John Petros;age 49;a resident of 206 Dent St.;Fairhope;Belle Vernon;died Saturday;Dec.1;1973;at 4:15 p.m.in the Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital. He was born in Washington Township;Fayette County;on May 6;1924;son of the late Michael and Catherine Matlik Petros. He was a veteran of World War II;having served in the U.S.Army;and was a member of the Brightwell Daughtery Post 484 American Legion;Fayette City. He was a retired employee of the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation’s Allenport Plant. Surviving are his wife;Betty Misher Petros;two daughters;Mrs.William (Candy) Patterson of Fairhope and Cindy at home;one brother;Michael of Charleroi;two sisters;Miss Irene Petros of Pittsburgh and Mrs.Joseph (Mary) Karbowsky of Monessen. Friends are being received in the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;where services will be conducted Tuesday at 11 a.m.with Rev.Charles Colas;pastor of the First Baptist Church of Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in the Belle Vernon Cemetery.