Mildred Millie Barron; 86; of Champion; formerly of Belle Vernon (Fairhope); passed away Saturday; Jan. 10; 2004; in the Westmoreland Regional Hospital; Greensburg. A daughter of the late Richard and Tina Radish Mutich; she was born Nov. 21; 1917. She was a member of Holy Ascension Serbian Orthodox Church in Youngwood and a charter member and past treasurer of the Washington Township Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary. Mrs. Barron had resided in Champion since 1964 and was formerly of Fairhope. Survivors include one daughter and son; Bernadette L. and Richard Barron; both of Champion; an adopted son; Ronald L. Toth and wife Marlene of Vestal; N.Y.; two brothers; Barney Mutich and wife Ravenna of Fayette City and Louis Mutich of Sheffield Lake; Ohio; and many special nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents; she was preceded in death by her husband; Bernard A. Barron; on Nov. 24; 1994; two sisters; Rebecca Mutich Toth and Anne Mutich; and four brothers; Guy; Charles; Nick and Mickey Mutich. Friends will be received Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME INC. and CREMATION SERVICE; a Golden Rule Member Firm; (724-929-5300); 700 Broad Ave.; Belle Vernon; where services will be held Tuesday; Jan. 13 at 10 a.m. with the Very Rev. Father Adam Yonitch Jr. officiating. Entombment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. There will be a Pomen service in the funeral home on Monday at 7:30 p.m.

Theodore Zyglowicz; 79; of Monessen; died Wednesday; Jan. 7; 2004; in UPMC-Presbyterian Hospital; Pittsburgh. He was born Aug. 23; 1924; in Kolaczyce; Poland; a son of the late Andrzej Zyglowicz and Katazyna Pacana Zyglowicz. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1949 and lived with his aunt and uncle; the late Paul and Anna Pacana of Monessen. Mr. Zyglowicz was a member of Epiphany of Our Lord Roman Catholic Church and the former St. Hyacinth R.C. Church and its Holy Name Society. He also was a member of St. Casimir the Great; Lodge 1146 of the Polish National Alliance in Monessen. Mr. Zyglowicz was retired from the Lee-Norse Division of the Ingersoll Rand Mining Company of Charleroi. He is survived by his wife; Dolores Michaels Zyglowicz; whom he married on Oct. 24; 1959; in St. Sebastian R.C. Church in Belle Vernon; one son; Daniel Zyglowicz of Monessen; one daughter and son-in-law; Diane and Joseph Palli of Belle Vernon; two grandchildren; Sarah and Stephen Palli of Belle Vernon; and numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents; he was preceded in death by two brothers; Josef and Jan Zyglowicz; and six sisters; Victoria Rak; Mary Zyglowicz. Helena Adamczyk; Jadwiga Pytel; Julka Zyglowicz and Zofia Ochalek. Friends will be received Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm in the DALFONSO-BILLICK FUNERAL HOME INC.; 441 Reed Ave.; Monessen. Services will be held Saturday; Jan. 10; beginning with a 9 a.m. blessing in the funeral home; followed by a 9:30 a.m. Funeral Mass in Epiphany of Our Lord R.C. Church. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

BORN IN DONORA TO THOMAS & JANE STAFF HAMILTON. WORKED AS A INSPECTOR FOR WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CO.

Ruth E. Miller; 76; of Monessen; died Monday; Jan. 5; 2004; in Monongahela Valley Hospital Inc. She was born June 21; 1927; in Monessen; a daughter of the late Lewis S. Miller Jr. and Hilda Sell Miller. Ms. Miller was a lifelong resident of Monessen and a 1944 graduate of Monessen High School. She was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Monessen; where she played the piano and taught Sunday school classes. Ms. Miller was the last surviving member of her family; but is survived by many dear friends and neighbors. Friends will be received Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. in the DALFONSO-BILLICK FUNERAL HOME INC.; 441 Reed Ave.; Monessen. Services will be held Friday; Jan. 9; at 10 a.m. in the funeral home with Rev. Thomas E. Senge officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. At the request of Ms. Miller; memorial contributions may be made to The Salvation Army; Monessen Public Library; Monessen Ambulance Service or Monessen Volunteer Fire Department No. 1.

[LOUIS] KELLER OF B.V.& CAMILLE [CHARLES] HISSON OF LATROBE. SISTERS – IRENE BARON OF BELLE VERON AND EMMA ZIMMARO;TERESA SCURCI;EDITH BENECCIO;CARRIE PALM & ALICE FRANKIE. [ALL 5 ARE DECEASED] GRANDCHILDREN- MICHAEL & AMY NICESWANGER;ANGELA;NATALIE &MINDY PESKIE;LEIGH KELLER;BRIENE KELLER;AUBREY [B.J.] ANTHONY & VINCENT SALVINO;AND ELIZABETH;EMILIE & ERICA HIXSON. A MEMBER OF ST.SEBASTIAN R.C.CHURCH;HE WAS A RESIDENT OF ROST. TWP. FOR THE PAST 57 YRS.;RETIRED FROM WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL;MONESSEN PLANT;WHERE HE WORKED AS A PIPEFITTER;A MEMBER OF BELLE VERNON AMERICAN LEGION POST 659 AND THE BELLE VERNON AND FAYETTE CITY GOLDEN AGE ASSEMBLIES. HE DIED ON MONDAY;JAN 5 AT 5:15 PM IN JEFFERSON REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM;JEFFERSON BOROUGH. HIS FUNERAL MASS WAS HELD AT 10 AM ON THURSDAY;JAN. 8 IN ST.SEBASTIAN R.C.CHURCH.

RUTHS RELATIVES INCLUDE HER SISTER – VIRGINIA CARROLL OF SOMERSET;FORMERLY OF CHARLEROI. BROTHERS – RALPH MITCHELL STEEN [HER TWIN];WILLIAM O.STEEN; SAMUEL STEEN [ALL ARE DECEASED]. GREAT-NIECE – SUSAN CARROLL MOLISH OF ROSCO;WITH WHOM SHE MADE HER HOME DURING HER LONG ILLNESS. SISTER-IN-LAW – HOPE STEEN OF OHIO. NEPHEWS – J.REGIS [ROSALIE] CARROLL OF CHARLEROI;TOM CARROLL OF DONORA;WILLIAM RICHARD [AMY] CARROLL OF SOMERSET; ROBERT CARROLL OF CHARLEROI;ALBERT [JOY] STEEN OF GLEN BURNIE;MD. GREAT-NEPHEWS AND NIECES- MARCUS [ALICE] CARROLL;SCOTT [JILL] ALL OF CHARLEROI;MICHELLE & BRUCE CARROLL OF B.V.; BENJAMIN;NICHOLAS;GRETTA AND JOSEPH CARROLL OF SOMERSET. BROTHER-IN-LAW – J.REFIS CARROLL;SR. GRANDPARENTS – HANNAH MARY PATTERSON STEEN;OLIVER CHARLES WELLS AND MARY HOLLOWAY WELLS. AUNT – MARIE STEEN ODBERT. UNCLE – FRANCIS ODBERT.

Sophia Yakim; 81; of Fayette City; passed away peacefully on Friday; Dec. 26; 2003; in Country Care Manor. She was born Oct. 28; 1922; in Fayette City; a daughter of the late Luke and Mary Salko Yakim. She attended Fayette City High School and was a member of Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church; Belle Vernon. She was preceded in death by two sisters; Anna Puskas and Helen Portman; three brothers; Luke; Charles and John Yakim; and one nephew; Richard Portman. She is survived by one sister; Mary Lazzari of Belle Vernon; one sister-in-law; Sarah Yakim of Belle Vernon; one brother-in-law; David Portman of Schoharie; N.Y.; and many nieces; nephews; great-nieces and great-nephews. Friends will be received at the ELEY McCRORY FUNERAL HOME INC.; 334 Main St.; Fayette City; on Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Divine Liturgy will take place on Monday; Dec. 29; 2003; at 2 p.m. in Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church; Belle Vernon; with the Rev. Fr. Igor Soroka as celebrant. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Parastas service will take place Sunday at 8 p.m. in the funeral home.

Pete Vargo; 82; of Rostraver Township; died Thursday; Dec. 25; 2003; in Jefferson Regional Medical Center; Jefferson Borough. He was born in Brownsville on Feb. 25; 1921; a son of the late Steve and Anna Vargo. Protestant by faith; Mr. Vargo was a resident of Rostraver Township since 1960 and was a former Rostraver Township Commissioner. He was retired from Pittsburgh Local #3 as a structural iron worker. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. He was a bombardier navigator; having flown 47 combat missions; and was the recipient of the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. He was a member of the 57th Bomb Wing Association. He is survived by his wife; Emma Louise McKee Vargo; a son; David Dwayne Vargo and wife; Susan; of Munhall; two brothers; Andy Vargo; of Brownsville; and Steve Vargo; of Cleveland; Ohio; a sister; Helen Donahue; of Linden; N.J.; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents; he was preceded in death by a sister; Ann Duckett. Friends will be received Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the JAMES C. STUMP FUNERAL HOME INC.; 580 Circle Drive; Sweeney Plan/Rostraver Township; where funeral services will be held Monday at 10 a.m. with the Rev. Mike Truszkowsky officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery; Rostraver Township.

Helen Roman Shetterly; 86; of Streetsboro; Ohio; formerly of Fayette City; died Monday; Dec. 22; 2003; in Maplewood Care Center; Streetsboro; Ohio. She was born June 16; 1917; in Fayette City; a daughter of the late Andrew and Anna Paulocheck Kosanko. She was preceded in death by her first husband; Michael Roman; and second husband; Charles Shetterly. Surviving are her children; Michael D. Roman and wife; Janice; of Streetsboro; and Elizabeth Speers; of Streetsboro; three brothers; John; Steve; and Joseph Kosanko; all of Fayette City; four sisters; Mary Waite; of Erie; Elizabeth Lang; of Pittsburgh; Katherine Esper; of Columbia Station; and Irene and husband; John Pallo; of Stockdale; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the ELEY-MCCRORY FUNERAL HOME INC.; 334 Main St.; Fayette City; 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday and until 10 a.m. Monday; Dec. 29; the hour of services in the funeral home; with Rev. John Harris officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.