Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Panella, Catherine Christine December 13, 2013 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robert Woolfitt http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008401 July 30, 2022, 5:21 pm Virginian-Pilot December 15, 2013 Virginia Beach - Catherine Christine Panella, 91, passed away on December 13, 2013. Catherine was born in Hostetter, PA, and has lived in the Tidewater area for most of her life. She was the daughter of the late Julianna and Matthew Mehal, and was also preceded in death by eight brothers and sisters. She was a member of the W.A.V.E.S. while she served in the US Navy during WWII, and was a member of the Silver Salts. Catherine also was a member of the Roma Lodge of Virginia Beach, and St. Nicholas Catholic Church. Survivors include her husband of 63 years, Frank A. Panella, two daughters, Mary Christine Smith and her husband Russell C. Smith III, of Virginia Beach, and Martha Anne Panella and her husband William B. Cook of Pembroke, VA, three grandchildren, Russell C. Smith IV, Kira Anne Cook, and William Conan Cook, and three great grandchildren, Abigail Danae Cook, Lauren Grace Smith, and Nathaniel Austin Smith. The family will receive friends from 6-7 p.m. on Tuesday December 17, 2013, in H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts., Laskin Rd. Chapel. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held in St. Nicholas Catholic Church on Wednesday at 11 a.m. with a reception immediately following in the church social hall. Interment will be held in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Norfolk. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Adelphoi youth service organization, 352 Main St., Latrobe, PA 15650. Online condolences may be made to the family at hdoliver.com. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/p/panella3975nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/vafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb