OBIT: Andrew J. PERO, Sr., 1979, Quecreek, Somerset County, PA
  
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  PERO
  
  Andrew J. Pero Sr., 86, of Quecreek, died Feb. 14, 1979, in Somerset
  Community Hospital.  Born Sept, 26, 1892, in Mountain Top, Luzerne
  County, a son of the late Andrew and Anna (Gregor) Pero.  Preceded in
  death by wife, the former Anna Klimcho; two sons, John and Andrew
  Jr.; a sister, Verna; and a brother, John.  He is survived by one
  daughter, Mrs. Mary Polito, Brooklyn, N.Y.; two daughters-in-law,
  Mrs. Inez Pero and Mrs. Mary Pero, both of Somerset; three grandsons;
  one great-grandson; these brothers and sisters: Thomas, George, Anna
  Bednar and Ella Gregor, all of Central City; Joe, Barberton, Ohio;
  Steve, Cleveland, Ohio; Mary Salley, Mine 30; and Sue Hinkle,
  Chicago, Ill.  He was a member of St. John's Roman Catholic Church,
  Acosta; U.M.W. of A. Local 5287; and retired fire boss for Saxman
  Coal and Coke Co., Quecreek.  Friends will be received after 7 p.m.
  today, Thursday, in Robert H. Halverson Funeral Home, where Wake
  Service will be conducted Friday 8:30 p.m.  Funeral Mass Saturday 10
  a.m., St. John's Roman Catholic Church, Acosta, the Rev. J. Joseph
  Strittmatter.  Interment, Somerset County Memorial Park.
  
  Daily American, February 15, 1979
  
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