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Theodore J.Bishop,84,of 546 Edwards Ave.,Belle Vernon,died Sunday,March 4,1990,at 4:55 a.m.in Mon Valley Hospital.   He was born in Phillipsburg,Pa.,July 11,1905,a son of the late Alban and Cassandra Sterner Bishop.  Mr.Bishop was a member of the Marion Presbyterian Church and a former Elder of the church.  He was a former member of the Washington Township Planning Commission.  In addition,he was a member and former President of the Washington Township Lion's Club and a 50-year member of the F and AM Lodge 161 of Lonaconing,MD.and the Consistory Valley of Pittsburgh.  Mr.Bishop also belonged to the Syria Temple of Pittsburgh.   Having lived in the Belle Vernon area since 1953,he formerly had worked for the U.S.Steel Corporation,Irvin Works in West Mifflin.  He then came to the Allenport Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel in 1953.  He retired in 1970 as General Foreman in the Strip Mill.  In addition to his parents,he was preceded in death by two brothers,Donald and Francis Bishop.  He is survived by his wife of 64 years,Mary Merrbaugh Bishop,three sons,Theodore L.Bishop of Chesterfield,Mo.,Fred R.Bishop of Port Vue and Raymond E.Bishop of McKeesport,11 grandchildren,and five great-grandchildren.  Friends will be received at the Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.,700 Broad Ave.,Belle Vernon,Monday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.  Funeral service will be held from the funeral home Wednesday at 11 a.m.,with the Rev.John Park of Marion Presbyterian Church officiating.  Interment will be held in Belle Vernon Cemetery.  The Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.is in charge of arrangements.

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