Alvina "Bena" DeMarco
Alvina “Bena” DeMarco, age 91,
a resident of Erie died Monday June 9, 2008 at Pleasant Ridge Manor West. She was born in Erie on August 14, 1916, the daughter of the late Pacifico and Mary Miozzi (Metz) DeMarco. She was a graduate of Strong Vincent High School and retired in 1970 from Hammermill Paper Company where she had worked for 20 years. Prior to that, she had worked in payroll for the Talon Co. and was Supervisor of Payroll for the Louis Marx Toy Co. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers; George, Salvadore and Albert DeMarco. Alvina is survived by a sister, Geraldine DeMarco; two brothers, John DeMarco and his wife Rose and Robert DeMarco and his wife Geraldine; a sister-in-law, Margaret DeMarco, all of Erie. She is the aunt of Mary Karen DeMarco, Paula Rathmann, Paulette Rinderle, David DeMarco and his wife Vicki, Paul DeMarco , Dale DeMarco, Kevin DeMarco and his wife Gayla, Kerry Jon DeMarco, Jeffrey DeMarco and his wife Tricia, and Craig DeMarco and his wife Julie, all of Erie. Also surviving are many great-nieces and nephews and great-great nieces and nephews. Friends are invited to call at the John J. Quinn Funeral Home, West 9th & Liberty St. Wednesday from 2-5 & 7-9 p.m. and are invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial on Thursday at 10:00 a.m. in St. George Catholic Church. Private entombment will be in Mary Queen of Peace Cemetery. Memorials may be made to West Penn Hospital’s Burn Unit, 4800 Friendship Ave., Pittsburgh PA 15224.

St. George Catholic Church"