Elizabeth Katherine 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 and husband Ralph and great grandson Mitchell of Sadieville, Kentucky great grandson Cody Brown of Luther, Oklahoma, and great granddaughter Morgan Bahney of Athens, Alabama. Elizabeth was born in Marseilles, Illinois, and married Luther H. Cox of Marseilles in 1943. Elizabeth married Lester Trater in 1978 and lived in Lemont, Illinois. She moved to Maryville, TN from Maine in 2013. After becoming a widow, she took vacations with her granddaughter Kimberly to Aruba, Quebec City, Hilton Head and to Italy where her parents were from. She was able to stay in her own home until the week before she passed. She was baptized at the age of 92 and was a member of the Maryville Church of Christ. She will have a private, family and friend's 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.