Elaine E. Rogers Battipaglia, 78, of Hamden, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 20, 2014 at Apple Rehab Saybrook, Old Saybrook.  She was the wife of the late Alphonse Battipaglia. Elaine was born in Hamden on March 27, 1936; daughter of the late Thomas G. and Elizabeth Egan Rogers; worked as a bookkeeper for the former O.B. Maxwell Company for many years until her retirement and was a member of the Columbiettes Council #7124 of Hamden and the Laurelites Club.  Mother of Cheryl (Mitchell) Milone, William (Joan) Battipaglia, Paul (Roseann D’Amore) Battipaglia and Robert (Jennette) Battipaglia.  Sister of Roberta (Stephen) Roach, Judith (Thomas) Kenny and the late Thomas and Ronald Rogers.  Grandmother of Alexa and Connor Milone, Alyssa, Emily, Paul Jr., Andrea, Mia, Ian, Eli, Tye and Cal Battipaglia.

Her funeral procession will leave the North Haven Funeral Home, 36 Washington Avenue, Friday morning at 9:30.  A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated in Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church at 10:00.  Interment will follow in All Saints Cemetery.  The visiting hours will be Thursday from 5 to 8 pm. Should friends desire, memorial contributions may be made to the Multiple Sclerosis Society, CT Chapter, 1 Selleck St., Norwalk, CT  06856.