Anthony V.Vaccaro of Belle Vernon R.D.4;(Rostraver Twp.) died Friday;March 19;1976;at 4:15 a.m.in Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital. He was 53. He was born in Belle Vernon on Sept.20;1922;a son of the late John Vaccaro and Rosario Mendicino Vaccaro;who survives. Mr.Vaccaro was graduated from California High School and attended Mount Union College in Alliance;Ohio;and Westmoreland County Community College. He belonged to St.Sebastian Catholic Church;Belle Vernon;and the Holy Name Society of the parish. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus Council 3026;Third Degree;Belle Vernon;and the Knights of Columbus;Fourth Degree;Bishop Phelan General Assembly. He belonged also to the Mon Valley Serra Club;Belle Vernon American Legion;P&LE Athletic Association;Veterans of Foreign Wars;Mon Valley Post;Newell;brotherhood of Railroad Clerks;and was on the Rostraver Twp.Planning and Zoning Commission. Mr.Vaccaro was a PIAA football official and commissioner of a midget league football program in the Belle Vernon area. He was a charter member of the Rostraver Twp.Business Association. A World War II veteran;he worked as freight agent at the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad office in Monessen and was also associated with Rostraver Realty Co. A brother;Gasper Vaccaro;died in 1973. Surviving;in addition to his mother;of Belle Vernon;is his widow;Lena Amodio Vaccaro;one son;Dennis J.at home;two brothers;Joseph Vaccaro of Belle Vernon R.D.3 and Eugene Vaccaro of Belle Vernon R.D.2;and one sister;Mr.Manuel (Julia) DiNardo of Brookline. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;from 7 to 9 p.m.Saturday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Sunday. Prayers will be recited at the funeral home Monday at 9:30 a.m.;followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m.in St.Sebastian Catholic Church;Belle Vernon. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director in charge.