Pianfetti, Mary Bellino

Biography

Mary Bellino Pianfetti was born February 14, 1878, in Italy. She immigrated to the United States with her parents when she was two years old.

She married James “Jim” Pianfetti on April 17, 1892, in Iron Mountain, Michigan. The couple later moved to Douglas, Alaska, in 1896 during the period of rapid growth associated with the Treadwell mining operations.

Mary and James Pianfetti had four daughters. At the time of her death, the children ranged in age from four to nine years old.

After suffering for a year from an insidious disease, Mary Bellino Pianfetti died on December 7, 1902, at the age of twenty-four. Funeral services were held at the Catholic Church in Douglas, officiated by Reverend Father Bougis. She was buried in the Douglas Catholic Cemetery.

Sources

• Find-A-Grave