Minnie M. Venegoni

	Minnie M. Venegoni, age 88, of Pinckneyville, formerly of Herrin, died Thursday, June 29, 2000 at 5:22 a.m.in the Pinckneyville Community Hospital.
	Minnie was born in Jeffery, IL on March 22, 1912, the daughter of John and Rosa (Braida) Sartore.  She married Ben L.Venegoni on May 17, 1943 in Herrin and he preceded her in death on August 4, 1998.  She was a homemaker, a member of the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church in Herrin and the St. Bruno Catholic Church in Pinckneyville.
	Surviving is her son:  Fr. John Venegoni of Pinckneyville, along with other relatives and friends.  She was preceded in death by her parents and husband.
	Friends were able to call at the St. Bruno Catholic Church in Pinckneyville on Friday from 5 until 9 p.m. and at Our Lady of Mt.Carmel Catholic Church in Herrin on Saturday from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. 
Funeral services were held on Saturday, July 1, 2000 at 1:30 p.m. in Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church with Msgr. Ken Schaefer presiding.  Interment was in the San Carlo Cemetery in Herrin.
	Memorials may be made to the St. Bruno School Endowment Fund or the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Renovation Fund.
	Pyatt-Harrawood Funeral Home of Pinckneyville was in charge of arrangements.
