Christina C. Bello

December 24, 1930 - August 15, 2018

Christina C. Bello, 87, of Speers Hill, passed away on Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at UPMC Shadyside. A daughter of the late Frank and Rose Cunningham Cupelli, she was born in Point Marion, PA on December 24, 1930. Catholic by faith, Christina was a member of Mary Mother of the Church in Charleroi, and was a Home Economics Teacher for the Charleroi Area School District, retiring in 1988. Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Thomas and his wife Kathy Bello of Pittsburgh, Patrick and his wife Kendall Bello of Yardley, PA; two daughters and a son-in-law, Nancy and her husband Thomas Beck of Langhorne, PA and Rosemary Bello (David Mendicino) of Fallowfield Township; twelve grandchildren, Alessandro and Lorenzo Bello, Alexander (Simi Singh), Marc (Dana), Peter Sr. (Brittany) Beck, Justin (Dominique) Bello, Monica (James) Nash, Nicholas, John, Benjamin (Sarah Sandin) and Matthew Bujanowski, and Davis Bello; 9 great grandchildren, James, Kennedy, and Brooke Nash, Theo and Isaac Beck, Peter, Jr. and Samuel Beck, George and Heidi Bello; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, Anthony P. Bello, Sr. on June 15, 2016, a son, Anthony P. Bello, Jr. on January 26, 2017; two brothers, Franklin and George Cupelli; and two sisters, Elsie Cupelli and Teresa Ciarochi. Friends will be received on Sunday August 19, 2018 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. in the Ferguson Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc., 700 Broad Avenue, Belle Vernon. www.FergusonFuneralHomeAndCrematory.com 724-929-5300. Family and friends will gather in the funeral home on Monday, August 20 at 9:15 A.M. and proceed to Mary, Mother of the Church for a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 A.M. with Rev. Fr. Gerald Mikonis as celebrant. Interment will follow in Sacred Heart Cemetery.