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An avid musician, he played the accordion and wrote songs Joseph D. (Don) Sebastian, 76, of 377 Cohassett Drive, Hermitage, died on March 30, 1979, in his home after being ill for several months.
Mr. Sebastian was born in Dunbar, Pa., on July 31, 1902, to the late Daniel and Maria Pucciuto Sebastian.
He married the former Sunda Bonasera on Sept. 3, 1927.
An avid musician and accordion player, he owned and operated Sebastian Music Store in Hermitage which was originally located in downtown Sharon.
Mr. Sebastian served for 36 years with the U.S. Postal Service, both as a postman and postal clerk. He worked five years with the postal service in Pittsburgh and spent the remaining 31 years at the Sharon office where he retired in 1958.
While with the postal service Mr. Sebastian was a charter member of one of the first credit unions in the area, the Mercer County U.S. Employees Federal Credit Union, which was founded in 1935.
Mr. Sebastian was a member of the Senior Citizens Bowling League of the Shenango Valley and treasurer of the Wednesday Senior Citizens Bowling League at Thorton Hall, Sharon.
He also helped to organize the local Order of the Sons of Italy in America No. 875. He was a member of that organization and also was a third degree member of the Knights of Columbus No. 684, Sharon.
Arrangements were made by Robert F. Leipheimer Funeral Home, 1246 Roemer Boulevard, Farrell. A funeral Mass was held at St. Joseph Church, Sharon. He is interred at St. Rose Cemetery, Dutch Lane, Hermitage.
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