BAUMGARDNER - Friends of William R. "Yuta" Baumgardner Jr. of Valley Inn, Monongahela, who died Friday, November 27, 1998, will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in the L.M. Frye Funeral Home Inc., 427 West Main Street, Monongahela, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, December 1, with the Rev. William Bailey officiating. Henry M. Phillips Lodge 337, F&AM, will conduct services at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the funeral home. COLTON - Friends of Wenonah P. Colton of Osceola Drive, Bridgeville, who died Friday, November 27, 1998, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and Monday in the Bogan-Wolf Funeral Home, 430 Washington Avenue, Bridgeville, where services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, December 1, with the Rev. Daniel Hrach officiating. Interment in Melrose Cemetery, Bridgeville. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to Bridgeville Public Library or Bethany Presbyterian Church. CUNNINGHAM - Friends of Glen Elsworth Cunningham of Washington, formerly of Thomas Campbell Apartments and Floral Hill Drive, who died Monday, November 30, 1998, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the Warco-Falvo Funeral Home Inc., Wilson at East Katherine Avenues, Washington, S. Timothy Warco, supervisor/director, Susan Falvo Warco, director, where services will be held at noon Wednesday, December 2, with the Rev. R. Duane Thompson officiating. Burial in Scenery Hill Cemetery. Memorial contributions can be made to the First United Methodist Church Building Fund, 29 North College Street, Washington, PA 15301. Washington Lodge 164, F&AM, will conduct services at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home. DESCUTNER - Friends of John C. Descutner Sr. of McDonald, who died Sunday, November 29, 1998, will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in Nation Funeral Home Inc., 220 East Lincoln Avenue, McDonald, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, December 2, with the Rev. Rodger Allen of Calvary Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial in Robinson Run Cemetery, McDonald. DICKEY - Friends of Jean Dickey of Washington, who died Tuesday, November 24, 1998, are invited to attend a memorial service at 1 p.m. Tuesday, December 1, at Piatt and Barnhill Funeral Home, 420 Locust Avenue, Washington, with the Rev. Alan Rickets officiating. Piatt and Barnhill Funeral Directors, Inc. ELCESSER - Friends of Paul J. Elcesser of Wilkins Township, who died Thursday, November 26, 1998, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today in the Patrick T. Lanigan Funeral Home, 700 Linden Avenue at Cable, East Pittsburgh, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, December 2. Burial in William Penn Cometery, Churchill. FILBEY - Friends of J. Raymond Filbey of Jefferson R.D.1, who died Saturday, November 28, 1998, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in the Behm Funeral Home Inc., Greene Street, Jefferson, where services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, December 1, with the Rev. Robert L. Ayars officiating. Interment in Greene County Memorial Park. JACKSON - A memorial service for Mary Lee Allison Jackson of Jefferson, Ohio, formerly of Carmichaels and Waynesburg, who died Sunday, November 29, 1998, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, December 5, in the First Presbyterian Church of Waynesburg, with the Rev. David L. Barrett officiating. Friends will be received at the church an hour prior to services. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the pediatric unit at Greene County Memorial Hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Behm Funeral Home Inc., 182 West High Street, Waynesburg. KOZAR - Friends of Joann K. Kozar of 916 McKean Avenue, Donora, who died Sunday, November 29, 1998, will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in James A. Rabe Funeral Home Inc., 701 Thompson Avenue, Donora, where prayers will be held at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, December 2, followed at 10 a.m. by Mass of Christian Burial in Our Lady of the Valley Church, St. Dominic Site, with the Rev. Patrick Martin of the Diocese of Norwich, Conn., a close friend of the family, officiating. Burial in St. Dominic Cemetery, Donora. McCLOSKEY - Friends of William E. McCloskey of Wilson Road, Washington, who died Saturday, November 28, 1998, will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in William G. Neal Funeral Homes Ltd., 925 Allison Avenue, Washington, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, December 2, with the Rev. Dr. Susan VandeKappelle officiating. Interment in Emmanuel Church Cemetery. NAGY - Friends of Joseph Nagy Sr. of Chartiers Run Road, Canonsburg, who died Saturday, November 28, 1998, will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in the McIlvaine-Speakman Funeral Home Ltd., 27 Cherry Avenue, Houston, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, December 1, with the Rev. Keith Emmerling officiating. Interment in Forest Lawn Gardens, McMurray. PAVLIK - Friends of Jason Blaine Pavlik of Burgettstown, who died Saturday, November 28, 1998, will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday and 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the Lee & Martin Funeral Home, 73 Highland Avenue, Burgettstown, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, December 2, with the Rev. Patricia Deeter officiating. Interment in Grandview Cemetery, Hanover Township. PETTIT - Friends of John R. Pettit Sr. of East Avenue, Washington, who died Saturday, November 28, 1998, will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in William G. Neal Funeral Homes Ltd., 395 East Maiden Street, Washington, where services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 2, with the Rev. Dr. Herbert Leslie officiating. Interment in Washington Cemetery. PHILLIPS - Friends of Gertrude Pryor Phillips, who died Friday, November 27, 1998, will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m., the hour of services, Monday, November 30, in the Johnson-Romito Funeral Home, a Golden Rule funeral home, 521 Broadway, Bedford, Ohio. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, December 1, in Beallsville Cemetery. POST - At the request of the family, there will be no public visitation for James Kenneth Post of Washington, who died Thursday, November 24, 1998. Burial will be private. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Warco-Falvo Funeral Home Inc., Wilson at East Katherine avenues, Washington, S. Timothy Warco, supervisor/director, Susan Falvo Warco, director. PRICE - Friends of Carl L. Price of Burgettstown, who died Friday, November 27, 1998, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in the Lee & Martin Funeral Home, 73 Highland Avenue, Burgettstown, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, December 1. Interment in Fairview Cemetery, Burgettstown. REED - Friends of Nellie Angeline Sunday Reed of Primrose, who died Friday, November 27, 1998, will be received from noon to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in the Thomas-Little Funeral Home Inc., 314 West Lincoln Avenue, McDonald. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 am. Tuesday, December 1, in St. Alphonsus Roman Catholic Church, McDonald. ROCKOVICH - Friends of John "Rocky" Rockovich Sr. of Westland, who died Sunday, November 29, 1998, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at the Joseph P. Salandra Funeral Home, 304 West Pike Street, Canonsburg. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday, December 3, in St. Patrick Worship Site of St. Patrick Parish, Canonsburg. Interment will be in St. Patrick Cemetery, Canonsburg. SHRONOVICH - Friends of Thomas Scott Shronovich of Airport Road, Eighty Four, who died Saturday, November 28, 1998, will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday and 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in Greenlee Funeral Home, 619 Main Street, Bentleyville, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, December 2, with the Rev. Kelly Crenshaw, pastor of St. Stephen Church of Christ, Cascade, Md., officiating. Interment in Scenery Hill Cemetery. SMITH - Friends of Howard R. Smith Sr. of Grant Street, Houston, who died Friday, November 27, 1998, will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in McIlvaine-Speakman Funeral Home Ltd., 27 Cherry Avenue, Houston, where services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, December 1, with the Rev. Joseph Trunzo and the Rev. Harold Knappenberger co-officiating. Interment in Oak Spring Cemetery, Canonsburg. Full military rites will be accorded by the combined honor guard of American Legion Post 902 of Houston and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 191 of Canonsburg. SMITH - Friends of Oscar L. Smith of Canonsburg, who died Saturday, November 28, 1998, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in Joseph P. Salandra Funeral Home, 304 West Pike Street, Canonsburg, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, December 1, with the Rev. David L. Mayo, pastor of Canonsburg United Presbyterian Church, officiating. Interment in Forest Lawn Gardens Cemetery, McMurray. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Washington Hospice Inc. WRIGHT - Friends of Helen R. Wright of Follansbee, W.Va., formerly of Independence, who died Sunday, November 29, 1998, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the Jerome A. Stefkovich Funeral Home Inc., Avella, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, December 2, with the Rev. Chris Noyes, pastor of the United Presbyterian Church of Follansbee, officiating. Burial in Independence Cemetery. Copyright ©1998 Observer Publishing Co.Last updated Tuesday, December 1, 1998Funeral Notices - Dec. 1, 1998