Thomas James Osborne;51;of 124 Lowers Alley;Fayette City;died suddenly in Veterans Administration Hospital;Oakland;Pittsburgh;Tuesday;Jan.4;1966 at 4 a.m. Mr.osborne;a retired employee of the Monessen Southwestern Railroad of Pittsburgh Steel Co.;was a member of the Christian Church;Fraternal Order of Eagles;Aerie 1450 and Brightwell Daughtery Post 484 of the American Legion;all of Fayette City. He was a veteran of World War II. Born in Fayette City on Jan.21;1914;he was the son of James Osborne and the late Mary Jane Hency Osborne. Surviving besides his father are one brother;Charles Raymond Osborne of Fayette City R.D.;four sisters;Mrs.Willis (Olive) Johnson of Fayette City R.D.;Mrs.Vincent (Alice) Stone and Mrs. Walter (Mary Ann) Hale;both of Belle Vernon and Vera at home. Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;where a service will be held Friday;Jan.7;at 1:30 p.m.in charge of the Rev.David J.Snyder;pastor of Fayette City Christian Church. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Full military rites will be conducted at the funeral home on Jan.7 by the Brightwell Daughtery Post 484;American Legion;Fayette City. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director.

Charles Oliphant Sr.;56;of 107 Speer St.;Speers;was killed in a one car accident at 8:15 p.m.Wednesday;Feb.24;1965;on Interstate Route 70 on the Belle Vernon end of the Belle Vernon-Speers bridge in Westmoreland County. A coal miner;Mr.Oliphant was born Nov.14;1909;in Washington Twp.(Fayette County);the son of the late Joseph and Anna Lynch Oliphant. He is survived by his widow;Ellen Burgan Oliphant;two sons;Charles J.of Roscoe;and Larry of Cleveland;Ohio;a daughter;Mrs.Lorraine Vercoe;also of Roscoe;two brothers;Christopher of Fayette City and Joseph of Waynesburg;three sisters;Mrs.Mae Mitchell of Fairhope;Mrs.Violet Mastronicola of Charleroi; Mrs.Agnes Connors of Marin Villa;Fairhope and four grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;where a service will take place Saturday;Feb.27;at 2 p.m.in charge of the Rev.Wendall Paul;pastor of Roscoe Methodist Church. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W. McCrory;funeral director.

Mark A.Oliver;43;of 237 Main St.;Belle Vernon;died suddenly in Meridian;Miss on Thursday;Dec.31;1964;at 4:30 p.m. He was employed by the Rust engineering Co.in Meridan as a project engineer. Mr.Oliver was graduated from the school of civil engineering at Pennyslvania State University and was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He was a 1939 graduate of Belle Vernon High School. He was a veteran of World War II. Surviving are his widow;Colleen;two children;Ray and Kathy;at home;his mother;Mrs.Theresa Oliver;Belle Vernon;seven brothers;Joseph and Philip of Belle Vernon;Nick of Morgantown;W.Va.;Thomas;Ted and John Rudolph;all of Dearborn;Mich.;and Dr.Paul Oliver of Boston;Mass.;two sisters;Mrs.Ida Mae Yaquinto of Dearborn and Mrs.Joan Hrutkay of Oriskany;N.Y. Friends are being received at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;from 2 to 5 abd 7 to 10 p.m. Service there Tuesday;Jan.5;at 2 p.m.in charge of the Rev.Charles Zacher;pastor of Christ Lutheran Church;Charleroi. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.

Frank E.Opfar;74;of Belle Vernon;R.D.4;formerly of Fayette City;died Dec.18;1964;at 5 a.m. in the Oakland Veterans Administration Hospital;Pittsburgh. He was born in Elizabeth on Jan.26;1890. A veteran of World War I;he was member of American Legion Post 22;Charleroi;and World War One Barracks of Mon Valley;350. Survivors are his widow;Elizabeth Hutchison Opfar;three brothers;Howard;William and Earl of Fayette City;two sisters;Mrs.Pearl Bishop;Wilkinsburg and Mrs.Perce (Mary Belle) Richard of Clairton. Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;where funeral services will be held Monday;Dec.21;at 3 p.m. The Rev.William McNeil;pastor of the Methodist Church;Fayette City;will officiate. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director.

Nixon (Nick) O’Neil; 65; of Coal Center R. D. #1; a retired foreman at Allenport Plant; Pittsburgh Steel Co. died at West Penn Hospital; Wednesday morning; January 23; 1963 at 1:05 a.m.
He was born in Fayette City; November 30; 1897; the son of the late James and Viola Farquhar O’Neil; and was a member of Clover Hill Methodist Church. He was a veteran of World War I.
Survivors include one son; Robert; and one daughter; Mrs. Alfred (Betty) Lindsay both of Coal Center R. D. #1; two brothers James of Daisytown and Willis O’Neil of Lynnwood; two sisters; Mrs. Mildred Mitchell; Mill Run and Mrs. Genieve Davis; Chicago. Four grandchildren also survive.
Friends will be received at the Ruth Eckert Funeral Home; Roscoe; from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. beginning Thursday. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery; Belle Vernon; PA.