Elizabeth Grace Battaglia
Elizabeth Grace “Betty” Battaglia, 97, of California, Pa., passed away on Wednesday, January 18, 2023, following a brief illness.
She was born on Thursday, April 9, 1925, in Brownsville, a daughter of the late Thomas and Mary Buntz Cleri.
On May 1, 1948, she married Charles Joseph Battaglia, Sr.
Betty was a former member of the Brownsville Eagles Club and the West Brownsville Croatian Club.
She worked seven days per week from an early age. Betty was a custodian supervisor at Cal-U, she was a cook at the Golden Eagle Inn in California, and a waitress at several restaurants including, JIB in Charleroi and a restaurant near the Stanley Theater in Pittsburgh where she once served the “Three Stooges.” She also worked at Union Switch and Signal during WWII from 1943-1946.
In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Charles Joseph Battaglia, Sr., on May 10, 1996; three sisters, Margaret Danna, Helen Yenscik, Minnie Iaccoponi; one brother, Thomas Cleri; and her daughter-in-law, Sheri Battaglia.
Left to cherish her memory are her five children, Chuck Battaglia of Belle Vernon, Sandy Leonetti and husband, Ron, Terri Vitchoff and husband, Pat, Debbie Steadman and husband, Tom and Linda Difilippo and husband, Phil, all of California, Pa.; and brother, Thomas Cleri of Uniontown. Also surviving are eight grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Friends will be received in the Mariscotti Funeral Home, Inc., Anthony N. Mariscotti, Supervisor, 323 Fourth Street, California, PA 15419, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, January 21, 2023. Funeral services will begin at 1 p.m.
Interment is private and at the convenience of her family.
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