Catherine A. Rigotti

AGE 93, BIRMINGHAM, AL. PASSED AWAY ON JULY 15, 2012 AFTER A LONG AND COURAGEOUS FIGHT WITH CANCER CATHERINE WAS RETIRED FROM THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. ALWAYS EAGER TO CHALLENGE ANYONE IN THE STATISTICS OF UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA FOOTBALL GOING BACK TO THE 1940's, CATHERINE NEVER LOST HER DRY SENSE OF HUMOR, ENTERTAINING ANYONE IN HER COMPANY WITH HUMOR AND "ONE LINERS".  CATHERINE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER MOTHER, MARY LOUISE RIGOTTI AND HER FATHER, RICHARD A. RIGOTTI, HER SISTER, MARY LOUISE ZAKARY AND HER DEAR FRIEND, DAISEY C. SMITH. CATHERINE IS SURVIVED BY HER SISTER, SISTER DOMINICA RIGOTTI, O.S.B. THE FAMILY EXTENDS A SPECIAL  THANK YOU TO THE MANY EMPLOYEES AT ST. MARTIN'S IN THE PINES FOR THEIR EXTENSIVE LOVE AND CARE TOWARDS CATHERINE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. ALSO, CATHERINE WAS EXTREMELY APPRECIATIVE OF THE LOVE AND CARE DISPLAYED BY HER DEAR FRIENDS MS. JO ANN GARRETT,  SISTER JANE BISHOP O.S.B, AND SISTER SARA BURRESS, O.S.B.  DURING HER ILLNESS, CATHERINE'S DRY WIT KEPT EVERYONE GUESSING EVERY HOUR OF EVERY DAY. FUNERAL MASS WILL BE AT ST. FRANCIS XAVIER CATHOLIC CHURCH, BIRMINGHAM, ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 2012 AT 10AM WITH REV. ROBERT J. SULLIVAN OFFICIATING. VISITATION WILL BE AT THE CHURCH  FROM 930 AM TO 10 AM PRECEDING THE FUNERAL MASS. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW AT ELMWOOD CEMETERY. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE SENT TO ST. FRANCIS XAVIER CATHOLIC CHURCH BEREAVEMENT FUND OR TO ST MARTIN'S IN THE PINES BEREAVEMENT FUND.