Alfredo Biagini;85;of 203 Baltimore St.;Belle Vernon;died Wednesday;Jan.3;1973;at 12:15 p.m. in the Havencrest Nursing Home;Carroll Twp. Born in Pistoia;Italy;Jan.27;1887;he was a resident of Belle Vernon for over 63 years. He retired as foreman in 1949 from the American Window Glass Co. He was a member of St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;and the Italian Beneficial Society of Belle Vernon. He was preceded in death by his wife;Egenia Valdiserri Biagini;Oct.5;1964;and a son;Sylvus Biagini;April 20;1972. Surviving are two sons;Chester C.of Belle Vernon and Louis of West Newton;four daughters;Mrs.Harry (Alberta) Bindi of Independence;Mo.;Mrs.Michael (Norma) Malinchak of Monessen;Mrs.William (Emma) Vannucci of Belle Vernon and Mrs.Ramo (Janet) Zanardelli of Charleroi;two brothers;Joseph and John;both of Pistoia;Italy;13 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received from 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday and 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Friday at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;where a prayer service will be Saturday;Jan.6;at 9:30 a.m. followed by funeral mass at 10 a.m. at St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

Mrs.Frances Bialon;86;of Arnold City;Belle Vernon;died Saturday morning;December 30;1972;in the Charleroi Division;Mon Valley Hospital. Born Nov.27;1889 (1884 is written on her tombstone);in Poland;she was the daughter of Alexander and Victoria Wyanski Bush and had resided in this area most of her adult life. She is survived by three sons;Frank of Uniontown;Edward of North Charleroi and George of Glassport;four daughters;Mrs.Anna Wozniak and Mrs.Mary Coffee;both of Arnold City;Mrs.Helen Kopko of Monessen;Mrs.Victoria Galuska of Monroeville;a brother;Frank Bush of Export;a sister;Mrs.Anna Kukurin of East McKeesport;19 grandchildren;33 great-grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home n Fayette City where a Rosary service will be held this evening at 8 p.m. A prayer service will take place in the funeral home at 9:30 a.m.tomorrow;Jan.3;followed by a Mass of the Resurrection at 10 a.m.in Holy Spirit R.C.Church of Fayette City;with the Rev.Stephen J.Drab;the celebrant. Burial will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Mrs.Mary (Matdej) Bednar;83;Fayette City R.D.1;Gillespie;died suddenly of a heart attack at her home at 12:40 p.m.Thursday;Dec.28;1972. She was born in Czechoslovakia;Jan.4;1889;daughter of the late Michael and Susan Poprocky Matdej. She was a member of Holy Ghost Byzantine Rite Catholic Church of Charleroi. Survived by two sons;Joseph of Fayette City R.D.1 and George at home;four daughters;Mrs.Joseph (Anna) Poprocky of Uniontown;Mrs.Peter (Kathryn) Vesley and Mrs.Joseph (Helen) Bolchak of Fayette city R.D.1 and Mrs.John (Margaret) Buckley of Bethesda;Md.;15 grandchildren and eigth great-grandchildren. Friends being received at Howard McCrory Funeral Home in Fayette City after 7 p.m.Saturday where a service will be held Tuesday;Jan.2;at 9:30 a.m.followed by Requiem Divine Liturgy at 10 a.m.at Holy Ghost Byzantine Rite Catholic Church;Charleroi;with the Rev.Andrew Chura;pastor;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Service for the dead will be chanted in the funeral home Monday at 7:30 p.m. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director.

Theresa Bonie;87;of 10530 Laurel St.;Livonia;a suburb of Detroit;Mich.;died Thursday;Nov.28;1972 in the Good Samaritan Hospital of Detroit. Born in Italy;she was a pioneer Monessen resident;moving to Detroit in 1944 following the death of her husband;Louis Bonie. She was a former member of St.Paul’s Lutheran Church of Monessen and the Italian Ladies Mutual Aid Society;both the Schoonmaker and NIPA branches. She was preceded in death by a sister;Mrs.Rena Marchione. Surviving are four daughters;Mrs.Marie French;with whom she made her home;Mrs.Gerald (Enis) Coyle of Tempe;Ariz.;Mrs.Thomas (Genevieve) Richardson of Deerfield Beach;Fla.;and Mrs.Ray (Vivian) Klann of Livonia;Mich.;three sons;Alfred R.Bonie of Monessen;Raymond A.Bonie of Detroit and Louis Bonie of Griffith;Ind.;one sister;Mrs.Athalia Zambelli of Monessen. Also surviving are 11 grandchildren;nine great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Rhome Funeral Home;Grand Blvd.;Monessen between the hours of 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held Saturday;Dec.2;1972 at 1:30 p.m.in the funeral home chapel;conducted by the Rev.Gary Rischer;pastor of St.Luke’s Evangelical Lutheran Church. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Rhome funeral directors in charge.

Ella T.Bazier;79;of 80 Marion Villa;Arnold City;died Thursday;Oct.5;1972;at 6:30 p.m.in the Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospitals;Inc.;after a lingering illness. She was born in Belle Vernon Aug.22;1893. Surviving are two brothers;John Carson of Pittsburgh and Finley Carson of Marion Villa;Arnold City;and nieces and nephews. Friends will be received from 7 to 10 p.m.Saturday at the William R.Taylor Funeral Home;Monessen;and at 3 p.m.Sunday the body will be moved to the Pleasant Green A.M.E.Church;Pricedale for viewing. A funeral service will be held at the church Monday;Oct.9;1972;at 1 p.m.with the Rev.Bertha Snyder;pastor;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. William R.Taylor;funeral director.

Frank Brewer of 63 Fort Mason Village;Masontown;Pa.;died Thursday;July 13;1972;at 4:20 a.m.in his home.He was a son ofthe late Hayden and Louise Brewer. He was a member of the Center Christian Church of Uniontown. Mr.Brewer was preceded in death by a brother;Price. Surviving are his widow;Lurene Stalnaker Brewer;a son;John (Jack) of Cleveland;Ohio;three daughters;Mrs.John (Marie) Glotfelty of Fairhope;Mrs.Eugene (Edith) Cunningham of Smithfield;Holly at home;his stepmother;Mrs.Margaret Brewer of Fayette City;four brothers;John of Gilmore;Pa;Raymond of Smithfield;Isaac Brown of Clarksville;Robert Brown of Fayette City;two sisters;Mrs.John (Marian) Wilson of Fort Lauderdale;Fla.;Sarah of Fayette City;12 grandchildren;five great-grandchildren. Friends will be received from 7:30 to 10 p.m. on Friday;2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday;10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Sunday;and 9:30 to 11 a.m. Monday at the T.Leonard Sangston Funeral Home;Main St.;McClellandtown;Pa.;where services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. with Dr.Earl P.Conter officiating. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. T.Leonard Sangston Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Lemuel Braxton;66;of 916 McMahon Ave.;Monessen;died Monday;May 8;1972;at 5:25 a.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital after a lingering illness. He was born in Saluda;Va.;March 25;1906;and has been a resident of Monessen since 1922. He was a veteran of World War II. He was a retired millworker. He was a member of F&AM Lodge 79. Surviving are his widow;Mabel;one sons;Edward Allen of Fort Benning;Ga.;one brother;Herman of Staten Island;N.Y.;two sisters;Emma Harding and Uneeda Hynson;both of Baltimore;Md. Friends will be received after 7 p.m.Tuesday at the William R.Taylor Funeral Home;Monessen. The Rev.Clarence McCraw will officiate at the funeral service at 11 a.m.Thursday;May 11. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. William R.Taylor;funeral director.