Steve Comadena of Naomi;Fayette City R.D.1;died Dec.4;1960;at 4:45 p.m. in the Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Born in Austria;July 24;1888;he was a retired coal miner. He was a member of Holy Trinity Orthodox Church;Charleroi. Surviving are his widow;Mary;seven sons;Mike and Lewis of Belle Vernon;Nick of Fairhope;Pete of Elco;Milton and Paul of Fayette City and George of Charleroi;a daughter;Mrs.Edward (Anna Mae) Bialon;Coal Center R.D.1;11 grandchildren;two brothers;Marko Comadena of Turtle Creek and Nick Comadena in Europe. Friends are being received at the George M.McCrory and Son Funeral Home;Fayette City;where parastas services will be held Tuesday;Dec.6;at 8:30 p.m. Funeral services will be held Wednesday;Dec.7 with prayer services at 9 a.m. from the funeral home and Mass at 10 a.m. from Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church;Charleroi. The Rev.Vladimir Soroka will officiate. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. George M.Mccrory and Son;funeral director.

Salvatore Cefala;66;of 527 Main St.;Belle Vernon;died at his home suddenly of a heart attack;Wednesday;Nov.16;1960 at 12:10 a.m. He was a member of the Italian Beneficial Society of Belle Vernon;and the Sons of Italy lodge;Belle Vernon. He was a retired glass worker;having been employed by the American Window Glass when its plant operated in Belle Vernon. He is survived by his wife;Carmella;one son;Willian of Belle Vernon;four daughters;Mrs.Ciro (Rosemarie) Antonucci;Mrs.Frank (Angeline) Stancato;Mrs.Thomas (Josephine) Sever;Belle Vernon;and Mrs.Thomas (Frances) Davis;at home;and six grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;during hours of 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 a.m. Requiem High Mass will be sung in St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;Saturday Nov.19;1960;at 10 a.m.by the Rev.Andrew King. Interment Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner is the funeral director.

Mrs. Elizabeth Reeves Crawford;
78; died Thursday morning;June 2;1960; at
3:25 o’clock at the home of her
daughter; Mrs. Raymond (Miriam)
Scales; 1116 State Rd.; Monessen; where she resided. Mrs Crawford was born in Rostraver Twp.; Nov. 27;1881. She was a lifelong member of the First Methodist Church;Monessen;a charter member of Monessen Chapter 205;Order of the Eastern Star and a member of Women’s Benefit Association of Belle Vernon. Preceded in death by her husband; Martin A. Crawford
in 1945; she is survived by two
daughters; Mrs. Russell (Henrietta)
Smith of Monessen and
Mrs. Scales: two sisters. Mrs.
Arthur (Hazel) Sphar Sr. of Upper Middletown and Mrs.
Charlotta Ferren of Allenport; four grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received at
the Edwin Melenyzer Funeral
Home; 262 Donner Ave.; Monessen after 7 p.m.June 2. Funeral home visiting hours are from 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Funeral services will be held Saturday;June 4;1960;at 2 p.m.from the funeral home with the Rev.Jackson A.Gabany;pastor of the First Methodist Church;Monessen officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Edwin Melenyzer;funeral director.

Daily Independent of Monessen
Monday; 9 May 1960

Michael Chesniak of Naomi Rd. Fayette City R.D. 1 died suddenly Saturday at 10:15 a.m. at the Page Plant of American Chain and Cable Co.; Monessen. Mr Chesniak was born in Whippany; N. J.; July 21; 1920. He was a member of Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church; Charleroi. A veteran of World War II.; he was a member of Brightwell-Daugherty Post 484; American Legion of Fayette City. He also belonged to the Naomi Athletic Club. Surviving are his parents; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Chesniak of Fayette City R. D. 1 two brothers; Andrew and Emil at home. Friends are being received at the George M. McCrory & son Funeral Home; Fayette City; where funeral services will be held Tuesday May 10 at 9 a.m. Additional rites of requiem mass will follow at 10 a.m. from Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church; Charleroi Rev Gregory Saraka will officiate. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Staff Sergeant George K.Corbett;41;a career airman from Pricedale;was killed instantly at midnight;Saturday April 16;1960;when his motorbike ran into the rear of a car in San Antonio;Texas. Sergeant Corbett was a veteran of World War II and the Korean Conflict. He had only one year and a half to serve before drawing his 20-year retirement from the Air Force. He was stationed at Medina Air Force Base in San Antonio. Born in Webster on Oct.18;1918;Sergeant Corbett attended LeGrange Elementary School and Rostraver High School. He was the son of William and Sarah Corbett. Surviving are his mother;three brothers;James K.of Houston Run;Joseph of Belle Vernon and Paul of Bentleyville R.D.;and four sisters;Mrs.William (Mary) Fowler of Leetsdale;Mrs.Jack (Josephine) Moore of Leasure City;Fla.;Mrs Charles (Margaret) Radec of Pricedale;and Mrs.John (Helen) Pierce of Pricedale. Friends will be received at the Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;beginning Thursday evening at seven o’clock. Services will be held there Saturday;April 23;1960;at 1 p.m.in charge Rev.Eugene Spear;pastor of the First Methodist Church;Belle Vernon. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

Linda Marie Theakston;49;of Fayette City;died Saturday;Jan.6;2001;in Belle Vernon. Born Sept.23;1951;in North Charleroi;she was the daughter of Lillian Koslasky Hynes and the late George W.Hynes. In addition to her mother;survivors include two sons;Brian Sabol of Henderson;Nev.;and Jeremy Theakston at home;one daughter;Tracy Sabol of Atlanta;Ga.;two brothers;William Hynes of Fayette City R.D.and Robert Hynes of West Newton;and two grandchildren;Brian Brandon and Ryan Sabol. Friends will be received Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.in the ELEY-McCRORY FUNERAL HOME;INC.;334 Main St.;Fayette City;and Wednesday until 10 a.m.when a blessing service will be held in the funeral home with the Rev.Donald Trexler officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Arlene Bondi Chew; 66; of
Charleroi; died Saturday; Jan.
6; 2001; in Mon Valley Hospital. She was born Oct. 11;1934;
in Belle Vernon; a daughter of
the late Michael Bondi and
Louise Suppa George. She was
a member of the Gospel
Alliance Church; Charleroi.
Survivors include her husband;
Robert Chew of Charleroi;
three sons and two daughters-in-law; Jack and Linda
DeSellems of Lock Four;
Ronald DeSellems of Charleroi;
and David and Carol
DeSellems of Donora: four
daughters and two sons-in-law;
Darla and Jeff Caseway; Debbie Coulson Diane Baker; and
Doreen and Bill Purcell; all of
Charleroi; two aunts; Justine
Hixson of Belle Vernon and
Catherine Moravec of Belle
Vernon; one sister; Gloria
Bondi Joseph of Monessen; 17
grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her stepfather; James George; one sister;
Dolores Roberts: and one
brother; Joseph (Buddy) Bondi. Friends will be received Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the LEONARD M. PAVLIC
FUNERAL HOMES INC.; 235
Fallowfield Ave.; Charleroi;
where funeral services will be
held Wednesday at 11 a.m.
with the Rev. Joseph Toomey
officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.