Dr. Marie Faraci Panepinto, 75, of Rostraver Twp., died Saturday, November 23, 2013 in Monongahela Valley Hospital Inc.
She was born in Monessen on September 16, 1938, the daughter of the late Sundae B. Faraci and Antoinette Iacovangelo Faraci. Dr. Faraci Panepinto was a 1956 graduate of Monessen High School and a 1961 graduate of Penn State University receiving her degree in Pre Med/Medical Technology. She graduated from Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1965 and completed her residency at St. Francis Hospital in Pittsburgh in 1968. Dr. Faraci Panepinto started a private OB/GYN practice first in Monessen and then in Monongahela. She was a member of the staff of the former Charleroi-Monessen Hospital and then Monongahela Valley Hospital for a total of 44 years, and was actively seeing patients and assisting in surgery until February of this year.
She is survived by two sons, Anthony Panepinto of Loveland, OH, John and Amberly Panepinto of Buffalo, NY, two grandchildren, Domenic and Giovanna Panepinto, two brothers, Anthony (Carol) Faraci of Monessen, S. William (Debbie) Faraci of South Fayette Twp., a sister, Evette (John) Jaros of Greensburg, and by numerous cousins, nieces, and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Salvatore "Sal" Panepinto, Esq., and by a sister Sylvia Lee Banaszak.
Friends will be received on Tuesday from 2 to 4 pm and 6 to 8 pm in the Dalfonso-Billick Funeral Home Inc. and Cremation Services, 441 Reed Ave. Monessen. Services will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013, beginning with a 9:30 am Blessing in the funeral home, followed by a 10:00 am Funeral Mass in Epiphany of Our Lord Church. Interment will follow in Grandview Cemetery, Monessen.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggest memorials to the Oncology Department of Monongahela Valley Hospital. Condolences accepted for the family at www.dalfonso-billick.com