Obituaries
Obituaries for Panebaker Funeral Home & Cremation Care Center, Inc.
Irene P. Kovalcik
Dec 30, 2017
Irene P. Kovalcik, 100, of New Oxford, entered into God’s eternal care on Saturday, December 30, 2017 at Cross Keys Village – The Brethren Home Community. Born on Wednesday, July 4, 1917 in Uniontown, she was a daughter of the late Andrew J. and Sophia Wolinski. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Anthony J. Kovalcik; and a...
Lois Estella Weaver Danner
Dec 29, 2017
Lois Estella Weaver Danner, age 85, of New Oxford, PA took the hand of Jesus on Friday, December 29, 2017 at Hanover Hospital, after a period of declining health. She was a resident of The Cross Keys Village - Brethren Home. Born on January 18, 1932 in Lemoyne, PA, she was the daughter of the late Charles Andrew and Martha...
Robert W. Linebaugh
Dec 24, 2017
Robert Wilson Linebaugh, 72, of Abbottstown, passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 24, 2017 at Hanover Hospital. Born on Wednesday, November 7, 1945 in East Berlin, he was a son of Ruth Linebaugh of Abbottstown and the late Wilson S. Linebaugh. He retired after 40 years of service from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and was a member of the...
Richard M. Davis
Dec 23, 2017
Richard M. Davis, 89, of Hanover, skied his final run down the mountain on Saturday, December 23, 2017. Born on June 14, 1928 in South Portland, Maine, he was the son of the late Morris Charles Davis and Mabelle Christine Davis. He is also preceded in death by a daughter, Kathryn Lee Davis and a sister, Norma Davis Foss. Richard...
Nadine G. Brown
Dec 23, 2017
Nadine G. Brown, 99, of Hanover, passed away on Saturday, December 23, 2017 at Homewood at Plum Creek. Born on Wednesday, September 18, 1918 in Hanover, she was a daughter of the late Guy R. and Amy Fair Goodfellow. She was also preceded in death by her husband W. Edgar Brown, who died in 1982; a brother, Guy F. Goodfellow;...
Letha W. Brough
Dec 16, 2017
Letha W. Brough, of Hanover and Naples, FL, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 16, 2017 in Naples. A native of Mansfield, TX, she was active in the Hanover community, volunteering with numerous organizations and was a member of St. Mark Lutheran Church. Letha is survived by her beloved husband of 64 years, J. Andrew Brough and was preceded in...
Elvera C. Hertz
Dec 16, 2017
Elvera C. Hertz, 99, formerly of Hanover, entered into God’s eternal care on Saturday, December 16, 2017 at The Village at Sprenkle Drive. Born on Sunday, June 9, 1918 in Patterson, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Rudolph and Catherine Fitzpatrick Ververs. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Raymond M. Hertz, Sr.,...
Hazel M. Weaver
Dec 16, 2017
Hazel M. Weaver, 85, of Hanover, entered into God’s eternal care on Saturday, December 16, 2017 at Hanover Hall Nursing Center. Born on Sunday, May 29, 1932 in Rockingham, Virginia and raised in Littlestown, she was a daughter of the late Alphia H. Rimel, Sr. and Ethel J. Shifflett Rimel. She was also preceded in death by her husband of...
Ann James
Dec 9, 2017
Patricia Ann Good James, 86, of Hanover, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 9, 2017 at Cross Keys Village-The Brethren Home Community following a brief illness. Born on Saturday, June 27, 1931 in Gettysburg, she was a daughter of the late Clair R. and Clara B. Lawrence Good. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Robert W. “Jess”...
Donald R. Hockensmith
Dec 3, 2017
Donald R. “Don” Hockensmith, 82, of Hanover, beloved husband of Hilda L. Hockensmith, passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 3, 2017 at Hanover Hospital. Born on Sunday, July 28, 1935 in Hanover, he was the son of the late Paul A. and Naomi Marshall Hockensmith. He retired after 35 years of service from the P.H. Glatfelter Company where he was...
Richard F. Sell
Nov 21, 2017
Richard F. “Dick” Sell, 82, of Hanover, passed away on Wednesday, November 22, 2017 at Hanover Hall Nursing Center. Born on Friday, March 29, 1935 in Hanover, he was a son of the late William E. Sell, Sr. and Catherine Forry Sell. He was a 1953 graduate of Eichelberger High School and retired, after many years of service, from the...
Malvadean K. Forry
Nov 21, 2017
Malvadean K. Forry, 78, of Hanover, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at Homewood at Plum Creek. Born on Sunday, June 18, 1939 in Itasca, TX, she was the daughter of the late Cecil T. Knott and Margaret Kathryn Turner Knott Senft. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Robert E. Forry, who died on November...
William E. "Mickey" King Jr.
Nov 15, 2017
William E. “Mickey” King, Jr., 63, of Hanover, entered into God’s eternal care on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at Hanover Hospital. Born on Thursday, December 3, 1953 in Rockville, MD, he was a son of the late William E. King, Sr. and Catherine Leda King. Mickey will be long remembered as a hardworking and patient man. Survivors include his loving...
William "Tiny" Shisler
Nov 15, 2017
William “Tiny” Shisler, 72, husband of Kathleen Bowers Shisler, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at Hanover Hospital. Born on Thursday, November 23, 1944 in the Village of Horseheads, NY, he was a son of the late Edward A. Shisler, Jr. and Helen Isbell Shisler. A 1962 graduate of Odessa High School in NY, he was a man of...
Gail R. Kuhn
Nov 12, 2017
Gail R. Kuhn, 62, of Hanover, beloved wife of Robert E. “Bob” Kuhn, entered into God’s eternal care on Sunday, November 12, 2017 at Hanover Hospital. Born on Wednesday, June 22, 1955 in Harrisburg, she was a daughter of the late Thomas V. and Dorothy “Dottie” Sarver Meloy. She was a 1973 graduate of Hanover High School and was a...
George Greening
Nov 12, 2017
George Greening, 95, of Old Bridge, NJ, died Sunday, November 12, 2017, at home, surrounded by family. Born at home on Christmas Day, 1921 in Kansas City, MO, he married Eleanor Childs Hill of Washington, DC on Thanksgiving Day in 1959. A G.I. in Europe during World War II, trained in code and cipher by the British, he served in...
Velma L. Millheim
Nov 12, 2017
Velma L. Millheim, 86, of Hanover, entered into God’s eternal care on Sunday, November 12, 2017 at Homewood at Plum Creek. Born on Tuesday, May 19, 1931 in New Oxford, she was the daughter of the late Earl F. and Hazel M. McIlwee Flickinger. She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Robert B. Millheim, Sr., who...
Bonnie Burger
Nov 10, 2017
Bonnie Burger, 74, of New Oxford and formerly of Pleasant Valley, loving wife of L. Wayne Burger, Jr., passed away peacefully on Friday, November 10, 2017 at her home surrounded by her family. Born on Saturday, November 28, 1942 in Baltimore City, she was a daughter of the late Charles K. and Juna G. Hoyle Hauman. She was also preceded...
Anna E. Utz
Nov 9, 2017
Anna E. Utz, 97, of Cross Keys Village, entered into God’s eternal care on Thursday, November 9, 2017 at The Brethren Home Community. Born on Friday, June 4, 1920 in Hanover, she was a daughter of the late Oliver E. and Sarah Little Blouse. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Leroy Utz; their only child, Mildred A....
Calvin H. Leese
Nov 4, 2017
Calvin H. Leese, 93, of Hanover, entered into God’s eternal care on Saturday, November 4, 2017 at Homewood at Plum Creek. Born on Sunday, May 4, 1924 in Silver Run, MD, he was a son of the late Horatio D. and Nedah Unger Leese. He was also preceded in death by his wife of 72 years, Pearl E. Feeser Leese,...
Irene P. Kovalcik
Dec 30, 2017
Irene P. Kovalcik, 100, of New Oxford, entered into God’s eternal care on Saturday, December 30, 2017 at Cross Keys Village – The Brethren Home Community. Born on Wednesday, July 4, 1917 in Uniontown, she was a daughter of the late Andrew J. and Sophia Wolinski. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Anthony J. Kovalcik; and a...
Lois Estella Weaver Danner
Dec 29, 2017
Lois Estella Weaver Danner, age 85, of New Oxford, PA took the hand of Jesus on Friday, December 29, 2017 at Hanover Hospital, after a period of declining health. She was a resident of The Cross Keys Village - Brethren Home. Born on January 18, 1932 in Lemoyne, PA, she was the daughter of the late Charles Andrew and Martha...
Robert W. Linebaugh
Dec 24, 2017
Robert Wilson Linebaugh, 72, of Abbottstown, passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 24, 2017 at Hanover Hospital. Born on Wednesday, November 7, 1945 in East Berlin, he was a son of Ruth Linebaugh of Abbottstown and the late Wilson S. Linebaugh. He retired after 40 years of service from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and was a member of the...
Richard M. Davis
Dec 23, 2017
Richard M. Davis, 89, of Hanover, skied his final run down the mountain on Saturday, December 23, 2017. Born on June 14, 1928 in South Portland, Maine, he was the son of the late Morris Charles Davis and Mabelle Christine Davis. He is also preceded in death by a daughter, Kathryn Lee Davis and a sister, Norma Davis Foss. Richard...
Nadine G. Brown
Dec 23, 2017
Nadine G. Brown, 99, of Hanover, passed away on Saturday, December 23, 2017 at Homewood at Plum Creek. Born on Wednesday, September 18, 1918 in Hanover, she was a daughter of the late Guy R. and Amy Fair Goodfellow. She was also preceded in death by her husband W. Edgar Brown, who died in 1982; a brother, Guy F. Goodfellow;...
Letha W. Brough
Dec 16, 2017
Letha W. Brough, of Hanover and Naples, FL, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 16, 2017 in Naples. A native of Mansfield, TX, she was active in the Hanover community, volunteering with numerous organizations and was a member of St. Mark Lutheran Church. Letha is survived by her beloved husband of 64 years, J. Andrew Brough and was preceded in...
Elvera C. Hertz
Dec 16, 2017
Elvera C. Hertz, 99, formerly of Hanover, entered into God’s eternal care on Saturday, December 16, 2017 at The Village at Sprenkle Drive. Born on Sunday, June 9, 1918 in Patterson, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Rudolph and Catherine Fitzpatrick Ververs. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Raymond M. Hertz, Sr.,...
Hazel M. Weaver
Dec 16, 2017
Hazel M. Weaver, 85, of Hanover, entered into God’s eternal care on Saturday, December 16, 2017 at Hanover Hall Nursing Center. Born on Sunday, May 29, 1932 in Rockingham, Virginia and raised in Littlestown, she was a daughter of the late Alphia H. Rimel, Sr. and Ethel J. Shifflett Rimel. She was also preceded in death by her husband of...
Ann James
Dec 9, 2017
Patricia Ann Good James, 86, of Hanover, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 9, 2017 at Cross Keys Village-The Brethren Home Community following a brief illness. Born on Saturday, June 27, 1931 in Gettysburg, she was a daughter of the late Clair R. and Clara B. Lawrence Good. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Robert W. “Jess”...
Donald R. Hockensmith
Dec 3, 2017
Donald R. “Don” Hockensmith, 82, of Hanover, beloved husband of Hilda L. Hockensmith, passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 3, 2017 at Hanover Hospital. Born on Sunday, July 28, 1935 in Hanover, he was the son of the late Paul A. and Naomi Marshall Hockensmith. He retired after 35 years of service from the P.H. Glatfelter Company where he was...
Richard F. Sell
Nov 21, 2017
Richard F. “Dick” Sell, 82, of Hanover, passed away on Wednesday, November 22, 2017 at Hanover Hall Nursing Center. Born on Friday, March 29, 1935 in Hanover, he was a son of the late William E. Sell, Sr. and Catherine Forry Sell. He was a 1953 graduate of Eichelberger High School and retired, after many years of service, from the...
Malvadean K. Forry
Nov 21, 2017
Malvadean K. Forry, 78, of Hanover, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at Homewood at Plum Creek. Born on Sunday, June 18, 1939 in Itasca, TX, she was the daughter of the late Cecil T. Knott and Margaret Kathryn Turner Knott Senft. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Robert E. Forry, who died on November...
William E. "Mickey" King Jr.
Nov 15, 2017
William E. “Mickey” King, Jr., 63, of Hanover, entered into God’s eternal care on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at Hanover Hospital. Born on Thursday, December 3, 1953 in Rockville, MD, he was a son of the late William E. King, Sr. and Catherine Leda King. Mickey will be long remembered as a hardworking and patient man. Survivors include his loving...
William "Tiny" Shisler
Nov 15, 2017
William “Tiny” Shisler, 72, husband of Kathleen Bowers Shisler, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at Hanover Hospital. Born on Thursday, November 23, 1944 in the Village of Horseheads, NY, he was a son of the late Edward A. Shisler, Jr. and Helen Isbell Shisler. A 1962 graduate of Odessa High School in NY, he was a man of...
Gail R. Kuhn
Nov 12, 2017
Gail R. Kuhn, 62, of Hanover, beloved wife of Robert E. “Bob” Kuhn, entered into God’s eternal care on Sunday, November 12, 2017 at Hanover Hospital. Born on Wednesday, June 22, 1955 in Harrisburg, she was a daughter of the late Thomas V. and Dorothy “Dottie” Sarver Meloy. She was a 1973 graduate of Hanover High School and was a...
George Greening
Nov 12, 2017
George Greening, 95, of Old Bridge, NJ, died Sunday, November 12, 2017, at home, surrounded by family. Born at home on Christmas Day, 1921 in Kansas City, MO, he married Eleanor Childs Hill of Washington, DC on Thanksgiving Day in 1959. A G.I. in Europe during World War II, trained in code and cipher by the British, he served in...
Velma L. Millheim
Nov 12, 2017
Velma L. Millheim, 86, of Hanover, entered into God’s eternal care on Sunday, November 12, 2017 at Homewood at Plum Creek. Born on Tuesday, May 19, 1931 in New Oxford, she was the daughter of the late Earl F. and Hazel M. McIlwee Flickinger. She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Robert B. Millheim, Sr., who...
Bonnie Burger
Nov 10, 2017
Bonnie Burger, 74, of New Oxford and formerly of Pleasant Valley, loving wife of L. Wayne Burger, Jr., passed away peacefully on Friday, November 10, 2017 at her home surrounded by her family. Born on Saturday, November 28, 1942 in Baltimore City, she was a daughter of the late Charles K. and Juna G. Hoyle Hauman. She was also preceded...
Anna E. Utz
Nov 9, 2017
Anna E. Utz, 97, of Cross Keys Village, entered into God’s eternal care on Thursday, November 9, 2017 at The Brethren Home Community. Born on Friday, June 4, 1920 in Hanover, she was a daughter of the late Oliver E. and Sarah Little Blouse. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Leroy Utz; their only child, Mildred A....
Calvin H. Leese
Nov 4, 2017
Calvin H. Leese, 93, of Hanover, entered into God’s eternal care on Saturday, November 4, 2017 at Homewood at Plum Creek. Born on Sunday, May 4, 1924 in Silver Run, MD, he was a son of the late Horatio D. and Nedah Unger Leese. He was also preceded in death by his wife of 72 years, Pearl E. Feeser Leese,...