Thursday, February 5, 1998

Funeral Notices - Feb. 5, 1998

ADAMS - Friends of Debbie Beatty Adams of Meadow Lands, who died Sunday, February 1, 1998, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at the William G. Neal Funeral Home Ltd., 925 Allison Avenue, Washington. Friends will also be received from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, February 5, at the New Hope Baptist Church, Cleveland Road, Washington, where services will be held at 1 p.m., with the Rev. Harold Cottom officiating. Interment in Pigeon Creek Cemetery. Family suggests memorial contributions to the New Hope Baptist Church, Cleveland Road, Washington, PA 15301.

ANTHONY - Friends of John ³Siz² Anthony of Canonsburg, who died Monday, February 2, 1998, will be received from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in the DeAngelo Funeral Home, 194 East College Street, Canonsburg. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, February 5, in St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church, Boone Avenue, Canonsburg, with the Rev. Joseph Oleynik officiating. Interment in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Donaldsons Crossroads. A Parastas service will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home.

BENNARDINI ­ Friends of Theresa G. Misanik Bennardini of Van Voorhis, who died Tuesday, February 3, 1998, will be received from 2 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Thompson-Marodi Funeral Home, 809 Main Street, Bentleyville, where a prayer service will be held at 9 a.m. Friday, February 6, followed at 9:30 a.m. by a Mass of Christian Burial at Ave Maria Parish, St. Clements Church in Ellsworth, with Rev. Pierre Falkenhan as celebrant. Interment in Sacred Heart Cemetery. The Ave Maria Parish Women¹s Guild will recite the rosary at 7 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home. A Wake Service will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home.

DRAGICH ­ Friends of Sophia Dragich of Wheeling Street, Washington, formerly of Rices Landing, who died Tuesday, February 3, 1998, will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Behm Funeral Home, Greene Street, Jefferson, where a prayer service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, February 6, followed by funeral services at 11:30 a.m. at St. Mary¹s Orthodox Church, Masontown, with the Rev. Fr. Alexander Prodes officiating. Interment in St. Mary¹s Orthodox Church Cemetery, Masontown. A Parastas service will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

DZUBAY ­ Friends of John Dzubay of Madison Avenue, New Eagle, who died Tuesday, February 3, 1998, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the L.M. Frye Funeral Home Inc., 427 West Main Street, Monongahela, where services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, February 6, with the Rev. James Friedwald officiating. Interment in Monongahela Cemetery.

HAPCHUK - Friends of William Hapchuk of Washington, who died Sunday, February 1, 1998, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday in the Piatt and Barnhill Funeral Home, 420 Locust Avenue, Washington, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, February 5, with Rev. Paul R. Gray officiating. Full military honors will be accorded by the Edwin Scott Linton Post 175, American Legion. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Gardens, McMurray. Piatt and Barnhill Funeral Directors Inc.

HENDERSON - Friends of Andrew J. Henderson of Washington, who died Monday, February 2, 1998, will be received from 1 to 3 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the Harold D. Burch Mortuary, Inc., 121 Ridge Avenue, Washington. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, February 6, in St. Paul AME Church of Washington, with the Rev. E. E. Matthews officiating. Interment in Washington Cemetery.

JACKOVIC - Friends of Nellie Jackovic of McMurray, formerly of Canonsburg, who died Monday, February 2, 1998, will be received from 2 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in the Joseph P. Salandra Funeral Home, 304 West Pike Street, Canonsburg. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Thursday, February 5, in St. Benedict the Abbot Roman Catholic Church, McMurray, with the Rev. George. V. Jackovic as celebrant. Interment in St. Patrick Cemetery, Canonsburg. The Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court Canonsburg 1211 will recite the Rosary at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home.

KIRK - Friends of Alfred Raymond Kirk Sr. of Daisytown, who died Wednesday, February 4, 1998, will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the Greenlee Funeral Home, Route 40, Beallsville, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, February 6, with the Rev. Gary Gregg, pastor of Beallsville United Methodist Church, officiating. Interment in Beallsville Cemetery.

KOLESAR - Friends of Helen Stacko Kolesar of Avella, who died Monday, February 2, 1998, will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in the Jerome A. Stefkovich Funeral Home Inc., Avella, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, February 5, with the Rev. Roy Wilson officiating. Interment in St. Michael Cemetery, Avella. Memorial contributions to the Avella Volunteer Fire Dept. or Hospice Care.

KOVAL - Friends of Anna Koval of Greensburg, formerly of Richeyville, who died Wednesday, February 4, 1998, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday in the Greenlee Funeral Home, Route 40, Beallsville, where a prayer service will be held at 10:15 a.m. Saturday, February 7, followed by Divine Liturgy in St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church, Brownsville, with the Rev. Jerome Botsko as celebrant. Interment in St. John Byzantine Catholic Church Cemetery, Hopwood. Paratas service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the funeral home.

MANCINI - Friends of John Mancini of Washington, who died Sunday, February 1, 1998, will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the William G. Neal Funeral Homes Ltd., 395 East Maiden Street, where a blessing service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, February 5, with the Rev. Kevin McKnight officiating. Interment in Forest Lawn Gardens, McMurray. Military rites will be conducted graveside by Edwin Scott Linton Post 175 of the American Legion.

MENENDEZ - Friends of Katherine "Kay" Menendez of Donora, who died Monday, February 2, 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 James A. Rabe Funeral Home, Inc., 701 Thompson Avenue, Donora. Prayers will be said at 9:30 a.m. in the funeral home Friday, February 6, followed at 10 a.m. by a Mass of Christian Burial at Our Lady of the Valley Church (St. Philip Site). Interment in Monongahela Cemetery.

MENTZER - Friends Stella Mentzer of Cassidy Avenue, Monongahela, who died Tuesday, February 3, 1998, will be received from 1 to 9 p.m. Friday in the L.M. Frye Funeral Home Inc., 427 West Main Street, Monongahela, where services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, February 7, with the Rev. William Feeney officiating. Interment in Sacred Heart Cemetery.

NULL - Friends of Marie A. Null of Hundred, W.Va., who died Tuesday, February 3, 1998, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the Tennant Funeral Home, Hundred, W.Va., where services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, February 6, with Evangelist Steve Stevens officiating. Interment will follow in the Oak Forest Cemetery near Hundred. Memorial contributions may be made to the Hundred High School Alumni Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 830, Hundred, WV or to the Hundred Church of Christ, P.O. Box 123, Hundred, WV 26575.

PIATT - Friends of Ben W. Piatt of Washington, who died Tuesday, February 3, 1998, will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the Nichol Funeral Home, 1873 East Maiden Street, Washington, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, February 6, with the Rev. Rod Weiss officiating. Interment at the Emmanuelle Presbyterian Cemetery, Eighty Four. Graveside military rites will be accorded by the American Legion Post 175 of Washington.

RAFFITS - Friends of Edward C. Raffits of Rices Landing, who died Tuesday, February 3, 1998, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 p.m., the time of services Thursday, February 5, in the Behm Funeral Home, Greene Street, Jefferson, with the Rev. Michael Suslowicz officiating. Interment in Hewitt Cemetery, Rices Landing. The Rosary Society-Christian Mothers will recite the Rosary at 3 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home.

RUNION - Friends of Lester Leon Runion Sr. of McClellandtown, who died Monday, February 2, 1998, will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in the Greenlee Funeral Home, Route 40, Beallsville and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, in the Lee Funeral Home, Manassas, Va., where services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, February 7. Interment in Woodbine Cemetery, Manassas, Va.

SIMPSON - Friends of Virginia E. Simpson of Springfield, Mass., formerly of Washington and Augusta, N.J., who died Sunday, February 1, 1998, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the Hummell and Barnhill Memorial Chapel, 585 Fayette Street, Washington, where services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, February 6, with the Rev. Joseph Stains officiating. Burial in Washington Cemetery.

SMITH - Friends of Shirley J. Smith of McMurray, who died Saturday, January 31, 1998, will be received for a memorial service at 2 p.m. Sunday, February 8, at the Peters Creek United Presbyterian Church, 250 Brookwood Road, Venetia, PA 15367, with the Rev. L. Rus Howard officiating. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Peters Creek Memorial Fund, in care of Peters Creek Presbyterian Church. Funeral arrangements by Beinhauers, Peters Township.

VERHOLTZ - Friends of Chesteria R. "Celie" Verholtz of Canonsburg, who died Wednesday, February 4, 1998, will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday in the Joseph P. Salandra Funeral Home, 304 West Pike Street, Canonsburg. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday, February 7, in St. Genevieve Worship site of St. Patrick Parish. Interment in St. Patrick Cemetery. The Christian Mothers and Guild will recite the Rosary at 3 p.m. Friday in the funeral home. Services will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday by KSKJ St. Jerome Lodge 153 of Strabane in the funeral home.

ZEDIKER - Friends of William L. Zediker of Raspberry Road, East Finley Township, who died Wednesday, February 4, 1998, will be received from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, February 5, at which time a service will be conducted in the Hummell and Barnhill Memorial Chapel, 585 Fayette Street, Washington, with Pastor Merkel L. Fernbaugh Jr. officiating. Burial will be private. Memorial contributions are suggested in care of Mrs. "Sissy" Zediker, 151 Raspberry Road, Claysville, PA 15323.





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