George J.Konick;34;of 969 Schoonmaker Ave.;Monessen;died at 4:20 p.m.Thursday;Jan.18;1968;in Veterans Administration Hospital;Oakland;Pittsburgh;of a head injury suffered when he fell from a ladder while on a painting job at Mon Valley General Tire Co.in Monessen on Saturday. The victim was given preliminary treatment at Charleroi-Monessen Hospital before being transferred to the Pittsburgh institution. Mr.Koncik;who was born in Monessen;was graduated from Monessen High School with the Class of 1952. He was a member of St.John the Divine Russian Orthodox Church of Monessen and its choir. He served with the U.S.Army in the Korean Conflict. His father;Charles;died in Nov.;1953. Surviving are his widow;Helen Backo Konick;two daughters;Helen Marie and Dian;and a son;Jeffrey Michael;all at home;his mother;Mrs.Mary Mihalick Konick of Monessen;two sisters;Mrs.Michael (Mary) Kunder and Mrs.Francis (Ann) Burger;both of Monessen;a brother;Charles of Crafton;several nieces and nephews.Friends will be received at the H.Denver Rhome Funeral Home;Monessen;after 7 p.m.Jan.20. Service there Monday;Jan.22;at 8:30 a.m.followed by Requiem Divine Liturgy in St.John the Divine R.O.Church;Monessen;at 9 a.m. The Very Rev.John W.Govrusik;pastor;will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Parastas services at the funeral home at 8:30 p.m.Jan 20 and 21. H.Denver Rhome is funeral director.

John P. Keracik; 46; of 397
Fell St.; Belle Vernon; died Saturday;Aug.26;1967; at 8:21 p.m. in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital.
A life-long resident of Belle
Vernon; Mr. Keracik was born
in Belle Vernon on May 13;1921.
A member of the First Baptist Church of Belle Vernon; he
was also a veteran of World
War II; having served with the
U. S. Air Force.
Mr. Keracik was employed as
a hooker in the tube mill of the
Allenport plant of Pittsburgh
Steel Co.
Surviving are his widow; Olivia Bradbary Keracik; two
sons; John W. and Charles S.
at home; a daughter; Mrs.
Donald (Kathleen) Brown of
Bethel Park; a brother; Joseph
of Belle Vernon; two sisters;
Mrs. William Rowley of Belle
Vernon and Mrs. Mary Balaska of Pittsburgh and three grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon. Service there Wednesday;Aug.30;1967;at 1:30 p.m.with the Rev.Charles Colas;pastor of the First Baptist Church in Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director.

Mrs.Josephine Kelly;87;formerly of Belle Vernon;died in Pittsburg;Calif.;at 3:20 a.m.Saturday;June 17;1967. Mrs.Kelly is survived by a daughter;Mrs. Charles (Grace) Federer Jr.of Stockdale;four sons;Fred Holland of Pricedale;Henry Holland of Pittsburg;Calif.;Thomas Kelly of West Point;Calif.;Edward Kelly of Healdsburg;Calif.;two sisters;Mrs. Millie Wilds of Dravosburg and Mrs.Mary Wolfe in Florida;a brother;Hamilton Lynn of Fairhope;eight grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. Friends will be received after 7 p.m.June 20 at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home in Belle Vernon. Service there Thursday;June 22;at 2 p.m.with Dr.S.Arthur Telman;pastor of Belle Vernon’s First Presbyterian Church;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Funeral home visiting hours are 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.

Otto Klein;71;of Mt.Tsbor Road;Roscoe;died in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital at 8:45 p.m.Thursday;Feb.16;1967. Mr.Klein;a retired employee of the Allenport plant of Pittsburgh Steel Co.;was a member of Roscoe Presbyterian Church and a veteran of World War I. Born in Charleroi on Feb.26;1895;he was a son of the late Julius and Lena Polach Klein Sr. Surviving are his widow;Maude Landham Klein;two sons;William of Detroit;Mich.;and Jack of California;Pa.;a daughter;Lavonne at home;five grandchildren;a brother;Julius H.Jr.of Roscoe;three sisters;Mrs.Elizabeth Lehr of Roscoe;Mrs.Henrietta Carroll and Mrs.Alfreda Hardes of Sedalia;Mo.Friends will be received at the Ruth Eckert Funeral Home;Roscoe;from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.starting Feb.18. Service there Monday;Feb.20;at 1 p.m. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Ruth and Emil Eckert;funeral directors.