Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Battigliere, Marino "Mary" Perna August 14, 1912
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Virginian-Pilot  August 20, 1912
Only a few close friends and relatives occupied pews in St. Mary’s Catholic 
church yesterday afternoon when the funeral ritual of the Roman church was 
performed over the bodies of Nicola Battigliere and his wife, Marino – victims 
of a family feud.
Attired in funeral black, the little band of red-eyed friends repressed hot 
tears of sorrow and misery as Rev. Father Kelliher pronounced in their musical 
tongue a short blessing upon the two bodies that would soon be laid in their 
last resting place. Father Kelliher conducted the impressive ceremonies of the 
Catholic funeral in Italian, addressing a few brief remarks of condolence to 
those to whom the two murdered bodies were held dear, but voicing the belief 
that they would be better cared for in the kingdom of their Master than they 
were upon earth.
Side by side, the two plain caskets rested at the foot of the altar, lighted by 
the rays from six small candles placed at the heads of the coffins. Flowers 
rested above the two inert forms, a last tribute of love from their friends.
In the street, at the entrance to the church, stood dozens of curiosity seekers. 
They packed the narrow thoroughfare, until it was only with difficulty that the 
hearses could be brought to the curb. As the two caskets emerged, they jostled 
and fought their way to the front ranks with a craning of necks, to get a view 
of the coffins in which rested the two victims of the double tragedy.
The two wounded Perna boys are rapidly recuperating at St. Vincent’s hospital, 
there now being almost no doubt they will recover.
Marino’s coffin was borne by the following pallbearers: P. Marino, L. DeStefano, 
Nick Granata, R. F. Sparago, G. Vita and A. Albano. Her husband’s casket was 
borne by A. F. and D. Margiotta, Tony Castoro, T. Somma and F. DeStefano.


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