Pearl Maffeo Fissore, 74, of Bairdford died Tuesday surrounded by her family.

Born Nov. 22, 1931, in Apollo, she was the daughter of Max and Mary Maffeo.

Mrs. Fissore was an active member of the St. Victor Roman Catholic Church, the Women's Guild and the Young and Restless Club. She worked at Alcoa in New Kensington, volunteered for Meals on Wheels and was a homemaker. She enjoyed spending time with her children and grandchildren.

Surviving are her husband of 42 years, Tom Fissore; two sons, Thomas (Karen) Fissore and Mark (Shawn) Fissore; two daughters, Anne (Michael) Geis and Julie (Richard)Lindelow; 12 grandchildren, Katelynne, Kassandra, Katerina, Abigail and Madalyn Fissore, Gregory and Daniel Geis, Meghan Fissore, and Francesca, Nicholas, Rocco and Vincent Lindelow; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by three sisters, Mary Allera, Josephine Silvestri and Rose Maffeo, and four brothers, John, Joseph, Raymond and Peter Maffeo.

<B>FISSORE</B> — Friends of Pearl Maffeo Fissore, who died Tuesday, May 30, 2006, will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. today in the <B>Adam Siemianowski Funeral Home</B>, Starr Road, Russellton, West Deer Township.A Christian funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in the St. Victor Roman Catholic Church, Bairdford, with the Rev. Robert Coyne officiating. Burial will be in the Deer Creek Cemetery, Harmar Township.