Mrs.Mary Bukoski;78;of 1327 Paradise Ave.;Fairhope;Belle Vernon;died Wednesday;March 26;1975;at 10:10 a.m. in Brownsville General Hospital. Mrs.Bukowki was born in Pennsylvania on Nov.8;1896;the daughter of the late Michael and Louise Zimowski. She was a member of the Holy Spirit Catholic Church of Fayette City;the Ladies Auxiliary of the Washington Twp.Volunteer Fire Dept.;Golden Agers Club of Charleroi;Hungarian Ladies Auxiliary and the Vernon Bells. Her husband;John Bukoski;died in 1948. Survivors include four daughters;Mrs.Robert (Irene) Cathers and Mrs.Daniel (Helen) Henry;both of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Kenneth (Martha) Coil of Detroit;Mich.;and Mrs.Margaret Leeches of Lawnsdale;Calif.;three sons;Stanley Bukoski of Livonia;Mich.;Charles Bukowki of Tucscon;Ariz.;and Leonard Bukoski of Richmond;Va.;four sisters;Blanche Hince of Springdale;Helen Grabeski and Catherine Stawicki;both of Jeannette;and Sophia Molsky of Cransville;Pa.;three brothers;Stanley Zimowski of Jeannette;Joseph Zimowski of Bethesda;Md.and Zigmund Zimowski of Funkstown;Md.;33 grandchildren;and 29 great-grandchildren.Friends will be received in the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Main St.;Fayette City;after 4 p.m.on Thursday;March 27;1975 where a blessing service will be held on Saturday;March 29;1975 at 2 p.m.with the Rev.Thomas G.Rinn;pastor of the Holy Spirit Catholic Church of Fayette City;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director in charge.

Robert L.Black Sr.;45;of 9 Bowman Ave.;Charleroi;died suddenly Thursday;March 6;1975 at 9:34 a.m.in Washington Hospital. Mr.Black was born in Charleroi on Aug.29;1929;the son of the late James C.Black Sr.and Evelyn Wilson Black. He was a veteran of the U.S.Marine Corps and a machinist at the Millcraft Industries in Washington. He was a member of First United Methodist Church of Charleroi and Charleroi Sportsmen’s Club. He is survived by his widow;Anna Gnip Black;two sons;Robert L.Black Jr.and William Black;both at home;two daughters;Carole A.Henry and Leslie Black;both at home;two brothers;James C.Black of Allentown;Pa.and Loren Black of Speers;one step-sister;Janet Black Gray of Fallowfield Twp.;and one grandson;Christopher Henry of Charleroi. Mr.Black was preceded in death by one brother;Glenn Allen Wilson Black. Friends will be received in the Harold L.Schrock Funeral Home;226 Fallowfield Ave.;Charleroi;on Saturday March 8;1975 from 2 until 4 p.m.and 7 until 9 p.m.and on Sunday;March 9;1975 from noon to 4 p.m.and 7 until 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Monday;March 10;1975 at 1 p.m.with the Rev.Frank A.Bodnar;pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Charleroi;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold L.Schrock;funeral director in charge.

Lloyd H.Bowers of 540 Fallowfield Ave.;Charleoi;died Tuesday;Jan.7;1975 at 4:15 p.m. in Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital. Mr.Bowers;86;had come to Charleroi in 1891 and was believed to be the person who had lived the longest in the community. He was born in Belle Vernon on March 28;1888;son of the late John H.and Estella Maude Henry Bowers. He was a retired employee of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.having worked at the Allenport Plant. Previously he was associated with his father in the hardware business in Charleroi. Mr.Bowers belonged to the First United Methodist Church;Elks Lodge No.494 and Senior Citizens;all of Charleroi. He is survived by his widow;Ethel Haines Bowers;and a sister;Mrs.Russell (Jean) Carr of Pittsburgh. Friends will be received at the Harold L.Schrock Funeral Home;Charleroi;from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Services will be held at the funeral home on Friday at 2 p.m. with the Rev.Frank A.Bodnar of First United Methodist Church;Charleroi;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold L.Schrock is funeral director in charge.

Frank Bialon;age 69;a resident of R.D.4;Box 682;Uniontown;died suddenly in the Uniontown Hospital of Friday;October 18;1974;at 11 a.m. He was born at Export on August 18;1905;a son of the late Blazek and Frances Bush Bialon. He was a member of St.Joseph’s R.C.Church;Uniontown;resident-in-charge of the Fayette County Juvenile Home;and retired guard at the Fayette County Jail in Uniontown. Surviving are his wife;Violet Lasky Bialon;one son;Bernard Bialon of Smock;two daughters;Mrs.Gloria Krempa of Cleveland;Ohio;and Mrs.Janet Callahan of Penn Hills;six grandchildren;two brothers;George Bialon of McKeesport;and Edward Bialon of Charleroi;four sisters;Mrs.Anna Wozniak of Arnold City;Mrs.Mary Wozniak of Arnold City;Mrs Helen Kopko of Monessen and Mrs.Victoria Galusko of Irwin. Friends will be received in the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;Sunday after 12 noon;where a Prayer service will be held Monday at 9 a.m.followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m.in Holy Spirit R.C.Church;Fayette City;with Rev.Steven J.Drab as celebrant. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.