OBIT: Gene R. DIPRE, 2003, Jerome, Somerset County, PA
  
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  DIPRE
  
  Gene R. Dipre, 82, Jerome Avenue, Jerome, died Oct. 25, 2003 at Patriot 
  Manor, Somerset.  Born June 30, 1921, in Stenico, Trento, Italy, son of 
  Samuel and Pearl J. (Zuchelli) Dipre.  Preceded in death by parents, infant 
  twin brothers and brother, Raymond. Survived by wife of 32 years, the former 
  Vera T. Flaim; daughter, Bonnie, married to Andrejs Jurjans, Arlington, Va.; 
  twin daughters, Diana, married to Alex Plewniak, Bonita, Calif., and Dorie, 
  married to Dave Kauffman, Westmont; and daughter, Sandy, married to Major 
  General Francis Hamilton, Melbourne, Fla.; grandchildren, Jeffrey and Tracey 
  Cummings, Mario and Vanessa Ghezzi, Jamie Ryan and Gina and David Sparks; 
  godchild and niece Julie Flaim; sisters, Virginia, widow of John Ewanitako, 
  Theresa married to Paul Morandi, and Sara, widow of Steve Pelesky, all of 
  Somerset; sister-in-law, Margaret (Tulenko) Dipre, Willoughby, Ohio, and 
  several nieces and nephews.  Army veteran of World War II.  Member of St. 
  Anne's Catholic Church, Davidsville; Jerome Nest 556; Polish Falcons of 
  America; Jerome Post 802, American Legion; Somerset Aerie 1801, FOE; UMWA; 
  Pittsburgh Iron Workers Local 3; SIGNA, Cumberland, Md.; and St. Maximilian 
  Kolbe Council 8979, K. of C.; also Fourth Degree Knight with the Father 
  David Dodson Assembly No. 2201; K. of C.  Had been a salesman at the former 
  Terrace Chevrolet and a miner for the former Hillman Coal and Coke Co., both 
  of Jerome. Retired construction worker for the UMWA.  Former owner/operator 
  of Gene's Bar, Jerome. Avid golfer at Oakbrook and other area courses.  Also 
  loved bocci, bowling and darts.  Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 
  to 9 p.m. Monday at the Hoffman Funeral Home, Route 403 and Church Road, 
  Davidsville, where vigil for the deceased will be held Monday afternoon and 
  K. of C. will stand Honor Guard Monday evening. Funeral Mass at 10 a.m. 
  Tuesday at St. Anne's Church, the Rev. Father Michael Lewandowski, OFM, 
  Conv., celebrant.  Interment, Somerset County Memorial Park, with full 
  military rite in charge of the Somerset County Honor Guard.
  
  Daily American, October 27, 2003
  
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