Oliver Bird; 88; of Cherry
Tree Nursing Home. Uniontown; died Wednesday; July 22;
1998; at 2:35 p.m.
Born Oct. 16; 1909; in Markleysburg; Mr. Bird had lived in
Belle Vernon until he moved
into the nursing home due to ill
health. He had been ill for a
lengthy time.
He was a member of the Belle
Vernon Church of the
Nazarene.
Mr. Bird was retired from the
Monessen plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.; retiring
in 1972 because of illness.
He was a U.S. Army veteran
of World War II.
Surviving are his wife; Eva
Stricklin Bird; and a sister; Dorothy Mitchel of West Virginia.
Friends will be received
Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
p.m. in the Ferguson Funeral
Home Inc.; 700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon. Services will be held Friday at 11:30 a.m.in the funeral home;with the Rev;Charles Kohr of the Belle Vernon Church of the Nazarene officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Arrangements are being handles by the Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.