Pirone, Elizabeth Betty Jeanette Ann 22 May 1923-9 March 2018 94 years young, fortified with the sacraments of Holy Mother Church, passed peacefully into eternal life on 9 March 2018 at Laclede Groves. Beloved daughter of the late Thomas Matthew Fivecoat and the late Loyola VanRhein. She was the baby and the last survivor of their four children: Eleanor (the late Frank) (nee Fivecoat) Roe, Thomas Matthew (the late Edith) Fivecoat Jr. and William (Jean) Fivecoat. She was preceded in death (31 August 2015) by her husband of 67 years, George B. Pirone, Jr. They met on The Admiral. It was love at first sight. That night she told her mother I just met the man I'm going to marry. When she found out he worked at Pirone's Bar & Grill (at Hampton & Arsenal) she would sit at the bar and stare at him. After about 10 minutes of this he told her that unescorted ladies are not allowed and that she was welcome to come back but with an escort. And that's exactly what she did. All her dates ended up at Pirone's. Time passed and they went on dates and met each other's families and friends. They were married by Fr. Lupo on Sunday 1 February 1948 at St. Ambrose Church. She was a parishioner of St. Ambrose Church for 70 years and belonged to Christian Mothers, Mt. Carmel Society, Catholic Daughters Hill 2000 and the St. Ambrose Senior Citizens. One of her special projects involved helping to decorate the Corpus Christi altar at Marconi and Botanical. She maintained and stored the beautiful, incredibly fragile cut work altar cloths. Surviving are two daughters: Mary Ann Pirone and Patty (Michael) Opfer (nee Pirone); grandaughter Abigail (Kyle) Gally (nee Opfer); sisters-in-law Judy (the late Richard) Pirone (nee Rice) and Jean (the late William Fivecoat) Crawley; nieces Mary Margaret (Jim) Sertl (nee Roe), Debbie (Ken) Lever (nee Pirone), Donna (Dave) Cooper (nee Pirone); cousins Eleanor Oldani and Rickie Oldani; other family members and many, many friends. The family would like to thank Dr. Brett Foesterling and his staff for all their care and kindness to Mother; Dr. Kulikowski and the great staff at St. Mary's Hospital who took care of her during her last two bouts of pneumonia; Dr. Abbott, the staff of Laclede Groves and SSM Hospice who took great care of her and of our family as she transitioned from this world to the next. Services: She was cremated and buried with our beloved father at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. A memorial Mass will be 19 May 2018 at 10:30 a.m. In lieu of flowers, Masses are preferred. Donations can also be made to the Sick & Elderly Program of The Hill, 2315 Macklind Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110.
Published in St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Mar. 18, 2018