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700 Broad Avenue Belle Vernon, PA 15012 Phone (724) - 929 - 5300 Fax (724) - 929 - 2775 Ferguson Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc. Please publish the following paid obituary in the Valley Independent on Monday and Tuesday. Call to confirm. Joseph R. Vadella, Jr., 78, of Belle Vernon died Saturday, January 5, 2008 in Mon Valley Hospital. A son of the late Joseph R. and Carmella Cimmino Vadella, he was born in Belle Vernon on February 22, 1929. A lifelong resident of Belle Vernon, he was a member of the Church of the Nazarene, the VFW Post 699 of Belle Vernon and retired from the Allenport Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Company in 1987, where he was the superintendent of the Annealling Department. Joe attended Washington and Jefferson College for two years prior to serving in the U.S. Army in Germany during the Korean Conflict, was inducted into the Belle Vernon Area Football Hall of Fame with the Class of 2002 and was a dedicated Steeler Fan. Survived by his wife of 52 years, Shirley Waiton Vadella, one son and daughter-in-law, Jeffrey R. and Dotty Vadella of Imperial, one daughter and son-in-law, Patti Jo and Ron Kalvesmaki of Belle Vernon, one brother and sister-in-law, Patrick and Bane Vadella of Elco, three grandchildren, Shaun and Erik Vadella and Cameron Kalvesmaki, two sisters-in-law and three brothers-in-law, Marcella and Jack Dailey of Charlotte, NC, Deborah and David Richard of Parkland, FL and Art Steiner of Belle Vernon along with numerous nieces and nephews.. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Babe Toth and Angeline Cherock, four brothers, Fred, Frankie, Tony and Ralph Matrozzo and one sister-in-law, Edith Steiner. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 P.M. Tuesday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. Wednesday in the Ferguson Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc. (724-929-5300), 700 Broad Avenue, Belle Vernon, www.fergusonfuneralhomeandcrematory.com. Funeral services will be in the funeral home Thursday at 10:00 A.M. with Rev. J.E. Mitchell officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The members of the VFW Post 699 will meet in the funeral home to hold services Wednesday at 7:30 P.M.

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Joseph R. Vadella

February 22, 1929 - January 5, 2008