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Margaret E. Gocella, 80, of New Castle, Delaware died Wednesday, October 3, 2007 in Wilmington. A daughter of the late Andrew and Elizabeth Ferenz Girhiny, she was born in North Belle Vernon on November 24, 1926. Margaret was catholic by faith and had resided in Delaware for the past 48 years. She was a payroll clerk for the Allenport Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Company for 15 years until 1959 and a bank teller for 8 years at the Wilmington Savings Fund Society until her retirement in 1986. Survivors include her husband of 48 years, Laurence R. Gocella, three sisters, Emma Beneccio of Dayton, OH, Elizabeth Girhing of Pricedale and Julia Matway of Carroll Twp., one brother and sister-in-law, Bernard A. and Betty Girhiny of Rostraver and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Julius H. Girhiny and two in infancy. Friends will be received from 4 P.M. to 8 P.M. Sunday in the Ferguson Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc. (724-929-5300), 700 Broad Avenue, Belle Vernon, www.fergusonfuneralhomeandcrematory.com. A blessing service will be in the funeral home on Monday at 10:00 A.M. with Rev. Lawrence Manchas, VF, pastor of St. Sebastian Roman Catholic Church officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

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