Born April 21, 1939 to Philip W. Reichard and Beatrice Stearns in Glendale, Cal. She attended Glendale Academy and then San Pasqual Boarding Academy. After graduating from high school she traveled to Minnesota with a friend, where she worked in Minneapolis, and met and married her first husband, Charles Rettig.
They came to California before Cynthia, their first child was born. They lived in Orange for a time and it was here that their second child, Scott, was born. After a divorce, she married Paul Pancher in 1968. Her third child, Richard, was born in Orange moved to Yorba Linda, they lived here for a number of years, and when Paul retired they spent time at their place in Cottonwood Cove on Lake Mohave then moved to the White Mountains in Arizona in 1999. Shirley enjoyed Lake Mohave, the desert sun and boating.
Later loved living in the mountains surrounded by beauty and the Heber community where she volunteered for several local organizations serving those in need. Over the years Shirley worked for ITT, Hour of Power, home based court transcribing and handling office of Pancher Crane Rental and even in retirement they started a security business in Heber. She loved dogs treating them a beloved members of the family, Penny the jack Russel Terrier was her most recent companion and gave her joy.
She is survived by her children: Cynthia Lynn Rettig, Scott Frederic Rettig, Paul Richard Pancher, her three grandchildren: Cole, Carly, and Caida Pancher, three siblings: Patricia Goetz, Philip Reichard, and Kathleen Reichard Chitwood Bruce.
Celebration of life: Sunday November 8, 12:00-3:00 Fallbrook, Calif. For more information on memorial contact rpancher@att.net In lieu of flowers: Donations in the memory of Shirley can be made to: Make-a-Wish America, 4742 N. 24th Street, Suite 400, Phoenix, AZ 85016-4862 www.wish.org
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Obituary for Shirley Pancher
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