Beatice L.Ball Kontilak of Westgate Manor Apartments;848 Donner Ave.;Monessen;died at 3:08 a.m. Monday in Mon Valley Hospital. She was 67. Born Dec.13;1915;in Bentleyville;she was the daughter of the late John and Madeline Kolla Drozdik. Mrs.Kontilak was a resident of Monessen for 12 years and formerly lived in the Bentleyville-Ellsworth area. She was a member of St.Leonard Roman Catholic Church of Monessen and the Monessen Eagles Ladies Auxiliary No.2399 and the Monessen Senior Citizens. Her first husband;Joseph M.Ball;died Aug.9;1961. Her second husband;John Kontilak;is also deceased. Surviving are one son;Joseph J.Ball of Ellsworth;four daughters;Beatrice Emerson of Tacoma;Wash.;Janet Gardner of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Lou (Karen) Barish of Aliquippa and Mrs.Leroy (Norene) Hustava of Ellsworth. Also surviving are three sisters;Mrs.Mary Phiaczek of Akron;Ohio; Sister Mary Marcella of the Vincentian Sisters of Charity in Pittsburgh and Mrs.Justine Klebick of Bentleyville;15 grandchildren;seven great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Three brothers;John;Christopher and Morris Drozdik;three sisters;Maggie;Annie and Theresa Drozdik;one granddaughter;Denise Barish and one great-granddaughter;Heather Dawn Jay;are deceased. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Wednesday in the Kenneth V.Thompson Funeral Home;809 Main St.;Bentleyville. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday at 10 a.m. in St.Leonard Roman Catholic Church of Monessen with Rev.Patrick J.O’Connor officiating. Burial will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. A Christian wake service will be held at the funeral home Wednesday night. The Thompson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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