Mrs. Brame

Liliana Maria Torregrossa Burnett-Brame, 93, died on Jan. 8, 2021 in Lampasas.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 23, with visitation an hour prior at Sneed Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lampasas. 

Liliana was born on Nov. 21, 1927 in Castions di Strada, Italy to Salvatore and Francesca Pontormo Torregrossa.

She grew up in Udine, Italy, living during a turbulent era with World War II. Both her parents were professors; thus, her education was at school when possible and home by her parents. Liliana spoke Italian, English, German, French and Spanish.

She attended Central Texas College in Killeen, where she received an associate degree in child development. 

Liliana worked three years for Bell Telephone Company as a phone receiver assembler, at a German toy factory for two years, as a waitress for 17 years and finally as a bus driver for Lampasas ISD for three years. She retired in 1988 after 25 years of working.

Liliana married Sanford Burnett in 1951 in Udine, Italy, and they were married for 31 years. They met when the Allies liberated Italy from Germany, as Sanford was in the United States Army. 

Liliana married her second husband, Robert E. Brame, in 1985 in Lampasas. 

Liliana was a member of the Navion Society, along with Robert. She enjoyed flying and ballroom dancing.

Liliana was preceded in death by her brother, Adriano Torregrossa; first husband, Sanford Burnett; second husband, Robert E. Brame; and sons William Sanford Francis Burnett and Keith Nathan Burnett.

Survivors include her sisters Concetta Torregrossa Cavazza and Gianna Torregrossa; daughter-in-law, Linda A. Burnett; children Shirley Ann Marie (Sammie) Jones; sons Glenn Wayne (Marion A.) Burnett and Kim Allen (Kim Marie) Burnett; daughter, Kellie Jo (Kenny) Felks; grandchildren Shelley Jones Quillen, Jason Edward Burnett Sr., Stephen Michael Jones, Richard Warren Canan III, Shilah Jo Burnett Hollesen, Samantha L. Burnett Piveral, Skylar M. Ivey, Shane Ivey and Rudolph Salvatore Burnett; and nine great-grandchildren.

Memorial donations may be made to the Kidney/Diabetes Association in honor of her late husband Sanford Burnett and one of her surviving sons, Glenn Wayne Burnett.