Elizabeth Katherine Pomatto COX-Trater
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Elizabeth Katherine Trater, of Maryville passed away July 5th after a short illness at the age of 97. She was born Elizabeth Katherine Pomatto to Joseph Pomatto and Desolina Miglio on March 1, 1924. She is survived by her son Gary L. Cox and daughter in law Sharon Tedford of Townsend, TN, granddaughter Kimberly Brown (Ralph), and great grandson of Mitchell of Sadieville, Kentucky, and great grandson Cody Brown and wife Shannon of Luther, Oklahoma, and great granddaughter Morgan Bahney (Ryan), great great grandson Graison of Athens, Alabama. Elizabeth was born in Marseilles, Illinois and lived there for 53 years except for the 3 years she and her husband Luther H. Cox were in Idaho during WWII where he served in the Army Air Corps. Elizabeth married Lester Trater in 1978 and lived in Lemont, Illinois. She moved to Maryville from Maine in 2013. Elizabeth loved baking, gardening, ballroom dancing, movies, and reading. After becoming a widow, she took vacations with her granddaughter Kimberly to Aruba, Quebec City, and Hilton Head. The trip that she talked about until her death was a trip to Italy when she was 80 with her son, daughter in law, and granddaughter to visit the village in the Piedmonstese area of Northwest Italy in the Alphs where her parents were from. She was able to stay in her own home until the week before she died. Elizabeth was baptized at the age of 92 and was a member of Maryville Church of Christ. She will have a private, family graveside service on Saturday, July 24 at 2:00 p.m. at Riverview Cemetery in her hometown of Marseilles, Illinois and will be buried next to her father. In Lieu of flowers the family is asking for donations to be made to Steppingstone Pre-School in Maryville, TN.