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Ethel B. Venneri, 86, of Belle Vernon, died Monday, July 7, 2008, in Mon Valley Care Center. A daughter of the late Harry and Elizabeth Turnbull Sethman, she was born in Charleroi on October 18, 1921. Episcopalian by faith, she was a former member of the Ladies Auxiliary of both the Belle Vernon American Legion and the Belle Vernon Fire Company. A lifelong resident of Belle Vernon, she was an avid bowler and bocce player and had been employed by Valdiserri's Bakery in the 1960's and 70's. Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Vicki and Vince Costanza, of Rostraver Township, two sons and daughters-in- law, Art and Carleen Baumgardner, of Belle Vernon, and Bill and Kim Venneri, of New Bern, N.C., three sisters and one brother-in-law, Hannah Bennett, of Belle Vernon, Martha and George Warner, of Springfield, Mo., and Fonnie Calametti, of Belle Vernon, one sister-in-law, Mary Sethman, of Belle Vernon, seven grandchildren, Michele Dudgeon Ferrara and husband Dan, of Washington Crossing, Becky Baumgardner, of Pittsburgh, Jayson Baumgardner, of Fairfax, Va., Chad Venneri and wife Jessie, of Deltona, Fla., Mike Venneri and wife Bri, of Wahalla, S.C., and Vinne Costanza and Vienna Costanza, both of Belle Vernon, four great-grandchildren, Summer Baumgardner, Madison Ferrara, Mason Ferrara and Riley Ann Venneri, and many nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William 'Ducky' Venneri, in 1991, one daughter, Wilma Jean Dudgeon, in 1972, three sisters, Midge Carr, Dorothy Rainey and Norma Jean Seibert, three brothers, Richard, Harry and Howard Sethman, and several nieces and nephews, including Patty Gerda. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in the FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME and CREMATORY INC. (724-929-5300), 700 Broad Ave., Belle Vernon, www.fergusonfuneralhomeandcrematory.com. Funeral services will be in the funeral home on Thursday, July 10, at 10 a.m. with the Rev. David Zona, pastor of the First United Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

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