Obituaries
February 22, 2019

Gilda Rocca Egidi – Monessen

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Gilda Rocca Egidi, 90, of Monessen, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, in the Mon Valley Care Center. She was born in Monongahela on Sept. 14, 1928, to the late Luigi and Lavinia Masi Rocca. Surviving are her children, Dona Martin of San Jose, Calif., Diana Egidi of Cheswick, Mark and wife Maria Egidi of Arizona and Janet Ribnicky of Belle Vernon. She is also survived by seven grandchildren, Deanna, Amanda, Mark, Matthew, Alaina, Anissa and Christiana; two great-grandsons, Pneuma and Liam; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Armand P. Egidi, on Sept. 20, 2018, and her brothers, Primeste, Ettore, Leontino and Remo Rocca. Private funeral arrangements were entrusted to the RHOME FUNERAL HOME INC., 1209 Grand Blvd., Monessen. Online condolences may be conveyed to the Egidi Family at www.rhomefuneralhome.com

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