Salvatore Taravella; 95; of
1233 Walnut St.;Monessen;died
Sunday; July 25; 1993;in the
Country Care Personal Care
Home; Fayette City. Mr. Taravella was born July
15; 1898 in Louisiana; a son of
the late Frank and Maria Gracia La Punta Taravella.
He retired in 1963 from the Bundling Room Department of the former Monessen plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation. Mr.Taravella was a member
of the Monessen Sons of Italy.
Surviving are his wife;
Frances DiPiazza Taravella:
three sons; Anthony Taravella
at home; Frank Taravella of
Belle Vernon; and Joseph
Taravella of Monongahela;three daughters; Mrs. Tom
(Marie) Blatnik of
Monongahela; Mrs. David
(Joanne) Gathers of Hanover;Md.; and Mrs John Yi (Josi)
Zdilla of Chandler; Ariz.: 10 grandchildren;Thomas Blatnik;
Scott; Brian and Daniel Gathers;
Terri Zuraw; Maria Lazur;
Denise Nutter; Jacqueline
Taravella; Vicki Helinka; and
Jason Zdilia; four great-grandchildren; Brittany
Helinka. Mark Gathers; Steffani
Zuraw and Victoria Lazur; and
three sisters. Jacqueline of
Staten Island; N.Y.; and two
sisters in Italy. Friends wiLL be received Monday from 7 to 9 pm and Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the Raymond D.Dalfonso Funeral Home;441 Reed Ave.;Monessen. A Blessing Service will be held at 9:30 a.m.Wednesday in the funeral home;followed by a 10 a.m.Mass of Christian Burial in the Epiphany of Our Lord Roman Catholic Church;Monessen. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Raymond D.Dalfonso Funeral Home is handling arrangements.