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Death

Dorothy Ann (Thornburg) Indovina, SFO, 79, of Vanport, formerly of Rochester Township, went home to be with her Lord and Savior,Jesus Christ, on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008.Born April 29, 1929, in Rochester, a daughter of the late HaroldF. Sr. and Clara B. Goedeker Straile, she was a retired waitress with the former G.C. Murphy Store, Rochester, and the former Kaufmann's Tic Toc Restaurant in Rochester. She was a dedicated member of St. Cecilia Roman Catholic Parish, Rochester, where she was a Eucharistic minister, lector, former choir member, CCD coordinator and teacher, and Christian Mother. A member of theThird Order of St. Francis and the LCBA, she was a volunteer with the Rochester Meals on Wheels from 1979 to 1987; a volunteer with the McGuire Home, and was a leader with the CYO from 1962 to 1971.She received the Father Marcus O'Brien Award as Woman of the Year,was a member of the Blue Army, and belonged to the St. Cecilia Thursday Scripture Group. She began and lead her own Scleroderma Support Group and began the first girls' softball program in Rochester. Dorothy was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend.She was preceded in death by her first husband, C. Kenneth Thornburg Sr., in 1975; a son, Timothy Thornburg, in 1963, and an infant sister.Surviving are husband of 31 years, Paschal J. Indovina; a daughter and son-in-law, Linda M. and E. Dale Holiday Jr.,Rochester Township; a son and daughter-in-law, C. Kenneth Jr. and Susan Thornburg, Rochester; a grandson, Christopher Holiday and his wife Mary, Newton Falls, Ohio; four granddaughters, Tammi R. Houyand her husband Joe, Economy Boro; Tiffany L. Belculfine and her husband Matt, Rochester; Christina M. Thornburg and her companion Justin Caldwell, Vanport, and Laura M. Woods and her husband Jim,Center Township; six great-grandchildren, Monica, Christopher,Mark, Kaylee, Dylan and Alyssa; two brothers and a sister-in-law,Harold F. Straile Jr., Beaver Falls, and Robert H. Sr. and Jennie M. Straile, Rochester Township; a brother-in-law and two sisters-in-law, John A. and Victoria Indovina, Ambridge, and BeaMonza, Beaver Falls, and several nieces, nephews and cousins.Friends will be received today from 7 to 9 p.m. and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the WILLIAM MURPHY FUNERAL HOME INC., 349 Adams St., Rochester. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Cecilia Roman Catholic Church, RochesterTownship.Interment will follow in St. Cecilia Cemetery, DaughertyTownship.The Blue Army will pray the Rosary at 3 p.m. on Friday in the funeral home. A Christian wake service will be held Friday at 7:30p.m. in the funeral home.The family wishes memorial contributions be made to the St.Cecilia Church Building Fund, Virginia Avenue, Rochester, Pa.15074.