OBIT: Joe BARBERA, 1989, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  BARBERA
  
  Joe Barbera, 94, Somerset, died Dec. 26, 1989, at Somerset Hospital.  Born
  Nov. 13, 1895, in Fiume diNisi, province of Messina, Sicily, Italy.  Son of
  the late Natle and Domenica (Urso) Barbera.  Also preceded in death by one
  brother and two sisters.  Survived by wife, the former Venera Fidi, and
  these children: Mrs. Russell (Virgina) Crimone, Somerset RD 2; Nathaniel
  A., married to the former Anne M. Repetti, Somerset RD 4; Mrs. Joseph J.
  (Josephine) Polakoski, Somerset; John J., married to the former Carol L.
  Friedline, Somerset RD 4; also a foster son, Carl Nunnari, Hawaii; 27
  grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren.  Member of St. Peter's Roman
  Catholic Church, Somerset.  Employed as a shoemaker in Washington for one
  year; owned and operated Joe Barbera's Shoe Repair in Rockwood for 15
  years, and in Somerset for 39 years.  Army Veteran and a Prisoner of War
  during World War I in the Italian Army.  Death ends a marriage union of 69
  1/2 years.  Friends received from 7-9 p.m. today and 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
  Thursday in Hauger-Zeigler Funeral Home.  Mass of Christian Burial will be
  conducted at 11 a.m. Friday in St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Msgr.
  Samuel J. Tomaselli officiating.  Interment, Somerset County Memorial
  Park.  Rosary will be recited at 8:45 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home. 
  Contributions may be made to St. Peter's School Fund, 439 W. Church St.,
  Somerset.
  
  Daily American, December 27, 1989
  
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