Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Battistelli, Mary March 14, 2009 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharon Sue M. shabodeho@aol.com March 22, 2009, 9:30 am Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 3/15/2009 Battistelli, Mary Mary Battistelli Mary Battistelli, 90, of Lebanon, Pa., died peacefully at her home,after several years of debilitating illnesses, on Saturday, March 14, 2009. She was married for 61 years to the late Archie Battistelli, with whom she operated a grocery store in Lebanon for many years. Her primary vocation in life was to lovingly care for the needs of her husband, her sons, and all her extended family. She was born in Big Run (Edri), Pa., Indiana County, on May 9, 1918, to the late Jack and Caroline Gasperini. She graduated from Elders Ridge Vocational High School in 1936, and moved to Lebanon in 1953. She was a member of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Lebanon. She is survived by her three sons, Donald, husband of Louise of Lebanon, Pa., Archie Jr., husband of Patricia of Annville, Pa., and Kenneth, husband of Bonnie of Lebanon, Pa.; one sister, Angeline Kotts of New Kensington, Pa., seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a sister, Philomena Zarenak; three brothers, Henry, Peter and Samuel Gasperini; and a grandson, Todd Michael Battistelli. Viewing hours will be held Sunday evening, 68, with a prayer service at 8, at Thompson Funeral Home Inc., 126 S. Ninth St., Lebanon, PA 17042. A viewing will also be held Monday from 4-8 at Corridoni Funeral Home, 400 Indiana Ave., Avonmore, PA 15618. Funeral Mass will be celebrated Tuesday at 10 in St. Matthews Catholic Church, Saltsburg, Pa. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, 2 N. Eighth St., Lebanon, PA 17046. Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 3/15/2009 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb