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Nancy L. Cwiakala, 70, of Belle Vernon, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 4, 2010, in her home. A daughter of the late Kelly and Gladys Kinner Shaffer, she was born in Vanderbilt on Feb. 1, 1940. A member of the First United Methodist Church of Belle Vernon, she had resided in Belle Vernon since 1962, and was formerly of Brownsville. Nancy retired after 25 years of employment with Kmart. Survivors include three daughters and two sons-in-law, Vicky DeSimone and her friend, Reggie Sepesy, Patty, and Tim Byrne, all of Belle Vernon, and Susan and Frank Szczerba, of West Chester, Pa., four grandchildren, Jessica Cervantes, Joe Cervantes Jr., Staci and Frankie Szczerba, a close friend, Donna Yoder, of Uniontown, and her loving pet, Buddy. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Anthony DeSimone, on Aug. 10, 1974, second husband, Walter Sonny Cwiakala on Jan. 20, 2009, and a sister, Shirley Wilkinson. Friends will be received 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORY INC., 700 Broad Ave., Belle Vernon, (724-929-5300). www.fergusonfuneralhomeandcrematory.com. Funeral services will be Friday in the funeral home at 11:30 a.m. with the Rev. David Zona officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

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