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Rose Reda Dimasi, 99, of N. Belle Vernon died Sunday, April 24, 2005 in Mon Valley Hospital. A daughter of the late Frank and Mary Sinardo Reda, she was born in Thornwood, WV on April 17, 1906. She was a member of St. Sebastian Roman Catholic Church, C.D. of A., court 1522, St. Sebastian Ladies Guild and the Legion of Mary. She was also a charter member of the Annita Garibaldi Lodge, was the current treasurer of the St. Anthony Society, a position she has held since 1940, and a member of the Belle Vernon Golden Agers. Mrs. Dimasi, along with her late husband, owned and operated the former Dimasi's Bar and Grill in N. Belle Vernon for 42 years, until retiring in 1977. Survivors include a daughter, Mary Catherine Dimasi Mondi, with whom she made her home, a son and daughter-in-law, Donald Joseph and Dovonna Dimasi of Rostraver Twp., 2 brothers, Victor Reda of Mechanicsburg and Arnold Reda of Mill Creek, WV, 7 grandchildren, Joseph A. Mondi of Belle Vernon, Lynette Murri Miller of Leawood, KS, Muretta Murri Rethage of Apollo, Renee Murri Lewis of the state of California, Joseph Murri of Sykesville, MD, Deborah Dimasi of New York City and Cathryn Yackovich of Murrysville and 9 great-grandchildren, Steve and Jake Yackovich, Megan and Margo Miller, Matthew and Michael Rethage, Aubrey Lynn Mondi and Scott and Alex Murri. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Dimasi in 1967, a daughter, Virginia Dimasi Murri in 1989, 2 sisters, Antoinette Spina and Louise Collins and 7 brothers, Ralph, Sam, Paul, Ernest, Louis, Joseph and Gabriel Reda. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 P.M. Monday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. Tuesday in the Ferguson Funeral Home, Inc. and Cremation Service, (724-929-5300), a Golden Rule Member Firm, 700 Broad Avenue, Belle Vernon. A blessing service will be in the funeral home on Wednesday at 11:00 A.M. followed by a funeral mass in St. Sebastian R.C. Church at 11:30 A.M. with Rev. Ronald Cyktor, celebrant. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The rosary will be prayed in the funeral home on Tuesday at 3:00 P.M. led by members of St. Sebastian Parish followed by an Annita Garibaldi service at 3:15 P.M.