Ellen M. Bagnato, 90, formerly of 1408 High Street, Lewis Run, of Congress St. Apartments, passed away, peacefully, Friday, January 3, 2020, at The Pavilion at BRMC, with her loving family by her side.
Born December 1, 1929 in Lewis Run, she was a daughter of the late Francis "Frank" and Frances (Curcio) Bagnato. She attended Lewis Run School and graduated from St. Bernard High School in 1948.
Ellen worked at Penn Bank from 1948 until she retired in 1985.
Ellen was a member of Our Mother of Perpetual Help Church in Lewis Run until 1999, and then St. Bernard Church until present. Her greatest joy in life was spending time with her family and friends. She was able to enjoy watching her many nieces and nephews reach special milestones in their lives. Ellen was such a loving, kind, and compassionate person who always put the needs of others before herself.
Surviving are several nieces and nephews including Mary Doyle and Gina Horton and grand nieces, Jocelyn Burgess and Brooke Horton.
She was preceded in death by her parents, five sisters, Mary Looker, Josephine Dailey, Antoinette Bagnato, Pauline Bagnato, and Carmella Champlin, three brothers, James Bagnato, Rocco Bagnato, and Michael Bagnato, one niece Susan Doyle, one nephew Michael Bagnato.
Friends will be received on Tuesday, January 7, 2020 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm in the Hollenbeck-Cahill Funeral Homes Inc., 33 South Ave., where a prayer service will be held at 9:30am followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, in St. Bernard Church, with Fr. Jim Gutting, Senior Associate, as Celebrant. Burial will be in St. Bernard Cemetery.
Memorials contributions if desired, may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place Memphis, TN 38105-1942.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.hollenbeckcahill.com