Albert Q. Tonarelli

June 22, 1923 - June 16, 2012

Albert Q. Tonarelli, 88, of Charleroi, passed away Saturday, June 16, 2012 in Country Care Manor, Fayette City. A son of the late Ferdinand and Clara Traversari Tonarelli, he was born in Dunlevy on June 22, 1923. A resident of Charleroi for most of his adult life, he was a member of Mary, Mother of the Church of Charleroi and a former member of the Dunlevy Garbaldi Club. He had been a soccer player for the former Dunlevy Redbirds for many years and retired in 1988 from the Dravo Company of Charleroi. Survivors include one brother and two sisters-in-law, Fred and Marie Tonarelli of Belle Vernon and Shirley Tonarelli of Dunlevy, one aunt, Saverina Traversari, also of Dunlevy, and nieces and nephews as follows, Rick Tonarelli of Elizabeth, Rosemarie Jennewine and her husband, Mike of Belle Vernon, Dennis Tonarelli of Belle Vernon, Ed Tonarelli and his wife, Jodi of North Hills, Valerie Fowler and her husband David, of Jacksonville, FL, Scott Tonarelli and his wife, Kathy of Naples, Florida, Christopher Tonarelli and his wife, Kristen of Venetia and Christina Thompson and her husband, James of Charleroi. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his 1st wife, Mary Ruth Tempest Tonarelli in 1979, his 2nd wife, Maria Ann Tonarelli in 2004 and three brothers, Leonard, Alfao and Ronald Tonarelli. Friends will be received 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. Monday in the Ferguson Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc., (724-929-5300), 700 Broad Avenue, Belle Vernon. www.FergusonFuneralHomeAndCrematory.com Family and friends will gather in the funeral home Tuesday at 9:15 A.M. and proceed to Mary, Mother of the Church for a 10 A.M. Funeral Mass with Rev. Gerald Mikonis as celebrant. Entombment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.