Stephen A.Popelas;63;of 1024 Graham St.;Belle Vernon;died at his home Thursday;July 8;1965;at 7 a.m. after a lengthy illness. Mr.Popelas;a retired truck driver;was born in Czechoslovakia on March 1;1902. Surviving are his widow;Mary Kovach Popelas;four brothers;Andrew of Roscoe;John of Reading;George of Cleveland;Ohio;and Michael in New York;a sister;Mary Popelas in Europe. Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;after 7 p.m. July 9. Service there Monday;July 12;at 1:30 p.m. in charge of the Rev.Howard Rodebaugh;pastor of Union Church in Pricedale. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director.

Mrs.Carolyn Ann Pilarcik;28;of 426 Green St.;Belle Vernon;died Tuesday;March 16;1965;at 1:45 p.m.at her home after a long illness. Mrs.Pilarcik was born in Belle Vernon;Aug.17;1936 and had been a lifelong resident there. She was a member of the Covenant Christian Church;Belle Vernon and the Junior Women’s Club of Belle Vernon. Surviving are her husband;Charles F.;a son;John and a daughter;Betty;at home;her parents;Mr.and Mrs.William Jackson;Belle Vernon;two brothers;Gerald W.Jackson;Fayette City and Clinton D.Jackson of Belle Vernon;a sister;Linda Joyce Jackson;Belle Vernon. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m.March 17. Funeral home visiting hours will be 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Funeral services will be held Friday;March 19;at 1:30 p.m.from the funeral home with the Rev.Joseph Marasco;pastor of Covenant Christian Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

Calliope Patricousis (Grandma Gialas) aged 115 years;eldest known area resident;died Tuesday;Feb.16;1965;at 2:45 o’clock at her home;736 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon. She was born in Mesta;Chios;Greece on March 10;1849. She came to Stockdale from Greece in 1921;moving to Belle Vernon in 1951. She was a member of St.Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church;Monessen. Surviving are a daughter;Mrs.James (Virginia) Gialas;with whom she made her home since coming to this country;10 grandchildren;5 of whom are Mary Salidis and George Gialas;of Philadelphia;Irene Retos;of Monongahela;Caroline;at home and Angeline;of Baltimore;Md. Also surviving are 13 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband;Andrew in 1917. Friends are being received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home in Belle Vernon from 3 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Service there Friday;Feb.19;at 12:30 p.m.followed by additional rites at Sr.Spyridon G.O.Church;Monessen. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Trisagion services at the funeral home;Feb.17;at 9 p.m.and Feb.18 at 9 p.m. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.