Obituaries
Obituaries for Panebaker Funeral Home & Cremation Care Center, Inc.
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...
Frederick E. Rummel
Aug 19, 2017
Frederick E. Rummel, 83, of Hanover, beloved husband of Anna Mae Hostetter Rummel, died peacefully while surrounded by his family on Saturday, August 19, 2017 at Hanover Hospital following a brief illness. Born on Sunday, January 14, 1934 in New Oxford, he was a son of the late Grace Groscost Rummel Lehigh and the late Curtis A. Rummel. He was...
Louise Hausenfluck
Aug 19, 2017
Louise A. Hausenfluck, 92, of New Oxford, passed away on Saturday, August 19, 2017 at Cross Keys Village – The Brethren Home Community. Born on Monday, September 15, 1924 in Hanover, she was the daughter of the late John H. and Elsie Hemler Shrader. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 43 years, W. Donald Hausenfluck, who...
Allan E. "Tom" Miller
Aug 18, 2017
Allan T. “Tom” Miller, 90, of Hanover, entered into God’s eternal care on Friday, August 18, 2017 at York Hospital. Born on Thursday, May 26, 1927 in McSherrystown, he was a son of the late Augustus E. and Edna Ackerman Miller. He was also preceded in death by his wife of 67 years, Marian Louise Miller, who died on March...
Carolyn L. Seibert
Aug 17, 2017
Carolyn L. Seibert, 83, of Hanover, loving wife of Robert M. Seibert, entered into God’s eternal care on Thursday, August 17, 2017 at Cross Keys Village - The Brethren Home Community. Born on Sunday, November 19, 1933 in Hanover, she was a daughter of the late Ralph W. and Sara L. Kraber Hamme. She was a 1951 graduate of Eichelberger...
Anthony E. Bosserman
Aug 16, 2017
Anthony E. “Tony” Bosserman, 53, of Dover, passed away on Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at York Hospital. Born on Thursday, July 2, 1964 in Gettysburg, he was the son of Queena Dubs Bosserman Cunningham and the late Fred T. Bosserman, who died on May 2, 2007. Tony was a 1982 graduate of Biglerville High School. He has been a machine...
Anthony X. Schiavo
Aug 5, 2017
Anthony “Corky” Schiavo, 88, of Hanover, beloved husband of Mary Ellen Schiavo, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 5, 2017 at his home. Born on Monday, August 6, 1928 in Baltimore, he was a son of the late Xavier and Pauline Cirelli Schiavo. He was of the Catholic faith. Surviving, in addition to his wife of 50 years, are two...
Shelby J. Harbold
Jul 30, 2017
Shelby J. Harbold, 79, of York, beloved wife of Fred M. Harbold, passed away on Sunday July 30, 2017 at York Hospital following a period of declining health. Born on Saturday, July 31, 1937 in Hanover, she was a daughter of the late John and Lillian Melhorn Jacoby. She was also preceded in death by three siblings. In addition to...
Philip C. Bealing
Jul 28, 2017
Philip C. Bealing, 58, of Hanover, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 28, 2017 at Hanover Hospital. Born on Monday, July 13, 1959 in Hanover, he was the son of Philip E. Bealing of Hanover and the late Jean Wierman Bealing. He was of the Catholic faith. Phil was a 1977 graduate of Delone Catholic High School and received an...
Dorothy E. Kohr
Jul 24, 2017
Dorothy E. Kohr, 97, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 24, 2017 at Homewood at Plum Creek. Born on Thursday, January 29, 1920 in Manchester, PA, she was a daughter of the late Paul James Gross and Anna Mae Cunningham Gross. She was also preceded in death by her husband of nearly 43 years, M. Luther Kohr, who died on...
Donald L. Simpson
Jul 21, 2017
Donald L. Simpson, 76, of Littlestown, passed away on Friday, July 21, 2017 at his home. Born on Saturday, July 19, 1941 in Sunbury, he was a son of the late John F. and Emma J. Gass Simpson. A graduate of Northumberland High School, Donald went on to serve his country in the U.S. Air Force. Later, he was employed...
Margaret A. Keeney
Jul 19, 2017
Margaret A. Keeney, 70, of Spring Grove, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at her home. Born on Thursday, February 15, 1947 in Hanover, she was a daughter of the late Ralph J. and Dorothy Frommeyer Reaver. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 16 years, Norman W. Keeney, Jr., who died in 2002; and...
Raymond S. Gorsuch Jr.
Jul 13, 2017
Raymond S. Gorsuch Jr., 74, of Gettysburg, passed away at his home on Thursday, July 13, 2017 after suffering several years from Parkinson’s disease. Raymond is survived by his wife, Nancy; daughter, Tammy; two grandchildren, Melissa and Nicholas; a step-son, James; two sisters, Mary and Betty; and one brother George.
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...
Frederick E. Rummel
Aug 19, 2017
Frederick E. Rummel, 83, of Hanover, beloved husband of Anna Mae Hostetter Rummel, died peacefully while surrounded by his family on Saturday, August 19, 2017 at Hanover Hospital following a brief illness. Born on Sunday, January 14, 1934 in New Oxford, he was a son of the late Grace Groscost Rummel Lehigh and the late Curtis A. Rummel. He was...
Louise Hausenfluck
Aug 19, 2017
Louise A. Hausenfluck, 92, of New Oxford, passed away on Saturday, August 19, 2017 at Cross Keys Village – The Brethren Home Community. Born on Monday, September 15, 1924 in Hanover, she was the daughter of the late John H. and Elsie Hemler Shrader. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 43 years, W. Donald Hausenfluck, who...
Allan E. "Tom" Miller
Aug 18, 2017
Allan T. “Tom” Miller, 90, of Hanover, entered into God’s eternal care on Friday, August 18, 2017 at York Hospital. Born on Thursday, May 26, 1927 in McSherrystown, he was a son of the late Augustus E. and Edna Ackerman Miller. He was also preceded in death by his wife of 67 years, Marian Louise Miller, who died on March...
Carolyn L. Seibert
Aug 17, 2017
Carolyn L. Seibert, 83, of Hanover, loving wife of Robert M. Seibert, entered into God’s eternal care on Thursday, August 17, 2017 at Cross Keys Village - The Brethren Home Community. Born on Sunday, November 19, 1933 in Hanover, she was a daughter of the late Ralph W. and Sara L. Kraber Hamme. She was a 1951 graduate of Eichelberger...
Anthony E. Bosserman
Aug 16, 2017
Anthony E. “Tony” Bosserman, 53, of Dover, passed away on Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at York Hospital. Born on Thursday, July 2, 1964 in Gettysburg, he was the son of Queena Dubs Bosserman Cunningham and the late Fred T. Bosserman, who died on May 2, 2007. Tony was a 1982 graduate of Biglerville High School. He has been a machine...
Anthony X. Schiavo
Aug 5, 2017
Anthony “Corky” Schiavo, 88, of Hanover, beloved husband of Mary Ellen Schiavo, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 5, 2017 at his home. Born on Monday, August 6, 1928 in Baltimore, he was a son of the late Xavier and Pauline Cirelli Schiavo. He was of the Catholic faith. Surviving, in addition to his wife of 50 years, are two...
Shelby J. Harbold
Jul 30, 2017
Shelby J. Harbold, 79, of York, beloved wife of Fred M. Harbold, passed away on Sunday July 30, 2017 at York Hospital following a period of declining health. Born on Saturday, July 31, 1937 in Hanover, she was a daughter of the late John and Lillian Melhorn Jacoby. She was also preceded in death by three siblings. In addition to...
Philip C. Bealing
Jul 28, 2017
Philip C. Bealing, 58, of Hanover, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 28, 2017 at Hanover Hospital. Born on Monday, July 13, 1959 in Hanover, he was the son of Philip E. Bealing of Hanover and the late Jean Wierman Bealing. He was of the Catholic faith. Phil was a 1977 graduate of Delone Catholic High School and received an...
Dorothy E. Kohr
Jul 24, 2017
Dorothy E. Kohr, 97, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 24, 2017 at Homewood at Plum Creek. Born on Thursday, January 29, 1920 in Manchester, PA, she was a daughter of the late Paul James Gross and Anna Mae Cunningham Gross. She was also preceded in death by her husband of nearly 43 years, M. Luther Kohr, who died on...
Donald L. Simpson
Jul 21, 2017
Donald L. Simpson, 76, of Littlestown, passed away on Friday, July 21, 2017 at his home. Born on Saturday, July 19, 1941 in Sunbury, he was a son of the late John F. and Emma J. Gass Simpson. A graduate of Northumberland High School, Donald went on to serve his country in the U.S. Air Force. Later, he was employed...
Margaret A. Keeney
Jul 19, 2017
Margaret A. Keeney, 70, of Spring Grove, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at her home. Born on Thursday, February 15, 1947 in Hanover, she was a daughter of the late Ralph J. and Dorothy Frommeyer Reaver. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 16 years, Norman W. Keeney, Jr., who died in 2002; and...
Raymond S. Gorsuch Jr.
Jul 13, 2017
Raymond S. Gorsuch Jr., 74, of Gettysburg, passed away at his home on Thursday, July 13, 2017 after suffering several years from Parkinson’s disease. Raymond is survived by his wife, Nancy; daughter, Tammy; two grandchildren, Melissa and Nicholas; a step-son, James; two sisters, Mary and Betty; and one brother George.

