Local Obituaries for Families in Greencastle, Franklin County & Surrounding Areas
Miriam Poole
Sep 7, 2012
Miriam Virginia Bingaman Poole Mrs. Miriam Virginia Bingaman Poole, 81, of Greencastle, died Friday morning, September 7, 2012, at Providence Place, Chambersburg. She was the wife of the late Robert Anthony Poole, who preceded her in death in 1993. Born December 20, 1930, in Welsh Run, she was one of thirteen children of the late George Andrew and Mary Grace...
Gerald Morganthall Sr
Sep 5, 2012
Gerald O. Morganthall Sr. Gerald Owen Morganthall Sr., age 92 of Greenfield, Indiana and formerly of 130 Fairview Ave. Waynesboro, PA for many years, died Wednesday, September 5, 2012 in the Hancock Regional Hospital in Greenfield. Born October 8, 1919 in Waynesboro, PA he was the son of the late Owen L. and Jeanette (Ryder) Morganthall. He and his wife...
David Shannon Hopkins
Sep 1, 2012
Mr. David Shannon Hopkins, 38, of Chambersburg, died Saturday, September 1, 2012, in Haiti. He was working under ASID, Thorcon, to build homes for the Haitian people. Born March 30, 1974, in Hagerstown, he was a son of Mrs. Linda Jay Ridgeway Butterfield of Vassalboro, Maine, and the late Terry Lee Hopkins. Since 2002, David was a partner with his...
Jean Smith
Aug 29, 2012
Jean B. Smith Jean Benchoff Smith, age 90 of Conway, South Carolina and formerly of Providence Place Chambersburg and North Port, Florida died Wednesday August 29, 2012 in the home of her daughter in Conway. Born July 26, 1922 in Waynesboro, PA, she was the daughter of the late Guy A. and Elizabeth (Heefner) Benchoff. She married Glenn M. Smith...
Thelma Stevens
Aug 24, 2012
Thelma Ruth Provard Stevens Thelma Ruth Provard Stevens, 86, of Culpeper, VA, formerly of Chambersburg, PA, passed away on Friday, August 24, 2012 at Culpeper Baptist Retirement Community. She was born on February 2, 1926 in Bino, PA to the late Jeremiah D. and Anna Madora Provard. She was preceded in death by her late husband, Glenn C. Stevens. Thelma...
Anna Mowen
Aug 22, 2012
Mrs. Anna Rebecca Shank Mowen, 94, of State Line, died Wednesday morning, August 22, 2012, at her son''s Greencastle residence. She was the wife of the late Rollo Palmer Mowen, her husband of 72 years who preceded her in death on August 29, 2007. Born April 3, 1918, in Washington County, she was a daughter of the late Daniel C....
Dorothy Hirneisen
Aug 19, 2012
Dorothy Margaret Hirneisen Dorothy Margaret Hirneisen, age 89 of Joy Dr. Greencastle, PA and formerly a long time resident of Reinholds, PA died at 10:05 P.M. Sunday, August 19, 2012 in Manor Care Health Services of Chambersburg, PA. Born January 3, 1923 in Reading, PA, she was the daughter of the late John and Florence (Anderson) Herzog. She married Dallas...
Patricia "Pat" Weisser
Aug 19, 2012
Patricia A. "Pat" Weisser Patricia A. "Pat" Weisser, age 75 of Social Island Rd. Chambersburg, PA died at 8:16 P.M. Sunday, August 19, 2012 in the Carolyn Croxton Slane Hospice Residence of Harrisburg, PA where she had been a resident for three days. Born July 5, 1937 in Clarence Center, New York, she was the daughter of the late James...
Max Myers
Aug 18, 2012
Max S. Myers Max S. Myers, age 81 of Meadowview Circle Greencastle died at 11:42 P.M. Saturday August 18, 2012 in the Meritus Medical Center Hagerstown from complications from a fall at his home earlier on Saturday morning. Born March 15, 1931 in Antrim Township, Franklin County, PA, he was the son of the late H. Nelson and Mabel (Slothour)...
Elsie Secrest
Aug 16, 2012
Mrs. Elsie M. Secrest, 71, of Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, died early Thursday morning, August 16, at her residence. She was the wife of Mr. Richard F. Secrest, her husband of 50 years. Born August 31, 1940, in Frederick County, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Charles E. and Anna Mary Wilhide Wastler. She was a 1961 graduate of...
Kendall Hammond
Aug 12, 2012
Kendall Lee Hammond Mr. Kendall Lee Hammond, 61, of Greencastle, died late Sunday morning, August 12, 2012, at his residence. He was the husband of Mrs. Diane Elizabeth Hellman Hammond, his wife of 30 years. Born September 9, 1950, in Presque Isle, Maine, he was a son of the late Ernest Wetmore Hammond and Lillias Arlene Briggs Boykin. He was...
Wayne Murray Jr
Aug 12, 2012
Wayne R. Murray Jr. Wayne R. "Sonny" Murray Jr., age 66 of Hades Church Rd. (P.O. Box 14) Shady Grove, PA died unexpectedly early Sunday morning August 12, 2012 in his home. Born June 9, 1946 in Hagerstown, MD, he was the son of the late Wayne R. Sr. and Helen A. (Barnhart) Murray. He married Ferne L. (Myers) Murray...
Patsy Daley
Aug 10, 2012
Patsy A. Daley Patsy Ann Daley, age 83 of Coseytown Rd. Greencastle, PA died at 12 Noon Friday, August 10, 2012 in her home. Born September 17, 1928 in Antrim Twp. Franklin County, PA, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Amelia (Strittmatter) Seacrest. Patsy was was married for over 63 years to Ernest A. Daley. She was...
Richard "Dick" Goetz
Aug 5, 2012
Mr. Richard Ordine "Dick" Goetz, 84, of Greencastle, died early Sunday afternoon, August 5, 2012, at his residence. He was the husband of Mrs. Betty Jane Gearhart Goetz, his wife of 60 years. Born January 28, 1928, in Greencastle, he was a son of the late Linford "Jimmie" and Edna Olive Mills Goetz. He retired from Beck Manufacturing, Greencastle, with...
Peggy Dehass
Aug 4, 2012
Peggy L. DeHass Peggy L. (Jones) DeHass, age 86 a resident of The Shook Home in Chambersburg and formerly of Kansas City, Missouri died at 8:21 A.M. Saturday, August 4, 2012 in the nursing home. Born September 10, 1925 in Hemingford, Nebraska, she was the daughter of the late Holbert and Elsie (Cole) Jones. Her husband William W. DeHass died...
Donna Gahan
Aug 3, 2012
Ms. Donna Mae Dudenhoeffer Gahan, 67, of Greencastle, died Friday evening, August 3, 2012, at her residence. Born June 25, 1945, in St. Louis, Missouri, she was the daughter of the late Jacob J. and Nelda Voss Dudenhoeffer. Donna worked at Brook Lane, Hagerstown, for nearly 20 years. She was an active member of St. Mark the Evangelist Roman Catholic...
Robert "Bob" Bingaman
Jul 30, 2012
Robert H. Bingaman Robert H. "Bob" Bingaman, age 74 of 3531 Williamson Rd. Greencastle, PA died at 4:25 P.M. Monday, July 30, 2012 in the John Hopkins Hospital of Baltimore, MD from complications of recent heart surgery. Born July 31, 1937 in Antrim Twp. Franklin County, PA, he was the son of the late John J. and Pauline (Starliper) Bingaman....
Fred Myers
Jul 29, 2012
Fred W. Myers Fred W. Myers, age 95 of 8205 Hades Church Rd. Waynesboro, PA died at 11:29 A.M. Sunday, July 29, 2012 in his home. Born February 9, 1917 in Quincy Twp. Franklin County, PA, he was the son of the late William A. and Annie C. (Hess) Myers. Fred was a lifelong dairy farmer. He was a long...
Donald Starliper
Jul 27, 2012
Donald A. Starliper Donald Arthur Starliper, age 58 of 105 E. Baltimore St. Apt. A Greencastle, PA died Friday July 27, 2012 in his home. Born March 14, 1954 in Waynesboro, PA, he was the son of James R. Starliper of Marion, PA and the late Jean E. (Statler) Starliper. Donald had worked at Grove Worldwide, Staples and last at...
William E. "Bill" Riordan
Jul 26, 2012
Mr. William E. "Bill" Riordan, 81, of Greencastle, died late Thursday morning, July 26, 2012, at The Shook Home, Chambersburg. He was the husband of Mrs. Mary Doris Dunegan Riordan, his wife of 57 years. Born February 1, 1931, in Hastings, he was a son of the late Dennis and Helen Lann Riordan. He graduated Hastings High School in 1949;...
