Joseph Fidnarik; Sr.; 66; of
Belle Vernon; R. D. 3; died May
8; 1955; at 9:10 a. m.; in the
Presbyterian Hospital; Pittsburgh.
He was born in Czechoslovakia;
March 16; 1889; and was a member of St. Edward’s Church; Fayette City; and the United Mine
Workers.
He is survived by his wife;
Anna Fidnarik; two sons; Joseph;
Jr.; of Belle Vernon; Michael of
Lowber; three daughters; Mrs.
William (Mary) Kramer of Flushing; New York; Mrs. Stephen
(Ann) Breza of Cuyahoga Falls;
Ohio; and Mrs. Fred (Sylvia)
Mathews; Jr.; of Monessen; one
brother; John of Fairhope; and five grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Melenyzer-Ferguson Funeral Home during hours of 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services there on Wednesday;May 11;at 9 a.m.;will be followed by additional rites at 9:30 o’clock in St.Edward’s Church. Rev.Charles Ribick will be in charge;and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Chas.L.Melenyzer and Shelby D.Ferguson are the funeral directors in charge of arrangements.

Mrs.Margaret Christina French;77;(nee Schmidt) of 423 South Trenton avenue;Wilkinsburg;died Thursday;Feb.24;1955;in Columbia Hospital. She was born and reared in Belle Vernon vicinity and was a member of Orient Chapter No.35;O.E.S.;Oriental Shrine;Syria Ladies Club;Daughters of the Nile and Wilkinsburg Christian Church. She is survived by her husband;Dr.Arthur Bowman French;two sisters;Mrs.Mary Price;Belle Vernon;and Mrs.Floyd Dowdell;Pittsburgh and one brother;William Schmidt. Friends are being received at the T.D.Turner Funeral Home;729 Wallace avenue;Wilkinsburg;where services will be held Saturday;February 26;1955;at 1 p.m. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The family requests that in lieu of flowers contributions be sent to the Heart Fund.

Alice Gaggini Sichi; 92; formerly of Seldom Seen; Belle Vernon; died Thursday; May 2; 2002; at 9:06 a.m. at Country Care Manor; Washington Township. Born Nov. 3; 1909; in Fredericktown; she was a daughter of the late Silvio and Maria Orsucci Gaggini. Mrs. Sichi was a resident of Belle Vernon for the past 65 years and a member of St. Sebastian Roman Catholic Church; Belle Vernon. She was a retired housekeeper for several prominent families in the Belle Vernon area. Mrs. Sichi was a member of the Belle Vernon; Charleroi; and Fayette City Golden Age assemblies and The Melody Makers singing group. She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law; Lloyd and Donna Sichi of North Belle Vernon; two sisters and a brother-in-law; Jenny and Andy Jugan of Belle Vernon and Nellie Behrendt of Fallowfield Township; one granddaughter; Sharon and husband Brad Manown of Rostraver Township; and one great-granddaughter; Lindsey Manown of Rostraver Township. In addition to her parents; she was preceded in death by her husband; Orlando Sichi; in July 1964; four brothers; Arthur; Peter; Roger and Albert Gaggini; and one sister; Londina Zinanni. Visitation will be held Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the LEONARD J. PARZYNSKI FUNERAL HOME; Family Owned and Operated; 626 Broad Ave.; Belle Vernon. Funeral services will be held Saturday; May 4; in the funeral home at 9:30 a.m. Interment will take place in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Members of St. Sebastian Parish will pray the rosary Friday at 3 p.m. and the North Belle Vernon Fire Department will conduct services at 7 p.m.; both in the funeral home. The family suggests memorial contributions be made in memory of Alice Sichi to the Belle Vernon Public Library.

John I.Filson 41; of 309 Fifth
street; Elizabeth; a former resident
of Rostraver Township; died suddenly
Thursday evening; June 17;1954. He is
survived by his wife; Mrs. Frances
Rousseau Filson: two daughters;
Linda Lou and Marie Yvonne; his
parents; Frank and Blanche Inghram
Filson;of Elizabeth; and one brother.
Commander James B. Filson; U. S
Navy. Whidby Naval Station; Oak
Harbor; Wash. Friends will be received at the Cox Funeral Home;
Elizabeth; until Monday; June 21.
when funeral services will be held
at 2 p. m. in charge of Rev. Lester
M. Bonner; of the Elizabeth Methodist Church. Interment in the Belle
Vernon Cemetery. John D. Cox;funeral director.