The two dogs involved in Potter’s attack were later euthanized at a veterinarian’s office.
A third Great Dane was also inside the home, but was not part of the deadly mauling, officials said.
Brandon Zeiders, whose fiancée is Potter’s sister, said he was told by state police the two Great Danes might have been fighting and then turned their ire toward Potter when she intervened, according to Penn Live.
The dogs’ owner told the outlet she was “heartbroken” by the incident.
“I’m heartbroken, I’m in shock, I’m in disbelief and I just want to die,” Wendy Sabathne said. “I can’t believe this happened.”
Potter’s father, Bill Keefer, reportedly said one of the dogs previously bit Potter “two or three years go.”
Potter already endured her husband dying several years ago as well as the death of one of her sons, who was 11 when he was fatally struck as he rode his bike in 2020, family told Penn Live.
She was engaged and soon supposed to move to Florida with her future husband, relatives said.
The victim’s younger sister remembered the Centre Township mother of two as someone who had “a very beautiful personality.”
“When you’re around her, you just feel better,” sister Jennifer Keefer told WGAL. “When you talk to her, you just feel better.”
“She was just lovable to be around,” Keefer continued. “Everyone loved her.”
