Joseph M. Fabery

Joseph Michael Fabery, 87, of Raytown, Mo. and formerly of Carmichaels, Pa., passed away Thursday, April 29, 2010 peacefully at home surrounded by his family due to esophageal cancer. He was born in Crabtree, Pa., a son of the late Steve and Hilda (Keck) Fabery, one of eight children. Upon graduating from German Township High School, McClellandtown, Pa., he worked at the Nemacolin Buckeye Mine with his father and brother. Mr. Fabery served in the Medical Corps of the U. S. Army and was stationed in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada where he met Laurette Archambault whom he married in 1944. He and Laurette later moved from Pennsylvania to Niagara Falls where he worked for DuPont, taking an early retirement as an Electrical Systems Forman in 1983 and moving to Kansas City, Mo. Mr. Fabery had a great love for travel and he, Laurette and his dog in tow traveled in their RV to many parts of the country. Yuma, Ariz. was a yearly favorite vacation destination to visit their many friends. He loved gardening and working with his hands. There was nothing he could not build or repair. Surviving are his children Paulette M. Surface and her husband, Hal of Mission Hills, Kans. and Doreen L. Juszkiewicz and her husband, John of Buffalo, N. Y.; three grandchildren, Michael J. Fabery and his wife, Truc of Syracuse, N. Y.; Tara M. Rowland and her husband, John of Leawood, Kans. and Joseph G. Juszkiewicz of Buffalo, two sisters, Dorothy Cunningham, of Waynesburg, Pa., and Helen Vavrinec, of Ramsey, N. J.; a daughter-in-law, Rhoda Fabery, of Syracuse as well as many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Laurette; his son Gary M. Fabery; three brothers Paul, who died in infancy, Bill, Steve and Bob Fabery and a sister Rose Saunders. Family and friends are welcome to attend a graveside committal service at 11:30 A. M. on Saturday, May 15, 2010 at Laurel Point Cemetery, Carmichaels. The Rev. John M. Bauer will officiate. Cumberland American Legion Post 400 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3491 will accord military honors at the graveside. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations made to St. Hugh Roman Catholic Church, 408 Route 88, Carmichaels, PA 15230 or to a local chapter of the American Cancer Society.