Obituaries
Obituaries for Panebaker Funeral Home & Cremation Care Center, Inc.
Vernon E. Kopp
Aug 20, 2020
Vernon Eugene Kopp, 78, of Hanover, husband of Tania B. “Tammy” Null Kopp, entered into God’s eternal care on Thursday, August 20, 2020 at Cadia Healthcare in Hyattsville, MD. Born on Friday, August 7, 1942 in York, he was the son of the late Emory M. and Georgeann Greenwood Kopp. Vernon was a 1960 graduate of Eichelberger High School and...
Peggy J. Sheaffer
Aug 18, 2020
Peggy J. Sheaffer, 77, of Hanover, entered into God’s eternal care on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at UPMC Hanover Hospital. Born on Sunday, September 20, 1942 in Hanover, she was the daughter of John E. and Doris Brenneman Marsh. Peggy was a graduate of Eichelberger High School and retired after 41 years of service with Snyder’s of Hanover. She was...
Lloyd D. Yingling
Aug 18, 2020
Lloyd Donald Yingling, 96, of Hanover, entered into God’s eternal care on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at Hanover Hall Nursing Center. Born on Saturday, July 19, 1924 in Hanover, he was a son of the late George Preston Yingling and Alice R. Baublitz Yingling. He was also preceded in death by his wife of 52 years, Vivian Marion Laughman Yingling,...
Patsy Kay Franklin
Aug 17, 2020
Patsy Kay Franklin, 73, of Hanover, PA, passed away on Monday, August 17, 2020 at UPMC Hanover Hospital. Born on Thursday, January 16, 1947 in Helena, Arkansas, she was the daughter of Leonard F. and Ruth Callaway Bronow. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 35 years, Dr. George A. Franklin, who died in 2002. Patsy was...
Monty Lee Mummert
Aug 16, 2020
Monty Lee Mummert, 55, of Hanover, passed away on August 16, 2020 at his home. Born on Tuesday, November 24, 1964 he was a son of the late M. Leroy Mummert, Jr. and Evelyn Klunk Mummert. An avid sports fan, Monty played football throughout high school and college. He was a generous friend with a huge heart. Survivors include a...
Vonnie Lee Sowers
Aug 16, 2020
Vonnie Lee Sowers, beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother, and friend passed into the presence of her Savior in the pre-dawn hours of Sunday, August 16, 2020. Her last audible words were, “Take me Lord.” For decades her heart’s desire and longing was for peace to reign. With Jesus, she now knows peace in its fullest measure. Vonnie loved the beauty...
Roger Lavere Warner
Aug 14, 2020
Roger Lavere Warner, 69, of Abbottstown, beloved husband of Ruth L. Warner, entered into God’s eternal care on Friday, August 14, 2020 at WellSpan York Hospital after contracting COVID-19. Born on Monday, June 25, 1951, in Hanover, he was a son of the late Mervin Lavere Warner and Eleanora “Dolly” Brandt Warner. He was also preceded in death by two...
Emerita Ruiz Ecker
Aug 11, 2020
Emerita Ruiz Ecker, 53, of Spring Grove, beloved wife of Christopher Ecker, entered into God’s eternal care at her home on Tuesday, August 11, 2020 following a 20 year battle with breast cancer. Born on Friday, September 23, 1966, in Nueva Ecija, Philippines, she was a daughter of the late Rustico and Agustina Ruiz. She was also preceded in death...
Delores E. Weaver
Aug 6, 2020
Delores E. Weaver, 88, of Hanover, entered into God’s eternal care on Thursday, August 6, 2020 at UPMC Hanover Hospital. Born on Tuesday, February 2, 1932 in Carroll County, MD, she was a daughter of the late Martin A. and Mildred Feeser Mathias. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 20 years, Curtis Curvin Weaver, who died...
David Buchanan
Aug 2, 2020
David Buchanan, 73, of Abbottstown and formerly of Rogersville, TN, entered into God’s eternal care on Sunday, August 2, 2020 at Gettysburg Hospital. Born on Saturday, April 5, 1947 in Erwin, TN, he was the son of the late Emmanuel and Vernia Bailey Buchanan. Gifted with his hands, he enjoyed wood working and carving. A skilled logger and carpenter, he...
Forrest Mason Jacobs
Aug 1, 2020
Forrest Mason Jacobs, 83, of Hanover, husband of Karolyn Joy (Rush) Jacobs, died on Saturday, August 1, 2020 at UPMC Pinnacle Harrisburg following complications from vascular dementia. Born on Friday, May 7, 1937 in Cleveland, OH, he was a son of the late Forest Lee and Edna V. Childs Jacobs. Forrest was a 1956 graduate of Northern High School and...
Mildred C. Hertz
Jul 31, 2020
Mildred C. Hertz, 94, of Hanover, entered into God’s eternal care on Friday, July 31, 2020 at the Gardens of Gettysburg. Born on Tuesday, August 11, 1925 in Hanover she was a daughter of the late George and Mildred Becker. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, Norman John Hertz, who died in 2011; and...
Devin Bingaman
Jul 31, 2020
Devin Bingaman, 29, of Fayetteville, died on Friday, July 31, 2020 at his home. Born on Sunday, April 7, 1991 in Hagerstown, he was a son of Shawn A. (Erika) Bingaman of Gardners and Dawn Atherton (Donnie Reihart) Miller of Greencastle. Devin was a creative and talented cook who was employed by CJ’s BBQ Smokehouse in Chambersburg. He had a...
Peggy Beard
Jul 14, 2020
Peggy Beard, 70, of Hanover, beloved wife of Eric Beard, entered into God’s eternal care on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 at UPMC Pinnacle Hanover. Born on Tuesday, October 18, 1949 in Hanover, she was a daughter of the late Richard W. Wagaman, Sr. and Dorothy I. Cease. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Robert E. Wagaman, who...
Almeda L. Wolford
Jul 13, 2020
Almeda L. Wolford, 87, of Hanover, beloved wife of Brett L. Wolford, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 13, 2020 at Transitions Healthcare in Gettysburg. Born on Tuesday, March 7, 1933 in Gettysburg, she was a daughter of the late Edward S. and Ruth Crum Russell. She was a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) at Homewood at Plum Creek. Almeda was...
Donald L. "Donnie" Gladfelter
Jul 11, 2020
Donald L. “Donnie” Gladfelter, 71, of Hanover, beloved husband of Shirley M. (McWilliams) Gladfelter, entered into God’s eternal care on Saturday, July 11, 2020 at UPMC Pinnacle- Hanover. Born on Wednesday, December 29, 1948 in Hanover, he was a son of the late Charles Edward and Mary Mae Cooper Gladfelter. He was also preceded in death by his first wife,...
Gregory D. Blank
Jul 11, 2020
Gregory D. Blank, 56, of Abbottstown, passed away at his home. Born on Saturday, September 7, 1963 in Lancaster, he was a son of Elizabeth M. Blank Graham of Venice, FL and the late Donald C. Blank. Gregory received his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University. He discovered the art of log hewing and began to build a...
Kathryn E. Sanders
Jul 8, 2020
Kathryn E. Sanders, 97, of Hanover, passed away peacefully, Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at Homewood at Plum Creek. Born on Monday, April 16, 1923, in Arendtsville, she was a daughter of the late Allen and Maude Ketterman Miller. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, William A. Sanders, who died in 2009; a grandson, Bryan...
Antonia M. Kern
Jul 8, 2020
Antonia M. Kern, 75, of Spring Grove, passed away peacefully at sunrise on Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at ManorCare Health Services- York South. Born on Wednesday, September 6, 1944 in Hanover, she grew up in McSherrystown and was a daughter of the late Charles R. and Catherine M. Laughman Withers. She was also preceded in death by her husband of...
Sharon Ann Nichols
Jul 4, 2020
Sharon Ann Nichols, 75, of Hanover, died on Saturday, July 4, 2020 at Hospice and Community Care in Mount Joy after losing a courageous battle to a rare form of endometrial cancer (sarcoma). She was the daughter of the late John F. Minch, who preceded her 30 years earlier, and Lillian Christastie Minch of Bethany Manor, who died on March...
Vernon E. Kopp
Aug 20, 2020
Vernon Eugene Kopp, 78, of Hanover, husband of Tania B. “Tammy” Null Kopp, entered into God’s eternal care on Thursday, August 20, 2020 at Cadia Healthcare in Hyattsville, MD. Born on Friday, August 7, 1942 in York, he was the son of the late Emory M. and Georgeann Greenwood Kopp. Vernon was a 1960 graduate of Eichelberger High School and...
Peggy J. Sheaffer
Aug 18, 2020
Peggy J. Sheaffer, 77, of Hanover, entered into God’s eternal care on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at UPMC Hanover Hospital. Born on Sunday, September 20, 1942 in Hanover, she was the daughter of John E. and Doris Brenneman Marsh. Peggy was a graduate of Eichelberger High School and retired after 41 years of service with Snyder’s of Hanover. She was...
Lloyd D. Yingling
Aug 18, 2020
Lloyd Donald Yingling, 96, of Hanover, entered into God’s eternal care on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at Hanover Hall Nursing Center. Born on Saturday, July 19, 1924 in Hanover, he was a son of the late George Preston Yingling and Alice R. Baublitz Yingling. He was also preceded in death by his wife of 52 years, Vivian Marion Laughman Yingling,...
Patsy Kay Franklin
Aug 17, 2020
Patsy Kay Franklin, 73, of Hanover, PA, passed away on Monday, August 17, 2020 at UPMC Hanover Hospital. Born on Thursday, January 16, 1947 in Helena, Arkansas, she was the daughter of Leonard F. and Ruth Callaway Bronow. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 35 years, Dr. George A. Franklin, who died in 2002. Patsy was...
Monty Lee Mummert
Aug 16, 2020
Monty Lee Mummert, 55, of Hanover, passed away on August 16, 2020 at his home. Born on Tuesday, November 24, 1964 he was a son of the late M. Leroy Mummert, Jr. and Evelyn Klunk Mummert. An avid sports fan, Monty played football throughout high school and college. He was a generous friend with a huge heart. Survivors include a...
Vonnie Lee Sowers
Aug 16, 2020
Vonnie Lee Sowers, beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother, and friend passed into the presence of her Savior in the pre-dawn hours of Sunday, August 16, 2020. Her last audible words were, “Take me Lord.” For decades her heart’s desire and longing was for peace to reign. With Jesus, she now knows peace in its fullest measure. Vonnie loved the beauty...
Roger Lavere Warner
Aug 14, 2020
Roger Lavere Warner, 69, of Abbottstown, beloved husband of Ruth L. Warner, entered into God’s eternal care on Friday, August 14, 2020 at WellSpan York Hospital after contracting COVID-19. Born on Monday, June 25, 1951, in Hanover, he was a son of the late Mervin Lavere Warner and Eleanora “Dolly” Brandt Warner. He was also preceded in death by two...
Emerita Ruiz Ecker
Aug 11, 2020
Emerita Ruiz Ecker, 53, of Spring Grove, beloved wife of Christopher Ecker, entered into God’s eternal care at her home on Tuesday, August 11, 2020 following a 20 year battle with breast cancer. Born on Friday, September 23, 1966, in Nueva Ecija, Philippines, she was a daughter of the late Rustico and Agustina Ruiz. She was also preceded in death...
Delores E. Weaver
Aug 6, 2020
Delores E. Weaver, 88, of Hanover, entered into God’s eternal care on Thursday, August 6, 2020 at UPMC Hanover Hospital. Born on Tuesday, February 2, 1932 in Carroll County, MD, she was a daughter of the late Martin A. and Mildred Feeser Mathias. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 20 years, Curtis Curvin Weaver, who died...
David Buchanan
Aug 2, 2020
David Buchanan, 73, of Abbottstown and formerly of Rogersville, TN, entered into God’s eternal care on Sunday, August 2, 2020 at Gettysburg Hospital. Born on Saturday, April 5, 1947 in Erwin, TN, he was the son of the late Emmanuel and Vernia Bailey Buchanan. Gifted with his hands, he enjoyed wood working and carving. A skilled logger and carpenter, he...
Forrest Mason Jacobs
Aug 1, 2020
Forrest Mason Jacobs, 83, of Hanover, husband of Karolyn Joy (Rush) Jacobs, died on Saturday, August 1, 2020 at UPMC Pinnacle Harrisburg following complications from vascular dementia. Born on Friday, May 7, 1937 in Cleveland, OH, he was a son of the late Forest Lee and Edna V. Childs Jacobs. Forrest was a 1956 graduate of Northern High School and...
Mildred C. Hertz
Jul 31, 2020
Mildred C. Hertz, 94, of Hanover, entered into God’s eternal care on Friday, July 31, 2020 at the Gardens of Gettysburg. Born on Tuesday, August 11, 1925 in Hanover she was a daughter of the late George and Mildred Becker. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, Norman John Hertz, who died in 2011; and...
Devin Bingaman
Jul 31, 2020
Devin Bingaman, 29, of Fayetteville, died on Friday, July 31, 2020 at his home. Born on Sunday, April 7, 1991 in Hagerstown, he was a son of Shawn A. (Erika) Bingaman of Gardners and Dawn Atherton (Donnie Reihart) Miller of Greencastle. Devin was a creative and talented cook who was employed by CJ’s BBQ Smokehouse in Chambersburg. He had a...
Peggy Beard
Jul 14, 2020
Peggy Beard, 70, of Hanover, beloved wife of Eric Beard, entered into God’s eternal care on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 at UPMC Pinnacle Hanover. Born on Tuesday, October 18, 1949 in Hanover, she was a daughter of the late Richard W. Wagaman, Sr. and Dorothy I. Cease. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Robert E. Wagaman, who...
Almeda L. Wolford
Jul 13, 2020
Almeda L. Wolford, 87, of Hanover, beloved wife of Brett L. Wolford, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 13, 2020 at Transitions Healthcare in Gettysburg. Born on Tuesday, March 7, 1933 in Gettysburg, she was a daughter of the late Edward S. and Ruth Crum Russell. She was a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) at Homewood at Plum Creek. Almeda was...
Donald L. "Donnie" Gladfelter
Jul 11, 2020
Donald L. “Donnie” Gladfelter, 71, of Hanover, beloved husband of Shirley M. (McWilliams) Gladfelter, entered into God’s eternal care on Saturday, July 11, 2020 at UPMC Pinnacle- Hanover. Born on Wednesday, December 29, 1948 in Hanover, he was a son of the late Charles Edward and Mary Mae Cooper Gladfelter. He was also preceded in death by his first wife,...
Gregory D. Blank
Jul 11, 2020
Gregory D. Blank, 56, of Abbottstown, passed away at his home. Born on Saturday, September 7, 1963 in Lancaster, he was a son of Elizabeth M. Blank Graham of Venice, FL and the late Donald C. Blank. Gregory received his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University. He discovered the art of log hewing and began to build a...
Kathryn E. Sanders
Jul 8, 2020
Kathryn E. Sanders, 97, of Hanover, passed away peacefully, Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at Homewood at Plum Creek. Born on Monday, April 16, 1923, in Arendtsville, she was a daughter of the late Allen and Maude Ketterman Miller. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, William A. Sanders, who died in 2009; a grandson, Bryan...
Antonia M. Kern
Jul 8, 2020
Antonia M. Kern, 75, of Spring Grove, passed away peacefully at sunrise on Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at ManorCare Health Services- York South. Born on Wednesday, September 6, 1944 in Hanover, she grew up in McSherrystown and was a daughter of the late Charles R. and Catherine M. Laughman Withers. She was also preceded in death by her husband of...
Sharon Ann Nichols
Jul 4, 2020
Sharon Ann Nichols, 75, of Hanover, died on Saturday, July 4, 2020 at Hospice and Community Care in Mount Joy after losing a courageous battle to a rare form of endometrial cancer (sarcoma). She was the daughter of the late John F. Minch, who preceded her 30 years earlier, and Lillian Christastie Minch of Bethany Manor, who died on March...
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