Mary Elizabeth Kerfonta, 80, of Chess Street, Monongahela, died Thursday, November 5, 1998, at her residence. Mrs. Kerfonta lived most of her life in Monongahela, where she was a member of Transfiguration Church. Surviving are six daughters, Bernadette Hamilton of Waynesburg, Rita A. Beckinger of Monongahela, Julie Trinkala of Charleroi, Mary Jane Dell of West Elizabeth, Harriet Kiefer of Monessen and Margaret Martin of Cleveland, Ohio; three sons, Anthony of Charleroi, Michael of Elizabeth and Alfred Kerfonta of Finleyville; 24 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Ethel Geisler of Akron, Ohio, and Katherine Paulick of Berea, Ohio. Deceased are her husband, Anthony Gus Kerfonta, who died December 6, 1982; and two stepbrothers, Sherwood and Leonard Teets. Copyright ©1998 Observer Publishing Co.Last updated Saturday, November 7, 1998Mary E. Kerfonta
Member of Transfiguration Church
She was born November 12, 1917, in Donora, a daughter of Scott and Ann Williams Teets.