Nicholas Petro;77;of 218 Plainview Ave.;Belle Vernon;died Thursday;Jan.19;1989;at 8:17 p.m. in Mon Valley Hospital. He was born Dec.11;1911;in Johnstown;a son of the late Andrew and Mary Kovalski Petro. Mr.Petro was a member of Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church;Belle Vernon. Previously from Mt.Pleasant;he had lived in Belle Vernon for the past six years. He was a coal miner;retired from the Banning mine;and a member of United Mine Workers of America;District 5. A U.S.Army veteran of World War II;he was a member of Mt.Pleasant American Legion Post 446 and the VFW;Roy E.Closson Post;Youngwood. He was also a member of the Hempfield Hunt Club;East Huntingdon Firemen’s Club;Sons of Italy Perryopolis Lodge 730;New Stanton Moose and the Tarrs Volunteer Fire Department;and an associate member of the Mt.Pleasant VFD and Legion Club. In addition to his parents;he was preceded in death by his first wife;Ann Morvosh Petro;one sister;Mary Koza;and three brothers;John;Andrew and Stephen Petro. Surviving are his wife;Mabel McGavitt Lambert Petro;one stepson;George Lambert of Coal Center;five stepdaughters;Mrs.George (Dorothy) Crawford of West Brownsville;Mrs.Ronald (Mabel) Perkins of Ashtabula;Ohio;Mrs.Anthony (Mary) Chimileski of Cleveland;Ohio;Mrs.Floyd (JoAnn) Reeves of Chalk Hill and Mrs.Patty Devine of Belle Vernon;26 step-grandchildren;two brothers;Michael Petro of Mt.Pleasant and Joseph Petro of Cleveland;three sisters;Mrs.Paul (Helen) Grimm of Tarrs;Marjorie Ciacco of Mt.Pleasant and Mrs.Jesse (Irene) McKenzie of Northfield;Ohio;and several nieces and nephews. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. on Saturday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. on Sunday in the Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon. Friends and relatives will gather at Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church;Mary Street;Belle Vernon;for funeral services on Monday;Jan.23;at 9:30 a.m. with the Rev.John Kluchko;pastor;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. A Parastas service will be held in the funeral home at 8 p.m. on Sunday. The Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.