Josephine Esther Mooney Sacripant, 95, died peacefully Feb. 23 at her daughter's home in Apple Valley, Minn.

Born Jan. 15, 1913, in New Castle, she was a daughter of Anna and Raffaele Mooney.

She is survived by a son, Dr. Warren (Beverly) Sacripant of Evans City; a daughter, Elvi (James) Frisbee of Apple Valley; grandchildren, Yvonne (Stephen) Bland, Jonathan Frisbee and Anne (Ted) Westall; a great-grandson, Geoffrey Bland; a brother, Ralph Mooney; sisters-in-law, Dorothy, Helen and Jean Mooney and Evelyn Sacripant; and many nieces and nephews who were so dear to her.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Ralph Sacripant, who died Sept. 10, 1984; brothers, Samuel, William, Paul, Louis and Gerald Mooney; and sisters, Clara Bailey, Jennie Phillips, Laura Woods and Betty Mooney.

<B>SACRIPANT</B> — Visitation, followed by a memorial service for Josephine Esther Mooney Sacripant, who died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 5, at the <B>Cunningham Funeral Home</B>, 2429 Wilmington Road, New Castle. The Rev. Christopher Barker, retired minister from St. Christopher's Episcopal Church, will officiate. Burial will be at the Graceland Cemetery, New Castle.Memorials may be made to Greater Harmony Chorus, c/o Nancy Klein, 734 Big Knob Road, Rochester, PA 15074.