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Public Notices, April 29, 2026

Volume 63, No. 39

PUBLIC NOTICES

DECEDENTS’ ESTATES

NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION

ORPHANS’ COURT DIVISION NOTICES

FICTITIOUS NAME

NOTICE OF CUSTODY COMPLAINT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Brandy L. Rivera, v. Luis Ruiz-Sepulveda

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Letters Testamentary or of Administration have been granted in the following estates. All persons indebted to the said estate are required to make payment, and those having claims or demands to present the same without delay to the administrators or executors named.

FIRST PUBLICATION

ESTATE OF HARRY RICHARD BARLEY, II, a/k/a H. RICHARD BARLEY, II, RICH BARLEY, late of the North Londonderry Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters Testamentary have been granted to the undersigned Executrix.

Ruth A. Barley, Executrix

6 Lindbergh Drive

Palmyra, PA 17078

Jessica L. Fisher, Esquire

McQuaide Blasko

Gateway Centre

601 Hawthorne Drive, Suite 2A

Hollidaysburg, PA 16648

Attorney for Estate

ESTATE OF DOLORES J. GETTLE, late of the City of Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters Testamentary have been granted to the undersigned Executrix.

Sharon L. Pierce, Executrix

Edward Coyle, Esquire

Buzgon Davis Law Offices

525 South Eighth Street

Lebanon, PA 17042

ESTATE OF JAMES L. DYE, SR., late of Palmyra Borough, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters of Administration have been granted to the undersigned Administrator.

Frederick S. Long, Administrator

Long Brightbill

315 South 8th Street

Lebanon, PA 17042

Thomas S. Long, Esquire

Attorney

ESTATE OF ORA BELL BOMGARDNER, late of North Londonderry Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters Testamentary have been granted to the undersigned Executor.

Russell Bomgardner, Executor

Steven D.W. Miller, Esq., CELA

Miller Law Firm PC

718 Poplar Street, Suite I

Lebanon, PA 17042

Attorney

ESTATE OF WILLIAM A. DOLL, late of North Lebanon Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters Testamentary have been granted to the undersigned Executor.

William T. Doll, Executor

33 Fairway Drive

Jonestown, PA 17038

Patrick M. Reb, Esquire

547 South 10th Street

Lebanon, PA 17042

SECOND PUBLICATION

ESTATE OF ROBERT E. HERR, late of Palmyra Borough, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters of Administration have been granted to the undersigned Administratrix.

Marie E. Herr, Administratrix

George W. Porter, Esquire

909 E. Chocolate Ave.

Hershey, PA 17033

ESTATE OF LLOYD J. WALBORN, late of Swatara Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, deceased November 14, 2025. Letters Testamentary have been granted to the undersigned Executrix.

Kathryn Walborn, Executrix

Bruce J. Warshawsky, Esquire

Cunningham, Chernicoff & Warshawsky, P.C.

P.O. Box 60457

Harrisburg, PA 17106-0457

ESTATE OF RUTH L. HITZ, late of the City of Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters Testamentary have been granted to the undersigned Executor.

Robert Hitz, Executor

Bret Wiest, Esquire

Buzgon Davis Law Offices

525 South Eighth Street

Lebanon, PA 17042

ESTATE OF GLADYS E. BROWN, late of Palmyra Borough, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters Testamentary have been granted to the undersigned Executrix.

Carol D. Brown, Executrix

Bret Wiest, Esquire

Buzgon Davis Law Offices

525 South Eighth Street

Lebanon, PA 17042

ESTATE OF LARRY JAMES FUNK, late of the City of Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters Testamentary have been granted to the undersigned Executrix.

Linda Nicholson, Executrix

Thomas L. McGlaughlin, Esquire, MBA

Northstar Legal Services, LLC

6106 Schoolhouse Road

Elizabethtown, PA 17022

Attorney

ESTATE OF LORRAINE A. KOONS, late of the City of Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters Testamentary have been granted to the undersigned Executrix.

Bonnie J. Shank, Executrix

Edward Coyle, Esquire

Buzgon Davis Law Offices

525 South Eighth Street

Lebanon, PA 17042

ESTATE OF MARLYN W. GOHN, late of Cornwall Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters Testamentary have been granted to the undersigned Executrix.

Amy G. Anstine, Executrix

Randy R. Moyer, Esquire

Barley Snyder LLP

126 East King Street

Lancaster, PA 17602

ESTATE OF DONALD BYLER, late of North Londonderry Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters Testamentary have been granted to the undersigned Executrix.

Tammy Keller, Executrix

Keith D. Wagner, Esquire

P.O. Box 323

Palmyra, PA 17078

Attorney

ESTATE OF BRIAN K. FASNACHT, late of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters of Administration have been granted to the undersigned Administratrix.

Michelle M. Fasnacht, Administratrix

60 Horseshoe Blvd.

Annville, PA 17003

Paul W. Kilgore, Esquire

Spitler, Kilgore & Enck, PC

522 South Eighth Street

Lebanon, PA 17042

Attorney

THIRD PUBLICATION

ESTATE OF DONALD E. BOYANOWSKI, SR., late of North Londonderry Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters Testamentary have been granted to the undersigned Executor.

Donald E. Boyanowski, Jr., Executor

1304 S. Forge Road

Palmyra, PA 17078

Andrew S. Withers, Esquire

Etzweiler and Withers, LLC

105 N. Front Street

Harrisburg, PA 17101

(717) 234-5600

ESTATE OF JANICE E. STEILY, late of South Londonderry Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters Testamentary have been granted to the undersigned Executrix.

Donna L. Fletcher, Executrix

310 Linton Hill Road

Duncannon, PA 17020

ESTATE OF JOANNE L. LAFRANCE, late of South Lebanon Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, deceased 1/15/26. Letters Testamentary have been granted to the undersigned Executrix.

Jan Marie Troughear, Executrix

55 Scenic Dr.

Myerstown, PA 17067

Linda J. Olsen, Esquire

Hazen Law Group LLC

2000 Linglestown Rd., #202

Harrisburg, PA 17110

Attorney

ESTATE OF LORETTA J. BENNETCH, late of Heidelberg Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, deceased 2/9/26. Letters Testamentary have been granted to the undersigned Executrix.

Rebecca L. Struwe, Executrix

Sarah R. McCahon, Esquire

Barley Snyder LLP

2755 Century Blvd.

Wyomissing, PA 19610

ESTATE OF JOSEPH J. PETE, late of the City of Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters Testamentary have been granted to the undersigned Executor.

James Philip Pete, Executor

Steven D.W. Miller, Esq., CELA

Miller Law Firm PC

718 Poplar Street, Suite I

Lebanon, PA 17042

Attorney

ESTATE OF MABEL E. RUDY, late of Myerstown Borough, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters Testamentary have been granted to the undersigned Executrix.

Joyce L. Babb, Executrix

KEVIN M. RICHARDS, ESQUIRE

P.O. Box 1140

Lebanon, PA 17042-1140

ESTATE OF ROBERT J. KERN, late of Myerstown Borough, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters Testamentary have been granted to the undersigned Executrix.


Patrice Schaeffer, Executrix

Julia M. Parrish, Esquire

Barley Snyder LLP

100 E. Market Street

York, PA 17401

ESTATE OF TED S. HOLCOMBE, late of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters Testamentary have been granted to the undersigned Executor.

Danette A. Quinn, Executor

Eric M. Gibson, Esquire

279 North Zinn’s Mill Road

Lebanon, PA 17042

717-279-8313

ESTATE OF EILEEN J. HEETER, late of North Annville Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters Testamentary have been granted to the undersigned Co-Executrixes.

Joyce E. Felty, Co-Executrix

Laurie Ann Brown, Co-Executrix


Charles A. Ritchie, Jr., Esquire

Feather and Feather, P.C.

22 West Main Street Laurie

Annville, PA 17003

ATTORNEY

ESTATE OF MARIAN N. ROLLES, late of North Londonderry Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters Testamentary have been granted to the undersigned Executor.

James P. Monos, Jr., Executor

32714 Firenzia Court

Ocean View, DE 19970

Butler Law Firm

1017 Mumma Road, Suite 204

Lemoyne, PA 17043

ESTATE OF BARRY L. DIFFENDERFER, late of West Cornwall Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters Testamentary have been granted to the undersigned Executor.

Donna J. Dieter, Executor

Young and Young

44 S. Main Street, P.O. Box 126

Manheim, PA 17545

Attorney

ESTATE OF KEITH K. MCQUATE, late of Swatara Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters Testamentary have been granted to the undersigned Executor.

Kerry K. McQuate, Executor

John M. Zimmerman, Esquire

Zimmerman Law Office

466 Jonestown Road

Jonestown, PA 17038

Attorney for the Estate

ESTATE OF RUBY M. GRUMBINE, late of Annville Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters Testamentary have been granted to the undersigned Co-Executors.

Frank A. Grumbine, Co-Executor

Daniel L. Grumbine, Co-Executor

John M. Zimmerman, Esquire

Zimmerman Law Office

466 Jonestown Road

Jonestown, PA 17038

Attorney for the Estate

ESTATE OF RUTH A. MCCRONE, late of North Cornwall Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters Testamentary have been granted to the undersigned Executor.

Lowell D. Hartzell, Executor

18 E. Bethany Rd.

Newmanstown, PA 17073

Timothy T. Engler, Esquire

Steiner & Sandoe, Attorneys at Law, LLC

36 West Main Avenue

Myerstown, PA, 17067

NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Courtyard of Honor, a Pennsylvania non-profit corporation with its registered office at 548 Sweetwater Drive, Palmyra, Pennsylvania 17078, Lebanon County, is now engaged in winding up its affairs. The corporation will be filing Articles of Dissolution with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for issuance of a Certificate of Dissolution by the Department of State under the provisions of the Business Corporation Law of 1988 (as amended), effectively ending its corporate existence. JSDC Law Offices, 11 E Chocolate Avenue, Suite 300, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033.

Common Pleas of Lebanon County

ORPHANS’ COURT DIVISION NOTICES

Notice is hereby given that the following accounts in decedents estates, Guardianships and trusts

have been filed in the Office of the Register of Wills and Clerk of Orphans’ Court of Lebanon

County, and that the same will be presented to the Court of Common Pleas-Orphans’ Court

Division of said County for Confirmation NISI on

Monday, May 4, 2026, at 10:00 A.M.

in Courtroom No. 1, Municipal Building, City of Lebanon

LIST OF ACCOUNTS WITH PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF DISTRIBUTION BY GUARDIANSHIPS AND TRUSTS

1. #113 YEAR 1970, Fifteenth & Partial Account of Manufacturers and Traders Trust

Company, Successor Guardian of the Estate of Irvin L. Root, an Incompetent, Paul W. Kilgore, Atty.

All the aforesaid accounts and statements of Proposed Distribution will be confirmed absolutely

as of course by the said Orphans’ Court except those to which exemptions are filed within twenty (20) days after the same are confirmed NISI.

Brian Craig, Register of Wills & Clerk of Orphans’ Court

Lebanon County, Pennsylvania Common Pleas of Lebanon County

FICTITIOUS NAME

Notice is hereby given that a Registration of Fictitious Name was filed in the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on April 14, 2026, for Backenstoe’s lawn services with a principal place of business located at 150 Lickdale Rd, Jonestown, PA 17038-8714, in Lebanon County. The individual interested in this business is Shawn Backenstoes, also located at 150 Lickdale Rd, Jonestown, PA 17038-8714. This is filed in compliance with 54 Pa.C.S. 311.

To:  Roy L. Weaver
Please be advised that a Custody Complaint has been filed against you.  A copy of the Notice is set forth below.  The Custody Conciliator will schedule a Conciliation and notify you via mail of the time, date, and place of the Conciliation.

ORDER OF COURT

        You, Roy L. Weaver, Defendant, have been sued in Court to OBTAIN shared legal custody and primary physical custody of the children:  W.L.W., M.R.W., and C.G.W.
        Pat Reb, Esquire, is hereby appointed as the Custody Conciliator in this matter.  The Custody Conciliator will notify you of the date, time and place for a Custody conference.
        You must file with the court a verification regarding any criminal record or abuse history regarding you and anyone living in your household on or before the initial in-person contact with the court (including, but not limited to, a conference with a conference officer or judge or conciliation) but not later than thirty (30) days after service of the complaint or petition.
        No party may make a change in the residence of any child which significantly impairs the ability of the other party to exercise custodial rights without first complying with all of the applicable provisions of 23 Pa.C.S. §5337 and Pa.R.C.P. No. 1915.17 regarding relocation.
        YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS PAPER TO YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE.  IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A LAWYER, GO TO OR TELEPHONE THE OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW.  THIS OFFICE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT HIRING A LAWYER.  IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO HIRE A LAWYER, THIS OFFICE MAY BEABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT AGENCIES THAT MAY OFFER LEGAL SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS AT A REDUCED FEE OR NO FEE.
MIDPENN LEGAL SERVICES
1150 Chestnut Street
Lebanon, Pennsylvania 17042
Telephone:  (717) 274-2834
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990
         The Court of Common Pleas of Lebanon County is required by law to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.  For information about accessible facilities and reasonable accommodations available to disabled individuals having business before the court, please contact our office.  All arrangements must be made at least seventy-two (72) hours prior to any Hearing or business before the court.
Loreen M. Burkett, Esquire
Attorney

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