Victoria C. August, 81, of Williams Road, Portersville, formerly of Grove City and Lake Latonka in Mercer County and Fort Myers, Fla., died at 1 a.m. Tuesday at the home of her niece.

Born in Hallston, Brady Township, Aug. 21, 1925, she was the daughter of Joseph S. and Jane F. Fusco Carrara.

She was a 1946 graduate of Slippery Rock High School and a 1949 alumna of the Slippery Rock State Teachers College. She received her master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh.

Mrs. August retired as an elementary school teacher from the Penn Hills School District after more than 30 years.

She was a Protestant.

Surviving are her husband, Dudley D. "Red" August, whom she married June 23, 1973; a niece, Paula V. Good and her husband, Terry D., of Portersville; twin nephews, Mitchell F. Book and his wife, Brenda, of Winona Lake, Ind., and Martin J. Book and his wife, Ruth, of Springfield, Ohio; and several grandnieces and grandnephews. A sister, MaryJane McGowan and her husband, Robert F., of Slippery Rock; and a brother-in-law, Paul L. Book and his wife, Ada, of Boyers, also survive.

A sister, Dorothy I. Book, and an infant brother preceded her in death.

<B>AUGUST </B>— All services for Victoria C. August, who died Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2006, are private. Burial will be at Greenlawn Burial Estates, Mount Chestnut.Arrangements are being handled by the <B>Jamison Funeral Home</B>, Harrisville.