Obituary notices, week of August 24, 2026 through August 30, 2026
One Carlisle-resident obituary published this week: Emmons, Donald Alton, who died unexpectedly at his Carlisle home on August 16, 2026. Emmons grew up in Rockville, Maryland, and held a Ph.D. in Physics from Washington University after attending Westtown School and Earlham College. The…
CARLISLE — This week's column carries a notice for one Carlisle-resident obituary, posted by Dee Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Concord.
Donald Alton Emmons, of Carlisle, died unexpectedly on August 16, 2026, at his home. He was born in 1935 into a Quaker family and grew up in Rockville, Maryland; he attended Westtown School in Pennsylvania and Earlham College in Indiana before earning his Ph.D. in Physics from Washington University in Missouri. Services have not been announced in the available listing; check the full obituary for updates. Full obituary at Dee Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Concord (via Legacy.com): https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/donald-emmons-obituary?id=62280081.
Notices compiled from Legacy.com, Echovita, Tribute Archive, and Carlisle Patch; this week's notice was posted by Dee Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Concord.
Compiled from funeral home notices and published obituaries.
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