Helen Hegedus Pokol of Edison;N.J.;formerly of Fairhope (Belle Vernon) died Wednesday;Jan.16;1985;at 5:50 p.m. in St.Peter’s Hospital in New Brunswick;N.J.;following a lengthy illness. She was 68. Born in Washington Township on July 27;1916;she was a daughter of the late Paul and Mary Butsman Hegedus. Mrs.Pokol was a Catholic by faith. She was a retired cafeteria worker for Rutgers University in New Jersey. In addition to her parents;she was preceded in death by two brothers;Paul and Louis hegedus. Surviving are her husband;Steve Pokol in Edison;a son;Steve Pokol Jr.;of Deland;Fla.;a daughter;Mrs.Brenda Schmitt of Edison;four grandchildren;two great-grandchildren;three sisters;Mrs.Hazel Eland of Fairhope;Mrs.Bertha Astle of Michigan and Mrs.George (Irene) Dohanich of Fairhope. Friends will be received in the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;Saturday from 4 to 9 p.m.;all day Sunday and on Monday;Jan.21;until 11 a.m. at which time a blessing service will be held with Monsignor Andrew D.Parvensky;pastor of St.Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church of Monessen;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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