Obituary of Joseph W. Panebianco

Joseph W. Panebianco, 96, of Hultquist Place, died Friday December 19, 2014 in the Lutheran Home and Rehabilitation Center. A lifelong Jamestown resident, he was born February 1, 1918, a son of Frank and Laura Cammarata Panebianco. He was a 1937 graduate of Jamestown High School and later graduated from Jamestown Community College. For 15 years he was employed by Crescent Tool and earlier had worked for his father as a window cleaner. He spent one year as a watchman at Blackstone. Joe was a 7 year veteran of the US Navy serving from 1938-45. He was a Pearl Harbor survivor aboard the USS Trever. Much of the combat he experienced was in the South Pacific. A communicant of St. James Catholic Church, he volunteered with his wife at the St. James Thrift Store for many years. As a proponent of physical fitness Joe attributed his longevity to exercise and remaining active. He was a lifetime member of the YMCA and in his youth was involved with Camp Onyahsa as a tent leader, swim instructor and worked with the Leader Corps. Surviving are his wife of 60 years Della Ann Chiazzese Panebianco, whom he married March 30, 1954; a daughter Laura (Dennis Kudzy) Lucas of Edina, MN; two sisters Nancy Rigoli and Cecilia Ceresa, both of California and a special friend Bill Lucas of Jamestown. He was preceded in death by a son Frank Panebianco and two sisters Jenny Guilardo and Louise Sardi. A private service will be held at the convenience of the family. Inurnment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. Memorials may be made to St. James Thrift Store, 27 Allen Street, Jamestown, NY 14701. You may light a candle in remembrance of Joe at www.lindfuneralhome.com.