Margaret J. (Camanini) Castello, a lifelong resident of West Deer Township, died Sunday at her residence in Bairdford.

Mrs. Castello was the daughter of the late Joseph and Giovanina (Roda) Camanini.

She was the owner/operator of Margaret's Beauty Salon in Bairdford for 50 years until her retirement in 2003.

Mrs. Castello was a member of St. Victor Roman Catholic Church in Bairdford, the Adult & Resurrection church choirs for more than 20 years, the church's Young & Restless Club and an officer of the Italian Workers Aid Society Club in Russellton.

Mrs. Castello loved flowers, music and photography and was an accomplished organist. She also played various other instruments.

She always made time for others despite her busy schedule.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Louis Castello, in 1969.

She is survived by her son, Louis D. Castello, and his wife, Diane (Hoak) Castello, of North Fort Myers, Fla; four grandchildren, Denise Castello, Christina Castello and her partner, Melinda Trempus, Louis D. Castello and his wife, Margie, and Raymond Castello and his wife, Anna; four great-grandchildren, Louis, Mindy, Darian and Justin Castello; five sisters, Linda Tabacchi and Josephine Hilla of Bairdford, Helen Coiro of Bellair Bluffs, Fla., and Louise Dineff and Alda Angeloff and her husband, Nick, of West Deer; and many loving nieces and nephews.

<B>CASTELLO —</B><I><U> </U></I>Friends of Margaret J. Castello, who died Sunday, July 9, 2006, will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the <B>SIWICKI-YANICKO FUNERAL HOME, </B>23 McKrell Road, Russellton, Pa. Services will be at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in the funeral home followed at 10 a.m. in St. Victor Roman Catholic Church in Bairdford. Burial will follow in Deer Creek Cemetery in Harmar Township.