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1933 Cesidio 2021

Cesidio "Chester" Persichetti

February 24, 1933 — October 25, 2021

Jefferson Hills

CESIDIO  “CHESTER”  PERSICHETTI

Chester Persichetti, age 88 of Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania, passed away on Monday, October 25, 2021. He was born Cesidio Persichetti on February 24, 1933, in Alvito, Italy, one of four children of Luigi and Dominica (Fazio) Persichetti.

He came to the United States at age 18 and started his own construction company, he was a masonry contractor. He loved his job, his grandchildren and great grandchildren and traveling in his motor home to all the National Parks in the lower forty-eight states and Canada.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by all three of his siblings, brothers, Lorenzo and Antonio Persichetti and sister, Josephine Agula all of Italy.

Chester is survived by his wife of 60 years, Evelyn (Bercik) Persichetti; four children, Lori (Dave) Schalles of Jefferson Hills, Robert (Michelle) Persichetti of Perryopolis, Pennsylvania, Maryann (Wayne) Cheatle of Mooresville, North Carolina, and Joanne (Mike) Ricci of Erie, Pennsylvania; eleven grandchildren, Alys (Cheatle) Jarvela, Nicole (Cheatle) Campbell, Julie (Schalles) Bazalewski, Stephanie (Schalles) Cunningham, Mark Schalles, Logan Persichetti, Michael Persichetti, Halie Ricci, Matt Breitenbah, Nina Ricci and Lauren Ricci; four great grandchildren, Evan, Zach, Eric and Claire.

Family and friends will be received in the Stephen D. Slater Funeral Home 1701 Route 51 Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania 15025 (412-384-0350) www.stephendslater.com on Friday, October 29, 2021, from 5:30 – 8 PM. There will be a prayer in the funeral home on Saturday, October 30, 2021, at 9 AM with Mass of Christian Burial following at 10 AM in Triumph of the Holy Cross Parish, St. Thomas A’ Becket Catholic Church 139 Gill Hall Road Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania 15025. Interment will be in Jefferson Memorial Park Cemetery, Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania immediately following the Mass.

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Service Schedule

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Visitation

Friday, October 29, 2021

5:30 - 8:00 pm (Eastern time)

Stephen D. Slater Funeral Home

1701 PA-51, Jefferson Hills, PA 15025

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Prayer Service

Saturday, October 30, 2021

Starts at 9:00 am (Eastern time)

Stephen D. Slater Funeral Home

1701 PA-51, Jefferson Hills, PA 15025

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Mass of Christian Burial

Saturday, October 30, 2021

Starts at 10:00 am (Eastern time)

Triumph of the Holy Cross Parish, St. Thomas A' Becket Church

139 Gill Hall Rd, Clairton, PA 15025

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Cemetery Committal Service

Saturday, October 30, 2021

Starts at 11:15 am (Eastern time)

Jefferson Memorial Park Cemetery

401 Curry Hollow Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15236

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