Alex F.Basits Sr.;of 225 Water St.;Belle Vernon;died Sunday;Jan.26;1986;at 3:53 p.m. in Mon Valley Hospital. He was 79. Mr.Basits was born Oct.15;1906;in Braznell;a son of the late Joseph and Mary Steinhauer Basits. A lifelong resident of Belle Vernon;he was Protestant. Mr.Basits had served as a Belle Vernon Borough councilman;and had also served the borough in the capacity of treasurer until retiring that post in 1985. In addition;he had served as a Justice of the Peace. Mr.Basits was a member of the Belle Vernon Fire Company No.1 and was a charter member and the oldest living member of Belle Vernon Fire Company No.2. In 1972 he retired from the tube mill of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation’s Allenport Plant. He was a member of Belle Vernon Moose Lodge 209;American Legion Post 659 and the Fairhope Rod and Gun Club. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by two brothers and a sister;Edward;Joseph and Helen. Survivors include his wife of 55 years;Evelyn Chipalaskey Basits;a son;Alex F.Basits Jr.of Belle Vernon;two daughters;Mrs.John (Mary Lou) Kalakewich of Belle Vernon and Betty Jane Simpson of Centerville;Va.;two sisters;Margaret Cline of the state of California and Mrs.Louis (Teresa) Hager of Clarksville;ten grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Friends will be received Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;where services will be held Thursday;Jan.30;at 11 a.m. with the Rev.Lowell Adams;pastor of the First Christian Church of Belle Vernon;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.