John Jupin;50;of Bedsworth st.;Pricedale;was dead on arrival at the Charleroi Division of the Mon Valley Hospital on Thursday;Dec.25;1975 after being stricken suddenly. Mr.Jupin;a life-long resident of Pricedale was employed in the Bethlehem Mines Corp.;Somerset Mine in Cokeburg for the past 12 years. He was the son of the late Michael and Anna Cherna Jupin and was a member of St.Macrina Byzantine Catholic Church of Monongahela;the American Legion Post 659 of Belle Vernon;Citizens Association of Pricedale;Polish Club of Arnold City;Hungarian BLS Society of Pricedale;United Mine Workers of America No.1197 of Cokeburg;East Belle Vernon Athletic Club and the Italian Beneficial Society of Belle Vernon. Survivors include his widow;Erika Whenknecht Jupin;three daughters;Mrs.Carl (Gerda) Zewe of Monongahela;Sharnette and Renee Jupin;both at home;one son;John Jupin;at home;one brother;Nick Jupin of Charleroi;and three sisters;Mrs.Anna Bisacky of Monongahela;Mrs.Eva Gaidos of Monongahela R.D.;and Mrs.George (Margaret) Kowasic of Naomi. Friends will be received in the Gerald R.Essey Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;after 2 p.m. on Saturday;Dec.27;1975 where Parastas services will be held on Sunday;Dec.28;1975 at 7 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Monday;Dec.29;1975 at 9:30 a.m. in St.Macrina Byzantine Catholic Church of Monongahela. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. David R.Rhome;temporary supervisor;in charge.
OLIVER W. ( BALDY ) JOHNSON
Funeral services will be held Monday in Donora for Oliver (Baldy) Johnson;48;of 218 Braddock Ave.;Braddock. Mr.Johnson;a former resident of Monessen;died Thursday;at 9:30 p.m.in the Veterans Administration Hospital;Oakland. Mr.Johnson was born in Monessen on March 13;1927;and was a clincial chemist. He was a member of the Rankin American Legion Post and the Scroll Club of Wilberforce University. Survivors include his widow;Mary Ann Johnson of Braddock;one son;Eric Johnson of Toledo;Ohio;two daughters;Linda and Darlene Johnson;both of Braddock;his mother;Marie White of Monessen;his father;Henderson Johnson;two brothers;George Alfred Johnson of Annapolis;Md.and Leon (Pappy) Johnson of Monessen;one sister;Mrs.Florence Womack of Charleston;W.VA.;two aunts and his step-father;Philip White of Monessen. Friends will be received in the Percy Law Jr.Funeral Home in Donora from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday;Sept.6;and from 2 to 4 p.m.and 7 to 9 p.m.Sunday;Sept.7;1975. Services will be held Monday;Sept.8;at 2 p.m.;with the Rev.A.C.Morris;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Percy Law Jr.;funeral director in charge.
JAMES LEROY JONES
James L.Jones Jr.;20;of 202 Vernon St.;North Belle Vernon;was pronounced dead at 4:40 p.m.Saturday;Aug.30;1975;in Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital. A member of the North Belle Vernon Fire Department;he was electrocuted when he brushed against a high tension wire carring 7;200 volts of electricity while helping to fight an apartment house fire in Charleroi. Born Dec.3;1954;in North Charleroi;he was the son of Mr.and Mrs.James R.Jones with whom he resided and who survive. He graduated in 1972 from Belle Vernon Area High School where he played football. A former student at Edinboro State College where he was a member of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity;he was employed as a warehouseman at Fox Grocery Co.in Rostraver Twp. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and Bell-Airs Camping Club;both of Belle Vernon. In addition to his parents;the deceased is survived by a brother;David B.;also at home;his paternal grandmother;Mrs.Gladys Jones of Petersburg;Ohio;his maternal grandmother;Mrs.Anna Zuro of Belle Vernon;his paternal great-grandfather;William C.Carrier;also of Petersburg;Ohio. Friends are being received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Tuesday;Sept.2 in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;where services will be held Wednesday;Sept.3;1975;at 11 a.m.;with the Rev.Dr.S.Arthur Talman of the First Presbyterian Church of Belle Vernon in charge. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is the funeral director in charge.
WILLIAM A. JONES
William A.Jones;58;of 1031 Highland Manor;Monessen;was dead on arrival at Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital on Saturday at 8:08 a.m. Mr.Jones;a veteran of the U.S.Army Infantry who served during World War II;was born Nov.10;1916 in Primrose;Pa. He was preceded in death by his mother;Nancy Jones;in January of 1957 and his father;James H.Jones;on June 15;1975. Survivors include his widow;Lottie Booker Jones;two sons;Terry Jones and William Jones Jr.;both of Monessen;two daughters;Tina and Willette Jones;both of Monessen;three brothers;Henry Jones of New York City;Colvon Jones of Buffalo;N.Y.;and George Jones of Los Angeles;Calif.;four sisters;Mrs.Alice McCollum and Mrs.Betty Humphrey;both of Pittsburgh;Mrs.Ruth Moorish of Los Angeles;Calif. and Mrs.Nancy Moore of Chicago;Ill.;and an aunt;Mrs.Finley Carson of Belle Vernon. Friends will be recieved in the Percy Law Jr.Funeral Home;Donora;from 7 to 9 p.m.Monday;Aug.11;and in the Antioch Baptist Church in Belle Vernon from 4 p.m.to 10 p.m.Tuesday;Aug.12;and until the time of the funeral Wednesday;Aug.13;at 1 p.m. The Rev.Bertha Sedgnore;pastor of the Pleasant Green A.M.E.Church of Pricedale;will officiate. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Percy Law Jr.funeral director in charge.
WILLIAM FELL JONES
JAMES HENRY JONES
WILLIAM E. JACKSON
William E.Jackson;69;of 204 Third St.;Belle Vernon;died Saturday;March 29;1975;at 10:55 a.m.in Mercy Hospital;Pittsburgh;after a prolonged illness. He was born in Arnold City on May 17;1905;a son of the late John and Harriet Kramer Jackson. Mr.Jackson was retired from the Monessen Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.;where he had worked in the laboratory. He was preceded in death by a daughter;Mrs.Carolyn Pilarcik;in 1965.Surviving are his widow;Helen Hammitt Jackson;two sons;Gerald W.Jackson of Fayette City and Clinton D.Jackson of Belle Vernon;one daughter;Mrs.Raymond (Linda) Heslep of San Francisco;Calif.;one brother;John Jackson of Elm Terrace;W.Va.;one sister;Mrs.Walter (Rachel) Szymansky of Belle Vernon;seven grandchildren;and two great-grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Toner-Essey Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Monday and from 11 a.m.until time of services;1:30 p.m.;on Tuesday. The Rev.J.Warner Grant of Oil City Free Methodist Church will officiate. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold T.Toner and Gerald R.Essey are funeral directors in charge.
JANNIE L.STEWART JOHNSON
Jannie L. Stewart Johnson;
48; a Pittsburgh area evangelist
missionary and lifelong resident
of Donora. died Saturday;Feb.15;1975 at
2:45 a.m. in Magee Women’s
Hospital; Pittsburgh.
Mrs. Johnson; who resided at
142 Highland Terrace; Donora;
was born April 21; 1926; in
New Eagle; a. daughter of
the late Richard and Stella
Stewart.
She was a 1944 graduate of
Donora High School.
Her mother; Mrs. Stella Stewart;
died Oct. 6; 1961; and her
father; Richard Stewart; died
on Feb. 16; 1969.
She is survived by her husband;
Herbert Hoover Johnson;
three sons; Dwight Stewart of
Anchorage; Alaska; Eugene
Stewart of Monessen; and Darrell
Johnson of Donora; one
daughter; Mrs. Hope Stewart
Beatty of Duquesne; one sister
Mrs. Marian Dow of Donora
one niece; Mrs; Gloria Walker
of Baltimore; Md.; four
grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.Friends will be received at
the Percy E. Law Jr. Funeral
Home in Donora; after 7
p.m. on Sunday. Services will be
held in the funeral home on Tuesday at 11 a.m. with the Rev.David Carter;an evangelist from Pittsburgh;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Percy E.Law Jr.is funeral director in charge.
LILLIAN JONES
FREEMAN J. JEFFERIES