OBIT: Vesta Marie "Chickie" (SPRANKLE) MARTINEZ, 2004, Tyrone, Blair County, PA File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharon Miller shabodeho@aol.com November 10, 2005, 9:41 am Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _______________________________________________ VESTA MARIE "CHICKIE" MARTINEZ Vesta Marie "Chickie" Martinez, 74, of 1352 Bald Eagle Ave., Tyrone died Sunday, November 14, 2004 at UPMC, Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh. She was born January 10, 1930 in Tyrone, a daughter of Zachariah and Vesta (Williams) Sprankle. On July 15, 1950 at St. Matthew Catholic Church, Tyrone she married Victor F. Martinez. He died February 16, 2002. Surviving are three daughters, Sherry Ann Reese, Tyrone; Vickie Jo Kunkle, Altoona and Dawn Marie Barr, Sinking Valley; four sons, Francis, Mark, David and Scott all of Tyrone; seven grandchildren; two great-granddaughters; a sister, Mary Jane Rieti and husband George, Bridgeton, N.J.; a brother Charles Sprankle of Bellwood; a sister-in-law Beverly Sprankle, Tipton; a brother-in-law Rocco DelBaggio Sr., Tyrone and a special niece Joyce Miller, Tyrone. She was preceded in death by a sister Marian DelBaggio and brother and sister-in-law Zack and Shirley Sprankle. Mrs. Martinez was a member of St. Matthew Catholic Church, the Catholic Daughters of America, Court St. Rita and the Grazierville Gang. Funeral Mass will be held Wednesday, November 17, 2004 at 11 a.m. at St. Matthew Church with Fr. Joseph T. Orr, Celebrant. Interment will follow at Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends will be received today at Feller Memorial Home from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Wake services will be held at the funeral home today at 8:30 p.m. Tyrone Daily Herald, November 16, 2004 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb