Mrs.Mary Pidanic;85;of 619 Bluff St.;Belle Vernon;died suddenly;Tuesday;July 15;1969 at 12:40 p.m. in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. She was a member of St.John the Divine R.O.Church;Monessen Surviving are five daughters;Mrs.Mary Spenik of Adah;Mrs.Anna Rosko of Duquesne;Mrs; Margaret Overcashier of Canonsburg;Mrs.Joseph (Rose) Szuch of Duquesne;Mrs.Andrew (Helen) Filak of Belle Vernon;a son;Peter Makar of Monngahela;25 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren. A son;Michael Pidanic;was killed in action on the USS Frankiln in March;1945. Friends wiil be recieved after 7 p.m. July 16 at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;and from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. July 17. Service in St.John the Divine R.O.Church;Monessen;at 9 a.m. Friday;July 18 with the Very Rev.John Govrusik;pastor;officiating. Internment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner is funeral director.

A Belle Vernon Area High School teacher was killed on Monday;April 7;1969;when his sports car crossed the medial divider on Route 51 near Perryopolis and crashed into another automobile. Robert E.Peffer;26;of Crestview Apartments;Sweeney Plan;Belle Vernon R.D.2;was prounounced dead at the scene by Fayette County Deputy Coroner Herman Blair of Perryopolis. According to State Police;Peffer was traveling north on Route 51 two miles north of Perryopolis when he lost control of his car. The vehicle spun;crossed the divider and struck a car driven by Dean P.Roberts;20;of 15 Federal St.;Perryopolis. The accident occurred at 4:45 p.m. Roberts;who like Peffer;was alone in his car;suffered bruises of the head and cuts. Damage to the Peffer car was estimated at $800 and to Roberts’ car $1;400. Peffer had taught chemistry for the past five years at Belle Vernon Area High School;going there after a year as a science teacher in Prince George County;Md. He was graduated from Charleroi High School in 1960 and from California State College in 1963. His widow;the former Donice Boston of Belle Vernon;is a teacher at Hempfield High School. Also surviving are his parents;Mr.and Mrs.Robert Peffer;716 Water St.;North Charleroi;and his grandmother;Mrs.Rose Shipley;also of North Charleroi. Friends will be received at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m. April 8 and from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. April 9. Service there Thursday;April 10;at 3 p.m. with the Rev.Robert Laing;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner is funeral director.

William A.Pancook;56;of Belle Vernon R.D.3 was prounced dead of a self-inflicted bullet wound of the temple at 11:15 a.m.March 28;1969;at his home at 51 Mobile Trailer Court;Belle Vernon R.D.3;Westmoreland County Coroner Stephen D.Yoney reported. Mr.Pancook;Yoney said;had been despondent over a lingering illness. Mr.Pancook was born in Monessen and had been a resident of the Valley most of his life. He was a veteran of World War II;having served with the Sixth Armored Division. He was office manager for the Bureau of Corporate Taxes in the State Office Bldg.;Pittsburgh. He was preceded in death by his mother;May B.Sherwin Pancook;Jan.3;1965. Survivors are his widow;Hazel of Harrisburg;one daughter;Mrs.Charles (Rosemary) Korbelli;Frederick;Md.;one sister;Mrs.Fred (Fern) Allen of Fellsburg;and a brother;Everett Pancook;of Monessen;athletic and vocational director in the Monessen public school system. Friends will be received at the Denver Rhome Funeral Home;Monessen;after 7 p.m. Saturday. Services will be held there Monday;March 31;at 1:30 p.m.;with the pastor of the Fells Methodist Church;in charge. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Denver Rhome and Son are the funeral directors.

William R.Perney;66;of 1010 Monongahela St.;Belle Vernon;died Sunday;Dec.29;1968;at 5:50 p.m.in Shadyside Hospital;Pittsburgh. Mr.Perney retired this year after 26 years of service as a railroader for the Monessen-Southwestern Railroad of the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. Surviving are his widow;Goldie Nolan Perney;four daughters;Mrs.William (Gladys) Lamey of Monessen;Mrs.Elmer (Mary) Spiker of Fairhope;Mrs.Robert (Verna) Hibbs of Tarpin Springs;Fla.;Mrs.Clarence (Clara) Wiltz of Charleroi;four sons;Stanley and Henry of Belle Vernon;Russell of Donora;twenty-three grandchildren;four brothers;Lawrence Peroney of Greenoak;Pa.;Humbert Peroney and Frank Peroney;both of Belle Vernon;John Perney of Pittsburgh;three sisters;Mrs.Ida Boucherle and Mrs.Grace Ferguson;both of Youngstown;Ohio;and Mrs.Elmeda Nichols of Fayette City. Friends will be received at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m.Monday and from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.Tuesday.

Mrs.Florence Winstone Popp;60;of New Eagle;formerly of Monessen;died Sunday;Nov.10;1968;at 1:35 p.m.in Monongahela Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. Mrs.Popp was born in Monessen on Sept.18;1908;and was a graduate of Monessen High School and Slippery Rock College. She was a member of Order of Eastern Star;Chapter 205;Monessen;and Riverview Baptist Church;New Eagle. She moved to New Eagle in 1957 from Monessen. Surviving are her husband;Raymond D.Sr.;two sons;Raymond D.Jr.of Monroeville and Blaine W.;a student at the University of Pittsburgh;one daughter;Debra Lynn Popp at home;three brothers;David and Harry Winstone of Monessen;George Winstone of Belle Vernon R.D.2;three sisters;Mrs.John (Margaret) Mesher of Donora;Mrs.Frances Popp of Monessen;Mrs.William (Rowina) Kioski of Lynnwood. Friends will be received at the Bebout & Yohe Co;Funeral Home;Monongahela;from 7 to 9 p.m.Nov.12 and from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.Nov 13. Service there Thursday;Nov.14;1968;at 1:30 p.m.with the Rev.William R.Carney;pastor of Riverview Baptist Church;New Eagle officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Edwin Melenyzer of Monessen is the funeral director.

August Petrak;74;of 1215 Lower Meadow Ave.;Charleroi;was found dead at his home on Saturday;Oct.10;1968. Death was attributed to natural causes. Neighbors notified police when Mr.Petrak hadn’t been seen for a day-and-a-half. Mr.Petrak;who was born in Czechoslovakia on April 29;1894;was a retired employee of the Allenport plant of Pittsburgh Steel Co. Surviving are a son;Edward of Miami;Fla.;two grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Francis C.Slezak Funeral Home;Charleroi;from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Service there Tuesday;Oct.13;at 11 a.m. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Francis C.Slezak is funeral director.