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Joseph (Shakey) Bednar Jr.of Gillespie,Fayette City,died Thursday,March 20,1986,at 9:20 p.m.in the Oak Hill Home of Rest and Care,Greensburg. He was 77. Born in Washington Township,Fayette County,on Feb.12,1909,he was a son of the late Joseph Bednar Sr.and Mary Matvej Bednar. Mr.Bednar was a member of the Holy Ghost Byzantine Catholic Church of Charleroi. He retired from the Allenport plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. Surviving are his wife,Anna Teringo Bednar,one son,Leonard J.Bednar of Mt.Laurel,N.J.,two grandsons,Paul D.and Christopher Jr.Bednar,one brother,George Bednar of Fayette City R.D.,and three sisters,Mrs.Anna Poprocky of Uniontown,Mrs.Kathryn Vesely of Fayette City R.D.1 and Mrs.John (Margaret) Buckley of Bethesda,Md. Friends will be received Saturday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and all day Sunday at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home,Fayette City. Parastas services will be held at the funeral home Sunday at 8:30 p.m. Prayer services begin Monday,March 24,at 9:15 a.m. at the funeral home followed by a Divine Liturgy at 10 a.m. at Holy Ghost Byzantine Catholic Church,Charleroi,with Rev.Father Michael Buleza officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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