OBIT: Helen M. (URBAN) NERI, 1999, Jennerstown, Somerset County, PA

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  NERI
  
  Helen M. (Urban) Neri, 77, E. Pitt St., Jennerstown, died March 29, 1999, at
  Somerset Hospital.  Born May 21, 1921, in Windber.  Daughter of John Sr. and
  Mary Catherine (Novak) Urban. Preceded in death by parents; husband, Archille
  "Kelly," Feb. 10, 1998; daughter, Mary Catherine Neri; brother Walter; and
  sisters Nellie Dorusha, Julia Miller and Evelyn Dorusha. Survived by these
  children: Archille "Arch" at home; David M. and wife Diane, Crystal Lake,
  Ill.; Jerry L. and wife Theresa, Sumerduck, Va.; Darlene and husband Tom
  Beckner, Jennerstown; Diana, Gainesville, Va., and Janet and husband Doug
  Ashbrook, Boswell RD; grandchildren: Kelly Lou Beckner, Quincy, Michael and
  Colleen Neri; Dougie and Helen Ashbrook and Lee and Gina Neri; and brother
  John Urban Jr., married to Pauline O'Hara, Somerset. Also survived by
  numerous nieces and nephews, including Ed Dorusha and Paul Urban, both of
  whom Helen and Kelly helped raise. Member of All Saints Catholic Parish and
  was a very special wife, mother and grandmother. Friends received from 2-4
  and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at the Hoffman Funeral Home, Main Street, Boswell, where
  vigil for the deceased will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday. Funeral Mass at 10 a.m.
  Wednesday at All Saints Chapel, Acosta, Rev. Father Martin Breski OFM, Conv.
  celebrant. Committal, Mount Carmel Cemetery, near Jennerstown. Memorials may
  be sent to Make-A-Wish Foundation of Western Pa., 555 Grant St., Suite 425,
  Pittsburgh, Pa. 15219-4408.
  
  Daily American,  March 30, 1999