Mrs.Mary Yetsconish;nee Germack;of Cook street extension;Fayette City;died Sunday;April 29;1956;at 6:30 p.m.at her late home. Mrs.Yetsconish was born in Czechoslovakia. Surviving are her mother;Mrs.Mary Germack of Glassport;two daughters;Mrs.Anna Markovitch of Fayette City and Mrs.Susann Kosiba of Pontiac;Mich.;two sons;Mike of Fayette City and George of Pontiac;a sister;Ms.Susann Bodnar of Glassport and two brothers;Mike Germack of Chicago and John Germack of McKeesport. Nine grandchildren also survive. Friends will be received at the McCrory Funeral Home. Prayer there Wednesday;May 2;1956;at 9 a.m.will be followed by Requiem High Mass in Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church at 10 a.m.;in charge of Rev.Gregory Soroka. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. George M.McCrory and Son are the funeral directors.
MARY ( MARIJA )SAVKO YETSCONISH
Mary (Marija) Savko Yetsconish died 29 December; 1955 of heart failure and complications to diabetes. She married twice; both times to Charles Yetsconish (cousins). She was born 18 MAY 1892 in Maly Rakovec; Ruthenia; Austro-Hungarian Empire. Obit follows: Mrs. Mary (Savko) Yetsconish; of 473 Cook Street; Fayette City; died Thursday; Dec. 29; at 11:15 a. m. at Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. She was born in Austria-Hungary; May 18; 1892; and was a member of the Holy Ghost Greek Catholic Church; of Charleroi. Surviving are her husband. Charles; five sons; Michael; Charles; John; Paul and John Jay; all of Fayette City; five daughters; Mrs. Gust (Mary) Melissas; of Monessen; Mrs. Charles (Ann) Adarnetz; of Pittsburgh; Miss Sophie Savko; of Dover; N. J.; Mrs. Helen Onufer; of Fairhope and Mrs. Robert (Olga) Grazzini. of Fayette City;-ne step-daughter; Mrs. Mary Gladura; of Mishawaka; Ind.; one sister; Mrs Sophie Savko; of Mt. Hope; N. J.; two brothers; George Savko; of Benton; IL.; and Mike Savko; of Chartiers; PA. Sixteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild also survive. Friends are being received at the McCrory Funeral Home; Fayette City;where Prayer will be held Monday;Jan.2;1956;at 9 a.m.;followed by Mass at 10 a.m.from the Holy Ghost Greek Catholic Church;Charleroi. Officiating will be the Rev.Father John A.Fiffack. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. George McCrory and Son;funeral director;in charge.
NICK YEDZEVICH
REV.JUDGE D. YANCEY
ETHEL HARRIET YOHE
SPEROS XENOS
Speros Xenos of Second street;Fayette City;died Friday;July 26;1957;at 7:55 a.m.in the Charleroi-Monessen Hospital;following a lengthy illness. Mr.Xenos was born in 1889;and came to Fayette City from Greece forty-one years ago. He is survived by two brothers in Greece. Friends will be received at the McCrory Funeral Home. Services will be held there Monday;July 29;1957;at 1 p.m.;followed by additional rites at 1:30 p.m.at St.Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church;Monessen;in charge of Rev.Ioskim Isidoridis. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. George M.McCrory and Son are the funeral directors.
HAROLD ( MONK ) WILLIAMS
Harold (Monk) Williams of
424 Henry St.; Belle Vernon;
died at 10:20 a m in
Charleroi Division of Mon
Valley Hospital. He was 72.
He was born Oct 18; 1905 in
Martins Ferry; Ohio; a son of
the late William and Mary
Jane Davies Williams.
Mr. Williams was a lifelong
resident of the Belle Vernon
community and was a
member of the First Christian
Church Belle Vernon.
He retired in 1970 as a
craneman for the Electrical
department of Wheeling
Pittsburgh Steel Corp’s
Allenport Plant.
Mr. Williams was past fire
chief and life member of the
North Belle Vernon Volunteer
Fire Department. He was a
member of the fire department for the past 50 years.
He also was a member of the
Southwestern Pennsylvania
Chiefs and Assistant Chiefs
Association and the Westmoreland County Firemens
Association.
Survivors include his
widow; Nellie Dudgeon
Williams; one daughter ;Mrs
John R (Sally) Stark of Belle
Vernon; one grandson; John
S.Stark and one great-grandson
Jason Stark; both of Belle
Vernon.
A sister; Mrs. Mamie
DeiCas; preceded him in
death.
Friends will be received in
the Leonard J. Parzynski
Funeral Home 626 Broad
Ave; Belle Vernon from 2 to 4
and 7 to 9 p m Friday and
Saturday. There will be no visitation on Sunday;Christmas Day. Services will be held Monday at 11 a.m.in the funeral home with Rev.John Bowers of the First Christian Church;Belle Vernon officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
WILLIE WILLIAMS
RICHARD B. WEIGHTMAN SR
Richard B. (Dick) Weightman Sr.of Belle Vernon R.D.4 died Tuesday;Nov.29;1977;at 5:31 p.m.in Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital. He was 73. Born in Fayette City;Sept.30;1904;he was the son of the late William H.and Myrtle Campbell Weightman. Mr.Weightman attended the Rehoboth Presbyterian Church;Rostraver Twp. He was a member for 51 years and the past master of the Gummert Lodge Number 252 F & AM of Fayette City. He also served as secretary of the lodge for 15 years. He was a retired employee of the Lincoln Homes Corp.;Elizabeth;and was a resident of Rostraver Twp.for the past 19 years. Mr.Weightman is survived by his widow;Viola Colvin Weightman;one son;R.Byron Weightman Jr.of Belle Vernon;one daughter;Mrs.James H.(Janice) Miller of Whitehall;one brother;Fred C.Weightman of Fayette City;and five grandchildren. Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon from 7 to 9 p.m.Wednesday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Thursday. Funeral services will be held from the funeral home Friday at 11 a.m.with the Rev.Allie A.Clayton;pastor of the Rehoboth Church;and Rev.Charles Colas;pastor of the First Baptist Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Ferguson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
KENNETH K. WILLEY