Funeral services were held this morning for Patsy J. Mauro; 83; of Vestaburg; who died Friday; Dec. 8; 2006; in Canonsburg Hospital following a brief illness. He was born June 26; 1923; in Hutchinson; W.Va.; a son of the late Guiseppe and Vincenza Nucci Mauro. He was a 1941 graduate of Monessen High School and a U.S. Army veteran; having served as a first sergeant during World War II in England; France; Austria and Germany. Mr. Mauro worked for over 44 years in the Monessen plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.; retiring in 1985. He was a member of St. Michaels Archangel Church; St. Oliver Plunkett Parish; Fredericktown. Mr. Mauro was a member of the Italian Heritage Society of Monessen; Sons of Italy Frank Ricco Lodge 731 of Brownsville; Beth-Center Senior Citizen Center; where he delivered Meals on Wheels for several years. He was a past member of Belle Vernon American Legion Post 659 and a current member of Steele-Lillie American Legion Post 744 in Marianna; and a member of the United Steelworkers. He was a graduate of the Citizens Police Academy in Washington; Pa. On Nov. 8; 1997; he married Eva G. Mauro; of Vestaburg; who survives. Also surviving is a daughter; Jill Pincus of St. Marten; Virgin Island; two sons; Jack Mauro and Michael Mike Mauro; both of Allentown; one stepdaughter; Maryann Endsley; of Vestaburg; three stepsons; Steven Goozdich; of Erie; Mitchell Goozdich III; of Amherst; Ohio; and Mark Goozdich; of Scenery Hill; five grandchildren; and seven step grandsons; two sisters; Virginia Quattro; of Monessen; and Teresa Sabol; of North Charleroi. Deceased; in addition to his parents; is his first wife; Rita Mauro; a son; Patrick Mauro; a daughter; Katherine Mauro; a granddaughter; Adrian Ogden; four sisters; Helen Legonci; Frances Chiaravalle; Margaret Naccarato and Maggie Cameon; and five brothers; Anthony; Emil; Albert; Frank and Theodore Mauro. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated in St. Michaels R.C. Church with the Rev. Paul Grunebach as celebrant. Interment was held in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Steele-Lillie American Legion Post 744 provided Military Honors in the funeral home Monday at 8 p.m. On-line guest book and personal condolences may be accessed at www.GreenleeFuneralHome.com