Norma Parente

March 15, 1928 - August 31, 2014

Norma M. Parente, 86, of Belle Vernon, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 31, 2014 in UPMC Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh. A daughter of the late Alfred and Clara Tintori Lazzari, she was born in Monessen on March 15, 1928. A lifelong resident of Belle Vernon, she was a member of St. Sebastian Roman Catholic Church and B.O.N. card club. Norma retired after many years as a telephone operator for the former Bell Telephone Company. Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Kim Parente of Belle Vernon, four grandchildren, Jessica and Jeffrey Parente of Pittsburgh and Justin and Journey Parente of Belle Vernon, one brother and sister-in-law, Rio and Jeanne Lazzari of Belle Vernon and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Richard A. Parente, Sr. on May 16, 1999, a daughter, Leslie Ann Parente on January 3, 2014, a sister, Janet Skekel and two brothers, Jordan and Eugene Lazzari. Friends will be received 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. A blessing service will be held in the funeral home at 10 A.M. Thursday. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. www.FergusonFuneralHomeAndCrematory.com.