Claudia A. Bird – Belle Vernon
Obituaries
June 19, 2023

Claudia A. Bird – Belle Vernon

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Claudia A. Bird, 57, of Belle Vernon, passed away on Saturday, June 17, 2023, in her home.  A daughter of the late Claude Evans and Judy Durisko Evans, who survives in Victory Hill, she was born on Aug. 6, 1965. A resident of Belle Vernon for 22 years, Claudia was a member of First Christian Church of Fayette City. She enjoyed doing cross stitch, especially her prize-winning Christmas stockings she made for everyone in her family. In addition to her mother, she is survived by her husband of 31 years, Thomas W. Bird; her sisters, Cindy (Doug) Seitz of Las Vegas, Donna (Kent) Williams of Monongahela and Jackie (Jay) Repasky of Donora; and her extended family. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORY INC., 700 Broad Ave., Belle Vernon, 724-929-5300, www.FergusonFuneralHomeandCrematory.com. Funeral services will be in the funeral home at noon Wednesday with Pastor David Watson officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.   In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Diabetes Association or the Thomas Starzl Transplant Institute.    

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