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Saverio D. Sam Zema, 73, of Main Street, Belle Vernon, died Sunday, May 19, 2002, in Mon Valley Hospital. A son of the late Saverio and Mary Bitonti Zema, Mr. Zema was born in Belle Vernon on Aug. 13, 1928. He was a member of St. Sebastian Roman Catholic Church of Belle Vernon and the AARP. A lifelong resident of Belle Vernon, Mr. Zema was retired from the wire department of the former Page Wire and Steel Company of Monessen. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Survivors include his wife, Erma T. Amicucci Zema, with whom he would have celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Aug. 16, 2002, one daughter and son-in-law, Beverly and Kenneth Shetterly of Donora, three sons and one daughter-in-law, Gary and Leslie Zema of New York City, Sam Zema of Indiana, Pa., and David Zema of New York City, one sister, Sarah Bednarczyk of Fayette City, one half sister, Mary Zema Solomon of West Miff1in, four grandchildren, Lauren Zema of New York City, and Kara, Andrea and Christa Shetterly, all of Donora, and a good friend, Toni Cortese of Monessen. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Albert, in 1932, and Albert W. Zema in 1993, one half brother, Joseph Cimino in 1936, and one half sister, Rose Cimino Beketic in 1986. Friends will be received in the FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME INC., 700 Broad Ave., Belle Vernon, on Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A blessing service will be held in the funeral home Wednesday, May 22, at 10:30 a.m., followed by a Funeral Mass at 11 a.m. in St. Sebastian R.C. Church with the Rev. John Cindric, V.F., as celebrant. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The rosary will be prayed in the funeral home on Tuesday at 3 p.m., led by members of St. Sebastian Parish.

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