John A. Shergi

1947 - 2019

John A. Shergi, 72, of Acme, Fayette County, passed away peacefully with his wife and son at his side Sunday evening, September 29, 2019, in Excela Health Frick Hospital, Mount Pleasant.

He was born July 2, 1947, in Midway, a son of the late Francis Alexander and Mildred Ethel Haley Shergi.

A 1965 graduate of the Fort Cherry High School, he worked for Volkswagon in New Stanton for 10 years until its closing before attending Vale Technical School in Derry, becoming an auto technician. He retired in 2007 after 17 years of service from the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, where he was a toll booth collector.

He enjoyed trout fishing, listening to oldies music and his life in the Bear Rocks Community with his wife Joanne for 43 years since 1981.

John leaves behind his loving wife of 53 years, Joanne Angela Sprando Shergi, whom he married July 18, 1966; his only son, John Alan Shergi Jr. and wife Catherine of Franklin, Ind; a grandson, Nikolai Shergi; two brothers, Francis Shergi and wife Woo of North Carolina and Patrick Shergi and wife Gloria of Burgettstown; a sister, Betty June Ashmore of Burgettstown; a sister-in-law, Diane Shergi of Oakdale; and several nieces and nephews.

Deceased, in addition to his parents, are a brother, Thomas E. Shergi, and a brother-in-law, Edward Ashmore.

Friends will be received from 2 to 7 p.m. Thursday, October 3, in Lee & Martin Funeral Home, 73 Highland Avenue, Burgettstown, PA 15021. Services officiated by Pastor Toni Harrington and interment in Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery, Burgettstown, will be held privately for his immediate family.

Those wishing to remember John in a special way can make a memorial donation in his memory to American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 15829, Arlington, VA 22215, www.diabetes.org, and/or American Heart Association, 444 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, www.heart.org.