Richard Joseph DiFatta

    Mr. Richard Joseph DiFatta age 85 of Morganton, GA. passed away peacefully on Thursday December 22, 2022 at Stonehenge Assisted Living following an extended illness. Mr. DiFatta was born on September 12, 1937 in Baltimore, MD., the son of the late Samul DiFatta and the late Frances DiPaula DiFatta. He was a veteran of the US Army and retired from the Palm Beach County Sheriffs Department as Lieutenant after over twenty years of service. He was a very avid gardener who took great pride in his garden. In his spare time he enjoyed woodworking. He was a loving and caring father, brother, grandfather and great grandfather. He was preceded in death by his wife, Carole Ann Kiel DiFatta and his brother, John DiFatta. Mr. DiFatta was a member of St. Anthony Catholic Church.

    Surviving Mr. DiFatta are two daughters and sons in law, Judy and Ken McDonald of Blairsville, Donna and Ben Turoff of Sarasota, FL., two brother, Salvatore DiFatta of Saint Augustine, FL., Nicholas DiFatta of Pittsburg, PA., four grandchildren, Carolyn and Daniel Asman, Robert and Lauren McDonald, Eliot Turoff and Nathan Turoff, one great grandchild, Levi McDonald, several nieces, nephews, many other relatives and friends also survive.

   As per Richard’s wishes, no services are planned. Interment will be held in the Union Memory Gardens Cemetery where he will rest next to his beloved wife Carole. In lieu of flowers if you wish, the family requests that donations may be made to Regency Southern Care Hospice of Hiawassee in Mr. DiFatta’s memory.

    Mountain View Funeral Home of Blairsville is in charge of the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send condolences online at www.mountainviewfuneralhome.com