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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