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Services were held at 10 a.m. today for Walter S.Boord,of 407 Eastgate Manor,Monessen,who died Saturday at 10 a.m. in Mon Valley Hospital. He was 70. Mr.Boord was born April 8,1912,in Monessen,a son of the late Oro and Mary Henline Boord. He retired in 1964 from employment at the former Donora Works of U.S.Steel Corporation. A Protestant by faith,Mr.Boord was preceded in death by three brothers,James,Melvin L.and Howard Boord. Survivors include his wife,Mary Diethorne Boord,at home,two sons,Walter S.Boord,Jr.,of Monessen,and Melvin W.Boord of Scottdale,nine grandchildren,one great-grandchild,three sisters,Mrs.Virginia Pireaux of Charleroi,Mrs.Don (Lillian) Lawson of Uniontown,and Mrs.Maurio (Rebecca) Bonitati of Charleroi,and two brothers,Warren Boord of West Newton and Harold Boord of Monessen. The Rev.James B.Bailey,pastor,Presbyterian Church,Monongahela,officiated at services held at the Rhome Funeral Home,Inc.,1209 Grand Blvd.,Monessen. Burial was in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

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