Miss Annemarie K. Hansel

December 8, 1920 - November 8, 2018

Annemarie K. Hansel, 97, of Pine Lake, Caroga Lake, New York passed away peacefully on November 8, 2018, at The Foltsbrook Center Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, in Herkimer, New York. Annemarie was born on December 8, 1920, in Hamburg, Germany and was the daughter of Frederick C. Hansel and Anna M. Foesch. The family immigrated to the United States of America in 1925 to live in Ilion, New York. She became a citizen of the United States on January 30, 1943. In 1946 Annemarie received her High School Diploma from Ilion High School, after leaving school for a period of time in wartime to work at Remington Rand. Annemarie enlisted in the United States Navy, Waves, in 1943. She was stationed in Boston, Massachusetts in the Hospital Corps and was honorably discharged in 1945. After the Navy, Annemarie attended fashion schools in Paris, France and in New York, New York and obtained diplomas from Chambre Syndicale in Paris, France in 1949 and from Traphagen School of Design in New York, New York in 1948. Annemarie worked at Remington Rand in Ilion, New York, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1946 to 1964. She then worked as a bookkeeper at a carpet company and as a seamstress at the Ruth Young Shop in Shady Side, both in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1968 she moved with her Mother to Newtown, Connecticut where she worked as a seamstress in local dress shops. Annemarie retired in 1983 but continued her own private seamstress business. Annemarie returned to New York in 1985 and settled in Pine Lake, Caroga Lake, New York. Annemarie enjoyed traveling all over the world and she continued to participate in Navy Waves gatherings throughout her lifetime. Annemarie leaves behind her Nieces and Nephews, Suzanne Hansel Loos and her husband, Robert Loos, of New York and Bonita Springs, Florida, Bradford Hansel and his wife, Donna Hansel, of Smithtown, Long Island, New York, Clinton Hansel and his wife Janice Hansel of New Milford, Connecticut and Bradenton, Florida, Kurt Hansel and his wife Anne Hansel of Parrish, Florida, Paula Hansel Newman of Cooperstown, New York and Nokomis, Florida, and Jan Hansel Oiestad and husband, Chris Oiestad of Acton, California. Annemarie was predeceased by her parents, Fred C. and Anna F. Hansel, and her brothers, Carl Hansel, and his wife, Virginia Hansel, and Paul H. Hansel and his wife, Barbara Hansel. A memorial service will be held in the near future by the “Leatherstocking” Navy Unit 26. Arrangements have been entrusted to Ehle & Barnett Family Funeral Home, LLC, 15 N. William Street, Johnstown, New York 12095. Online condolences can be made at www.ehleandbarnett.com