John J.Kilvady;1254 Rostraver St.;Monessen;died Monday;Jan.17;1972 at 3:20 a.m. in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital;after a lingering illness. Born in Donora;Mr.Kilvady was a lifetime Valley resident and had been employed in the former Donora Zinc Works. He was a member of Holy Name R.C.Church of Monessen and its Holy Name Society and of the Monessen Slovak Home. Surviving are his widow;Mrs.Helen Kilvady;one daughter;Mrs.James (Dolores) O’Brien of Buffalo;N.Y.;four granddaughters;two sisters;Mrs. John (Mary) Vivio and Mrs. Helen Droznick;both of Pittsburgh;and one brother;Joseph Kilvady of Monessen. Friends are being received after 7 p.m. Monday at the Billick Funeral Home;Grand Blvd.;Monessen;where a blessing service will be held Wednesday;Jan.19;1972;at 9:30 a.m. Rerquiem high mass will follow at Holy Name R.C. Church;Monessen;with the pastor;the Very Rev.Matthew Yanosek;as the celebrant. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Robert A.Billick;funeral director.

Josephine (Sophie) Krasula 78;of Cook St.; Fayette City died Sunday;Oct.17;1971 at 4:10 p.m. in Charleroi- Monessen Hospital. Miss Krasula was born Oct. 8; 1893 in Austria – Hungary. She was a member of Holy Spirit R. C.Church; Fayette City. Several nieces and nephews survive. Friends are being received at the Howard W. McCrory Funeral Home in Fayette City;where a Prayer service will be held at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday;Oct.20;1971;followed by a Requiem High Mass at 10 a.m.in the Holy Spirit R.C.Church of Fayette City with the Rev.Joseph Tamilowski;celebrant. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. A wake service will be held Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.at the funeral home.

William C.Kitto;Sr.;84;of Crest Drive;Sweeney Plan;Belle Vernon;died Friday;Oct.15;1971;at 4:50 a.m. in Haven Crest Nursing Home;Monongahela. Mr.Kitto was born in Johnstown on Jan.4;1887. A former director of raw materials for the then Pittsburgh Steel Co.;he was active in community affairs in Monessen;having been a director of the Chamber of Commerce and of the Monessen Public Library. He was a member of the Monessen Elks Lodge and the American Iron and Steel Institute. He had been in retirement since 1950. His wife;Mary C.Kitto;died Jan.20;1954. He is survived by one son;William C.Jr.of Belle Vernon;one sister;Mrs.John Hall of Roswell;N.M.;and one granddaughter;Carol L.Kitto of Belle Vernon. Friends will be received Saturday at the Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon where visiting hours are 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held at the funeral home Monday;Oct.18;1971 at 2:30 p.m. with the Rev.Charles Colas;pastor of the First Baptist Church of Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director in charge.

Mrs.Maude E.Klein;72;of Roscoe;died suddenly Wednesday;Oct.6;1971;at Pawlowski Nursing Home;Monongahela R.D. She was born in Stockdale Jan.30;1899;a daughter of the late William B.and Anne Langham. She was a member of United Presbyterian Church of Roscoe. Her husband;Otto F.F.Klein;died Feb.16;1967. She is survived by two sons;Jack C.Klein;chief of California Volunteer Fire Department;and William J.of Hazel Park;Mich.;one daughter;Mrs.John (LaVonne) Winearski of York Harbor;Mich.;five grandchildren and one great-grandchild;and a sister;Mrs.Dorothy Leah of Pittsburgh. Friends will be received after 7 p.m. today and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Friday at the Ruth Eckert Funeral Home;Roscoe;where services will be held at 2 p.m.Saturday with the Rev.James Cuppett;pastor of United Presbyterian Church of Roscoe;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Richard Eugene Kostelac;19;of 222 Charles St.;Belle Vernon;died Wednesday;June 30;1971;at 7:50 while swimming in the Monongahela River. The youth failed to surface after plunging into the water from an 85-foot pier. His body was recovered about an hour later through the combined efforts of scuba divers and firemen from Belle Vernon;Fayette City and Greensburg. His body was found in 15 feet of water about 70 feet from shore by Darwin Bethem;scuba diver with the Belle Vernon Fire Department. State Police said Kostelac had been swimming with companions at the abandoned Colonial Docks located about 1.5 miles north of Newell in Jefferson Twp. Police said approximately 20 persons were in the swimming area when the fatal dive was made. The youth was born Feb.21;1952. He was employed as a millwright helper at the Allenport Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. He is survived by his parents;Joseph A.and Helen Diggins Kostelac;a brother;Joseph Jr.;at home;two sisters;Mrs.Richard (Bonnie) Wilson of Monessen and Mrs.Sheri Kulik of Belle Vernon;maternal grandmother;Mrs.Violet Brouse of Altoona;and step-grandfather;Judson Brouse. Friends are being received at the Howard McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;where services will be at 1:30 p.m.Saturday with the Rev.Donald Dilley;of Marion Presbyterian Church of Fairhope;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.