Esther Delia Fogliani

On a clear December morning, Esther Delia Fogliani peacefully left this world to join the Lord in the next. In the company of family, she passed at 8:20 am at Copper Ridge Rehabilitation Center in her hometown of Butte at the age of 96. Esther was born in Butte on March 29,1926. She met the love of her life, Harry Robert Fogliani, while staying in Whitehall when she lived across from the creamery he drove for. They were happily married on December 23, 1943, at St. Teresa’s Catholic Church in Whitehall. Together, they raised their three daughters, Marge Becky, Esther Burton, and Kathy Hammond. They spent 52 years together dancing to bands at the Columbia Gardens, playing cards, camping, and enjoying Esther’s famous cooking. Many recall her famous pasties made with meat, potatoes, and of course, love. Esther lived a selfless life of service. She worked as a waitress for many years at the Top Deck restaurant in Butte. When she wasn’t working, she was baking three-types of cookies just in case someone dropped in or hosting holidays effortlessly for numerous family members. She always had a spare room, a spare laugh, or a spare hug to give. Even as her memory started to leave her, her kind heart and generous spirit never did. For one of her last birthdays, some family got together and took her out to dinner. Esther’s response to this was, “I don’t know who any of you are, but thank you so much. I love you all.” She’s preceded in death by her husband Harry Fogliani; her mother Delia Yerman; her siblings Marge Drummond, Kathleen Cooper and John Patrick McIntrye; her daughters Marge Becky and Esther Burton; and her niece Jean Dolan. She is survived and dearly missed by her daughter and son-in-law Kathy and Gary Hammond; her grandchildren Sheri and Mark Trevenna and their two children, Michelle and Kirk Spalding and their five children, Lisa and Troy Valdez and their one child, Bob and Cel Becky and their three children, Stacey and Nathan Taylor and their three children, Sean and Jessica Hammond, Kevin and Maddie Hammond and their one child, and Katie and Kelly Schindler and their three children; and numerous nieces and nephews. Many thanks to Copper Ridge for their compassionate care for Esther. Memorial donations can be made to New Hope Pregnancy Clinic, 320 S. Idaho Street, Butte, MT 59701. Funeral mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on January 2, 2023, in St. Ann Catholic Church.

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Esther Delia Fogliani

March 29, 1926 - December 5, 2022