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Thomas M. Bell

10/31/1937 - 06/21/2006

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10/31/1937

DIED

06/21/2006

Thomas Bell Obituary

Thomas Michael Bell, 68, of Fontana, Calif., died of a heart attack on Wednesday, June 21, 2006. He was born Oct. 31, 1937, to the late M. Russell and Erma Smith Bell and also was predeceased by brother Russell M. Bell and son Thomas Robert. Tom graduated from New Kensington High School in 1955, served four years in the Air Force and was retired from Viking/Fed Ex Trucking Co. Surviving are his beloved wife, Elizabeth Pearce Bell; sister, Caryll Jean Gerber (Roland); sons, Jacobus Pearce and Patrick Michael Bell, and daughters, Virginia Perez (Michael) and Kathleen McCafferty (James), all of California. Also surviving are beloved grandchildren Jessica Nicole and Michael James Perez, of Paso Robles, Calif., who will miss their Pop-Pop.

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Published by The Valley News Dispatch on Jun. 29, 2006.

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