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Michael Mickey Plesko, 90, of Dunlevy, died Sunday, April 30, 2006, in his home. A son of the late Charles and Rita Kander Plesko, he was born in Stockdale on Oct. 25, 1915. He was a member of Holy Ghost Byzantine Catholic Church and the VFW Post 167, both of Charleroi, and the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Retirees. A resident of Dunlevy for the past 58 years, he was formerly of Roscoe and was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, having served aboard the USS Shangri-La. He retired in 1982 from the Allenport plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel, where he worked in the steam and power plant. Survivors include his wife, Anna Yodie Plesko, whom he married on June 27, 1940, one daughter and son-in-law, Rita Kathleen and Thomas Connor, of Mapleview, two sons and daughters-in-law, Michael C. and Victoria Plesko, of Latrobe, and Emery F. and Carol Plesko, of Dunlevy, four sisters, Mary Coneybeer, of Belle Vernon, Olive Coneybeer, of Rostraver Township, Irene Leonard, of Lewisville, Texas, and Jane Burkett, of Farino, Ohio, seven grandchildren, Cynthia Plesko, Julie Grace, Stephanie Plesko, Michelle Suppa, Kelly Russell, Brian Connor and Chad Plesko, and three great-grandchildren, Ethan Russell, Brandon Grace and Chad Hunter Plesko. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Elizabeth and Helen Plesko, and five brothers, Emery, Steven, Charles, John and George Plesko. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME INC. and CREMATION SERVICE, a Golden Rule Member Firm, www.fergusonfuneralhome.net, (724-929-5300), 700 Broad Ave., Belle Vernon, where a service will be held Wednesday, May 3, at 9:15 a.m. followed by a Funeral Divine Liturgy at 10 a.m. in Holy Ghost Church of Charleroi with Fr. James Ragan as celebrant. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. A Parastas Service will be in the funeral home on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

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