Monessen Police Chief Joseph Mischyshyn said today that John Hardy Sr.;62 Schoonmaker Ave.;Monessen;died as the result of being struck by an automobile early Friday morning;Dec.23;1977. He was found lying on a sidewalk in the 200 block of Schoonmaker Ave.;at 2:37 a.m.Friday and rushed to Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 3:51 a.m. Mischyshyn and Westmoreland County Coroner Stephen D.Yoney requested an autopsy which was performed yesterday in Allegheny County. The report indicated Hardy’s death was due to multiple blunt injuries to the head and chest. It was determined Mr.Hardy was struck by a motor vehicle which then failed to stop. He was born in Jacksonville;Fla.;on June 30;1921. He was a member of Mt.Calvary Baptist Church;Monessen. Surviving are one son;John Hardy Jr.of Monessen;two daughters;Joyce Blackley of Monessen and Viola Griffin of Baltimore;Md.;six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the William R.Taylor Funeral Home;Monessen;from 7 to 9 p.m.Monday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Tuesday. Services will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m.in Mt.Calvary Baptist Church;Monessen;with the Rev.Griffen Mason;pastor;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. William R.Taylor is funeral director in charge.