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Dorothy Turney Bell,83,of Belle Vernon,died Tuesday,April 12,1994,at 10:10 a.m.in Shadyside Hospital,Pittsburgh.  She was born Jan.6,1911,in Belle Vernon,a daughter of the late Joseph and Bessie Edwards Turney.  A lifelong resident of Belle Vernon,Mrs.Bell was a retired kindergarten and elementary school teacher in the Belle Vernon Area School District.  She was a member of the Pennsylvania State Education Association and the Association of Retired Teachers.  She was also a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Belle Vernon.  Survivors include two sons and one daughter-in-law,Kenneth Lee and Patty Ginglardi Belle and Daryl Porter Bell,all of Belle Vernon,five grandchildren,nine great-grandchildren,two sisters,Dolores Turney Blair of Perryopolis and Bernice Turney Gaskill of Fort Lauderdale,Fla.,and one brother,David J.Turney of Belle Vernon.  In addition to her parents,she was preceded in death by her husband,Jay Louis Bell,on Sept.13,1953.  Friends will be received Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.in the Blair-Lowther Funeral Home Inc.,Perryopolis,and Saturday until 11 a.m.,the hour of services in the funeral home with the Rev.James Burton,pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Belle Vernon,officiating.  Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.  The Blair-Lowther Funeral Home Inc.is in charge of arrangements.
 

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