Obituary of Johanna M.D. Nance

When Chief Crazy Horse was asked where his home was, he replied, "My land is where my people are buried. For in those sacred grounds he found a connection with his heritage and felt as though he belonged to a family. Here he found the hope that he too would be honored and remembered. Like chief Chief Crazy Horse, our home is where our people and our family are buried. It is here that many will feel the presence and love shared in life, a place where generations of the Nance and Pinapfel families will come to find a connection to their Viennese roots and Austrian heritage. Johanna M.D Nance's legacy began on November 13,1923 in Vienna , Austria "Her city of dreams" and ended on May 16, 2011 in Berlin, New Jersey. with a date with a butterfly. In the 1950s Johanna came to the united states with her husband staff sargent Walter W, Nance. of the united states air force. there she started her life as a dedicated homemaker. She had touched her family,s lives in so many ways with the softness of her hands and the sound of her voice, because, that's how she said it in her language, Mensch argere dich nicht, apfel strudel, wiener schnitzel and christmas kipferl's. Johanna was a fashion queen and no Jc Penny store was too far away. Spending time at home she occupied herself with 500 piece puzzles, planting 4 o'clock flowers and knitting blankets for her family. Oma, our fearless leader, you are greatly missed. She was the wife of the late Walter Washington Nance,sr. Devoted mother of Michael R.j Pinapfel Sr. (Elizabeth M.Pinapfel), Henry G.R. Pinapfel, William Nance, Irma L.Nance, Ruth W.Nance, Jessie D.Nance-DiBono, Walter W. Nance, Jr. and Chari E. Nance. Loving grandmother of Sonia J.M.D Nance, Michael R.J. Pinapfel,Jr., John R.L. Pinapfel, Jean D.M. Smith, Josette H.E. Mauer, Shantel D. Childers, Charlotte A. Pinapfel, Matthew C. Pinapfel, Dana A. Pinapfel, Lindsey E. Pinapfel, Richard J. Pinapfel, Alexandria DiBono, Victor DiBono, Taylor M.N. Bluford, Louis E. DiBono and Alexa D. Witherspoon. Mr. Nance is also survived by her sister Gertrude Willingberg and many great grandchildren. Relatives and friends are invited to say "Alveterzane!" on Monday evening, 7:00 to 9:00pm at the LeRoy P. Wooster funeral home, 441 White Horse Pike, Atco. New Jersey. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday at Holy Spirit Church, 500 Jerricho Turnpike, New Hyde Park, NY at 10:30am. Interment will follow at Long island National Cemetery in Farmingdale, NY.