Nellie Laverne (Pate) Battista (1934 - 2013)

Born 23 Feb 1934 in Texas, United States

Ancestors

Died 16 Jun 2013 at age 79 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States

Biography

Nellie (Pate) Battista was a Texan.

Nellie LaVerne Battista BIRTH 23 Feb 1934 ^[1] DEATH 2013 (aged 78–79) BURIAL Mariposa Gardens Memorial Park Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA ^[2]

OBITUARY -- Nellie LaVerne Battista -- FEBRUARY 23, 1934 – JUNE 16, 2013 -- Nellie LaVerne Battista was born on February 23, 1934 in Sterling City, Texas ^[3] and passed away on June 16, 2013 in Mesa, Arizona - IN THE CARE OF Mariposa Gardens Memorial Park and Funeral Care Mesa, AZ - ^[4]

1940 Census Judicial Township 15, Kern, California, United States ^[5]

Last Place of Residence 1935 Sterling, Sterling, Texas

Household

William Pate Head M 37 Texas

Nancy Pate Wife F 37 Texas

Bessie Pate Daughter F 15 Texas

Dan Moody Pate Son M 14 Texas [aka Joe Edward PATE]

Laverne Pate Daughter F 6 Texas

Nellie Laverne Pate m(1) Ewing Charles Reed on Aug 22, 1949 in Modesto, Stanislaus Co. California. Divorce: 1957, Oklahoma (3 daughters, 2 sons)

1 -- Ewing Charles Reed was born April 13, 1930 in Disney, Sequoyah Co., OK, and died July 27, 2006 in Tulsa, Tulsa Co., OK.

She m(2) Martin Melvin Vanaman on 1972 in Oak Cliff, Texas (1 son).

2 -- Martin Melvin Vanaman was born October 07, 1926 in Arkansas, and died January 05, 2003 in Amarillo Potter Co. TX.

Marton "Marty" Vanaman BIRTH 7 Oct 1925 DEATH 5 Jan 2002 (aged 76) BURIAL Memorial Park Cemetery Amarillo, Potter County, Texas, USA MEMORIAL ID 44628239

NOTE: Conflict in dates needs resolution

Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 8, 2002 Marton "Marty" Vanaman, 76, of Amarillo, died Saturday, Jan. 5, 2002.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Memorial Park Funeral Home Chapel of Memories, 6969 E. Interstate 40, with the Rev. Howard Romaine officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mr. Vanaman served in the CCC and was a member of American Veterans. He was a chef for Hilton Inn and Fifth Seasons Hotels and the Potter County Sheriff's Office. He ran Hamlet Bingo Hall from 1982 to 1996.

Survivors include four sons, ; four brothers, ; a sister, ; a granddaughter, ; and numerous other grandchildren; and great-grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials be to Crown of Texas Hospice.

She m(3) Frank Micheal Battista on Feb 14, 1976 in Reno, Washoe Co., NV.

3 -- Frank Micheal Battista was born October 26, 1928 in North Hampton Mass., and died July 16, 1995 in Hartford Hartford Co. CT. [Frank M Battista had been residing in Plainville, Hartford County, Connecticut]

Frank M Battista BIRTH 1928 DEATH 1935 (aged 6–7) BURIAL Saint Joseph Cemetery Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA

PLOT Section 14 Find A Grave, MEMORIAL ID 48157701

Parents Joseph Battista 1898–1969 / Anna Spinelli Battista 1909–1982

Sources

1. ↑ "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VDD8-12K : 1 January 2015),
2. ↑ Nellie LaVerne Battista Find A Grave: Memorial #128996291
3. ↑ NOTE - Birth Nellie Laverne Pate Date 23 Feb 1934 Sterling, Texas Gender Female Father's Name William Monroe Pate Mother's Name Nancy Alice Cloud
4. ↑ Dignity Memorial Obituaries Mesa, AZ Nellie Battista #5571761
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K97S-DB4 : accessed 24 July 2018),

• Peterson Pate and Allied Families https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/l/i/n/Margaret-Lindly/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0003.html

"Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VDD8-12K : 1 January 2015), Nellie Laverne Pate, 23 Feb 1934;