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Barbara J. Sagona, 70, of Rostraver Twp. passed away Wednesday, July 28, 2010 in Allegheny General Hospital. A daughter of the late Steven and Bertha Smith Sepashe, she was born in Pricedale on December 31, 1939. She was a member of St. Sebastian Roman Catholic Church, Alpha Psi Chapter of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society, Catholic Womens College Club, Monessen Retired Teachers group, the Italian American Heritage Society, Perryopolis Travel Club and served on the reunion committee of Rostraver High School Class of 1958. Formerly of Fallowfield Twp., she had resided in Rostraver since 1985. Barbara graduated from California University of Pennsylvania and retired after 29 years as a 6th grade teacher at the Washington Elementary Educational Park in the Washington School District. She was an artist, enjoyed painting, photography and traveling. Survivors include her husband of 49 years, Andrew ‘Cook’ Sagona, two daughters and one son-in-law, Lisa Sinnamond of Belle Vernon and Ellen and Jay Niessner of Charlotte, NC and one grandson, Steven Sinnamond. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Steven Sepashe in 1972. 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 Avenue, Belle Vernon, 724-929-5300, www.FergusonFuneralHomeAndCrematory.com. A blessing service will be in the funeral home Saturday at 9 A.M. followed by a funeral mass at 9:30 A.M. in St. Sebastian R.C. Church with Rev. Lawrence Manchas as celebrant. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The members of the Monessen Knights of Columbus will meet in the funeral home to hold services Friday at 8 P.M.

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