Ledia “Lee” Granati Carosi, age 89, of Butler, passed away Wednesday, April 25, 2018.
Born December 31, 1928 in Beaver Falls, PA, she was a daughter of the late Guilio and Laura Pacifici Granati.
In high school she was an honored woman athlete and talented singer. She was formerly employed as a weighmaster at Davison Coal Company and she was also a switchboard operator at Providence Hospital in Beaver Falls.
A great Italian cook and baker of wonderful lover’s knots, pizzellas and other delectable cookies, she loved to entertain friends and family with her food and joyful sense of humor. She loved the music of classic Italian boy singers and opera. Lee spent many hours diligently crocheting colorful afghan blankets that she gave away to warm her entourage.
Lee was a member of Saint Fidelis Roman Catholic Church, Meridian.
She is survived by her husband, Arcangelo Carosi, whom she married July 7, 1951; two sons, Paul Carosi and his wife, MaryAnn, of Mount Lebanon, PA, and John Carosi and his wife, Carla, of Butler; one sister, Norma DeMuzio of Chippewa Twp., PA; her sister in-law Norma Jean Granati: five grandchildren, Phillip, Matthew, Mia, Bryan and Peter Carosi; and one great-granddaughter, Lydia Carosi.
She was preceded in death by one son, James V. Carosi, who passed away April 30, 1983; two brothers, Francis Granati and Herman Granati, Sr.; and one niece, Linda Granati Evans.
Friends will be received in the Martin Funeral Home, Inc., 429 Center Avenue, Butler, on Sunday from
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday at 10 a.m. from Saint Fidelis Roman Catholic Church, 125 Buttercup Road, Meridian, with Reverend William D. Wuenschel, pastor, officiating.
Burial will take place in Saint Mary’s Cemetery, Beaver Falls.
The family requests memorial donations to the Society of Saint Vincent DePaul Food Bank, 146 North Monroe Street, Butler, PA 16001.
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