Frank Kocian of 10 James St.;Belle Vernon;died Thursday;Nov.10;1977;at 10:46 a.m.in Brownsville General Hospital. He was 90. Mr.Kocian was born Sept.15;1887 in Czechosolvakia. He was a lifelong resident of the Mon Valley and a lifeling coal miner having retired in 1952. Mr.Kocian was a member of St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;and Jednola Lodge;Branch 155;Charleroi. He was preceded in death by his wife;Mari Janac Kocian;in 1965;a son;Frank Jr.;in 1971;and a daughter;Rose Sedlak;in 1973. Survivors include one son;Steve Kocian of Belle Vernon;six daughters;Mrs.Thomas (Helen) Mogan of Massachusetts;Mrs.Joseph (Agnes) Fidnarik of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Frank (Mary) Blumenstock of New Jersey;Mrs.Maurice (Ann) Jeffers of Michigan;Mrs.Joseph (Margaret) Butera of Charleroi;and Mrs.Joseph (Dolores) Snyder of Ohio;17 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Friends will be received in the Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;from 7 to 9 p.m.Saturday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Sunday. A prayer service will be held in the funeral home Monday at 9:30 a.m.followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m.in St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Jeffery Kennedy;21;Brownstown;Fayette City; was killed when his car went our of control and ran through two guardposts and down a 15-foot embankment on Route 981;1 1/2 miles East of Belle Vernon in Rostraver Twp.last evening;Monday;May 30;1977. He was born in North Charleroi on Feb.5;1956 and worked as a warehouse clerk at Atlas Merchandising Co.in Charleroi. He was a member of the Fayette City Christian Church. Surviving are his mother;Mrs.David (Elissia) Snyder of Edinberg;Pa.;his father;Clarence Kennedy of Fairhope;Belle Vernon;two brothers;Christopher Kennedy of Greensburg and Scott Kennedy of Edinberg;his maternal grandmother;Mrs.Gladys Turek of Fayette City R.D.1 and his paternal grandmother;Mrs.Florence Kennedy of Fairhope. Friends will be received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral home;Fayette City;after 7 p.m.Tuesday;May 31;1977. (Latch’s Lounge softball team;one of the best in the area;was deeply grieved by the death of 21-year-old Jeff Kennedy of Fayette City in an auto accident in Rostraver Township earlier this week. Nicknamed Rabbit ;Kennedy was a member of last year’s Latch’s Lounge team which went to the World Class C Tournament and hit 667)

Arthur Calvin (Mickey) Krepps;Sr.;73;of 312 Market St.;Belle Vernon;died Friday;Jan.28;1977;at 9:16 a.m. in the Monongahela Division of Mon Valley Hospital. He was born In Belle Vernon on May 18;1903;and had lived all his life in the community. Mr.Krepps was a member of F&AM Lodge of Belle Vernon;Uniontown Lodge of Perfection;Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite;Valley of Pittsburgh;Belle Vernon Fire Depatrment and Carpenters Local 1044. He was a retired construction superintendent;having worked for the Surface Combustion Corporation of Toledo;Ohio. Surviving are his widow;Dena Vernaccini Krepps;one son;Dr.Arthur C.Krepps;Jr.of Griffin;Ga.;two daughters;Mrs.Donice Besaw of North Plainfield;N.J.and Joann Krepps;at home;and three grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday;Jan.29 and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday;Jan.30. Services will be held at the funeral home on Monday;Jan.31;at 1:30 p.m. with Pastor R.Dawson Hopson of the First United Methodist Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Masonic services will be held at the funeral home Sunday at 7 p.m. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director in charge.

Mary B.Kunder;of 1246 Rosecrest Ave.;Monessen;died Friday;Dec.24;1976 at 8:30 a.m. in McKeesport Hospital following an illness of several weeks. Mrs.Kunder was born Oct.10;1914 in Monessen and was a resident of the city her entire life. She was a member of St.Anthony’s R.C.Church;Monessen;and its Ladies Guild and the Ladies Auxiliary of Monessen Eagles 2399. She also was a member of the Sokol’s Ladies Auxiliary and the Monessen Democratic Women’s Club. Survivors include her husband;Michael Kunder;three sons;Arthur of Charleroi;Eugene of Atlanta;Ga.;Jack of Monessen;six grandchildren;her mother;Mrs.Mary Konick of Monessen;a sister;Mrs.Frances (Anne) Burger of Monessen;a brother;Charles Konick of Crafton. Mrs.Kunder’s father preceded her in death as did a brother;George Konick;in 1966. Friends will be received at the Billick Funeral Home;Grand Blvd.and Marion Ave.;Monessen;from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday. A prayer service will be held at the funeral home Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St.Anthony’s R.C.Church;Monessen. Rev.Stephen Raich;pastor;will be the celebrant. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Billick Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Paul J.Klochak;50;Ridge Road;Rostraver Twp.Belle Vernon;died Wednesday;Nov.17;1976;at 9:45 a.m.in Veterans Administration Hospital in Oakland;Pittsburgh. Born May 22;1926;in Donora;he was a son of the late George and Mary Earelich Klochak and had resided most of his adult life in the Belle Vernon area. A u.S.Army veteran of World War II;he was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars in Somerset. He was a Roman Catholic by faith and self-employed as a handyman. Surviving are three brothrs;George of Donora;Harry of Belle Vernon R.D.3 and Donald of Parlin;N.J.;and three sisters;Mrs.Mary Brazzon of Fairhope;Washington Twp.;Mrs.Rose Bernardo of Belle Vernon and Mrs.Helen Matsick of Donora. Friends are being received after 7 p.m.Thursday;Nov.18;at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;334 Main St.;Fayette City;where a Blessing service will take place at 10 a.m.Saturday;Nov.20. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.