BERNARD WAS THE FATHER OF CARILYN;BERNARD III;JAISON;BRYAN & RANDY AND THE GRANDFATHER OF YASMINE;RHYS;McKAYLA;SAILOR AND BRYAN;JR.

Evans M.Killings;67;of 1010 Brown St.;Belle Vernon;died Wednesday;March 20;1968;at 4:20 a.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Mr.Killings was a retired employee of the Monessen plant of Pittsburgh Steel Co.and was a member of Wayman A.M.E.Church;Free and Accepted Masons No.79;Okay Lodge No.697;I.B.P.O.E.of W.;and Choral and Literary Club;all of Monessen. Surviving are his widow;Ida S.;two sisters;the Rev.Elizabeth Burnette of Marion;Ind.and Mrs.Mary Lenoir of Peru;Ind. A brother;James T.Killings;died on March 7;1968. Friends will be received at the William R.Taylor Funeral Home;Monessen;after 7 p.m. March 21. Service in Wayman A.M.E.Church;Monessen;at 1 p.m.Monday;March 25. The Rev.R.A.Lattimer;pastor;will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. William R.Taylor is funeral director.

A former Monessen man;James Tolbert Killings;68;of 514 Fifth St.;Mather;died Thursday;March 7;1968;in Greene County Memorial Hospital. Mr.Killings;a resident of Mather seven years;had lived in Monessen 30 years and Brownsville four years. He was a retired employee of the Donora plant of U.S.Steel’s American Steel and Wire Division. Mr.Killings was born on Aug.3;1899;in Springfield;Tenn. Surviving are his widow;Elizabeth;two sisters;Mrs.Elizabeth Bernett and Mrs.Mary Lenora;both of Kokomo;Ind.;a brother;Evans of Belle Vernon;several nieces and nephews. Friends will be received at the Law Funeral Home;Brownsville;after 7 p.m.March 9. Funeral services will take place there Monday;March 11;at 1:30 p.m.with the Rev.William Richardson;pastor of Mt.Lebanon Baptist Church in Brownsville;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Law Funeral Home of Brownsville in charge.

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.