Yovanovich

Norma A. Yovanovich, 82, of 154 Heather Drive died Tuesday at Butler Memorial Hospital.

Born in Butler, July 16, 1924, she was a daughter of Giulio and Ada Baldacci Cassioli.

She was a homemaker and a member of St. Michael the Archangel Roman Catholic Church. She also belonged to the 55 and Alive group of the church, the AARP, the Tanglewood Senior Center, the Lyndora American Legion Auxiliary and T.O.P.S.

Surviving are her husband, Ray S. Yovanovich, lieutenant colonel USAF retired, to whom she was married for 43 years, and a number of nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by a son, Steve Raymond Yovanovich, who died in 1989; two brothers, and a sister.

<B>Yovanovich </B>— Friends of Norma A. Yovanovich, who died Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2006, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the <B>Martin Funeral Home</B>, 429 Center Ave. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Michael Roman Catholic Church, Center Avenue, with the Rev. James Dolan officiating. Burial will be at the North Side Cemetery.The St. Michael Parish Bereavement Group will hold a scriptural wake service at 3 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.