Mary Elizabeth Betty Donovan;82;of 426 Jones St.;Belle Vernon;died Saturday;Jan.27;2001;at 4:20 a.m. in Mon Valley Hospital. Born Nov.1;1918 in Glassport;she was the daughter of the late James and Sicily Murphy Donovan. Mrs.Donovan lived most of her life in Alexandria;Va.;and was a resident of North Belle Vernon for the past 20 years and resided at the Residence at Hilltop for the past year. She was a member of St.Sebastian Roman Catholic Church in Belle Vernon and was retired from the U.S.State Department where she worked as an executive assistant to Secretary of State Dean Rusk and former President Lyndon B.Johnson. She was a former volunteer for Meals on Wheels;enjoyed playing bridge and was a member of the Tri-State Bridge League. She is survived by a niece;Elizabeth Flanagan and her husband Michael Mitchell of Blacksburg;Va; In addition to her parents;she was preceded in death by a sister;Julia Flanagan in 1995. Visitation will be held Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the LEONARD J.PARZYNSKI FUNERAL HOME;family owned and operated;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon. Prayer service will be held Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. in the funeral home;followed by funeral Mass at 10 a.m. in St.Sebastian Roman Catholic Church;Belle Vernon;with the Rev.Donald P.Trexler as celebrant. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. St.Sebastian Legion of Mary will recite the Rosary Monday at 3 p.m. in the funeral home.

Rita F.Balentine;57;of Star Junction;died Thursday;Jan.25;2001;in Uniontown Hospital. A daughter of the late Samuel P.and Mary Louise Richardson West;she was born in Gillespie on Jan.21;1944. She had lived in Star Junction for more than 22 years and was a member of the Reformed Free Methodist Church. Mrs.Balentine had been a secretary for the Fayette County Housing Authority in Uniontown since 1988. Survivors include her husband;Robert E.Balentine Sr.;a son and daughter-in-law;Robert E.and Melissa Balentine of Scottdale;two daughters;Paul G.and Rebecca R.Balentine;both at home;two brothers and sisters-n-law;Thomas E.and Betty West of Capon Bridge;W.Va.;and Harold and Emma West of Star Junction;three sisters and two brothers-in-law;Alma and Roy Taylor of Belle Vernon;Vivian and Harry Conn of Star Junction and Sharon Absher of Connellsville;and a grandson;Michael Robert Balentine. Friends will be received in the FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME INC.;a Golden Rule Member Firm;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;on Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m.and on Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be in the funeral home on Monday at 11:30 a.m.;with Rev.Herbert Smith;pastor of the Home Mission Church of Alliance;Ohio;officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Michael Jupin;80;of Naomi;Fayette City;R.D.1;formerly of Pricedale;died in the Brownsville General Hospital on Monday;Jan.14;1963 at 2 p.m. He was a retired coal miner. Survivors include four sons;Frank of Scranton;Nicholas;Charleroi;George of Monongahela and John of Pricedale;three daughters;Mrs.John (Ann) Bisacky;Mrs.Pete (Evelyn) Gaidos;Monongahela;Mrs.George (Margaret) Kowasic;Naomi;25 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;beginning 7 p.m.Jan.15. Services at St.Mary’s Greek Catholic Church;Monessen on Thursday;Jan.17;at 9:30 a.m.in charge of the Rev.Andrew Parvensky;pastor. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.