James A.Alessio of 633 Speers Ave.;Speers Hill;Charleroi;died Wednesday;Aug.5;1987;at 5:17 p.m.in Mon Valley Hospital. He was 62. Mr.Alessio was born Nov.15;1924;in Belle Vernon;a son of the late Domenico and Maria Teresa Mirendi Alessio. He was a member of the Speers United Methodist Church;Belle Vernon American Legion Post 659 and retired Employees of the Allenport Plant (REAP). A U.S.Navy veteran of World War II;Mr.Alessio retired in 1980 from the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.;Allenport Plant;where he worked as a craneman. A Speers resident since 1965;Mr.Alessio had previously lived in Charleroi and Belle Vernon. In addition to his parents;he was preceded in death by Anthony Alessio;in 1975;and by a son;Hugh Bud McBurnie. Survivors include his wife;Oleada Riskey Alessio;a son;D.Richard McBurnie of Coal Center R.D.1;a brother;Frank Alessio of Donora;two sisters;Mrs.Ted (Theresa) Spazok of Belle Vernon and Rose Steinbaugh of North Charleroi;seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. 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 Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon. Friends and relatives will gather at the Speers United Methodist Church on Saturday;Aug.8;for services at 11 a.m. with the Rev.Zane Howland;pastor;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;is in charge of arrangements.

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