Elizabeth Taglieri

Born on February 8, 1950 in Peoria, Illinois. Elizabeth was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend to many.

Elizabeth is survived by her husband of 42 years, James Taglieri, three sons Matthew (Jessica), Stephen (Jess), and Michael; two grandsons Cole and Christopher; and a granddaughter Olivia . In addition, she is survived by three sisters Christina Fitzpatrick, Melinda Hess, and Gretchen Waterman as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

Elizabeth was preceded in death by her parents John and Ethel Lundholm and her brother John E. Lundholm Jr.

She graduated from Regina Dominican High School in Wilmette, IL in 1968 and Trinity College, Washington D.C. in 1972. After graduating from college, she made her home in the Washington D.C. area.

She worked for many years at Trinity College in the development office. To this day, she has maintained many friends from college. She recently helped plan and attended her 50 year Trinity College reunion.

She worked for many years for U.S. Gypsum in Baltimore and then in Connecticut. After her move to Connecticut, her future husband Jim got his act together, proposed, and she moved back to DC. They were married on November 7, 1981.

She thereafter went to work for Fairfax Building Supply and became quite the expert salesperson in gypsum, ceiling tiles, access doors and assorted building supplies. Year after year she won the top salesperson of the year award and won trips to Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.

In 1985 Elizabeth and Jim became proud parents of Matthew John Taglieri and he was soon followed by Stephen James Taglieri and Michael Stanly Taglieri. All three boys attended Holy Trinity Elementary School and Gonzaga College High School. The Taglieri house was thereafter covered in all things purple.

Elizabeth took a job at Holy Trinity in the Development Office. She loved her time there, made countless friends and nurtured all these relationships into later years.

Elizabeth never missed one of her sons’ soccer, basketball or baseball games. But it was baseball that was the Taglieri passion. From T ball, to coach pitch to Little League, to travel teams to Gonzaga Freshmen, JV and Varsity, Elizabeth was there. Never missed a game and never ever missed a chance to cheer on her three boys and their team mates.

Over the past ten years she became employed at Episcopal High School in Alexandria. They were so welcoming. She immediately felt like she was part of the team and loved every minute at Episcopal.

Can we describe Elizabeth without mentioning her multiple book clubs - one of them in existence for well over 20 years. How about Jeopardy? She probably has not missed an episode in 30 years. Mystery novels, mystery shows, British detective shows, cooking shows and all manner of Netflix shows never escaped her notice. Every year she and Jim made it their business to see every movie with a major Oscar nomination.

But most of all she loved her family. That included her sisters, in-laws, nephews and nieces. She adored her mother and father and never tired of telling us all manner of stories about them. She and Jim had so much to be happy about. A wonderful marriage and great friends. But most of all, she adored her three sons, was so proud of all three and was always so excited to see them and share time with them. She was so thrilled to see and babysit for her two grandsons, Cole and Chris and was over the top about her brand new granddaughter, Olivia.

Her time with us was way too short but was full. She has left us with wonderful memories and we are comforted knowing that she has enriched every person she has known. She will be missed and held in our hearts forever.

The viewing will be held at DeVol’s Funeral Home, 2222 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, DC on Thursday, May 2, 2024 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. A celebration of her life will be held on May 3, 2024 beginning at 10:30 a.m. at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 3513 N Street, NW, Washington, DC

In lieu of flowers, Donations can be made to:

Catholic Charities Immigration Legal Services website: https://www.catholiccharitiesdc.org/program/immigration-legal-services/ or to:

The Barker Foundation https://www.barkeradoptionfoundation.org/support-barker