BENEDETTA "BETTE" DiFRANCO, age 88, of Cleveland, OH.  Passed away June 28, 2023 after a short stay at Avon Place in Avon, OH.  Loving daughter of the late Marianna and Benedetto DiFranco; dear sister of Benedict M. DiFranco (Kathie Goodrich), Jeanette Darling (the late Earl Thomas), Virginia Dolence (the late Joseph) and the late Fred DiFranco, Mary Catino (Sylvester), Angelo DeFranco (Constance), Anne Misenko, Joseph DeFranco and Charles DeFranco (Virginia); loving aunt, great-aunt and friend of many.

Bette retired from Ohio Bell Telephone Co. after 39 years of service. She was president of the Ohio Bell Pioneers.  She volunteered for the Cleveland Food Bank, was a Red Coat volunteer at the Cleveland Playhouse, and a very active member of St. Patrick Church.

Funeral Mass Wednesday, July 5, St. Patrick Church (West Park) at 10 A.M.  Interment Calvary Cemetery.  Friends may call at CHAMBERS FUNERAL HOME of CLEVELAND, 4420 ROCKY RIVER DR. AT PURITAS, WEDNESDAY 9 A.M. UNTIL TIME OF MASS.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Belle Care Hospice, 5000 Rockside Rd., Suite 150, Independence, OH 44131 in memory of Bette DiFranco.