Mrs.Vera Mae Columbus;67;of 449 Donner avenue;Monessen;died at her home;February 15;1953;at 10:30 p.m. She was a member of the First Christian church of Monessen. Surviving are three sons;Donald and Leroy of Monessen;William of New Castle;four daughters;Mrs.William Hohenberger;Monessen;Mrs.Raymond Edward of Warren;Ohio;Mrs.Leslie Hayes;Canton;Ohio;and Wilda Balog;Monessen;four brothers;Charles Boyd of Coverdale;Wilson;Clarksville;Robert of Canonsburg and Ernest of Washington;one sister;Mrs.Lena Gillmer of Warren;Ohio;and six grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Edwin Melenyzer Funeral Home;262 Donner avenue;Monessen. Services will be held there Wednesday;February 18;1953;at 2 p.m.;in charge of Rev.Vernon Bowers;and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Edwin Melenyzer is the funeral director.

Frank Carper;67;of Belle Vernon;R.D.;died in the Charleroi-Monessen hospital;Saturday January 24;1953;at 6:15 a.m. He is survived by his wife;Mary Carper;three daughters;Mrs.John Pauwels;Charleroi;R.D.;Mrs.Walter Mood;Monessen and Mrs.Theodore Snyder of Belle Vernon;R.D.;two brothers;Rice W.Carper;Berryville;Virginia;and Hugh of Washington;D.C.;six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Melenyzer-Ferguson Funeral Home. Services will be held there Tuesday;January 27;1953;at 2 p.m.;in charge of Rev.James C.Puz. Interment will follow in the Belle Vernon Cemetery. Chas.L.Melenyzer and Shelby D.Ferguson are the funeral directors.

Jesse D.Case;aged 69;Superintendent of the Oil Well Tubing Department;Allenport plant;Pittsburgh Steel company;died suddenly at his home;425 Jones Street;Belle Vernon;Wednesday;January 21;1953;at 8:40 o’clock. He had been affiliated with the Pittsburgh Steel Company for the past 51 years and was honored by officials of the company last spring at a testimonial luncheon after completion of 50 years serving with the company. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Charleroi-Monessen Hospital;a past president of the Belle Vernon Rotary Club;a member of the Lutheran Reform Church;of Lehighton;Pa.and also of the Woodmen of the World. He is survived by his wife;Mrs.Clara Case;one son;Lewis;Charleroi;R.D.;and one daughter;Mrs.Gerald Schreiber;Pittsburgh;and one grandchild. Friends will be received at the late home. services will be held there Monday;January 26;1953;at 2 p.m.;in charge of Rev.Vernon Bowers of the First Christian Church of Monessen. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon cemetery. Chas.L.Melenyzer and Shelby D.Ferguson are the funeral directors.

Max Bodock;59;of 217 Charles St.;Belle Vernon (Fairhope) died Thursday;Dec.23;1977;at 1:15 p.m.in Mercy Hospital;Pittsburgh.  He was a lifelong resident of Fairhope;born there on Feb.15;1918.  His parents were the late John and Helen Badock.  Mr.Badock was a member of Holy Spirit Catholic Church of Fayette City;the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post of Belle Vernon and the Allenport Rod and Gun Club.  He had served with the U.S.Army during World War II.  Mr.Badock was employed at the Allenport Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. He is survived by his widow;Lucille Horan Badock;two daughters;Lynne M.and Nancy A.;both at home;one brother;Stanley T.Badock of Belle Vernon and one sister;Mrs.Victor (Genevieve) Ancitano of Charleroi.  Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon from 7 to 9 p.m.Saturday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Sunday.  A Prayer service will be held at the funeral home on Monday at 11:30 a.m.with the Rev.Thomas G.Rinn of Holy Spirit Catholic Church;Fayette City.  Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.  Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director in charge.

Guy Bilsky of 324 Mikula
Road; Arnold City; Belle
Vernon; died suddenly
Sunday;Nov.27;1977; at 11:30 a.m in
Bilsky’s Market in Arnold
City; which he owned. He was
59.
Mr. Bilsky was born April
21; 1918 in Washington Twp.; a
son of the late Joseph and
Mary Druciak Bilsky.
He was a member of Holy
Spirit R. C. Church; Fayette
City; and P N A Lodge 976;
Arnold City
Mr. Bilsky was a veteran of
World War II having served in
the U. S. Army.
Survivors include his
widow; Helen Nalevanko
Bilsky; one son; Joseph Guy
Bilsky of Fayette City R D 1;
one daughter; Mrs. Barry
(Brenda) Tramor of Fayette
City R.D. 1; and one sister;
Mrs. Michael (Delores)
Kutska of Arnold City.
In addition to his parents; he
was preceded in death by one
sister and two brothers.
Friends will be received in
the Howard W McCrory
Funeral Home; Main St ;
Fayette City; after 3p m Monday. A Prayer service will be held in the funeral home Wednesday at 9:30 a.m.followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m.in Holy Spirit R.C.Church;Fayette City. Rev.Thomas G.Rinn will be the celebrant. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. A wake service will be held Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.in the funeral home. The Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Susan (Peg) Bain of 808 Cedar Ave.;Pittsburgh;died Friday;Nov.25;1977;at 5:30 p.m.in Divine Providence Hospital;Pittsburgh. She was 71. Mrs.Bain was born Feb.17;1906 in Van Voorhis;a daughter of the late Stephen and Zuanna Sember Mikita. She spent most of her life in Pittsburgh and was a retired employee of the Smithfield Restaurant in Pittsburgh. Her husband;James Bain;preceded her in death on Dec.15;1957. Survivors include three sisters;Mrs.Stanley (Veronica) Shubuck of Bernizer;Pa.;Mrs.Joseph (Justine) Gerber of North Charleroi;and Mrs.Willard (Elizabeth) Godfrey of Stockdale. Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;from 7 to 9 p.m.Saturday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Sunday. Services will be held in the funeral home Monday at 11:30 a.m. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Stanley J.Bashada;68;of 624 Henry St.;Belle Vernon;died Saturday;Sept.24;1977 at 8:35 a.m. in Golen Age Nursing Home;Brownsville. Mr.Bashada was born May 8;1909 in Arnold City;a son of the late George and Mary Urbanik Bashada. He was a lifelong resident of the Belle Vernon community and was a millworker for the past 40 years at the Monessen Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. Survivors include two sisters;Anna Flora of Belle Vernon;with whom he made his home and Catherine Buttermore of Belle Vernon;two brothers;Michael Bashada of Belle Vernon and Andrew E.Bashada of Monessen;and nieces and nephews. Friends will be received in the Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday. A blessing service will be held in the funeral home Tuesday at 10 a.m. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

James A.Bruce;78;of 513 Charles St.;Speers;Charleoi;died suddenly on Friday;Sept.23;1977 at 1:20 p.m.in his home. Mr.Bruce was born in Allenport on Aug.21;1899;a son of the late Henry and Emma Rutherford Bruce. In 1971;he retired from the Pennsylvania Railroad where he was employed as a signalman at the B.F.Tower in Brownsville. Mr.Bruce is survived by his wife;June Brady Bruce;one brother;William Henry Bruce of Lover;and two sisters;Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor of Charleroi R.D.2 and Mrs.Margaret Bragan of Pontiac;Mich. Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon from 7 to 9 p.m.on Saturday and from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. on Sunday. Funeral services will be held in the funeral home on Monday at 1 p.m.;with the Rev.Dr.W.S.VanArsdale Jr.;pastor of the First Christian Church of Charleroi;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemtery. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director in charge.