Obituaries
Obituaries for Panebaker Funeral Home & Cremation Care Center, Inc.
John & Sophey Constantino
Sep 26, 2017
John J. Constantino, Jr., 91, and Sophey Marie Constantino, 87, of Littlestown, passed away on Tuesday, September 26, 2017 separated only by a few hours at Lorien Health Services in Taneytown, MD. John was born on Thursday, December 17, 1925 in Woodhaven, NY to the late John J. Constantino, Sr. and Antonetta Attanasio Constantino. He was a chemical engineer and...
Shirley R. Brooks
Sep 25, 2017
Shirley R. Brooks, 84, formerly of Hanover, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 25, 2017 at Colonial Manor in York. Born on Wednesday, November 23, 1932 in Littlestown, she was the daughter of the late Merrill N. and Altie Crushong Pittman. She was also preceded in death by her husband of nearly 65 years, Donald R. “Don” Brooks, who died...
Charlotte M. Millheim
Sep 22, 2017
Charlotte M. Millheim, 94, formerly of Hanover, passed away on Friday, September 22, 2017 at the Lancaster Brethren Village Retirement Community. Born on Thursday, December 14, 1922 in York, she was a daughter of the late Paul H. and Mary K. Stump Stremmel. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Stewart Millheim, who died in 1974; a brother,...
Philip F. Brenner
Sep 21, 2017
Philip F. Brenner, 88, of Cross Keys Village, beloved husband of Ruth Hoke Brenner, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 21, 2017 at The Brethren Home Community. Born on Friday, August 9, 1929 in Hanover, he was a son of the late Thomas L. and Annie Poist Brenner. He was also preceded in death by his brothers, William, Richard, and...
Evelyn M. Steirer
Sep 19, 2017
Evelyn M. Steirer, of Hanover, beloved wife of Ronald J. Steirer, entered into God’s eternal care on Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at Hanover Hospital. A native of Baltimore, MD, she was a daughter of the late Walter O. and Myrtle Evelyn Witte Thomas. She was also preceded in death by a son, Ronald Joseph Steirer, Jr. and a sister, Carol...
George L. Wisner
Sep 17, 2017
George L. Wisner, 73, of Hanover, beloved husband of Darlene K. Becker Wisner, died Sunday, September 17, 2017 at his home following a valiant six month battle with brain cancer. Born on Monday, January 24, 1944 in Hanover, he was a son of the late Robert A. and Mary G. Wetzel Wisner. A 1961 graduate of Eichelberger High School, he...
Debbie R. Schumacher
Sep 15, 2017
Debbie R. “Little Deb” Schumacher, 53, of Hanover, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, September 15, 2017 at Hanover Hospital. Born on Monday, December 30, 1963 in Baltimore, she was a daughter of the late Grover C. “Bud” and Garnet L. Lester Livingood. She was a Certified Nursing Assitant at several nursing homes, including Hanover Hall and The Cross Keys Village...
Mary Catherine Bolin
Sep 12, 2017
Mary Catherine Bixler Bolin, 98, of Hanover, died Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at The Spiritrust Lutheran Retirement Village at Utz Terrace. Born on Saturday, May 24, 1919 in Mount Pleasant Township, she was a daughter of the late Harry Abraham and Ann Mary Lawrence Bixler and wife 53 years to the late Francis L. Bolin, Sr. who died in 1991....
Margarethe Josefa Staub
Sep 12, 2017
Margarethe Josefa Staub, 71, of Hanover, beloved wife of Eugene Clair Staub, died Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at her home after a brief illness in her four year battle with cancer. Born on Wednesday, July 8, 1946 in Linz, Austria, she was a daughter of the late Curtis A. and Margarethe Rosa Engel Neiderer. She was also preceded in death...
Jewell O. Good
Sep 9, 2017
Jewell O. Good, 95, of New Oxford, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 9, 2017 at Cross Keys Village-The Brethren Home Community. Born on Wednesday, February 8, 1922 in North Carolina, she was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Leroy D. Good, who died in 2011 and her daughter, Carol Chiarizia, who died in 2005. Jewell began...
Dorothy "Dottie" Bachmann Mullin
Sep 4, 2017
Dorothy “Dottie” Bachmann Mullin, 91, of Cross Keys Village passed away peacefully on Monday, September 4, 2017 at The Brethren Home Community. Born on Thursday, August 26, 1926 in Baltimore, she was the wife of the late Frank Bachmann and Jack Mullin. She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Susan Patterson; and a brother, Albert LeGambi. Dottie was...
Leah Jane Shealer
Sep 2, 2017
Leah Jane Keagy Shealer, 95, of Hanover, entered into God’s eternal care on Saturday, September 2, 2017 at Hanover Hospital. Born on Tuesday, April 25, 1922 in Hanover, she was a daughter of the late Preston L. Keagy and Catherine E. Young Gallagher. She was also a step-daughter of the late Ruth H. Parr and Hubert A. Gallagher; and was...
John F. Wise
Aug 30, 2017
John F. Wise, 71, entered into God’s eternal care on Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at Transitions Healthcare in Gettysburg. Born on Thursday, February 14, 1946 in Hanover, he was a son of the late Levere R. “Lefty” Wise and Evelyn M. Ports Wise. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Lee R. “Bupp” Wise. A 1964 graduate of...
Kenneth J. Mumma
Aug 25, 2017
Kenneth J. Mumma, 98, of Hanover died Friday morning, August 25, 2017 at Homewood at Plum Creek. He was the loving husband of 38 years to Elizabeth Slevin Mumma who died in 1990. Ken was born July 27, 1919 and was a 1939 graduate of Eichelberger High School. He served his country in World War II from 1942-1945 reaching the...
Jeanne Fink Marsh
Aug 24, 2017
Jeanne Carol Fink Marsh, of Hanover, died Thursday, August 24, 2017 at York Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Walter and Minerva Fink of Manhasset, Long Island, NY, and wife of the late Kenneth S. Marsh, who died in 1994. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Walter Laidlaw Fink. Jeanne received her Associate of Arts...
Louise Witmer
Aug 22, 2017
Louise Witmer, 92, of Hanover, passed away on Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at Hanover Hall Nursing Center. Born on Thursday, April 16, 1925 in Swan Lake, Idaho, she was a daughter of the late Heber H. and Reda Ricks Allen. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Robert R. Witmer, who died in 1983; a son, Gerry A....
Edna M. "Katie" Lauer
Aug 20, 2017
Edna M. “Katie” Lauer, 95, of Hanover, entered into God’s eternal care on Sunday, August 20, 2017 at Homewood at Plum Creek. Born on Sunday, October 23, 1921 in Hanover, she was a daughter of the late Rev. J. Austin Cline and Edna Sheely. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Clarence D. Lauer, who...
Edward H. Olmes
Aug 20, 2017
Edward H. Olmes, 64, of York, died Sunday, August 20, 2017. Survivors include two sisters, Jakoba Anderson of Hanover and Onieta Leslie of Washington, PA and a brother, Donald Olmes of Springboro, Ohio. A private service is planned.
Donald P. Haines
Aug 20, 2017
Donald P. Haines, 62, of Hanover, entered into God’s eternal care on Sunday, August 20, 2017 at his home. Born on Thursday, July 7, 1955 in Gettysburg, he was a son of Donald E. Haines of Taneytown, MD and the late Caroline DeLawder Haines. He is preceded in death by a brother, Dennis Haines. A gifted artist, he loved to...
Lester W. "Les" Kerchner
Aug 20, 2017
Lester W. “Les” Kerchner, 89, of Hanover, entered into God’s eternal care on Sunday, August 20, 2017 at Cross Keys Village – The Brethren Home Community. Born on Friday, December 16, 1927 in Hanover, he was a son of the late Ralph W. and Lillie Cromer Kerchner and step-son of the late, Viola Foreman Kerchner. He was also preceded in...
John & Sophey Constantino
Sep 26, 2017
John J. Constantino, Jr., 91, and Sophey Marie Constantino, 87, of Littlestown, passed away on Tuesday, September 26, 2017 separated only by a few hours at Lorien Health Services in Taneytown, MD. John was born on Thursday, December 17, 1925 in Woodhaven, NY to the late John J. Constantino, Sr. and Antonetta Attanasio Constantino. He was a chemical engineer and...
Shirley R. Brooks
Sep 25, 2017
Shirley R. Brooks, 84, formerly of Hanover, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 25, 2017 at Colonial Manor in York. Born on Wednesday, November 23, 1932 in Littlestown, she was the daughter of the late Merrill N. and Altie Crushong Pittman. She was also preceded in death by her husband of nearly 65 years, Donald R. “Don” Brooks, who died...
Charlotte M. Millheim
Sep 22, 2017
Charlotte M. Millheim, 94, formerly of Hanover, passed away on Friday, September 22, 2017 at the Lancaster Brethren Village Retirement Community. Born on Thursday, December 14, 1922 in York, she was a daughter of the late Paul H. and Mary K. Stump Stremmel. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Stewart Millheim, who died in 1974; a brother,...
Philip F. Brenner
Sep 21, 2017
Philip F. Brenner, 88, of Cross Keys Village, beloved husband of Ruth Hoke Brenner, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 21, 2017 at The Brethren Home Community. Born on Friday, August 9, 1929 in Hanover, he was a son of the late Thomas L. and Annie Poist Brenner. He was also preceded in death by his brothers, William, Richard, and...
Evelyn M. Steirer
Sep 19, 2017
Evelyn M. Steirer, of Hanover, beloved wife of Ronald J. Steirer, entered into God’s eternal care on Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at Hanover Hospital. A native of Baltimore, MD, she was a daughter of the late Walter O. and Myrtle Evelyn Witte Thomas. She was also preceded in death by a son, Ronald Joseph Steirer, Jr. and a sister, Carol...
George L. Wisner
Sep 17, 2017
George L. Wisner, 73, of Hanover, beloved husband of Darlene K. Becker Wisner, died Sunday, September 17, 2017 at his home following a valiant six month battle with brain cancer. Born on Monday, January 24, 1944 in Hanover, he was a son of the late Robert A. and Mary G. Wetzel Wisner. A 1961 graduate of Eichelberger High School, he...
Debbie R. Schumacher
Sep 15, 2017
Debbie R. “Little Deb” Schumacher, 53, of Hanover, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, September 15, 2017 at Hanover Hospital. Born on Monday, December 30, 1963 in Baltimore, she was a daughter of the late Grover C. “Bud” and Garnet L. Lester Livingood. She was a Certified Nursing Assitant at several nursing homes, including Hanover Hall and The Cross Keys Village...
Mary Catherine Bolin
Sep 12, 2017
Mary Catherine Bixler Bolin, 98, of Hanover, died Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at The Spiritrust Lutheran Retirement Village at Utz Terrace. Born on Saturday, May 24, 1919 in Mount Pleasant Township, she was a daughter of the late Harry Abraham and Ann Mary Lawrence Bixler and wife 53 years to the late Francis L. Bolin, Sr. who died in 1991....
Margarethe Josefa Staub
Sep 12, 2017
Margarethe Josefa Staub, 71, of Hanover, beloved wife of Eugene Clair Staub, died Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at her home after a brief illness in her four year battle with cancer. Born on Wednesday, July 8, 1946 in Linz, Austria, she was a daughter of the late Curtis A. and Margarethe Rosa Engel Neiderer. She was also preceded in death...
Jewell O. Good
Sep 9, 2017
Jewell O. Good, 95, of New Oxford, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 9, 2017 at Cross Keys Village-The Brethren Home Community. Born on Wednesday, February 8, 1922 in North Carolina, she was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Leroy D. Good, who died in 2011 and her daughter, Carol Chiarizia, who died in 2005. Jewell began...
Dorothy "Dottie" Bachmann Mullin
Sep 4, 2017
Dorothy “Dottie” Bachmann Mullin, 91, of Cross Keys Village passed away peacefully on Monday, September 4, 2017 at The Brethren Home Community. Born on Thursday, August 26, 1926 in Baltimore, she was the wife of the late Frank Bachmann and Jack Mullin. She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Susan Patterson; and a brother, Albert LeGambi. Dottie was...
Leah Jane Shealer
Sep 2, 2017
Leah Jane Keagy Shealer, 95, of Hanover, entered into God’s eternal care on Saturday, September 2, 2017 at Hanover Hospital. Born on Tuesday, April 25, 1922 in Hanover, she was a daughter of the late Preston L. Keagy and Catherine E. Young Gallagher. She was also a step-daughter of the late Ruth H. Parr and Hubert A. Gallagher; and was...
John F. Wise
Aug 30, 2017
John F. Wise, 71, entered into God’s eternal care on Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at Transitions Healthcare in Gettysburg. Born on Thursday, February 14, 1946 in Hanover, he was a son of the late Levere R. “Lefty” Wise and Evelyn M. Ports Wise. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Lee R. “Bupp” Wise. A 1964 graduate of...
Kenneth J. Mumma
Aug 25, 2017
Kenneth J. Mumma, 98, of Hanover died Friday morning, August 25, 2017 at Homewood at Plum Creek. He was the loving husband of 38 years to Elizabeth Slevin Mumma who died in 1990. Ken was born July 27, 1919 and was a 1939 graduate of Eichelberger High School. He served his country in World War II from 1942-1945 reaching the...
Jeanne Fink Marsh
Aug 24, 2017
Jeanne Carol Fink Marsh, of Hanover, died Thursday, August 24, 2017 at York Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Walter and Minerva Fink of Manhasset, Long Island, NY, and wife of the late Kenneth S. Marsh, who died in 1994. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Walter Laidlaw Fink. Jeanne received her Associate of Arts...
Louise Witmer
Aug 22, 2017
Louise Witmer, 92, of Hanover, passed away on Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at Hanover Hall Nursing Center. Born on Thursday, April 16, 1925 in Swan Lake, Idaho, she was a daughter of the late Heber H. and Reda Ricks Allen. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Robert R. Witmer, who died in 1983; a son, Gerry A....
Edna M. "Katie" Lauer
Aug 20, 2017
Edna M. “Katie” Lauer, 95, of Hanover, entered into God’s eternal care on Sunday, August 20, 2017 at Homewood at Plum Creek. Born on Sunday, October 23, 1921 in Hanover, she was a daughter of the late Rev. J. Austin Cline and Edna Sheely. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Clarence D. Lauer, who...
Edward H. Olmes
Aug 20, 2017
Edward H. Olmes, 64, of York, died Sunday, August 20, 2017. Survivors include two sisters, Jakoba Anderson of Hanover and Onieta Leslie of Washington, PA and a brother, Donald Olmes of Springboro, Ohio. A private service is planned.
Donald P. Haines
Aug 20, 2017
Donald P. Haines, 62, of Hanover, entered into God’s eternal care on Sunday, August 20, 2017 at his home. Born on Thursday, July 7, 1955 in Gettysburg, he was a son of Donald E. Haines of Taneytown, MD and the late Caroline DeLawder Haines. He is preceded in death by a brother, Dennis Haines. A gifted artist, he loved to...
Lester W. "Les" Kerchner
Aug 20, 2017
Lester W. “Les” Kerchner, 89, of Hanover, entered into God’s eternal care on Sunday, August 20, 2017 at Cross Keys Village – The Brethren Home Community. Born on Friday, December 16, 1927 in Hanover, he was a son of the late Ralph W. and Lillie Cromer Kerchner and step-son of the late, Viola Foreman Kerchner. He was also preceded in...