Joan L. Pesi – Fallowfield Township
Obituaries
February 18, 2020

Joan L. Pesi – Fallowfield Township

By Stacy Wolford

Joan L. Pesi, 77, of Fallowfield Township, died Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020, in Monongahela Valley Hospital. She was born May 15, 1942, in North Charle- roi, the daughter of the late Henry and Mary “Kesman” Ceci. Joan graduated from Charleroi High School in the Class of 1960. She was a member of St. Andrew the Apostle Parish, Charleroi site. Joan is survived by her husband, Ector “Jack” Pesi; two daughters, Regina Pesi Puzausky and husband Russell of Hopewell Township and Bernadette Pesi Stark and husband Tony of Rostraver Township; two sons, John Pesi and wife Brandy of Rostraver Township and Michael Pesi and wife Marcia of Melbourne, Fla.; a sister, Carol Bashada of Fallowfield Township; 12 grandchildren, Gino Pesi, Cori and Dylan Stark, Johnna Pesi Davis and husband Sheldon, Sarah Pesi, David Moscoe, Jarrett Moscoe, Gianni, Benito, Natalia, Dominic and Madalyn Pesi; three great-grandchildren, Amya Davis, Rodney Johnson and Enzo Davis; brother-in-law, Sam Sutch Jr., of Charleroi and in-laws Arlene and John Kifer of Monongahela. Joan was preceded in death by her parents, Mary and Henry Ceci. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at SCHROCK-HOGAN FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION SERVICES INC., 226 Fallowfield Ave., Charleroi. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Andrew of the Apostle Church, Charleroi site. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.schrock-hogan.com.

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