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Margaret Raisbeck, 102, of Fallowfield Township, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009, in Naveah Cove Assisted Living, Fallowfield Township. She was born April 20, 1906, in DuBois, the youngest of five children born to William and Martha (Wilson) Nelson. She was a member of Calvary Bible Church of Fallowfield Township, where she attended faithfully until her health failed. Surviving are two daughters, Marlene Bert, of Independence, Mo., and Peggy Pireaux, of Fallowfield Township, with whom she made her home for many years before moving to Naveah Cove in 2008, seven grandchildren, Tom (Debby) Bert, Terry (Anita) Bert, Troy Bert, Tammy (Scott) Linhart, Tracy (Kreg) Levengood, Debbie (Gary) Kossol and Dana (Jack) Cole., 19 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Raisbeck, in 1984, three brothers, Alex, Robert and John Nelson, one sister, Mary Coughlin, and two sons-in-law, Robert Pireaux, in 2004, and Tom Bert, in 2008. Friends will be received in the CARL J. SPALLINO FUNERAL HOME, 819 Fallowfield Ave., Charleroi, on Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. Services will be held in the funeral home Saturday, Jan. 24, at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Jeff Edwards officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial tributes be made in Margaret's memory to: Naveah Cove Assisted Living Home, 1039 Fourth St. Ext., Charleroi, Pa. 15022.

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