Pucci

Yolanda M. Pellegrini Pucci, 92, of Butler passed away Monday at the Good Samaritan Hospice at Concordia.

She was born in Indiana, Pa., Jan. 5, 1919, and was the daughter of the late Primo and Cesira “Sadie” Collodi Pellegrini.

She was a homemaker, and during World War II, she was employed at the Spaide Shirt Factory.

Yolanda was a member of the St. Michael the Archangel Roman Catholic Church.

Surviving are two sons, Michael J. Pucci Jr. and his wife, Debbie, of Ingomar and Wayne D. Pucci of Butler; two nieces, Barb Skunda Forringer of Butler and Susan Pellegrini McIntyre of Minneapolis, Minn.; and three nephews, Arthur Pellegrini and his wife, Christine, of Tampa, Fla., Joseph Pellegrini and his wife, Peggy, of Canfield, Ohio, and Andy Skunda and his wife, Diane, of Butler.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Michael J. Pucci Sr., who passed away Nov. 20, 1995; three brothers, Arthur Pellegrini, Joseph Pellegrini and Rene Pellegrini; and two sisters, Tosca Pellegrini Skunda and Jean Pellegrini.

The family would like to thank the nurses and nurses aides at the Good Samaritan Hospice for the wonderful care and love.

<B>PUCCI</B> — Friends of Yolanda M. Pellegrini Pucci, who died Monday, June 6, 2011, will be received in the <B>Martin Funeral Home</B>, 429 Center Ave, Butler, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at the St. Michael the Archangel Roman Catholic Church at 11 a.m. Thursday with Rev. James Dolan, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the St. Michael Cemetery.Information also is available at www.martinfh.net.