Elaine Iannotti-Gram

Elaine Iannotti-Gram, 74, of Kittanning passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on Thursday, January 2, 2025. She was born in Butler on December 10, 1950, to the late Merle “Buzzi” and Dolly (Fratto) Iannotti. Elaine graduated from Butler High School and furthered her education at the ICM School of Business in Pittsburgh. She did many jobs throughout her career starting at IBM in VA as a data entry/secretary; a realtor at Century 21 in VA; Piedmont Federal in VA as an executive admin; and finally, as an admin at Trinity Industries in Butler. In her younger years, Elaine was an all-around athlete and cheerleader at Butler high School and later became a youth leader at Connoquenessing United Methodist, where she loved those kids like her own. She loved spending as much time as possible with her children, grandchildren and grand pups. Elaine also enjoyed decorating, crafting, dancing, listening to music, and travel. Mother of John McGrew, Courtney (Russ) Kennedy, and Nikki Colizzi-Corr; sister of Eileen (Vince) Grenci, Jon (Stephanie) Iannotti, and Carla Iannotti-Plaisted; grandmother of Hayden and Nora Kennedy and Alex and Ashley Corr; Elaine is also survived by a number of nieces and nephews. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Marlene Iannotti-Folk; her brother-in-law’s, Ralph Folk and Jack Plaisted; and her nephew, Kam Shuler. All arrangements were made privately through SPENCER D. GEIBEL FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION SERVICES, 140 NEW CASTLE RD. BUTLER, PA 16001. WWW.SPENCERDGEIBEL.COM. A Celebration of Life is being planned for the summer of 2025. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Family Hospice Canterbury Inpatient-Unit, 310 Fisk St. Pittsburgh, PA 15201.