Vargo

Rachel E. Vargo, 86, of Oneida Valley Road died early Thursday morning at the Butler Memorial Hospital.

Born in Wil-lock, Alle-gheny County, Dec. 2, 1921, she was a daughter of John and Mary Grow Smith.

She was a homemaker and had been a waitress at the Garden Gate Restaurant in the 1950s. She also was a seamstress and had worked from her home and at the Spaide Shirt Factory. She later had been a sales associate at the Murphy Mart and then at Ames Department Store, that took it over.

She was a longtime member of St. Paul Roman Catholic Church. She also belonged to the Tanglewood Senior Center, where she enjoyed line dancing and was a former member the Oneida Valley Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary.

Surviving are a son, Richard M. Vargo and his wife, Susan, of Chicora; a daughter, Mary B. Heist of Butler; a brother, Abraham L. Smith of West Sunbury; 16 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Her husband, Michael Vargo, whom she married Oct. 12, 1939, died March 29, 1982. She also was preceded in death by a son, Michael John Vargo, who died in April 1971; three brothers; and four sisters.

<B>VARGO </B>— Friends of Rachel E. Vargo, who died Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the <B>Geibel Funeral Home</B>, 201 E. Cunningham St. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Paul Roman Catholic Church, 128 N. McKean St. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery.Members of the St. Paul Guild will recite the Rosary at 9:40 a.m. Monday at the church.Additional information can be found and condolence messages placed at www.geibelfuneralhome.com.