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'''Saint-Vincent, Sculptor, Dies: Retired Draftsman Known In Art World''': "Services for William A. Saint-Vincent Sr., Pittsburgh sculptor and artist, will be at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Paul C. Forsaith Funeral Home, 126 Hazelwood Ave., Hazelwood. Mr. Saint-Vincent, 91, died yesterday in his home at [https://maps.app.goo.gl/yALPWMBh1SxTodg86 126 Greenfield Ave.], Greenfield, after a brief illness. A native of London, he retired in 1958 after 15 years as a draftsman for Allegheny County.

He decorated Among his sculptured works included decorating the chapel of Christ Episcopal Church, Union Ave., North Side (1831-1958). Among his sculptured works were , and statues for two arches at the [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015030376530&seq=13 Grand Army of the Republic encampment] here in 1894. They were eight-foot figures representing Washington, Lincoln, Grant and the Goddess of Liberty. He also created a bust of Franklin D. Roosevelt, two copies of which are in the Library of Congress in Washington. He was a member of the Plymouth Brethren Congregation which meets in the Squirrel Hill Community Center. His late brother, Oreste, was a sculptor at Madam Tussaud's Wax Museum in London." (''The Pittsburgh Press'', 1962-3-20).

The Pennacchini name is pronounced "Pennakini". In 1894, William Achilles Pennachini emigrated to the U.S., and when he was in the Navy, according to a grandson, he served under a Capt. Saint-Vincent, and liked the name, and renamed himself (and his children) that, as did his older brother John Attilius (1858-1939), both of whom lived in Pittsburgh for most of their American life.

*** John Saint-Vincent - Canoga Park, CA

*** Philip Saint-Vincent - Lynwood, CA

*** Mary Johanna Saint-Vincent Shaffer (b. 1919 Pitt., PA - Norwalkd. 2015 Whittier, L.A., CA); Husband (1944 @ Simpson Methodist, Pitt., PA): Fred Garven Shaffer, Jr. (b. 1913 Vandergrift, Westmoreland, PA - d. 1954), son of Fred Garven Shaffer, Sr. (b. 1889 Freeport, PA - d. 1969 Vandergrift, PA) & Alyce Dorothy Keibler Shaffer (b. 1886 Armstrong Twp., Indiana, PA - d. 1960 Cook, Lake, IN). Their wedding was presided by John H. Ward, and the party included Ruth Couchie, Lelia Kail, Lillian Bender, Dorothy Alyce Shaffer, Lydia Saint-Vincent, Lois Franks, Mrs. Bryon Schlag, Henry Evers, William Saint-Vincent, Jr., Clarence McNab, & Paul Meuschler. Their initial home after their wedding was set to be Green Bay, Wisconsin. In 1940, Fred was employed for the Burrell Tech Supply Co., 1940 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, which sold chemical, metallurgical, agricultural and biological supplies from 1917-1940+. In 1920, it was located at 1704-1708 Fifth Ave., and by 1940 at 1940 Fifth Ave., in Pittsburgh. In more recent years, it was rebranded ''Burrell Scientific'' and is based in Zelienople, as per [https://www.linkedin.com/company/burrell-scientific-llc/about/ LinkedIn], then acquired by [https://www.reagents.com/ Reagents]. By 1950, Fred was farming in Seneca, McHenry, [[Illinois]]. *** Phoebe Martha Saint-Vincent Matthews (b. 1922 Pitt., PA - d. 2014) - Fullerton, CA

*** Lydia Saint-Vincent - Los Angeles, CA

*** David Saint-Vincent (1926-1928)

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