Philip Bongiorno;Sr.;of 315 Shady Avenue;Charleroi;died at his home;January 7;1953 at 11:15 a.m.following an illness of one week. Mr.Bongiorno was born in Palermo;Italy;February 8;1872;and came to Charleroi sixty years ago from that place. He was amember of the Mother of Sorrows Church and was retired as a worker for the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company. He is survived by his wife;Anna Campana Bongiorno;seven sons;Samuel;Joseph;Thomas;Paul and Philip.Jr.of Charleroi;Anthony of Fairhope;Frank of California State;three daughters;Mrs. Armand (Anna) Benedetti of Charleroi;Mrs. Samuel(Bessie) Sutch at home;and Mrs.Walter (Sarah) Osiol of Donora;twenty-eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Friends will be be received at the late home. Requiem High Mass will be sung at Mother of Sorrows Church by Rev.J.J.Thomas;Saturday;January 10;1952;at 9 a.m. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Francis C.Slezak is the funeral director.