Beverly Salata Beverly Salata, a longtime Linda...
Beverly Salata
Beverly Salata, a longtime Linda Isle resident and wife of
Irrelevant Week founder, died Friday of heart failure. She was 77.
Mrs. Salata loved to perform charity work, her daughter Melanie
Fitch said Friday. She also loved football early on, which worked out
well for her future at USC, where she met Mr. Salata, a former USC
and NFL wide receiver.
Born Nov. 3, 1925, in Los Angeles, Mrs. Salata attended Los
Angeles High School before graduating to USC, where she studied
journalism. It was there that she enjoyed USC football games and
became acquainted with one of the team’s players, Mr. Salata of Mr.
Irrelevant fame in Newport Beach.
The relationship seemed to be a perfect fit, her daughter said.
“Mom had a car, and dad thought that was cool,” she said. “And she
liked football.”
Mrs. Salata, who worked as a flight attendant for United Airlines,
became somewhat of a “beach girl” around that time, Fitch said. It
was then that she moved to Manhattan Beach. Years later, she and Paul
would spend summer days on El Morro Beach in Orange County and then
in Bay Shores, Fitch said.
On Nov. 25, 1951, the Salatas married. They moved to Linda Isle in
1968.
“She was nice,” Fitch said of her mother. “She was well liked in
the community.”
Mrs. Salata is survived by husband Paul; son Bradley; daughter
Melanie Fitch; and two grandchildren, Alix and Marie Fitch.
Services will be held at noon Friday at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian
Church. A reception will follow.
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