It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our dear mom, Bernice C. Pellitteri,on November 6, 2018, from Alzheimer's Disease. Mom came into this world a fragile being, born on October 16, 1932 in Early Branch, South Carolina, weighing less than 2 pounds. The doctor wrapped her in cotton soaked in oil and placed her in a dresser drawer by the heat of the oven door. She endured a rocky childhood and grew to be a strong, gracious, loving woman.

At age 18 she joined the United States Air Force, where she learned to cook for large groups of people. She was stationed in Massachusetts where she met and married our father, Angelo Pellitteri, on March 12, 1952. She traveled to Madison with her new father-in-law and one of her brothers-in-law.