Local Obituaries for Families in Greencastle, Franklin County & Surrounding Areas
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...
Verna E. Phenicie
Jan 15, 2025
Verna E. Phenicie, 93, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at her home. Born July 31, 1931 in Mercersburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late John W. and Bessie Gordon Dorty. Her beloved husband, Roy Phenicie, preceded her in death on January 3, 2008.
Verna was a graduate of Mercersburg High School. She was employed...
Charles Richard Hess
Jan 9, 2025
Charles Richard “Dick” Hess, age 96, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Thursday, January 9, 2025, at his home. Born May 2, 1928, in Waynesboro, PA, he was the son of the late Floyd R. and Rhea Mae Miller Hess.
Mr. Hess served honorably in the U.S. Air Force 1946-1948 and the U.S. Army 1950-1952. He went on to retire from...
Harold N. Moats
Jan 6, 2025
Harold N. Moats, age 85, formerly of Clay Hill, PA, passed from this earth to be with Jesus on Monday, January 6, 2025, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 24, 1939, in Waynesboro, PA, he was the son of the late Horace N. and Kathryn V. Dillon Moats of Waynesboro, PA.
Harold was a 1959 graduate of the former Quincy High...
Dwayne E. Potteiger
Jan 5, 2025
Rev. Dwayne E. Potteiger, age 63, of Wakarusa, IN, was called home to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, January 5, 2024, at his daughter’s home in Chambersburg, PA. Born in Harrisburg, PA on November 21, 1961, he was the son of Donald E. and Dorothy Witter Potteiger.
From the ages of 9-15, he lived in Rhodesia, Africa where...
Norman F. Kennedy
Jan 4, 2025
Norman F. Kennedy, 93, of Greencastle, PA, entered his eternal home with Jesus on Saturday, January 4, 2025, at Providence Place of Chambersburg. Born December 8, 1931, in Waynesboro, PA, he was the son of the late Ralph F. and Anna Mary Hykes Kennedy.
Norman worked most of his life as a dairy farmer. Even later in life he enjoyed working...
Florence E. Bates
Jan 3, 2025
Florence Elizabeth Bates, 88, of State Line, PA, passed away on Friday, January 3, 2025 at the Mennonite Fellowship Home. Born June 20, 1936 in Rice, VA, she was a daughter of the late Fordy and Esther Elizabeth Martin Bates.
Florence was employed for many years at the Waynesboro Hospital as a lab worker until her retirement in 1995. She was...
Frances E. Benchoff
Dec 31, 2024
Frances E. “Fran” Benchoff, age 83, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Tuesday, December 31, 2024, at her home. Born May 23, 1941, in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Howard G. and Ruby Grace Johnson Bear.
Fran was a 1959 graduate of the Greencastle-Antrim Senior High School. She was a homemaker most of her adult life. Fran...
Darlene K. Hurst
Dec 29, 2024
Darlene K. Hurst, age 79, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Sunday, December 29, 2024, at the Chambersburg Hospital. Born in Chambersburg, PA on November 15, 1945, she was the daughter of the late Glen and Elsie Statler Oberholzer.
Mrs. Hurst was a 1963 graduate of the former St. Thomas High School. She worked as a bus driver for over 30...
Frances Helen Diller
Dec 28, 2024
Frances Helen Diller, age 86, of Greencastle, PA went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 28, 2024, at Heritage Hills Retirement Home. Born February 22, 1938, in Marion, PA, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Norman H. and Elizabeth Eshleman Martin.
Mrs. Diller was a 1956 graduate of the Greencastle-Antrim Senior High School. She married her...
Jeanne Nadean Leister
Dec 22, 2024
Jeanne Nadean Leister, age 85, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Sunday, December 22, 2024, at Brookview at Menno Haven Nursing Home. Born April 14, 1939, in Washington, DC., she was the daughter of William and Ruth Durning Woodruff.
Mrs. Leister was a 1957 graduate of Shenandoah Valley Academy, New Market, VA. Jeanne caught the eye of Clarence E. Leister while...
Genevieve V. Kiser
Dec 18, 2024
Genevieve V. (Hykes) Kiser, age 97, of Chambersburg, PA, and formerly of Greencastle, PA passed away on Wednesday, December 18, 2024, at Chambers Pointe Nursing Home. Born December 10, 1927, in Coseytown, PA, she was the daughter of the late Preston D. and Olive J. Myers Hykes.
Mrs. Kiser was a 1946 graduate of Greencastle-Antrim Senior High School and also attended...
Skylar Elizabeth Sites
Dec 13, 2024
Skylar Elizabeth Sites, age 26, of Baltimore, MD and formerly of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Friday, December 13, 2024, at her home after a courageous battle with cancer. Born October 28, 1998, in Baltimore, MD, she is the daughter of John D. Sites and Julie Miller Sites.
Skylar was a 2017 graduate of Greencastle-Antrim Senior High School and a 2020...
William J. Kuykendall
Dec 11, 2024
William J. Kuykendall, age 101, of Greencastle, PA, passed away at the Chambersburg Hospital on Wednesday, December 11, 2024. Born in Moorfield, WV, he was the son of the late William and Winifred Halterman Kuykendall.
Mr. Kuykendall served honorably in the U.S. Army during WWII. He was a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Greencastle, The Greencastle American Legion, and...
Ruby B. Pentz
Dec 7, 2024
Ruby B. Pentz, of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Saturday, December 7, 2024, at Paramount Nursing Home with her family by her side. Born June 25, in Fayetteville, PA, she was the daughter of the late John E. Cook and Grace Shatzley Peters.
Ruby worked as a cafeteria supervisor at the Chambersburg Hospital for 25 years, before her retirement. She was...
Norma Jean Witmer
Dec 3, 2024
Norma Jean Witmer, age 82, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Tuesday, December 3, 2024, at Chambersburg Hospital. Born on July 5, 1942, in Hagerstown, MD, she was the daughter of the late Ambrose Earl and Margaret Catherine Carbaugh Izer.
Mrs. Witmer was a 1960 graduate of Greencastle- Antrim Senior High School. She worked as a homemaker, caring for and making...
Charles Edwin Freshman
Dec 2, 2024
Charles Edwin Freshman, age 87, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Monday, December 2, 2024, at his home. Born September 20, 1937, in Greencastle, PA, he was the son of the late Charles J. and Sara Tice Freshman.
Mr. Freshman attended Greencastle Antrim Senior High School. He went on to a career driving truck beginning with Dairymaid, then Servamation, and retiring...
Dorothy L. Clare
Nov 23, 2024
Dorothy L. Clare, age 86, of Greencastle, PA passed away at her home on Saturday, November 23, 2024. Born in Waynesboro, PA on May 20, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Denton and Mabel I. Creager Bingaman.
Mrs. Clare was a 1956 graduate of the Waynesboro Area Senior High School. She went on to own and operate her own...
Nina M. Ruffner
Nov 16, 2024
Nina M. Ruffner, age 80, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Saturday, November 16, 2024, at her home with her husband by her side. Born in Greenville TN on July 5, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Oval Hensley.
Nina worked as a waitress for 38 years, at Nick’s Airport Inn, retiring in 2009. She enjoyed gardening, flowers, going...
Betty J. Elliott
Nov 10, 2024
Betty J. Elliott, 94, of Greencastle, PA, passed away on Sunday, November 10, 2024 at Mercy House of Chambersburg. Born October 21, 1930 in Waynesboro, PA, she was a daughter of the late Paul and Ellen Barnes Starliper. Her beloved husband, Richard Elliott, preceded her in death in 2000.
Betty was employed at the Waynesboro Knitting Mill and Fresh Express in...
