DIANNA A. MCFARLAND-PETROVIC - Waynesboro Record Herald
Apr 20, 2019She was born September 9, 1952, in Sewickley, a daughter of the late Giuseppe and Olympia Lena Guerrieri Perciavalle. Her first job was Assistant Manager with Charles Men's Store, Ambridge. She received a Certificate in Business Administration from CCAC and held office administrative roles until becoming a Satellite Office Partner with Budget Marketing of Eastern Ohio and CEO/Business Owner of Petrovic Enterprises LP in the Marketing and Publications Industry. Diana loved researching her family lineage and history, she was a diehard Steelers fan, and enjoyed a passion for fishing having successfully reeled in her own personal best eight-foot sailfish. Surviving are her beloved son, Brian MacFarland (Jennifer Hudson), of Imperial, Pa.; four nephews, Frank, Joseph Mario III, Jonathan, and Jacob of Aliquippa; a niece, Jamie Lena Loraine of Aliquippa; great nephews, Joseph Mario IV of Aliquippa and Matthew of Cleveland, Ohio; a great niece, Gina, Houston, Texas; a sister-in-law, Adela Sabatucci Perciavalle of Aliquippa. She is also survived by her ex-husband, Gerald MacFarland, Moon Township, father of her son. She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Joseph Mario, Raymond and Alfonso; her second husband, Charles and her loving dog, Rameses. At the request of the deceased, there will be no public viewing. Friends are invited to meet at Good Samaritan Church, 725 Glenwood Avenue, Ambridge, PA, 15003 on Friday, April 12, 2019, at 12:00 p.m. where a Mass of Christian burial will be held. Private entombment will take place in the family mausoleum at Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Diana's name to Angel Ridge Animal Rescue, P.O. Box 94, Meadowlands, PA 15347. Arrangements were entrusted to the JOHN SYKA FUNERAL HOME INC., 833 Kennedy Drive, Ambridge. Online condolences may be made at www.sykafuneralhome.com. ...