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This page is dedicated to informing our parishioner’s of recent death’s within our parish. The parish community of St. Joan of Arc extends our deepest sympathies to the families & friends of these individuals.
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This page is dedicated to informing our parishioner’s of recent death’s within our parish. The parish community of St. Joan of Arc extends our deepest sympathies to the families & friends of these individuals.
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Margaret J. Cardamone, 97, passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 14, 2020, at Kadima at Campbelltown nursing home, Palmyra, PA. She was born Thursday, August 9, 1923 to the late William, Sr. and Grace (Foley) Bunker in Brooklyn, NY. She is predeceased by her husband Louis J. Cardamone. She is survived by her loving daughter: Grace Hensinger and husband William; adored grandchildren, Robin and Bobby and wife Debra; cherished great-grandchildren, Allie, Megan, Julia, and Brandon; sister Jane; and 21 nieces and nephews, many who hold her very dear to their hearts. She is predeceased by her brothers Raymond, William, and Harry and sisters Grace and Bernadette. Margie’s first job was working for Western Union in Manhattan, NY. She worked on roller skates to get from one side of the building to the other. Some of her hobbies included: needlework, photography, chocolate making, cooking, scratch off lottery, and watching television. Margie’s birthday and St. Patrick’s Day were her favorite holidays. Services will be private at the request of the family due to COVID 19. Burial will take place at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville, PA. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made in her memory to St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105, or the Children’s Miracle Network, 205 West 700 South Salt Lake City, UT 84101. Please see below for website link. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis TN 38105 Tel: 1-800-822-6344 Web: https://www.stjude.org Children's Miracle Network 205 West 700 S., Salt Lake City UT 84101 Web: https://childrensmiraclenetworkhospitals.org/donate/
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Mary B. Janes, 74, of Harrisburg, passed away on Sunday, November 8, 2020 at Hershey Medical Center. Born in Boston, MA, she was the daughter of the late Joseph F. and Rita M. Donovan. Mary attended Massachusetts General School of Practical Nursing and graduated as a licensed practical nurse. She was also the library aide for St. Joan of Arc Catholic School for 20 years and was on the school board for 5 years. In the last 12 years before retirement, she worked in day care where she was fondly known as “Miss Mary” to the children. Above all, her most important job was being a stay at home mom while her children were growing up. In her free time she enjoyed gardening, watching birds at the bird feeder, using peanuts to befriend the Blue Jays, making crafts, and enjoying her favorite candy, peanut M&Ms. Mary left notes for her children to help with writing an obituary for her. The following is a quote from her notes: “This is my history in a nutshell. It doesn’t cover the laughing hugging, crying, I love you’s, late night and early morning surprises. It is a great thing to have pure white hair- it shows how much wisdom I’ve gained raising 4 absolutely smart, beautio, handsome, caring, and quite normal kids. They are raising the same. They make me proud as I watch their hair turn white! Except Matthew- he has no hair!” She is survived by 4 children and their spouses who will miss her dearly: Bridget Bentley (Matthew) of Michigan, Karen Stauffer (Brad) of Annville, Katie Kugler (Jason) of Annville, and Matthew Janes (Lissa) of Harrisburg. She was lovingly known as “Nana” to her grandchildren, Tyler, Emily, Caitlin, Abbie, Noah, Rebekah, Connor, Finn, and one on the way. Mary is also survived by her siblings Joseph, Patrick, Christopher, Margaret, Catherine, Peter and predeceased by John. Services will be private and at the convenience of the family. Arrangements have been entrusted to Rothermel-Finkenbinder Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc., Palmyra. 717-838-9211. Condolence and memories may be shared at www.FinkenbinderFamily.com In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Children’s Hospital, www.FourDiamonds.org, or the American Lung Association, www.Lung.org Four Diamonds at Penn State Children's Hospital 1249 Cocoa Ave, Suite 115, P.O. Box 852, Hershey PA 17033 Tel: 1-717-531-6086 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.FourDiamonds.org American Lung Association 55 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 1150, Chicago IL 60601 Tel: 1-800-548-8252 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.lung.org Vincent Paul Lewis, Lieutenant Colonel USAF (Ret), 101 years old, and a 58 year resident of Hershey, died November 6, 2020 at Masonic Village. Vincent was born November 29, 1918 in Minersville, Schuylkill County, PA to Benjamin C. Lewis, a coal miner and Margaret L. (Brown) Lewis at their family home on Schaeffers Hill. Vince, 2nd generation Irish, attended St Vincent’s Primary School in Minersville and graduated from St Patrick’s Catholic High School (now Nativity BVM), in Pottsville in May 1937. After school Vince worked as a truck driver in the coal mines and on the PA turnpike tunnels before enlisting in the Army in October 1940 before World War II was declared. Vincent was a career US Air Force officer and pilot as he initially joined to become a fighter pilot. After getting his Army Air Corps Aviator’s wings in 1943, he was assigned instead to heavy bombers and became qualified on the Consolidated B24 Liberator multi-engine bomber. He earned Command Pilot’s wings in the 485th Bomber (HVY) Group, 15th Air Force in WWII as he participated from Tunisia, North Africa in the invasion of Italy in March 1944 and the D-Day Normandy invasion in June 1944. Flying out of Verona, Italy airbase on July 20, 1944, on his 33rd combat air mission over enemy lines, his ‘Briny Marlyn’ B24 (air formation name ’Blue Echo’) was shot down by ME-109’s over Conegliano, northern Italy. He was injured, but kept flying the severely damaged B24 and he was the last of his 10-man crew to bail out. For these actions, he received the Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross medals. For the next 5 months, he led his crew and other Allied military personnel, escaping through enemy positions out of Italy and Yugoslavia. Finally they were rescued by a night-flight back to safety at Barrie, Italy airbase. Vince or ‘VP’ returned to Denver, CO, USA before VE Day in 1945 where he married 2nd Lieutenant Miriam ‘Lee’ Savage, a US Army Nurse from Fayetteville, Brown Co, OH. After a 25 year US Air Force career as a highly decorated pilot and veteran with tours in AL, AR, CO, KS, AK, TN, WI, VA and an overseas tour in Tokyo, Japan. He, Lee and 9 children eventually retired at Olmstead AFB Middletown, PA on May 1, 1965 — the same base where he enlisted years earlier. Vince completed a second career at New Cumberland Depot in 1981 as Chief of the Catalog Data Activity, which kept track digitally of all DoD replacement parts. His knowledge of computers resulted in his self-taught Basic programming skills even filing his tax returns directly to the IRS in the 1980’s before today’s e-File. After Lee’s death, he began retirement that included his 2nd marriage in 1983 to Janice Slagle, a Nurse Mgr at Hershey Medical Center. They enjoyed travel across the country, children’s marriages, 23 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren; and, a new hobby with pleasure boats on Susquehanna River and Chesapeake Bay. Support to Catholic education also was central to his belief of a better future. Surviving Vincent are his wife Janice of 37 years; his sons: Vincent (Susan) of San Rafael, CA, WO2(Ret) Dennis of San Angelo, TX, LTC(Ret) Stephan (Jan) of Gettysburg, PA, Martin (Nancy) of Gloucster, OH and Timothy (Kathleen) of Middletown, PA; his daughters: M. Kathy (LTC(Ret) James) Filson of Boca Raton, FL, Jean (James) Walmer of Three Springs, PA, Patricia Ellermann of Lakeland, FL, Sharon (Elvin) Shilling of Fredericksburg, PA; step-daughter Kimberly Holmes of Elizabethtown, PA. Also married are 16 of his 23 grandchildren who have 20 of his great-grandchildren living around the country. Preceding Vincent in death are his first wife, Lee; his parents; younger sister Catharine Mary; grandson, Matthew; maternal grandparents from Ireland with whom he was close as a young boy; daughter-in-law Lynn; son-in-law Bradford; 7 paternal aunts/uncles and 6 maternal aunts/uncles. There will be a visitation at the Hoover Funeral and Crematory, 88 Lucy Ave. in Hershey on Friday, November 13 from 10-11AM. Mass and Christian burial will follow at 11:30AM in St Joan of Arc Catholic Church, 359 W. Areba Avenue, Hershey (where Vincent and family attended for 58 years). Burial with full military honors will follow at Ft. Indiantown Gap National Cemetery. The family requests no flowers, but rather donations to the American Cancer Society or the charity of choice. Send condolences via the online guestbook at www.hooverfuneralhome.com Joanne Marie Spaziani Strohm, 85, of Palmyra, and formerly of Hershey, passed away on October 28, 2020. She was born March 12, 1935 in Derry Township, a daughter of the late Samuel and Esther (Deimler) Wiestling. Joanne was a 1954 graduate of the former Hummelstown High School. She took great pride in being a homemaker and being a foster mother to over 45 infants. She was a member of the Church of the Holy Spirit in Palmyra and had been a member of St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Hershey.
Joanne is survived by her daughters, Christine (Tony) Tatangelo of Hummelstown, Kathleen (Lynn) Leo of Palmyra, Teresa (Ted) Mortensen of Hershey and Patricia (Michael) Linton of Elizabethtown, 12 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. Also surviving are her sisters, Beverly Heisey and Frances Albert both of Palmyra; brother, Wallace "Mike" Wiestling of Middletown. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Nick J. Spaziani and Warren L. Strohm as well as her siblings, Robert and Nancy Wiestling. Due to current Covid 19 restrictions there will be no visitation. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, November 2, 2020 at 11:00 am in the St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, 359 West Areba Avenue, Hershey. Interment will follow in the Hershey Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, 101 Erford Road Suite 201, Camp Hill PA 17011 or the Four Diamonds, 1249 Cocoa, Suite 115, Hershey PA 17033 Share condolences at www.hooverfuneralhome.com Donald E. Hennigan, a resident of Hummelstown, PA died October 25th at the age of 84. He is survived by his loving wife of 64 years Saundra, children Karen (Ken Thompson), Kevin (Linda), Kim Collins (Jack Pyanowski), Karyl Claroni (David Kiscadden) and Kelly Campbell (Dan), and 11 grandchildren, Ryan, Daniel (Luighsighe) Kelsie, Gavin, Michael, Rachel, Maeve, Bryan, Grace, Margo and Nikki. Visitation is 10 a.m. October 31 at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Hershey, PA followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. Online condolences may be shared at trefzandbowser.com To Plant Memorial Trees in memory, please visit our Sympathy Store. Published in Patriot-News from Oct. 26 to Oct. 27, 2020. Dorothy “Dottie” S. (Resuta) Basti, 67, of Toms River, NJ passed away on October 6, 2020 after a short, courageous battle with cancer. Born in Hazleton, PA, Dottie was raised in Lebanon, PA where she graduated from Lebanon High School in 1971. She resided in Toms River, NJ for the last 20 years. Dottie worked for the Ocean County Health Department for many years and retired in 2019. She loved to garden, read, design miniatures, relax in the sand in Wildwood, and entertain us with her quick wit, among many treasured pastimes. She was a loyal friend and an integral part of our family. We will miss her forever.
Dorothy is predeceased by her father, Michael Resuta. She is survived by her mother Dorothy (Della Croce) Sparks and step-father Robert Sparks, her loving husband of 25 years, Martin Basti, children Morgan Silverman & husband Sean, Andrew Basti & wife Jessica, grandchildren Emily Silverman, Dakota, Olivia, and Tessa Basti, sister Debra Pagano, niece Gabrielle Pagano, her Aunt Ann Marie Della Croce, Aunt and Uncle Donna and Thomas Basti, her sisters-in-law Gabrielle Sutcliffe and Colette Basti, along with many nieces, nephews, cousins, dear friends, and her adored pup Morris. All services will be held in Hershey, PA where Dorothy will be laid to rest. Viewing will be held on Sunday, October 11th from 4-6 p.m. at Hoover Funeral Home, 88 Lucy Avenue, Hershey. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, October 12th at 11:00am in St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, 359 W. Areba Avenue, Hershey. Interment will follow in the Hershey Cemetery. Marie McGowan (May 07, 1921 - September 24, 2020) Marie G. (Mills) McGowan, 99, of Hershey, PA, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loved ones on Thursday, September 24, 2020. Marie was born May 7th 1921 in Carbondale, PA. She was the daughter of Julius Palmer Mills and Elizabeth Geraldine “Knappen” Mills. She is the widow of Pennsylvania State Policeman, Richard G. McGowan, who preceded her in death in 1976. Additionally, preceded in death by her sister, Elizabeth Munley, and a brother, Jerome Mills. Proud matriarch, she is survived by two daughters, Sr. Eileen McGowan,DM and Maria (James) Fuddy; two sons, Michael (Michele) McGowan and Richard (Cynthia) McGowan; four grandchildren Brittany (Matthew) Dunkle, Ashlyn (Thomas) Plunket, Richard (DruAnn) McGowan and Kayleigh (Nicholas) Boro. Marie had two great grandchildren, Emilee and Brielle Dunkle. Her faith and her family were the two important priorities in her life. Marie, known as Grandma to all, was warm and welcoming to everyone. She’s known for saying in her typical Irish fashion, “Put an extra potato in the pot, you never know who’s coming over the mountain.” An extraordinary woman who took all things in life and made them a blessing. She was deeply involved in parish life at St. Joan of Arc Church in Hershey. Viewing will be held Sunday September 27, 2020 from 4-6pm in the Hoover Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc., 88 Lucy Avenue, Hershey PA 17033. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday September 28, 2020 at 11am in the St. Joan of Arc Roman Catholic Church, 359 West Areba Avenue Hershey, PA 17033. Interment will follow in the Hershey Cemetery next to her beloved husband. If desired please send memorial donations to St. Joan of Arc School, 1525 Sand Hill Road Hummelstown PA 17036. Martha C. Cassady, 99, of Hershey, passed away on September 15, 2020 in Country Meadows of Hershey. She was born May 19, 1921 in Hershey, daughter of the late Paul and Francesca (Fontana) Camacci. Martha was always so proud of the time she spent working at The Hershey Bakery right out of high school. She married L. Bradley Cassady and began raising her family. She loved spending time with them and cooking. Later, she went to work for both Hershey Foods Visitor Services as well as Hershey’s Chocolate World. She was a member of St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church and the Hershey Country Club. Mrs. Cassady is survived by her four daughters, Darlene Wood, Beverly (Barry) Murray, Audrey Cassady and Kathleen (Robert) Sholley; 9 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren; as well as her sister, Gina Cassady. She was preceded in death by her husband, L. Bradley Cassady; a newborn son, Lewis Bradley Cassady III and a brother Damiano Camacci. A private graveside service and interment will take place in the Hershey Cemetery. Hoover Funeral Home & Crematory of Hershey is handling the arrangements. William "Bill" Whalen, Jr., 77, of Hershey, passed away on August 18, 2020 in Kadima at Palmyra Nursing Facility. He was born October 15, 1942 in Ashland, son of the late William Sr. and Mary (Gelbuda) Whalen. Bill had worked for many years in insurance sales for the Knights of Columbus; he was also a member of the Knights of Columbus of Hershey, where he was a Past Grand Knight and a Faithful Navigator. He was a member of St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church; enjoyed reading, music and dancing. Bill is survived by sons David and Jeffrey Whalen and brothers, Ron, Charles and Bob Whalen; as well as many nieces and nephews. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at 11AM in St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, 359 W. Areba Ave., Hershey. In lieu of flowers, the family prefers memorial contributions be made to Knights of Columbus, United in Charities. https://www.kofc.org/secure/en/donate/index.html Hoover Funeral Homes & Crematory of Hershey is handling the arrangements. Emil Drobnock passed away on July 22, 2020 after 91 fulfilling years of life. He was born on May 2, 1929 in Hazelton PA, son of the late Michael and Anne Billie Drobnock. He was a proud US Army veteran and would tell stories of his time as a machinist in Guam during the Korean War. After serving, he worked for the former AMP Inc, and later founded and operated the Candy Chalet in Hershey. He was the widower of Antoinette (English) Drobnock and was preceded in death by his eight siblings. He is survived by his son, David E. Drobnock and wife, Ann (Nestico) of Hershey and their four daughters: Emily and husband Matt; Sarah and husband Ben; Danielle and fiance, Dale and Sophia and one great granddaughter, Nora Ann Berkheimer. Emil, known by all as "Poppy", loved tinkering with lawn equipment, scratching off lottery tickets, and enjoying a cup of coffee with friends. He was fiercely independent, but loved spending time with his family. Poppy is already greatly missed, "You're out of this world. A million kisses". Services and interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Hospice Unit at the Lebanon VA Hospital or St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Hershey. Send condolences via the online guest book at www.hooverfuneralhome.com. |
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