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Anna Caroline Virgili

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Anna Caroline Virgili, 93, formerly of Mather, died Saturday, July 8, 2017, with her family surrounding her.

She was born June 8, 1924, in Carpentertown, a daughter of the late Ralph and Catherine Zolniercysk Janus.

Mrs. Virgili was a homemaker and worked at the former Amalgamated Cotton Garment Industries, Waynesburg.

She was a member of St. Marcellus Roman Catholic Church, Jefferson, and its Christian Mothers. She also worked fish fries and bingo at the church. She and husband Vito were part of the original founders of Jefferson Senior Citizens Center and delivered Meals on Wheels.

On May 19, 1942, she married Vito Virgili, who died March 17, 2012.

Surviving are three children, Shirley Vowcheck and husband Cedric of Washington, Vito Virgili Jr. and wife Sue of Carmichaels and Ronald Virgili and wife Mary of Waynesburg; 11 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren and sister Dolores Journic and husband Eugene of Streetsboro, Ohio.

Deceased, in addition to her parents, are two sisters, Betty Zywiolek and Josephine Howes and two brothers, John Janus and Edward Janus.

Friends will be received from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in Behm Funeral Homes, 1477 Jefferson Road, Jefferson, Gregory P. Rohanna, supervisor, where a blessing service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 13, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. in St. Marcellus Roman Catholic Church, 1340 Jefferson Road, Jefferson, with the Rev. J. Francis Frazer as celebrant. Entombment will follow in Greene County Memorial Park, Jefferson Road, Waynesburg.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, P.O. Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38148- 0142 or www. stjude.org.

Condolences may be expressed at www.behm-funeralhomes.com.

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