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Joseph R. Toteda, 95, of Belle Vernon, Washington Township, died Monday, June 24, 2013, at Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born July 27, 1917, in Belle Vernon, he was the son of the late Ralph L. and Rose Deluca Toteda. A lifelong resident of Belle Vernon, Mr. Toteda was a member of St. Sebastian Roman Catholic Church, and was retired from the Belle Vernon Area School District maintenance department. He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Navy and a member of the Belle Vernon American Legion Post 659. The last surviving member of his immediate family, he is survived by his very best friends Robert and Mary Lacey of Belle Vernon, a nephew, Donald Novak of Michigan, and many other nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his wife, Mary Tomasko Toteda on Feb. 17, 1996, to whom he was married for 55 years, a brother and sister-in-law, Charles A. and Anne Toteda, three half sisters, Josephine Sack Jones, Fanny Sack Perri, and Anna Sack Smock, and two half brothers, James Sack and Domenic Sack. Visitation will be held 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the PARZYNSKI FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATIONS, Family Owned and Operated, 626 Broad Ave., Belle Vernon, 724-929-6183. Services will be held Wednesday at the Parzynski Funeral Home and Cremations at 10 a.m. with the Rev. Msgr. Roger A. Statnick Pastor of St. Sebastian Roman Catholic Church officiating. Entombment will take place in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Members of St. Sebastian parish will pray the rosary for the departed soul of Joseph Toteda 3 p.m. Tuesday and the Belle Vernon American Legion will conduct services at 7 p.m., both in the funeral home. Condolences accepted at the funeral home's website, http://www.parzynskifuneralhome.com.

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