John P.Bertovich;51;of 301 McKean Ave.;Charleroi;died Tuesday;May 12;1970;at 8:10 p.m.in Veterans Administration Hospital;Oakland;Pittsburgh. Born in Belle Vernon;he was a son of the late Frank and Frances Bertovich. Mr.Bertovich was a veteran of World War II;having served in the U.S.Army;and belonged to Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 167;American Legion Post 22;Belgium Club;all of Charleroi;and Western Bohemian Fraternal Association No.295. A resident of the area all his life;he worked at the Allenport plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. Surviving are three sons;John;Anthony and Mark of Roscoe;a brother;Paul of Charleroi R.D.1;four sisters;Mrs.Sergius (Mary) DeAmbrogi of Charleroi R.D.2;Mrs.Martin (Frances) Dietz of Roscoe;Mrs.Andrew (Ann) Rusnak of Monessen;Mrs.Melvin (Joan) LaRue of Falls Church;Va. Friends will be received at Francis C.Slezak Funeral Home;Charleroi;from 7 to 9 p.m.May 13 and 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. May 14. Service Friday;May 15;at 10 a.m.in St.Mary Episcopal Church;Charleroi. Canon Joseph Wittkofski will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Francis C.Slezak is funeral director.

Mrs.Mary Bartus;79;of 1006 Brown St.;Belle Vernon;died Friday;May 8;1970;at 3:05 a.m.in Charleroi Monessen Hospital. Mrs.Bartus was a member of St.Sebastian R.C.Church in Belle Vernon and William Penn Fraternal Association of Pricedale. Born in Hungary;she had lived in the Belle Vernon area 65 years. Her husband;Joseph;died Oct.2;1958. Surviving are three sons;Albert at home;Steve of Donora and John of Connellsville;a daughter;Mrs.James (Mary) Nagy of Belle Vernon;three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m.May 9. Prayers there Monday;May 11;at 9:30 a.m.followed by Requiem High Mass in St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon at 10 a.m. The Very Rev.Martin J.O’Toole;pastor;will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director.

Mrs.Luverta Bolding;66;of Monongahela R.D.3;died Thursday at 11 p.m.in Presbyterian University Hospital;Pittsburgh. Born in Anderson;Ala.;she was a daughter of the late Walter and Alma Sellers Jones. Mrs. Bolding was a Gallatin resident 40 years and belonged to Bethel A.M.E.Church;Monongahela;and Keystone Temple Lodge No.92;Donora. Her husband;Archie Bolding;is deceased. Surviving are three cousins;Mrs.Dorothy Grace of Pricedale;Mrs.Ozella Wilkes of McKeesport;Mrs.Helen Reeves of Gallatin;an aunt;Mrs.Mary Williams of Birmingham;Ala. Friends will be received at Percy E.Law Funeral Home;Donora;from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. April 26. Service Monday;April 27;at 11 a.m. from Bethel AME Church;Monongahela;with the Rev.Robert Dye;pastor;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Mrs.Helen Blaine Bedford of 914 Wallis Ave.;Farrell;Pa.;formerly of Donora;died Thursday;April 9;1970;at 1:45 p.m.in Greenville (Pa.) Hospital after an illness of two days. Born in Donora;Mrs.Bedford was a former member of Donora’s First Baptist Church. She is survived by a son;Thomas (Tommy) Bedford of Pittsburgh;her father;Stanhope Blaine;and a sister;Aileen Blaine;both of Donora. Friends will be received at Percy Law Jr.Funeral Home;Donora;after 4 p.m. April 12. Service Monday;April 13;
at 11 a.m. in First Baptist Church;Donora;with the Rev.John E.Washington;pastor;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Percy Law Jr.;funeral director.

Verner R.Beckman;46;of 706 Washington Rd.;Belle Vernon;a partner in the Van-Beck Electric Supply;Charleroi;died suddenly in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital;March 20;1970 at 10:05 p.m. He was born in Monessen;Aug 9;1923;and was a member of Grace United Methodist Church of Monessen. He had lived in Lynnwood for 20 years. He was a veteran of World War Two;and served with the U.S.Air Force. Survivors are his widow;Rosalie Trozzo Beckman;one son;Donald A.;a daughter;Marianne;both at home;his mother;Mrs.M.Ora Beckman;North Charleroi;one brother;The Rev.Carl Beckman of Toledo;Ohio. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m. today. Services will be held there Monday;March 23;at 1:30 p.m.;in charge of the Rev.Joseph C.Rial Jr.;pastor of Grace United Methodist Church of Monessen. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson of Belle Vernon is the funeral director.

Mrs.Helen R.Byron;62;of 212 Grove Ave.;Belle Vernon (Lynnwood) died in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital Thursday;March 12;1970;at 12:40 p.m. Mrs.Byron;a Lynnwood resident for 18 years;had been a teacher in the Washington Twp.School District;teaching at Fairhope. She retired in 1949. A member of Lynnwood Lutheran Church;she was born in Fayette City. Surviving are her husband;Harry;a step-son;Wallace of Campbell;Calif.;one sister;Mrs.George (Anna) Zuck of Pittsburgh. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;after 2 p.m.March 14 and until Monday;March 16;at 11:30 a.m. The body will then be taken to Lynnwood Lutheran Church for service there the same day at 1:30 p.m. The Rev.Hartzell A.Michael;pastor;will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director.

John H.Bedner;81;of 33 Circle Drive;Monessen;died Friday;March 6;1970;at 3:45 a.m.in Brownsville General Hospital. Born in Clearfield County;he had lived in Monessen over 50 years;coming to Monessen from Donora. Mr.Bednar;retired;was a maintenance man for Monessen School District. He was a member of St.Leonard R.C.Church;Monessen;and Donora Council;Knights of Columbus. His wife;Anna;died in March;1966. Surviving are six sons;John J.of Monessen;Francis R.of Monongahela R.D.;Michael P.of Monessen;with whom he made his home;Thomas E.of Belle Vernon R.D.;Phillip A.of Charleroi and Robert J.of Belle Vernon R.D.;foir daughters;Mrs.John (Dorothy) Jones of Monessen;Mrs.Joseph (Mary Ann) Rusnak of Belle Vernon R.D.;Mrs.Frances (Betty Jane) Hall of Monessen;Mrs.Anthony (Margaret) Svercek of Donora;19 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren;six sisters;Mrs.Helen Yurcich of San Diego;Calif.;Mrs.Anna Andreas of Charleroi R.D.;Mrs.Catherine Bodnar of Donora;Mrs.Elizabeth Zdilla;Sue and Mary Bedner;all of Donora;two brothers;Stephen of Victory Hill and Michael P.of Donora. Friends will be received at Robert A.Billick Funeral Home;Monessen;after 7 p.m.;March 7. Blessing service there Monday;March 9;at 9:30 a.m.followed by Requiem High Mass in St.Leonard R.C.Church;Monessen;at 10 a.m. The Rev.Regis M.Hickey;pastor;will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Robert A.Billick is funeral director.

Funeral services will be held tomorrow;Saturday;March 7;1970 in Duquesne for Anna Basser of Duquesne who died yesterday;Thursday;March 5;1970 in Blairsville Hospital. A native of Fairhope;Miss Basser was the daughter of the late Dragan and Bertha Kissling Basser. She is survived by one brother;George Basser;with whom she resided. Friends are being received today;Friday;March 6;1970;at the M.J.Shaugnessy Funeral Home in Duquesne.

Mrs.Phyllis S.Bevan;73;of 707 McKean Ave.;Charleroi;died in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital Sunday;Feb.22;1970;at 12:30 p.m. She was a member of the First United Methoidst Church;Charleroi. Her husband;John M.Bevan;died in 1945. Born in Charleroi;Mrs.Bevan was a daughter of the late Robert and Hannah Hudspith Murray. Surviving are two sons;John M.of Darien;Conn.;and Marvin S.of Belle Vernon;five daughters;Mrs.Raymond (Nancy) Jones of Donora;Mrs.Joseph (Marilyn) Marklewicz of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Ellis (Priscilla) Stickle of North Charleroi;Doris Bevan at home;Mrs.James (Jane Gray) Thomas of Uniontown;a brother;Glenn Murray and two sisters;Priscilla Murray and Mrs.George Wilson;all of Charleroi;nine grandchildren. Friends are being received at Harold L.Schrock Funeral Home;Charleroi;from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Service there Wednesday;Feb.25;at 11 a.m.with the Rev.Frank A.Bodnar;pastor of First United Methodist Church of Charleroi;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold L.Schrock is funeral director.

Andrew Bednar;63;of Fayette City R.D.1;was dead on arrival at Charleroi-Monessen Hospital Friday;Feb.20;1970;at 3 a.m. A member of Holy Spirit R.C.Church;Fayette City;he was a retired employee of the Allenport Works of Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corp. Born in Fayette County;Mr.Bednar was a son of the late George and Anna Matillac Bednar. Surviving are his widow;Helen Klinsky Bednar;two sons;Andrew R.of Warren;Ohio;and Lawrence of Elyria;Ohio;two daughters;Mrs.Dorothy Valosen of Perryopolis and Mrs.Martha DeFrancesco of Fayette City R.D.1;five brothers;George of Perryopolis;John and Edward of Warren;Ohio;Joseph of Monessen;Peter of Fayette City;three sisters;Mrs.Mary Teringo;Mrs.Anna Pabin and Mrs.Helen Kozel;all of Warren;Ohio;10 grandchildren. Friends will be received at Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;after 7 p.m.Feb.20. Prayer service there Monday;Feb.23;at 9:30 a.m.followed by Requiem High Mass in Holy Spirit R.C.Church;Fayette City;at 10 a.m. The Rev.Joseph Tamilowski;pastor;will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory is funeral director.