Yvonne Battaglia, operated inn here

Yvonne Prigent Battaglia of 80 Old Town Parks Road, New Milford, who grew up here and once operated a French-style inn on West Lane, died April 15 at the New Milford Nursing Home. She was 76 years old and the wife of Serge Battaglia.
Mrs. Battaglia was born in New York City, N.Y., on June 22, 1926, the daughter of the late Jean Prigent and Eloise Le Saus. Mrs. Battaglia grew up in Brest and Paris, France, and in Ridgefield. After her graduation from Ridgefield High School in 1942, she worked as a Conover model and a hat model for Lilly Daché.
It was at New York City’s French Canteen, run by her mother, that Mrs. Battaglia met her husband of 60 years, Serge, who had been a French war hero and four-time winner of the Croix de Guerre.
Upon returning to Ridgefield, she and her mother ran La Bretagne, a French inn and restaurant at the corner of West and Olmstead Lanes (see page 13C). In later years she worked for the artist T.M. Cleland and for banker R. Gordon Wasson. She was also an integral part of her husband’s restaurant at the Bowlerama in Danbury.
A lifelong volunteer, Mrs. Battaglia was a member of the New Milford Thrift Shop and the French Club.
Besides her husband, survivors include three daughters: Eloise Robinson of Bristol; Lt. Col (retired) Cory Elayne Richards of Arlington, Va.; and Janine Battaglia of New Milford. She also leaves a granddaughter, Tabitha Robinson of Bristol, and a great-granddaughter, Trinette Robinson.
Memorial donations may be made to the Trinette Robinson Educational Fund, 19 Lores Plaza, Box 229, New Milford, CT; the New Milford Nursing Home Recreation Fund, 19 Poplar Street, New Milford, CT 06776; or to The Country Players of Brookfield, P.O. Box 528, Brookfield, CT.
There are no services. Cremation was at the Connecticut Crematory, Stamford.
Hull Funeral Service, 60 Division Street, Danbury, was in charge of arrangements.