Kathleen M. Mariotti

Kathleen M. Mariotti, 63, of Old Forge died Sunday as a result of complications of her long courageous battle with diabetes.

Her husband is Robert A. Mariotti. The couple celebrated their 42nd wedding anniversary on June 4.

Born and raised in Scranton, daughter of the late Thomas and Elizabeth Kenny Jeffers, Kathleen was a graduate of St. Ann's High School and the Mercy School of Nursing, Scranton. She was a parishioner of St. Nicholas of Myra Byzantine Catholic Church, Old Forge.

She was a devoted wife, loving mother and grandmother, and dear friend to many. Her love for God and family was truly evident in all that she did.

Kathleen will be tremendously missed. She was also a devoted pro-life advocate through the Pennsylvanians for Human Life and attended St. Ann's Novena as often as possible.

Also surviving are her two sons, Robert Mariotti Jr. and his wife, Karina; Paul Mariotti and his wife, Dorothy, all of Old Forge; daughter, Kathleen Petty and her husband, David, Clarks Summit; 11 grandchildren; brother, Brian Jeffers and his wife, Mary Ellen, Scranton; father-in-law, Louis S. Mariotti Sr., Old Forge, and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, in-laws and extended relatives.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, Thomas and Patrick Jeffers; grandson, Peter Mariotti, and mother-in-law, Sistina Augustine Mariotti.

The funeral will be held Thursday with a Panachida service at 9 a.m. from Victor M. Ferri Funeral Home, 522 Fallon St., Old Forge, to be followed by Divine Liturgy at 10 a.m. in St. Nicholas of Myra Byzantine Catholic Church, Church Street, Old Forge, to be celebrated by the Rev. Gary Mensinger and the Rev. Nicholas Kraynak.

Interment will be in parish cemetery, Old Forge.

Friends may call Wednesday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Recitation of the rosary will be at 1:30 p.m. Parastas will be held at 6:15 p.m.

The family requests, in lieu of flowers, memorials be directed to Pennsylvanians for Human Life, 506 Broadway St., Scranton; the American Diabetes Association, 63 N. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, or Our Father's Divine Work, 13 Fairwood View Court, Phoenix, MD 21131.

For more information, directions or to leave an online condolence visit www.ferrifuneralhome.com.