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Mary (Mayme) Riskey of 412 Wood St.,Belle Vernon,died Wednesday,Oct.18,1978, at 6:20 p.m.in the Mon Valley Hospital,Carroll Twp.  She was 88.  Born in Belle Vernon,Dec.13,1889,she was the daughter of the late Jesse and Mary Brawley Smith. Mrs.Riskey was a former resident of Allenport,and had lived in Belle Vernon the last 15 years.  Mrs.Riskey was a member of the Belle Vernon Church of the Nazarene,and the Belle Vernon American Legion Ladies Auxiliary.  ,Also,she was a Gold Star Mother.  She was preceded in death by her husband,Stephen Riskey,on Jan.19,1960. Mrs.Riskey is survived by a son,John Riskey of St.Petersburg,Fla.,two daughters,Mrs.John (Thelma) Cavanaugh,with whom she made her home,and Mrs.Margaret Bickerton,also of St.Petersburg,Fla.,five grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren.  Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home,700 Broad Ave.,Belle Vernon,from 7 to 9 p.m.Thursday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Friday.  Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m.at the funeral home,with the Rev.Kenneth E.Neiderhiser,pastor of the Belle Vernon Church of the Nazarene,officiating.  Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.  Shelby D.Ferguson,funeral director,is in charge of arrangements.

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