Obituaries
Obituaries for Panebaker Funeral Home & Cremation Care Center, Inc.
Mark S. Tome
Aug 2, 2019
Mark Supplee Tome, 90, of Hanover, died August 2nd, 2019. Mark was born in Hanover to Reverend Dr. John Supplee Tome and Marguerite Moore Tome, both deceased. He was married to Jennie Mae Marshall Tome for 65 years. Mark was educated at Mercersburg Academy in 1947, received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Gettysburg College in 1950, and his Doctor...
Kelly Michele Beck
Jul 31, 2019
Kelly Michele Beck, 51, of Hanover, loving wife to Wayne Timothy Beck, Jr., was called to be with the Lord on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at her home surrounded by friends and family. Born on Saturday, February 3, 1968 in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of Mildred “Rita” Woody of Parkton, MD and the late Charles M. Woody, Sr.....
Beatrice "Betty" Borger
Jul 30, 2019
Longtime Hanover resident Beatrice Evelyn (Meeker) Borger died peacefully in her sleep on July 30, 2019, at the age of 92. Betty was born on February 15, 1927 on a farm in Potter Township, Centre County, PA, to Emma (Hoffman) Meeker and Van Dorn Meeker, the fifth of six children. She graduated from Snow Shoe High School in 1945. Her...
Shirley A. Grams
Jul 29, 2019
Shirley A. Grams, 85, of Hanover, loving wife of Leroy R. Grams, entered into God’s eternal care on Monday, July 29, 2019 at UPMC Hanover Hospital. Born on Sunday, April 1, 1934 in Frederick, MD, she was the daughter of the late Charles C. and Mary Collier Kneisley. Shirley was employed by the Department of Defense, having worked for the...
Mary L. Myers Frazer
Jul 27, 2019
Mary L. Myers Frazer, 75, of Hanover passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 27, 2019 at her home surrounded by family. Born on Sunday, April 2, 1944 in Littlestown, she was a daughter of the late J. Richard Myers and Evelyn Wolf Myers Reaver, and step-daughter of the late Milton Reaver. She was also preceded in death by her husband...
Edward J. Swietkoski
Jul 22, 2019
Edward J. Swietkoski, 80, of Hanover, loving husband of Judith E. Ullman Swietkoski, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 22, 2019 at Cumberland Crossings in Carlisle. Born on Saturday, November 12, 1938 in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of the late Benjamin and Anna Stelmack Swietkoski. A high school graduate of City College, he went on to earn his...
Earl Lester Hawk
Jul 12, 2019
Earl L. Hawk, 79, of Cedar Creek, Texas, loving husband of Jeannette P. Hawk, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 12, 2019 at York Hospital. Born Tuesday, June 25, 1940 in Littlestown, he was the son of the late Ray E. and Marie Rodgers Hawk. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Rhonda Hawk, who died in 1980....
Kathleen "Kass" Zartman
Jul 9, 2019
Kathleen G. “Kass” Zartman, 95, of Hanover, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at Homewood at Plum Creek. Born on Monday, February 25, 1924 in Hanover, she was the daughter of the late Robert N. and Grace Reichart Caler. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Raymond E. Zartman, who died in 1994;...
Lewis G. Von Lossberg Jr.
Jun 25, 2019
Lewis G. “Lew” von Lossberg, Jr., 77, of Hanover, husband of Alicia P. von Lossberg, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at Hanover Hospital. Born on Wednesday, May 27, 1942 in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Lewis G. von Lossberg, Sr. and Virginia Pipitone. Lew worked as a transportation superintendent with the Baltimore Sun until...
Rodney L. Laughman
Jun 22, 2019
Rodney L. “Smoke” Laughman, 82, of Hanover, passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 22, 2019 at York Hospital surrounded by family. Born on Monday, April 19, 1937 in Abbottstown, he was the son of the late Chancey and Edna Moul Laughman. Smoke was a retired employee of Hanover Shoe and the JF Rohrbaugh Company. Mr. Laughman attended worship services at...
Ross H. Brillhart
Jun 15, 2019
Ross H. Brillhart, 92, of New Oxford, husband of Doris Mummert Brillhart, passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 15, 2019 at The Brethren Home Community. Born on Friday, July 9, 1926 in Marburg Twp., he was a son of the late George D. and Virgie I. Becker Brillhart. The last of his siblings, he was also preceded in death by...
Louise E. Myers
Jun 13, 2019
Louise Eppleman Myers, 98, of Hanover, died on Thursday, June 13, 2019 at UPMC Hanover Hospital. Born on December 3, 1920 in Littlestown, she was a daughter of the late Reid C. and Velma O. Jacobs Eppleman; and was the wife of the late Howard Myers, who died in 2010. Survivors include her three children, Peggy Bange and her husband,...
Mike Sumner
Jun 12, 2019
Mike “Mikie” Sumner, Jr., 18, of Hanover, died Wednesday, June 12, 2019 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Born on Friday, June 16, 2000 in Hanover, he was the only son of Michael D. and Karen L. Sumner. He was baptized in the Catholic faith. A 2018 graduate of New Oxford High School, he was a student at Full...
Clements S. Wojtulewicz
Jun 11, 2019
Clements S. Wojtulewicz, 86, of McSherrystown, PA, entered into God’s eternal care on Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at UPMC Hanover Hospital. Born on Wednesday, April 26, 1933 in Baltimore, MD, he was a son of the late Adam and Jeanette Truszkowski Wojtulewicz. He was also preceded in death by his wife of 38 years, Betty Ann Ripper Wojtulewicz; a son,...
Brenda Kay Weaver
Jun 11, 2019
Brenda Kay Weaver, 76, of New Oxford, passed away peacefully on Friday, June 11, 2019 at her home. Born on Wednesday, January 6, 1943 in Hanover, she was a daughter of the late Howard C. and Miriam L. Brown. She was also preceded in death by her son, Rodney H. Weaver, Jr. who died in 2001 and her sister, Donna...
Winifred N. Mehring
Jun 10, 2019
Winifred N. “Winnie” Mehring, 85, of Mechanicsburg, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 10, 2019 at her home. Born on Monday, May 14, 1934 in Hanover, she was a daughter of the late Wilson A. and Irene Senft Nace. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Owen H. Mehring, who died in 2014; and a...
James E. Parent
Jun 8, 2019
James E. Parent, 71, of Oxford Township, PA and formerly of Dover, MA, died on Saturday, June 8, 2019 at his home. Born on Saturday, August 16, 1947 in Stoughton, MA, he was a son of the late Edward L. and Doris Burbridge Parent. James was a partner in the law firm of Parent and Godoff in Wellesley, MA. Survivors...
Jane E. Poole
Jun 7, 2019
Jane Ellen Reichart Poole, 70, of Hanover passed away peacefully on Friday, June 7, 2019 at her home. Born on Sunday, March 27, 1949 in Hanover, she was a daughter of the late William W. and Dorothy Reaver Reichart. She was a member of the Hanover Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie # 1406. Gifted with her hands in gourd crafting,...
Mary P. O'Donnell
Jun 4, 2019
Mary P. O’Donnell, 101, formerly of Hanover, entered into God’s eternal care on Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at Cross Keys Village-The Brethren Home Community. Born on Sunday, September 16, 1917 in Hanover, she was the only child of the late Stanley E. and Mary A. Bach Shorb and wife of nearly 59 years to the late John E. O’Donnell, Jr....
Christopher C. "Chris" Campbell
Jun 2, 2019
Christopher Carlise “Chris” Campbell, 54, of Hanover, passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 2, 2019 at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Born on Tuesday, May 18, 1965 in Conway, SC, he was preceded in death by his parents, Vernon and Linda (nee Campbell) Williamson. He was educated in the Baltimore City School System. Chris was a longtime and dedicated...
Mark S. Tome
Aug 2, 2019
Mark Supplee Tome, 90, of Hanover, died August 2nd, 2019. Mark was born in Hanover to Reverend Dr. John Supplee Tome and Marguerite Moore Tome, both deceased. He was married to Jennie Mae Marshall Tome for 65 years. Mark was educated at Mercersburg Academy in 1947, received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Gettysburg College in 1950, and his Doctor...
Kelly Michele Beck
Jul 31, 2019
Kelly Michele Beck, 51, of Hanover, loving wife to Wayne Timothy Beck, Jr., was called to be with the Lord on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at her home surrounded by friends and family. Born on Saturday, February 3, 1968 in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of Mildred “Rita” Woody of Parkton, MD and the late Charles M. Woody, Sr.....
Beatrice "Betty" Borger
Jul 30, 2019
Longtime Hanover resident Beatrice Evelyn (Meeker) Borger died peacefully in her sleep on July 30, 2019, at the age of 92. Betty was born on February 15, 1927 on a farm in Potter Township, Centre County, PA, to Emma (Hoffman) Meeker and Van Dorn Meeker, the fifth of six children. She graduated from Snow Shoe High School in 1945. Her...
Shirley A. Grams
Jul 29, 2019
Shirley A. Grams, 85, of Hanover, loving wife of Leroy R. Grams, entered into God’s eternal care on Monday, July 29, 2019 at UPMC Hanover Hospital. Born on Sunday, April 1, 1934 in Frederick, MD, she was the daughter of the late Charles C. and Mary Collier Kneisley. Shirley was employed by the Department of Defense, having worked for the...
Mary L. Myers Frazer
Jul 27, 2019
Mary L. Myers Frazer, 75, of Hanover passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 27, 2019 at her home surrounded by family. Born on Sunday, April 2, 1944 in Littlestown, she was a daughter of the late J. Richard Myers and Evelyn Wolf Myers Reaver, and step-daughter of the late Milton Reaver. She was also preceded in death by her husband...
Edward J. Swietkoski
Jul 22, 2019
Edward J. Swietkoski, 80, of Hanover, loving husband of Judith E. Ullman Swietkoski, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 22, 2019 at Cumberland Crossings in Carlisle. Born on Saturday, November 12, 1938 in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of the late Benjamin and Anna Stelmack Swietkoski. A high school graduate of City College, he went on to earn his...
Earl Lester Hawk
Jul 12, 2019
Earl L. Hawk, 79, of Cedar Creek, Texas, loving husband of Jeannette P. Hawk, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 12, 2019 at York Hospital. Born Tuesday, June 25, 1940 in Littlestown, he was the son of the late Ray E. and Marie Rodgers Hawk. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Rhonda Hawk, who died in 1980....
Kathleen "Kass" Zartman
Jul 9, 2019
Kathleen G. “Kass” Zartman, 95, of Hanover, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at Homewood at Plum Creek. Born on Monday, February 25, 1924 in Hanover, she was the daughter of the late Robert N. and Grace Reichart Caler. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Raymond E. Zartman, who died in 1994;...
Lewis G. Von Lossberg Jr.
Jun 25, 2019
Lewis G. “Lew” von Lossberg, Jr., 77, of Hanover, husband of Alicia P. von Lossberg, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at Hanover Hospital. Born on Wednesday, May 27, 1942 in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Lewis G. von Lossberg, Sr. and Virginia Pipitone. Lew worked as a transportation superintendent with the Baltimore Sun until...
Rodney L. Laughman
Jun 22, 2019
Rodney L. “Smoke” Laughman, 82, of Hanover, passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 22, 2019 at York Hospital surrounded by family. Born on Monday, April 19, 1937 in Abbottstown, he was the son of the late Chancey and Edna Moul Laughman. Smoke was a retired employee of Hanover Shoe and the JF Rohrbaugh Company. Mr. Laughman attended worship services at...
Ross H. Brillhart
Jun 15, 2019
Ross H. Brillhart, 92, of New Oxford, husband of Doris Mummert Brillhart, passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 15, 2019 at The Brethren Home Community. Born on Friday, July 9, 1926 in Marburg Twp., he was a son of the late George D. and Virgie I. Becker Brillhart. The last of his siblings, he was also preceded in death by...
Louise E. Myers
Jun 13, 2019
Louise Eppleman Myers, 98, of Hanover, died on Thursday, June 13, 2019 at UPMC Hanover Hospital. Born on December 3, 1920 in Littlestown, she was a daughter of the late Reid C. and Velma O. Jacobs Eppleman; and was the wife of the late Howard Myers, who died in 2010. Survivors include her three children, Peggy Bange and her husband,...
Mike Sumner
Jun 12, 2019
Mike “Mikie” Sumner, Jr., 18, of Hanover, died Wednesday, June 12, 2019 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Born on Friday, June 16, 2000 in Hanover, he was the only son of Michael D. and Karen L. Sumner. He was baptized in the Catholic faith. A 2018 graduate of New Oxford High School, he was a student at Full...
Clements S. Wojtulewicz
Jun 11, 2019
Clements S. Wojtulewicz, 86, of McSherrystown, PA, entered into God’s eternal care on Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at UPMC Hanover Hospital. Born on Wednesday, April 26, 1933 in Baltimore, MD, he was a son of the late Adam and Jeanette Truszkowski Wojtulewicz. He was also preceded in death by his wife of 38 years, Betty Ann Ripper Wojtulewicz; a son,...
Brenda Kay Weaver
Jun 11, 2019
Brenda Kay Weaver, 76, of New Oxford, passed away peacefully on Friday, June 11, 2019 at her home. Born on Wednesday, January 6, 1943 in Hanover, she was a daughter of the late Howard C. and Miriam L. Brown. She was also preceded in death by her son, Rodney H. Weaver, Jr. who died in 2001 and her sister, Donna...
Winifred N. Mehring
Jun 10, 2019
Winifred N. “Winnie” Mehring, 85, of Mechanicsburg, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 10, 2019 at her home. Born on Monday, May 14, 1934 in Hanover, she was a daughter of the late Wilson A. and Irene Senft Nace. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Owen H. Mehring, who died in 2014; and a...
James E. Parent
Jun 8, 2019
James E. Parent, 71, of Oxford Township, PA and formerly of Dover, MA, died on Saturday, June 8, 2019 at his home. Born on Saturday, August 16, 1947 in Stoughton, MA, he was a son of the late Edward L. and Doris Burbridge Parent. James was a partner in the law firm of Parent and Godoff in Wellesley, MA. Survivors...
Jane E. Poole
Jun 7, 2019
Jane Ellen Reichart Poole, 70, of Hanover passed away peacefully on Friday, June 7, 2019 at her home. Born on Sunday, March 27, 1949 in Hanover, she was a daughter of the late William W. and Dorothy Reaver Reichart. She was a member of the Hanover Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie # 1406. Gifted with her hands in gourd crafting,...
Mary P. O'Donnell
Jun 4, 2019
Mary P. O’Donnell, 101, formerly of Hanover, entered into God’s eternal care on Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at Cross Keys Village-The Brethren Home Community. Born on Sunday, September 16, 1917 in Hanover, she was the only child of the late Stanley E. and Mary A. Bach Shorb and wife of nearly 59 years to the late John E. O’Donnell, Jr....
Christopher C. "Chris" Campbell
Jun 2, 2019
Christopher Carlise “Chris” Campbell, 54, of Hanover, passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 2, 2019 at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Born on Tuesday, May 18, 1965 in Conway, SC, he was preceded in death by his parents, Vernon and Linda (nee Campbell) Williamson. He was educated in the Baltimore City School System. Chris was a longtime and dedicated...