Joanne Kathryn Manetta 86, of Belle Vernon, passed away at 1:44 AM Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at Penn-Highlands Mon Valley Hospital following a brief illness. A daughter of the late Harry Clifford Cunningham and Kathryn Graff Cunningham, she was born June 8, 1935 in Connellsville. A resident of Belle Vernon for the past 62 years, she was formerly of Fayette City. Joanne was Catholic by faith. Joanne was primarily a homemaker, but she did work at Guttman Oil early on and at Hill’s Department Store in the 80’s. She graduated from Bellmar High School and served for many years as her Class of 1953 annual All-Bellmar Reunion coordinator. She enjoyed crafting homemade jewelry, reading, cooking and family. She attended the Mon-Valley Health Plex Cardio Rehab program for the past 3 1/2 years for exercise and socializing with the wonderful nurses and patients there. Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Susan and Dean Smith of Monessen, one son, Vince Manetta of Belle Vernon, four grandchildren, Carly (Smith) Bellora and husband Shawn of Rostraver Township, Matthew Manetta of Tallinn, Estonia, Rachael Manetta of Dodge City, KS and Steven Manetta of Ames, Iowa. She was especially fond of her great-granddaughter Emma Sue Bellora. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her Husband Vincent ‘Jim’ Manetta in 2012, a daughter, Joan Bernadetta Manetta, in infancy, in 1962, and brothers Robert, Alan, Roy and Harry Cunningham. Friends will be received Saturday, January 15, 2022 from 1 P.M. to 5 P.M. in the family’s home, 709 Fayette Avenue, Belle Vernon. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Ferguson Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc., (724-929-5300), 700 Broad Avenue, Belle Vernon is handling arrangements.
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