Anna Pantano-Fischer

Educator, Eucharistic minister, devoted wife and aunt

Anna Pantano-Fischer of Dongan Hills passed away Monday, June 26, 2017, at Clove Lakes Rehab & Nursing Facility. She was 81 years old.

Born in Manhattan, Anna went to Public School 11 and later graduated from Wagner College with both a bachelor's and a master's degree. She last worked as an assistant principal at Clara Barton High School in Brooklyn.

Anna was a member of the Third Order of St. Dominic as well as an active member of St. Ann's Church, where she was a lector and Eucharistic minister.

Anna leaves behind her husband of 30 years, Hermann; nephews, James, John, Joseph and Richard, and seven great-nieces and great-nephews.

Visitation will be at Virginia Funeral Chapel on Wednesday and Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. On Friday at 10 a.m. there will be a Mass at St. Ann's Church, 101 Cromwell Ave., Staten Island, N.Y. 10305, followed by interment at Moravian Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Ann's Church.

Virginia Funeral Chapel

1707 Hylan Blvd.

Staten Island, NY 10305

(718) 987-2828

Published in Staten Island Advance on June 28, 2017