Sarah "Sadie" Piatti

Sarah "Sadie" J. Long Piatti, formerly of Sugarloaf Terrace, Rockfall and Portland, died Friday, Oct. 3, 2008, at Wadsworth Glen Health Care Center.

She was the wife of the late Joseph F. Piatti, Sr. Born in Portland, January 26, 1918, a daughter of the late William A. and Mary Alice Brown Long, she was a lifelong Portland resident before moving to Rockfall several years ago. She had been employed by Portland High School working in the cafeteria and later worked at Portland Care and Rehabilitation Center until her retirement. She was a parishioner of the Church of Saint Mary and had been a member of the Altar Society. She was also a member of the Portland Fire Department Auxiliary and had served as Tenant Commissioner of Sugarloaf Terrace.

Sadie is survived by her daughter Anita Bump and her husband John of Rockfall; her sons Joseph F. Piatti, Jr., Thomas M. Piatti, and James E. Piatti and his wife Rose all of Portland; her sister Clara Basso of Portland and Teresa Bock of Snellville, GA, 9 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. She was pre-deceased by her daughter-in-law Arlene Piatti, her sisters Mary Alice Long and Anna Lentini, and her brothers Harold Long, William Long, and Francis Long.

Her family will receive relatives and friends in the Portland Memorial Funeral Home, 231 Main St., Portland, Monday, Oct. 6, from 5-8 p.m. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 10:15 a.m. from the Portland Memorial Funeral Home and at 11 a.m. at the Church of Saint Mary where a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated. Interment will follow in St. Mary's Cemetery.