OBIT: Mary Katherine (MASCIOCCHI) HARCLERODE, 2004, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  MARY KATHERINE HARCLERODE
   
  Mary Katherine Harclerode, 79, Everett, died peacefully Dec. 8, 2004, at
  home following a courageous fight with cancer.  She was born in Dudley, Jan.
  11, 1925, a daughter of the late Cesarina and Angelo Masciocchi.  Also
  preceded in death by sisters, Mary Masciocchi and Vera Reed.  On Dec. 26,
  1946, she married Robert E. Harclerode.  He survives her along with the
  following children: son, Robert A. Harclerode and wife Kathy, of Andover,
  N.J., and their children Tina, Joshua, Rhiannon, Rob, Meredith and Katie;
  son, Angelo Harclerode, and wife Elizabeth, Bedford, and their children
  Justin, Maddie, Katy, Ian and Drew; daughter, Stephanie, and husband George
  Brouillet, Ellicott City, MD., and their children Mary Kate and George III;
  daughter, Annette, and husband Mark Winkler, of Iowa City, IA, and their
  children Ian, Rachel and Emily; daughter, Rebecca, and husband Bill
  Shuster, Hollidaysburg, and their children Ali and Garrett; son, Aaron
  Harclerode, and wife Gillian, Exton, and their daughter Isabella.  Mary also
  has five great-grandchildren, and is survived by a sister Grace Facchinei,
  and three brothers: Louis Masciocchi, Anthony Masciocchi and Alfred
  Masciocchi.  Mary is a 1942 graduate of Everett High School and a 1946
  graduate of Mount Aloysius College in Cresson.  She was a member of St. John
  the Evangelist Catholic Church, Everett, where she played an active role in
  the ladies' organization and faithfully served in many aspects of the
  church's community.  Mary and her husband owned and operated the Montgomery
  Ward Catalogue agency in Everett from 1964 to 1986.  Most recently, she was
  self-employed as a personal home health aide.  Her favorite role, however,
  was wife, mother and grandmother to her six children, and 24 grandchildren.
  "Booies", as she was lovingly known to her grandchildren, loved prayer and
  reading, cooking and gardening, pencil sketching, and caring for others.
  She enjoyed finding beauty in the simple joys of life.  The family will
  receive visitors from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Dalla Valle Funeral
  Service, Main Street, Everett.  A wake service will be held Sunday at the
  funeral home at 8:45 pm. Mass of Christian Burial will be held 11 a.m.
  Monday at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Everett.  The Rev. Norman
  P. Imgrund officiating.  Interment will follow at The Ave Maria Cemetery in
  Dudley.  If friends so desire, memorial contributions may be made in memory
  of Mary to her favorite charity, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501
  St. Jude Place Memphis, Tenn. 38105 or to those who so compassionately and
  wonderfully cared for her in her final days at home, Lee Regional Hospice,
  117 Work Drive, Johnstown, Pa. 15904.
  
  12/10/2004  Daily American