Terri L. Vasquez – Monongahela
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June 30, 2022

Terri L. Vasquez – Monongahela

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Terri L. Vasquez, 65, of Monongahela, died Tuesday, June 28, 2022. She was born Sept. 14, 1956, in New Eagle, the daughter of the late Sanford “Sam” Myers Jackson and Margaret “Peggy” Anders Jackson, who survives and resides in Monongahela. Terri was a 1974 graduate of Ringgold High School and later earned a bachelor’s degree in business from Robert Morris College. She was an active member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Monongahela. She was employed at Lee Norse in Charleroi, Things Remembered at Century III in West Mifflin, and Pete Jenkins Accounting in Monongahela. Terri enjoyed making ceramics, painting, planting flowers and decorating for Christmas. She loved spending time with her grandchildren. She is survived by her husband, Francis “Poncho” Vasquez ,with whom she celebrated 34 years of marriage on Oct. 10, 2021; daughter, Amanda Dolanch and husband Tyler of San Diego, Calif.; grandchildren, Ruby and Isla; brother, Sam Jackson and wife Barbara of Belle Vernon; nieces, Carly and Mallory; uncle, Don Anders and wife Diana. Friends will be received from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday, July 1, 2022, at FRYE FUNERAL HOME INC., 427 W. Main St., Monongahela, where a funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 2, 2022, with Father John Corbett officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to the Mon Valley Salvation Army, 800 Thompson Ave., Donora, PA, 15033. Expressions of sympathy may be offered to the family at www.fryefuneralhome.com.

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