. Shank, age 99, of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, February 2, 2025, at her home with her family by her side. Born September 6, 1925, in Reid, MD, she was the daughter of the late Charles W. and Lula Holsinger Martin.
Mrs. Shank was a homemaker most of her life, she also helped...
Steven C. Stine
Feb 1, 2025
Steven C. Stine, Sr., 62, of Ridge, MD, passed away after struggling with an illness for seven weeks on February 1, 2025, in White Plains, MD. Born June 7, 1962, in Waynesboro, PA, he was the son of the late Charles B. Stine, Sr., and Lois V. Mowen Stine.
Steven was employed in construction most of his life. Most recently he...
Amos G. Martin
Jan 30, 2025
Amos Garling Martin, 69, of Frederick, MD, passed away on January 30, 2025, at North Hampton Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Frederick, MD. Born April 12, 1955, in Uniontown, PA, he was the son of the late Rev. William H. and Catherine Louise Garling Martin.
Amos was a 1973 graduate of Brownsville Area High School. He was a custom home...
Paul Eugene Mummert
Jan 28, 2025
Paul Eugene Mummert, age 93, of Martinsburg, WV, passed away on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, at Williamsport Retirement Village. Born in Waynesboro, PA on January 27, 1932, he was the son of the late Wilbur and Helen Peiffer Mummert.
Mr. Mummert was a 1949 graduate of Greencastle-Antrim Senior High School, he went on to serve honorably in the U.S. Army from...
Bobbie Lorraine Shaffer
Jan 27, 2025
Bobbie Lorraine Shaffer, age 91, of Mercersburg, PA, passed away at her home with her family by her side on Monday, January 27, 2025. Born on September 6, 1933, in Magnolia, WV, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Lillian Snyder Hendershot.
Mrs. Shaffer was a 1951 graduate of Hyndman High School. She was a homemaker and worked as...
Barbara K. Rogers
Jan 25, 2025
Barbara K. Rogers, age 76, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, January 25, 2025, at Laurel Lakes Rehabilitation Center. Born December 12, 1948, in Clear Spring, MD she was the daughter of the late Charles W. and Ella E. Howell Rankin.
Mrs. Rogers was a factory worker for many years working at Maryland Ribbon and Corning Glass. Her husband, Omer...
Ray M. Garber
Jan 15, 2025
Ray M. Garber, 94, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at his home. Born on September 25, 1930 in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Dennis and Nora Meyers Garber.
Ray was a 1949 graduate of the former Chambersburg High School. He then went on to continue his life’s work as a dairy farmer.
Ray is...
