Mrs. Mary Modrak; 68; of
1201 Henry St.; Belle Vernon;
suffered a heart attack at her
home Sunday;Feb.16;1969; and was
dead on arrival at the Charleroi-Monessen Hospital at 11:25
a.m.
She was born in Austria-Hungary; Dec. 23; 1900; and spent
most of her life in Belle Vernon.
She was a member of St.
Mary’s Byzantine Catholic
Church of Monessen.
Preceded in death by her
husband John Modrak in 1946;
she is survived by three sons;
Michael of Bradenton; Fla.;
Frank of Belle Vernon; and William of Roscoe; two daughters;
Mrs. George (Margaret) Fabian and Mrs. James (Irene)
Mendicino; of Belle Vernon; one
brother; John Motchkoski; of Belle
Vernon; two sisters; Mrs. John
Zevok; of Belle Vernon; and Mrs.
John Shuma; of Belle Vernon
R. D.; six grandchildren and
one great-grandchild.
Friends will be received at
the Shelby D. Ferguson Funeral Home; Belle Vernon; after 7 p.m. Monday. Parastas service will be held there on Wednesday;Feb.19;1969;at 8:45 a.m.;will be followed by Requiem High Mass in St.Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church of Monessen. The Rev.Andrew D.Parvensky will be the celebrant and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson of Belle Vernon is the funeral director.

Frank Mazza;74;of 23 Sampson St.;Belle Vernon;died in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital at 2:35 p.m.Saturday;Jan.11;1969. Surviving are his widow;Esther Davenport Mazza;two brothers;Tony of Arnold City;Dominick of Coraopolis;John of Belle Vernon;five sisters;Rose Mazza;Mrs.Joseph Teano;Mrs.Albert Trozzo;Mrs.Gilda Duda and Mrs.Alex Teska;all of Belle Vernon. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m. Monday;Jan.13. Service there Wednesday;Jan.15;1969;at 11 a.m.;with the Rev.John Bowers;pastor of the First Christian Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is the funeral director.

Mrs. Alma Mackey;60;of St.Clair Shores;Mich.;formerly of Fairhope;died Wednesday at 11:15 p.m. in a hospital at St.Clair Shores. She was born in Stuebenville;Ohio;July 23;1908. Surviving are her husband;Rudolph;two brothers;William Dascenzo of California state;and Albert Dascenzo of Detroit;Mich. Friends will be received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home in Fayette City after 7 p.m. Dec 7. Service there Monday;Dec.9 at 1:30 p.m. with Dr.S.Arthur Talman;pastor of Belle Vernon’s First Presbyterian Church;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory is funeral director.

Thomas L.May;75;of 423 Seventh St.;Donora;died at his home around 10 a.m.Wednesday;Nov.13;1968;after a lingering illness. Mr.May was a retired employee of the wire mill of the Donora plant of U.S.Steel’s American Steel and Wire Division. He was born in Charles Town;W.Va.;May 5;1893;and had lived in Donora since 1919. He is survived by a brother;William of Washington;D.C.;and a niece;Mrs.Angeline Venes of Cleveland;Ohio. Friends will be received at the Percy Law Jr.Funeral Home;Donora;after 2 p.m. Nov.15. Service there Saturday;Nov.16;at 11 a.m.with the Rev.W.E.McBrayer;pastor of St.Paul Baptist Church in Donora;officiating. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Percy Law Jr.is funeral director.