Mary E. Cunningham Pesi – Star Junction

Mary E. Cunningham Pesi, 80, of Star Junction, passed away Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital in Carroll Township. Born July 31, 1941, in Star Junction, she was the daughter of the late David and Genevieve Trevisanutto Cunningham. A lifelong resident of Star Junction, Mrs. Pesi was a member of St. Sebastian Roman Catholic Church, where she served as Eucharistic minister and lector. Mary was retired from Allegheny Power, where she worked as an administrative assistant. She enjoyed knitting and sewing, cooking and most of all spending time with her grandchildren. She is survived by her husband, Thomas Gene Pesi, to whom she was married to for 59 years; five children, Mark Pesi and wife JoAnn of Arnold, Md., Tom Pesi  and wife Stephanie of Somerset, Colleen Lipsky and husband Bill of North Huntington, Christine Winterhalter and husband Erik of London, England, and Jason Pesi and wife Melissa of Charles Town, W.Va.; and nine grandchildren, Angela, Sarah, Mark, Garrett, Madison, Morgan, Ethan, Elizabeth and Sara. She was preceded in death by her sister, Kandie Baluch; and grandson, John Winterhalter. Visitation will be held from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at PARZYNSKI FUNERAL HOME & CREMATIONS LLC, family owned and operated, 626 Broad Ave., Belle Vernon, 724-929-6183. Prayers of transfer will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday in the funeral home, followed by a 10 a.m. funeral Mass at St. Sebastian R.C. Church, with the Rev. Michael J. Crookston as celebrant. Interment will take place in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Condolences accepted at the funeral home’s website, www.parzynskifuneralhome.com.