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Roger A. (Speedo) Checchi,48,of 335 Main St.,Belle Vernon,was dead on arrival at Charleroi-Monessen Hospital Friday July 29,1966,at 1:20 p.m. He suffered a heart attack. He was born in Monessen,Sept.28,1917 and had resided in Belle Vernon for the past 20 years moving there from Dunlevy. He was a member of St.Sebastian R.C.Church,Belle Vernon,and a veteran of World War II,serving in the U.S.Army. He was employed in the billet yard of Allenport Plant,Pittsburgh Steel Co.and was a committeeman for Local 1137 of the Allenport Plant. He was president of the Garibaldi Beneficial Society of Dunlevy. Surviving are his widow,Theresa De Simone Checchi,two daughters,Marie A.,a student nurse at Mercy Hospital School of Nursing,Pittsburgh,and Arlene F.at home,his mother,Mrs.Julia Checchi,Dunlevy,two brothers,Alfred Mazzei of Charleroi and Robert Checchi of Beverly Hills,Calif.,two sisters,Mrs.Delmo (Florence) Bartolozzi,Dunlevy,Mrs.Donald (Elvira) Bello,Monessen. Friends are being received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home,Belle Vernon,where services will be held Monday,Aug.1,1966,at 9:30 a.m.followed by Requiem High Mass at 10 a.m.at St.Sebastian R.C.Church,Belle Vernon. The Rev.Martin J.O'Toole will officiate. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson,funeral director.

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