Charles P. "Boots" Buttiglieri, a retired Verizon computer worker and a communications union official, died of cardiac arrest Thursday at Franklin Square Medical Center. The Hunt Valley resident was 63.
Born in Baltimore and raised in Middlesex, he was the son of Rocco Buttiglieri, a grocer, and Thelma Simmons Buttiglieri, a homemaker. He was a 1970 graduate of Kenwood High School.
He joined the old Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. and worked as a computer technician at its St. Paul Place office.
A member of the Communication Workers of America, Mr. Buttiglieri was appointed to the International Communication Workers staff in its president's office in Washington, D.C. He also served for many years as executive vice president of Communications Workers Local 2101 based in Baltimore.
He was a vice president of the Maryland State AFL-CIO.
He retired in 2009.
In 1991, he was part of a Labor Day solidarity rally in Washington, D.C., that drew an estimated 250,000 workers.
According to a Baltimore Sun story, he arranged for a train to carry workers to the event. He called the rally "a shot in the arm for union members."
He enjoyed spending time with his family and grandchildren. He also enjoyed cooking.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the Ruck Towson Funeral Home, 1050 York Road.
In addition to his mother, who resides in Middlesex, survivors include a son, Charles Buttiglieri Jr. of Orlando, Fla.; three daughters, Michelle Flynn of Fallston, Angela Buttiglieri of Hampstead and Samantha Buttiglieri Brown of Bel Air; a sister, Theresa Buttiglieri of Middlesex; and eight grandchildren. His wife of 15 years, Jann Lee Hoskins Buttiglieri, died in 2002.