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     Bennie Joe Paolantonio was buried at Economy Cemetery, 1690 Ridge Road Ext., Economy, Beaver Co., Pennsylvania.¹ He was born on June 28, 1946 at Pennsylvania.¹ He died on March 20, 1967 at Vietnam at age 20.² He Ambridge - Military services for Army SP 4 Benny Joe Paolantonio, killed March 20 in Vietnam, will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Fitzgerald-Syka Funeral Home, 833 Kennedy Dr., Ambridge. A requiem mass for SP 4 Paolantonio will follow at 10 a.m. in Christ the King Church here. SP 4 Paolantonio, 20, of 110 Larch Street, Ambridge, was a native West Virginia. He enlisted in the Army in December 1965 after his graduation from Ambridge High School and had been overseas since last June. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Paolantonio and three sisters, Mrs. Mary Andrews of Ambridge, Mrs. Frances Pagnucco, of Alliance, Ohio, and Mrs. Rose McNiell of Aliquippa. on March 30, 1967.²

     Mary A. Paolantonio was buried at Economy Cemetery, 1690 Ridge Road Ext., Economy, Beaver Co., Pennsylvania.^1,3 Her married name was Andrews.³ She married Peter R. Andrews Jr.³ Mary A. Paolantonio was born on October 26, 1934 at Glen White, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.³ She died on October 3, 2013 at Beaver, Beaver Co., Pennsylvania, at age 78.³ She Mary (Paolantonio) Andrews, 78, of Ambridge, passed peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, on Thursday, October 3, 2013, in Good Samaritan Hospice at Heritage Valley, Beaver. Born Oct. 26, 1934, in Glen White, WV, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Nellie Murdock Paolantonio. She was a member of Good Samaritan Parish, Ambridge. Mary was devoted to her family and was affectionately called ‘Mama’ and ‘Mom’ by many others whose lives and hearts she touched. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 42 years, Peter R. Andrews, Jr. and her brother, SP4 Bennie Joe Paolantonio, killed in action in Vietnam.Surviving are five children, Donna (Mark) Kuglar, Bethel Park; Peter R. (Esther) Andrews III, Harmony Twp; Deborah (Mark) Sylvester, Christina ‘Tina’ (John) Sherrock Jr. and Pamela (Brian) Ritchey, Jr., all of Ambridge; 11 grandchildren, Mark (Amanda) Kuglar and Beckie (Jeremy) Steiner, Molly (Louis) Monaco, Lucas (Christena) Andrews and Benjamin Andrews, Nicole (Jason) Kitchen and Jaime Crawley, John III and Angela Sherrock, Brian III and Brandee Ritchey; 12 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Frances (Jerry) Pagnucco, OH, and Rose McNeill, VA, and numerous nieces, nephews and in-laws. Inurnment in Economy Cemetery will be at a later date. on October 6, 2013.³