Panos of Whitman, January 21, 2006, Eleonora B.(Zeuli) Panos 81 years.Former wife of the late William Panos Sr. Loving mother of William Panos Jr. and his wife Karen of West Bridgewater, April Panos and her husband Michael Wile of East Bridgewater, and the late John Panos. Dear sister of Jenny Joann Keith of West Bridgewater, Antone Zeuli and his wife Joyce of Newark, CA. Cherished grandmother of Lora Lynne Piesco, Kerianne Panos, Julie Clark and Kevin Panos, and great-grandmother to Nicole Carlson, Georgia and Harry Clark. Also survived by several nieces, nephews and dear friends.
Visiting hours only Wednesday in the Conley Funeral Home 138 Belmont Street (Rte 123) Brockton from 4-7pm. Cremation will follow. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the West Bridgewater Citizens’ Scholarship Foundation, PO Box 143, West Bridgewater, MA 02379.
Ellie died quietly Saturday morning in the New England Sinai Hospital in Stoughton after a period of failing health. She was born Eleonora Benedetta Zeuli in Boston Massachusetts May 12, 1924 to Lucia and Alessandro Zeuli. She was raised in West Bridgewater and moved to Whitman in 1955.
She had a passion for books and learning, collecting over 200,000 books in her lifetime. She operated the Yankee Bookshop in Whitman for two decades while also taking courses at Harvard University. During WWII, Ellie proudly served her country as a skilled welder helping to build Liberty Ships in the Hingham Shipyard in Hingham, Massachusetts.