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Vincenzo J. Winks Ambrose Jr., 65, of Bluff Street, North Belle Vernon, died Wednesday, May 8, 2002, in his home. A son of the late Vincenzo J. and Angeline Vaccaro Ambrose, he was born Dec. 16, 1936, in Belle Vernon. He was a member of St. Sebastian Roman Catholic Church, the Knights of Columbus Council 3026, a life member of the North Belle Vernon Volunteer Fire Department, and the Westmoreland County Firemen's Association. A lifelong resident of North Belle Vernon, he retired in 1987 from the former Lee Norse Company in Charleroi. Survivors include his wife, Donna Rodgers Ambrose, with whom he would have celebrated 46 years of marriage on June 9, 2002, one daughter and son-in-law, Traci and Steve Pawlak, two sons and a daughter-in-law, Timothy J. Ambrose, and Craig V. and Pam Ambrose, all of Belle Vernon, one brother and sister-in-law, Charles Butch and Nancy Ambrose of Fayette City, one sister and brother-in-law, Michele Cookie and Charles Foster of Rochester, N.Y., six grandchildren, Courtney, Jeff and Cody Ambrose, Jared, Chelsea and LeeAnn Pawlak, and many nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one son, Jeffrey Michael Ambrose, in 1974, and one sister, Teresa Ambrose, in 1973. Friends will be received in the FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME INC., a Golden Rule Member Firm, 700 Broad Ave., Belle Vernon, on Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A blessing service will be held in the funeral home Saturday, May 11, at 10 a.m. followed by a Funeral Mass in St. Sebastian R.C. Church at 10:30 a.m. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The North Belle Vernon Volunteer Fire Department will meet in the funeral home Thursday at 7:30 p.m. to hold services, the rosary will be prayed on Friday at 3 p.m., led by members of St. Sebastian Parish, and the Belle Vernon Knights of Columbus will hold services in the funeral home Friday at 7 p.m.

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