Alice Marie Magistrelli, 100, a resident of Elk Haven and formerly of 414 Rock Street, St. Marys, passed away Friday, May 24, 2013, at the Elk Haven Nursing Home.
She was born May 31, 1912 in St. Marys, daughter of the late Ben and Mary Goetz Wortman. She was a lifelong resident of the area and was a graduate of Central Catholic High School, Class of 1929. She was a former employee of Sylvania in Emporium.
On June 8, 1937 in Avonmore, PA, she married Guido Magistrelli, who preceded her in death on July 26, 1988.
She is survived by a son, Robert L. Magistrelli and his wife Karen of Woodland Park, CO; a daughter-in-law, Ann Magistrelli of Pasadena, MD; 11 grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; and three sisters, Florence “DeDe” Azzato of St. Marys, Rita Zamboldi of Linden, Michigan; and Louise Meier of Larkspur, CO.
Besides her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Donald E. Magistrelli; a sister, Mary Jane “Nookie” Salter; and six brothers, Ivan Wortman, Raymond Wortman, Regis “Wheatie” Wortman, Leo “Lee” Wortman, Father Ildephonse Wortman, OSB, and Gervase “Chub” Wortman.
Mrs. Magistrelli was a member of the Sacred Heart Church and had worked at the St. Marys High School Cafeteria. She was a great and loving mother and grandmother.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in the Sacred Heart Church on Friday, May 31, 2013, at 11:00 AM. Burial will follow in the St. Boniface Cemetery in Kersey.
Visitation is at the Lynch-Radkowski Funeral Home on Friday morning from 9:00 till 10:30 AM.
The family thanks so many of you who have loved and cared for Alice. She enjoyed the beautiful gifts given to her by friends over the years. Alice especially loved spring flowers. The family believes she would be blessed with a final gift of flowers from your garden, if you have them. Your flowers placed in vases at the base of her casket would delight her, as she now has eyes to see them.