BEDRO - Friends of Joseph Bedro of Scenery Hill, who died Tuesday, December 1, 1998, will be received from 2 to 9 p.m. Thursday, in the Greenlee Funeral Home, Route 40, Beallsville, where a blessing service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, December 4, with the Rev. Francis Jurewicz officiating. Interment in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Coal Center. Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one's choice. BUSH - Friends of Thomas E. Bush Jr. of Perryopolis, who died Tuesday, December 1, 1998, will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the Blair-Lowther Funeral Home Inc., 106 East Independence Street, Perryopolis. Additional visitation from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., the hour of service, on Friday, December 4, in New Life Free Methodist Church, Smock, with Pastor Kenneth Walls officiating. Interment in Mountain View Memorial Park, Hopwood. DAY - Friends of Jack E. Day of Kent, Ohio, formerly of Greene County, who died Wednesday, December 2, 1998, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday in the Behm Funeral Home Inc., Greene Street, Jefferson, where services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, December 5, with the Rev. Carol Touvell officiating. Interment in Greene County Memorial Park, Waynesburg. Graveside military rites will be conducted by American Legion Post 954, Jefferson. FIRCAK - Friends of Mary Fircak of Finleyville, who died Monday, November 30, 1998, will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the Walter L. Kennedy Funeral Home, 3560 Washington Avenue, Finleyville, where a blessing service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, December 4. Interment in Finleyville Cemetery, Peters Township. HAMILTON - At the request of the deceased, there will be no visitation for David Eugene Hamilton of Washington, who died Sunday, November 29, 1998. A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, December 5, in Sollon Funeral Home Ltd., 30 East College Street, Canonsburg, J. David Sollon, director, by the honor guard chaplain of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 191, Canonsburg, and American Legion Post 902 of Houston. Burial in Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Va. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be made to Chartiers-Houston Library, 730 West Grant Street, Houston, PA 15342. HERSHBINE - Friends of Robert Hershbine of Denbo, who died Tuesday, December 1, 1998, will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday in the Greenlee Funeral Home, Route 40, Beallsville, where services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, December 4, with the Rev. Roland O'Brien officiating. Interment in Taylor Cemetery, West Pike Run Township. 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 First Presbyterian Church of Waynesburg, with the Rev. David L. Barrett officiating. Friends will be received at the church an hour prior to services. Emerald Chapter 135, Order of the Eastern Star, will conduct services just prior to the memorial service. Interment will be in Greene County Memorial Park, Waynesburg. 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. O'CONNOR - Friends of Gloria E. Marks O'Connor of Twinsburg, Ohio, formerly of Washington, who died Wednesday, December 2, 1998, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday in the Johnson-Romito Funeral Home, a Golden Rule Funeral Home, Route 91 at Post Road, Twinsburg, Ohio. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday, December 5, in Saints Cosmas & Damian Church, Twinsburg, Ohio. Burial in Crown Hill Cemetery, Twinsburg, Ohio. PFEIL - Friends of Mary Ann B. Stipetic Pfeil of Finleyville, who died Tuesday, December 1, 1998, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday and Friday in the Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home Inc., 301 Curry Hollow Road, Pleasant Hills, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, December 5, with the Revs. Thomas Charles, Robert Ingland and Wilma Jean Ingland officiating. Interment in Jefferson Memorial Park, Pleasant Hills. 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 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. SEKORA - Friends of Johnette Ann Sekora of Bentleyville, who died Monday, November 30, 1998, will be received from 2 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in Thompson-Marodi Funeral Home, 809 Main Street, Bentleyville, where a prayer service will be held at 10:15 a.m. Thursday, December 3, followed at 11 a.m. with a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Luke Church of Ave Maria Parish, Bentleyville, with the Rev. Pierre M. Falkenhan as celebrant. Interment will be in Monongahela Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to Washington County Federal Credit Union, c/o Tristan Sekora Trust Fund, 58 East Cherry Avenue, Washington, PA 15301. SMITH - Friends of Clifford Harold Smith of Greensburg, who died Monday, November 30, 1998, will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the Kepple-Graft Funeral Home, 524 North Main Street, Greensburg. A service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, December 4, in Maplewood United Presbyterian Church, 108 Woodlawn Lane, Greensburg. Interment in Westmoreland County Memorial Park. Memorial contributions may be made to Maplewood United Presbyterian Church, 108 Woodlawn Lane, Greensburg, PA 15601, or American Cancer Society, 152 East Otterman Street, Greensburg, PA 15601 or to the charity of one's choice. WAGNER - Friends of Betty Lantz Wagner of Paris, who died Monday, November 30, 1998, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the Greco-Hertnick Funeral Home, 3219 Main Street, Weirton, W.Va., where services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, December 4, with the Rev. Raymond Draa officiating. Interment in Paris Cemetery. WALDKOENIG - Friends of the Rev. Gilson C. Waldkoenig of South Strabane Township, formerly of Uniontown, who died Tuesday, December 1, 1998, will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at J. Harry Johnston Funeral Home, 65 North Gallatin Avenue, Uniontown. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, December 4, in St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 71 North Gallatin Avenue, Uniontown, with the Rev. Donald J. McCoid, Bishop, Western Pennsylvania, Synod ELCA, officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 71 North Gallatin Avenue, Uniontown, PA. 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