Andrew Bradish; 80; of
Pricedale; died at his home
Tuesday;March 19;1968; at 6 p.m.
Mr. Bradish was born in
Hungary on Oct. 12; 1887.
A member of St. Sebastian
Roman Catholic Church in
Belle Vernon; he retired from
coal mining in 1953.
His wife; Julia; died on
March 4; 1967.
Surviving are three sons;
Raymond W. and William A.
of Belle Vernon; James A. of
Levittown; four daughters;
Mrs. Michael (Julia) Semancik; Mrs. Louis (Margaret)
Summers; Mrs. Joseph (Betty) Murt; all of Belle Vernon;
Mrs. Aldo (Helen) Stagi of
Fairless Hills; and twenty-four
grandchildren.
Friends will be received at
the Shelby D. Ferguson Funeral Home; Belle Vernon; after 7 p.m.March 21. Blessing service there Saturday;March 23;1968;at 9:30 a.m.followed by Requiem High Mass in St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;at 10 a.m. The Rev.Martin J. O’Toole;pastor;will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director.

Russell F.Boyce of 506 Second St.;Donora;formerly of Belle Vernon;died Sunday;Jan.14;1968;at 7:10 a.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Mr.Boyce was a former night watchman at the H.& B.Chevrolet-Cadillac Co.;Charleroi. He was a member of Ernest E.Jobes Post 212;American Legion;Donora and Friendship Barracks No.2819;Veterans of World War I;Monongahela. Mr.Boyce was a veteran of World War I;having served with Co.A.;110th Infantry;28th Division. Surviving are his widow;Helen Hartzell Boyce;six daughters;Mrs.Joseph (Martha) Byrne of Elco;Mrs.Frank (Norma) Vitalo of Charleroi R.D.2;Mrs.Charles (Matilda) Nangle of Highland Terrace;Donora;Mrs.Elma Shipe;Mrs.Stanley (Patricia) Bolek and Mrs.Paul (Romaine)Scagline;all of Donora;a son;Russell H.at home;thirty-eight grandchildren;including Priscilla Boyce at home;and three great-grandchildren;a sister;Mrs.Clara Pancost of Arlingtn;Va.;two brothers;William in Florida and Edward in Utah. Friends are being received at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Service there Wednesday;Jan.17;at 2 p.m.;conducted by the chaplain of Ernest E.Jobes Post 212;American Legion;Donora. Interment;the Soldier Plot of Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner is funeral director.

Mrs.Leona Bissiere;80;of 1203 Prospect Ave.;Charleroi;died Friday;Dec.22;1967;at 9:30 p.m.in Blairsville State Hospital. Born in France Nov;25;1887;she was a resident of the Mon Valley for 75 years. Her husband;Alfred Bissiere;died in 1944. Surviving are three daughters;Mrs.Benjamin (Mercedes) Burnett of Charleroi;Mrs.Victor (Lenona) Merlo of Charleroi and Mrs.Thomas (Audrey) Haywood of Dunlevy;four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Michael A.Melinchak Funeral Home;Charleroi;from 12 to 4 and 7 to 10 p.m. Sunday and 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.thereafter. Services will be held Tuesday;Dec.26;at 1 p.m.at the funeral home with the Rev.Martin Longenecker of the First Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Michael A.Melinchak;funeral director.

Joseph Bednar Sr.;87;of Gillespie;Fayette City R.D.1;died Tuesday;Dec.12;1967;at 5:15 a.m.at his home after a lengthy illness. A retired coal miner he was a member of Holy Ghost Greek Catholic Church;Charleroi. Mr.Bednar was born in Czechoslovkia on March 19;1880;the son of the late Joseph and Sophia Bednar. Surviving are his widow;Mary Matveg Bednar;two sons;Joseph Jr.of Gillespie and George at home;four daughters;Mrs.Joseph (Anna) Popcrocky of Bedford;Ohio;Mrs.Peter (Kathryn) Vesely and Mrs.Joseph (Helen) Bolchak;both of Gillespie;Mrs.John (Margaret) Buckley of Bethesda;Md.;fifteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;after 2 p.m.Dec.13. Prayers there Saturday;Dec.16;at 9:30 a.m.followed by Solemn Divine Liturgy in Holy Ghost Greek Catholic Church;Charleroi;at 10 a.m. The Rev.Andrew Chura;pastor;will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Parastas service at the funeral home at 8 p.m.Dec.14 Howard W.McCrory is funeral director.

Donald William Brown;59;of 2907 Hilda Drive;Southeast Warren;Ohio;formerly of Monessen;died of a heart attack Monday;Sept.25;1967;in Trumbull Memorial Hospital in Warren. Mr.Brown went to Warren from Monessen 36 years ago. On July 2;1938;he married the former Alice Webb. He worked as a rigger fabricator for the Warren plant of Republic Steel Co.36 years and was a member of the Baptist Church and Veterans of Foreign Wars 1090;both of Warren. During World War II;he was in action in the Battle of the Bulge. Born April 30;1908;in Monessen;he was a son of the late Irwin and Beryle Brown. Surviving besides his widow are two sisters;Mrs.Edward (Elsie) Block of Warren;Ohio;and Mrs.Ralph (Wanda) Smith of Gerard;Ohio;two brothers;Irwin of Pittsburgh and Jack P.of Warren;Ohio. A brother;Kenneth;died in 1965. Friends are being received at the Staton Funeral Home;962 North Road;Northeast Warren;Ohio;from 7 to 9 p.m.Sept.26 and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Sept.27.Funeral service will take place at the Edwin Melenyzer Funeral home in Monessen at p.m. Thursday;Sept.28. Friends may call there on Sept.28 until time of service. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Staton Funeral Home in charge.