Funeral services will be held at Wednesday June 29;1960 at 9 a.m.for Leona M.Orlando;44;of 508 Speers St.;North Belle Vernon;who died at 11:35 a.m.Saturday;June 25;1960;in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital following a lingering illness. Miss Orlando had been an employee of the the Daily Independent for 26 years;joining the staff in 1934 as a correspondent for the Belle Vernon area. In 1941;Miss Orlando was assigned to The Independent’s editorial office in Monessen as a news and sports reporter. She became well known for her coverage of district sports during World War II. Later she entered The Independent’s advertising department;where she was employed until being hospitalized. Miss Orlando is survived by her stepmother;Ameila Orlando. Her father died 17 years ago. Her only brother;Salvatore;was killed in action in the European Theatre of operations during World War II. Friends are being received at the Toner Funeral Home in North Belle Vernon. A Requiem High Mass will be said for Miss Orlando at 9 o’clock Wednesday morning at St.Sebastian R.C.Church. She will be buried in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Mrs. Mary Jane Osborne of Fayette City;died in the Charleroi-Monessen hospital;December 3;1959;at 9:30 p.m. She was born in Carnegie;October 10;1889. She is survived by her husband;James Osborne;two sons;Charles R.of Brownstown and Thomas J.at home;four daughters;Mrs.Willis (Olive) Johnson of Fayette City R.D.1;Mrs.Vincent (Alice) Stone;Mrs.Walter (Mary Ann) Hale ;Belle Vernon;and Vera at home;one brother;Thomas Hency of Chilecothe;Ohio;three sisters;Mrs.Laura Livingstone of Brownstown;Mrs.Martha Fretz of Fayette City and Mrs.William Roe of Aliquippa;eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the McCrory Funeral Home. Services will be held there Monday;December 7;at 2 p.m.;in charge of Rev.D.Earl Daniel;and interment will follow in Belle Vernon cemetery. The George M.McCrory and Son Funeral Home is in charge.