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Ruby Karpienko

Graveside services for Ruby Beavers Karpienko will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Pineville.

Karpienko, 78, of Merced, Calif., died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2001.

She was a native of Pollock. She was a homemaker.

Survivors include her husband Jozef Karpienko of Merced, Calif.; two sons, Thomas Karpienko of Springfield, Va., and Gary Karpienko of Torrance, Calif.; one brother, Travis Beavers of Merced, Calif.; three grand-children and one great-grandchildren.

Friends may call from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Saturday in Forest Lawn Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 9730, Fresno, CA 93794 (or location of choice).