Posted by Cathy Gowdy on Sunday, January 20, 2008 at 05:12:05 :
Independent Journal
Friday, December 31, 1954
Page 11
Mrs. Alberti Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Selina Alberti, a Marin resident for more than 60 years, died at her home yesterday after a long illness. She had made her home at 67 Kensington road, San Anselmo, for the past 28 years.
Born in Switzerland 73 years ago, Mrs. Alberti came to this country with her parent when she was 6. At that time her parents opened the Swiss Hotel in Sonoma which they operated for several years before coming to San Rafael.
For many years, Mrs. Alberti was active in church work of St. Anselm’s Catholic Church in San Anselmo, was active in club work and was a charter member of San Anselmo Women’s Club. She was also a member of SPRSI Council No. 19.
Her husband, the late Paul Alberti, was a gardener. A daughter, Mrs. Dora Hughey, has operated the Fashionette Beauty Shop, 1440 Fourth street, San Rafael, for the past 20 years.
One of San Anselmo Women’s Improvement Club’s fund raising projects is Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc., and surviving members of her family has (sic) requested that memorial contributions be made to that organization.
Other survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Pauline Patocchi of Kentfield; a brother, Joseph Pezzaglia of San Francisco; grandchildren, Louis Crottogini and Paul Patocchi of Kentfield, Mrs. Mary Alice Deffebach of Mill Valley, and great-grandchildren, Marleen and Richard Todt of Mill Valley.
She also was the mother of the late Alice Cattaneo and sister of the late Romildo Pezzaglia.
Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Monday from the Harry M. Williams Mortuary in San Rafael. At 9:30 a.m. a High Mass of Requiem will be said at San Anselm’s Church in San Anselmo. Entombment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery. Recitation of the Rosary will be at t he mortuary at 8 p.m. Sunday.
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