Paul "Redbird" Mannella, 88, of Charleroi (Fallowfield Township), died Friday, April 16, 2021 at home. He was born November 10, 1932 in Monongahela, the son of Thomas and Sarah Candela Mannella.

Paul was a 1950 graduate of Monongahela High School and a US Army veteran stationed in Camp Gordon, Georgia during the Korean War. He was formerly employed at Combustion Engineering in East Monongahela and then retired in 1995 from Union Carbide Dye in McKeesport. He was a member of the Naomi Athletic Club in Fayette City, the American Legion Post 659 in Belle Vernon and numerous other clubs throughout the Mon Valley area. Paul's passions were cooking, dancing and traveling.

He is survived by his wife, Mary Kathryn Randall Mannella with whom he celebrated forty four years of marriage on July 1, 2020; two daughters, Paula Blangger of Canton, Ohio, Wendy Borrelli and husband John of Rostraver Township; son, Michael Mannella and wife Stacey of Cuyahoga, Ohio; four stepchildren, William Marraccini and wife Jan of Bangor, Terry Nicely and husband Dave of Eighty Four, Valerie Stitch and husband Dennis and Eugene Marraccini, all of Lock View; sixteen grandchildren; thirteen great grandchildren.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his son-in-law, Dean Blangger.

Friends will be received on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 from 6-9 PM in the Frye Funeral Home Inc., 427 West Main Street, Monongahela, where services will be held on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 11:00 AM with the Rev. Larry Coltura officiating. Interment will follow in the Monongahela Cemetery.

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