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Vernelle M. Falkowski: Newspaper Obituary and Death NoticeAllegheny Times (Coraopolis, PA) - Sunday, October 18, 2009Deceased Name: Vernelle M. FalkowskiCONWAY Vernelle M. Falkowski, 78, of Conway, passed awaypeacefully, surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009,in Heritage Valley Sewickley.Born Jan. 12, 1931, in Ambridge, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Hazel Cope Punjock.She was formerly employed at Sewickley Valley Hospital.Vernelle was a devout Catholic and a member of Our Lady of PeaceParish, Conway. She will be remembered as a very loving and devotedmother and grandmother.In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by herhusband of 56 years, Chester S. Falkowski; a brother, Thomas Pungock; asister, Shirley Pungock, and a granddaughter, Rebecca Scherfel.Surviving are five children and their spouses:a daughter, CherylScherfel and her husband, John, Freedom; a son, Mark and his wife,Rita, Patterson; a son, Jim and his wife, LuAnn, Chippewa Twp.; adaughter, Amy Sykes and her husband, Verde, Robinson; a son, Alan andhis wife, Diane, Lake Orion, Michigan; 11 grandchildren, Nadine Kanai,Carrie Johnson, John Scherfel, Bethany Plotner, Brianne, Jessica, Adam,Sarah and Rachel Falkowski, and Austin and Adrian Sykes, and sixgreatgrandchildren, Alexis, Alec, Mason, Logan, Thane and Brody.Visitation will be today from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. in thePOLAND FUNERAL HOME INC., 901 First Ave., Conway, where prayers willbegin Monday at 9:30 a.m., followed by a Mass of Christian burial at 10a.m. in Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Conway.Interment will follow in Calvary Cemetery, Freedom.