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Edith Cunko, 84, formerly of Brownstown, Fayette City, passed away Wednesday, June 16, 2010, in the home of her daughter in Allendale, S.C. A daughter of the late Reuben and Stella Usher Williams, she was born in Brownstown on Oct. 7, 1925. She was a member of St. Sebastian Roman Catholic Church, of Belle Vernon, and the former Holy Spirit Church, of Fayette City. Edith was a former duck pin bowler, wrote poetry, and had received a Golden Poet Award for her poem What The Morning Brings. Until her move to South Carolina in February 2010, she had been a lifelong resident of Brownstown. Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Ruby and Wayne Hendrix, with whom she made her home in Allendale, S.C., two sons and daughters-in-law, Edward F. Jr. and Jan Cunko, and James and Suzanne Cunko, all of Belle Vernon, seven grandchildren, Cary Lynn Mohamed and her husband, Gus, Gary Buzzy Roley and his wife, Ann, Tommy Emelo, James Cunko Jr. and his wife, Lorie, Trent Cunko and his wife, Kelly, Corey Spickel and her husband, Gregg, and Edward F. Cunko II, and six great-grandchildren, Tyler Covert, Gunner Rhoden, Balayna Roley, Holly and Haley Spickel, and Trent Anthony Cunko. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Edward F. Cunko Sr., on Dec. 17, 1970, five sisters, Margaret Farquhar, Ada Gould, Hannah Miller, Mary Bell Moistner, and Stella (Nell) Delia, and five brothers, James, Evan, Raymond and George Moody, and George Williams. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday in the FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORY INC., 700 Broad Ave., Belle Vernon, (724-929-5300). www.fergusonfuneralhomeandcrematory.com. A blessing service will be held in the funeral home at 9 a.m. Saturday, followed by a Funeral Mass at St. Sebastian Roman Catholic Church at 9:30 a.m. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The rosary will be prayed in the funeral home Friday at 3 p.m. led by members of St. Sebastian Parish.

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