Obituaries
Obituaries for Panebaker Funeral Home & Cremation Care Center, Inc.
Jerome E. Thomassy
Oct 16, 2017
Jerome E. “Jet” Thomassy, 71, of Hanover, beloved husband of Milly Ditzler Thomassy, passed away doing what he loved, hunting, on Monday, October 16, 2017. Born on Tuesday, December 18, 1945 in Richmond, VA, he was a son of the late Dr. George E. Thomassy and Gertrude F. Hemler Thomassy. He was a 1964 graduate of Delone Catholic High School...
Betty K. Spione
Oct 15, 2017
Betty K. Spione, 89, of Seabrook, MD passed away on October 15, 2017at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Brenda and Will Oldham of Westminster, MD. Betty was born on Friday, September 21, 1928 in Washington, DC, she retired from the Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Company after 45 years of service. She was the loving wife of 49 years...
Nancy A. Briggs
Oct 10, 2017
Nancy A. Briggs, 74, of Spring Grove, entered into God’s eternal care on Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at Hospice & Community Care in Mount Joy. Born on Saturday, December 19, 1942 in Irvington, NJ, she was a daughter of the late Edward and Helena McGinley Dempsey. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, Paul Briggs,...
Donald H. Fisher Jr.
Oct 5, 2017
Donald Heilman Fisher, Jr., 66, passed over into Spirit on Thursday, October 5, 2017 at his home in Hanover with his wife, Chris, by his side. Born on Monday, April 9, 1951 in York, he was the son of the late Donald Heilman Fisher, Sr. and Margaret Elizabeth Gobrecht Fisher. He grew up and lived all of his life in...
Adalynn Jade Bosserman
Oct 1, 2017
Adalynn Jade Bosserman, 21 day old daughter of Dakota and Ashley Small Bosserman of East Berlin, was embraced by God on Sunday, October 1, 2017 at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Born on Sunday, September 10, 2017 in Hershey, she was born with a structural heart defect. She was a fighter and gave the family special moments like when she grasped...
Willis P. Ross
Sep 30, 2017
Willis P. Ross, 85, of Hanover, beloved husband of Lillian ”Dolly” Owen Ross, entered into God’s eternal care while sleeping on Saturday, September 30, 2017 at his home. Born on Friday, June 3, 1932 in Leeds, Quebec, Canada, he was a son of the late Wilson Harvey Ross and Lillian Eileen Ross. He was also preceded in death by two...
Beverly C. Nawaz
Sep 28, 2017
Beverly C. Grubb Nawaz, formerly of Silver Spring, MD, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 28, 2017 at home in Hanover, PA. Born on Sunday, October 22, 1939 in Washington, D.C., she was the daughter of the late Charles N. and Roy “Faye” Hall Grubb. A 1957 graduate of Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Beverly most notably worked...
Carolyn B. Winand
Sep 27, 2017
Carolyn Ann Baumgardner Winand, 74, of Hanover, passed away unexpectedly at her home on Wednesday, September 27, 2017. Born on Friday, February 19, 1943 in Hanover, she was a daughter of the late Charles David and Caroline Anna Gross Baumgardner and wife of 50 years to the late Alan G. Winand, who died in 2012. She 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...
Jerome E. Thomassy
Oct 16, 2017
Jerome E. “Jet” Thomassy, 71, of Hanover, beloved husband of Milly Ditzler Thomassy, passed away doing what he loved, hunting, on Monday, October 16, 2017. Born on Tuesday, December 18, 1945 in Richmond, VA, he was a son of the late Dr. George E. Thomassy and Gertrude F. Hemler Thomassy. He was a 1964 graduate of Delone Catholic High School...
Betty K. Spione
Oct 15, 2017
Betty K. Spione, 89, of Seabrook, MD passed away on October 15, 2017at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Brenda and Will Oldham of Westminster, MD. Betty was born on Friday, September 21, 1928 in Washington, DC, she retired from the Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Company after 45 years of service. She was the loving wife of 49 years...
Nancy A. Briggs
Oct 10, 2017
Nancy A. Briggs, 74, of Spring Grove, entered into God’s eternal care on Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at Hospice & Community Care in Mount Joy. Born on Saturday, December 19, 1942 in Irvington, NJ, she was a daughter of the late Edward and Helena McGinley Dempsey. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, Paul Briggs,...
Donald H. Fisher Jr.
Oct 5, 2017
Donald Heilman Fisher, Jr., 66, passed over into Spirit on Thursday, October 5, 2017 at his home in Hanover with his wife, Chris, by his side. Born on Monday, April 9, 1951 in York, he was the son of the late Donald Heilman Fisher, Sr. and Margaret Elizabeth Gobrecht Fisher. He grew up and lived all of his life in...
Adalynn Jade Bosserman
Oct 1, 2017
Adalynn Jade Bosserman, 21 day old daughter of Dakota and Ashley Small Bosserman of East Berlin, was embraced by God on Sunday, October 1, 2017 at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Born on Sunday, September 10, 2017 in Hershey, she was born with a structural heart defect. She was a fighter and gave the family special moments like when she grasped...
Willis P. Ross
Sep 30, 2017
Willis P. Ross, 85, of Hanover, beloved husband of Lillian ”Dolly” Owen Ross, entered into God’s eternal care while sleeping on Saturday, September 30, 2017 at his home. Born on Friday, June 3, 1932 in Leeds, Quebec, Canada, he was a son of the late Wilson Harvey Ross and Lillian Eileen Ross. He was also preceded in death by two...
Beverly C. Nawaz
Sep 28, 2017
Beverly C. Grubb Nawaz, formerly of Silver Spring, MD, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 28, 2017 at home in Hanover, PA. Born on Sunday, October 22, 1939 in Washington, D.C., she was the daughter of the late Charles N. and Roy “Faye” Hall Grubb. A 1957 graduate of Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Beverly most notably worked...
Carolyn B. Winand
Sep 27, 2017
Carolyn Ann Baumgardner Winand, 74, of Hanover, passed away unexpectedly at her home on Wednesday, September 27, 2017. Born on Friday, February 19, 1943 in Hanover, she was a daughter of the late Charles David and Caroline Anna Gross Baumgardner and wife of 50 years to the late Alan G. Winand, who died in 2012. She 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...

