Louis Bolek of Arnold City (Belle Vernon) died Thursday;Aug.7;1969;at 7:30 a.m.in Deshon Veterans Administration Hospital at Butler after a lengthy illness. Mr.Bolek;a coal miner;wsa a veteran of World War II. There are no known survivors. Friends will be received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;after 2 p.m.on Aug.9. Service there Monday;Aug.11;at 10 a.m. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory is funeral director.

Mrs.Mildred (Harr) Baker;of Cleveland;Ohio;formerly of Arnold City;died Sunday;June 22;1969;in the Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital. Mrs. Baker was born in Cleveland;Ohio;Sept.17;1905;a daughter of the late Jesse and Sadie Brooks Cox Harr. She was a member of the Mon Valley Citadel of Salvation Army in Monessen. Survivors include her huband;James;two sons;Walter and James;both of Cleveland;Ohio;one daughter;Mrs.Caroline Neil;of Cleveland;Ohio;16 grandchildren. Friends will be received after 7 p.m. on Monday at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;where funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. with Major Walter Crouch of the Salvation Army;Mon Valley Citadel in Monessen;officiating. Interment will be in the Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director;in charge.

Phyllis Louise Barger;12;of 615 Hill St.;Belle Vernon;died Sunday;June 8;1969;at 12:20 a.m. at her home after a lingering illness. She was a student at the sixth grade of St.Sebastian Parochial School;Belle Vernon;and a member of St.Sebastian R.C.Church. She was born in Pittsburgh March 5;1957. Surviving are her parents;Thomas Joseph and Mary Louise Barger;a brother;Thomas P.;and three sisters;Susan Jo;Mary Ann and Nancy Jane;all at home;paternal grandmother;Mrs.Edith L.Barger of Pricedale;maternal grandmother;Mrs.Josephine Marasco at home. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m. June 9. Prayers there Wednesday;June 11;at 9:30 a.m. followed by 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.

Monessen’s oldest resident; Domenico Bindi; 99;of 10 Delrose Drive;died Thursday;June 5;1969 at 8:30 a.m. Mr. Bindi;who would have been 100 on Nov.3; had lived
in Monessen since 1901.He was a member of St. Cajetan R. C. Church; Monessen; and its Holy Name Society.He was a
retired employe of the Monessen
plant of Wheeling- Pittsburgh Steel Corp.;where be had been
foreman in the construction department.
Surviving are two sons; George of Monessen; with whom
be made his home;and Harry
of Independence; Mo.; five
grandchildren and six great-grandchildren and a sister in Genoa;
Italy. His wife; Laura Parigi Bindi; died on July 7; 1944. Friends will be received at
the Raymond D. Dalfonso Funeral Home;Monessen; after 7 p.m. Thursday and from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Friday. Blessing service there Saturday;June 7;1969;at 9:30 a.m.followed by Requiem High Mass in St.Cajetan R.C.Church;Monessen at 10 a.m. the Rev.John R.Casaliggi;pastor;will act as celebrant. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Raymond D.Dalfonso is funeral direcrtor.

Josephine Ann Blatnik;43;of Fayette City;died Sunday;June 1;1969;at 5 a.m. after a lingering illness. Miss Blatnik was born in Washington Twp.;March 18;1926;a daughter of Mr.and Mrs.Anthony Blatnik;Sr. She was a member of the Holy Spitit R.C.Church;Fayette City. Survivors include her parents;four brothers;Anthony;Jr.at home;John of Charleroi;George of Pittsburgh and Thomas of Monongahela R.D.;one sister;Mrs.Robert (Frances) Winn of Silver Springs;Md.;her maternal grandmother;Mrs.Johanna Sladich of Fayette city. Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;where prayer services will be held on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. followed by Requiem High Mass at 10 a.m. in Holy Spirit R.C.Church;Fayette City;with the Rev.Joseph Tamilowski officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory funeral director in charge.

Wayne Bruce;44;of Roskovitch St.;Arnold City;Belle Vernon;died Friday;April 4;1969;at 3:40 p.m. in Shadyside Hospital;Pittsburgh;of complications after a lengthy illness. He was born in Washington County on Jan.21;1925;the son of the late James and Mildred Courtley Bruce. A World War II veteran of the Army;he was a member of the Bakewell-Phelps American Legion post 940;West Brownsville. He was an employee of the Penn Central Railroad in West Brownsville. Surviving are:his widow;Sara Mazza Bruce;two sons;Wayne of Fairhope and Kent at home;two grandchildren;and one brother;Kenneth of Long island;N.Y. Friends will be received after noon Sunday;April 6;at Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;where services will be held Tuesday;April 8;at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev.Charles Colas of the First Baptist Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director.