Mrs.Ann M.Benedetti;69;of 201 Woodland Ave.;Charleroi;died Tuesday;Dec.7;1971;at 12:40 p.m. in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Daughter of the late Philip and Ann Campanna Bongiorno;she was born july 18;11902;in Charleroi. Mrs.Benedetti was a member of Mother of Sorrows R.C.Church and its Altar society. she also belonged to the Italia Unita Society Auxiliary;the french clug Auxiliary and the Gold Age Club;all of Charleroi. Preceded in death by her husband;Armundo;Mrs.Benedetti is survived by one son;Michael S.Benedetti of Charleroi;six brothers;Frank Bongiorno of Sna Jose;Calif.;Anthony of Fairhope;Joseph of Charleroi R.D.1;Thomas of Roscoe;Paul of Shadyside;Ohio;and Philip of Monessen;two sisters;Mrs.Samuel Sutch of Charleroi and Mrs.Walter Osiol of Donora;two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Friends will be received after 7 p.m. Wednesday and from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday at the Francis C.Slezak Funeral Home;Third St. and Fallowfield Ave.;Charleroi.Requiem High Mass will be offered on Friday;Dec.10;1971;at 11 a.m. in Mother of Sorrows R.C.Church;Charleroi;with the pastor;the Rev.J.J.Thomas;as the celebrant. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Francis C.Slezak;funeral director in charge.

Ewing F.Brown;84;of 205 State St.;Belle Vernon;died Monday morning;Nov.8;1971;at 3:15 a.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. He was born in Fayette City Dec.6;1886;a son of the late Fred C.and Agnes Brewer Brown. He was a retired carpenter of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel’s Allenport Plant. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Belle Vernon and Masonic Lodge 643 of Belle Vernon. Surviving are his widow;Judy Brown ;one son;Ewing F.Brown of Pittsburgh; two daughters;Mrs.Madeline Wackenhuth of Lake Hopatcong;N.J.and Mrs.Marjorie Gay of Pompton Plains;N.J.;four stepsons;Warren Hanks of Sharon;Charles Hanks of San Luis Obispo;Calif.;and Paul Hanks of Pulaski;N.Y.;two stepdaughters;Mrs.Ruth Lenhart of Broadway;N.J.;and Mrs.Lois Thompson of Chalk Hill;18 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received after 4 p.m.Monday at the Howard W. McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;where a service will be held Wednesday;Nov.10;1971;at 2:30 p.m.with the Rev.Seth P.Bower of the Belle Vernon First United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W. McCrory;funeral director.

Ross O. Boston;63;of 615 Graham St.;Belle Vernon;long active in civic and educational affairs in his community;died suddenly Monday;Oct.25;1971;at 12:25 p.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Mr.Boston had been associated with the Belle Vernon School District for 38 years until his retirement two years ago as music supervisor for the district. He was a former member of North Belle Vernon Borough Council and had served as borough auditor for many years. He was a member and secretary of the Belle Vernon Rotary Club and a member of the North Belle Vernon Fire Dept. Born in Monessen on May 15; 1908;he was the son of Mrs. Elizabeth Ross Boston and the
late George Boston.He received
a baccalaureate degree from
Carnegie Institute of Technology
and a master’s degree from
the University of Pittsburgh. His professional memberships
included the Pennsylvania State Education Association; Pennsylvania Music Educators Association and the National Education Association. Surviving are his widow;Mrs.Margaret (Peg) Hamadock Boston;one son;Paul A.of Laurel;Md.;one daughter;Mrs.Bruce (Donice) Beitel of Greensburg;his mother;Mrs.Elizabeth Boston of Belle Vernon;one sister;Mrs.Hilda McVicker of Belle Vernon and two grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home after 7 p.m.Tuesday and on Wednesday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held at the funeral home at 2:30 p.m.Thursday with Dr.S.Arthur Talman;pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;in charge of arrangements.
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Mrs.Angeline A.Brazack;58;of 113 Greenwood Ave.;Belle Vernon;died Saturday;Oct.16;1971;in Pittsburgh Hospital;Pittsburgh;at 9:15 p.m. Mrs.Brazack was born in Naomi on May 6;1913. She was a lifetime resident of the Belle Vernon area and a member of St.Sebastian R.C.Church. Surviving are her husband;Paul;one daughter;Mrs.Jack (Judith) Stephens of Little Ferry;N.J.;five brothers;Ross and Frank Flora of Belle Vernon;Pete of Fayette City and Joseph and John of Pittsburgh;two sisters;Mrs.Anna Pollizano of Bethel Park and Mrs Josephine Neil of Belle Vernon. Friends will be received after 7 p.m. Monday at the Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;where visiting hours are 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. A blessing service will be held at the funeral home Wednesday;Oct.20 at 9:30 a.m.;followed by Requiem High Mass at 10 a.m.at St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;with Msgr.Martin J.O’Toole as celebrant. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director in charge.

Mrs.Anna M.Baker;77;of 164 Shafer Ave.;Charleroi;died Saturday;Oct.2;1971;at 5 p.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital.  She had been in declining health.  Mrs.Baker was born Aug.15;1894.  She had been a Monessen resident for many years before moving in 1953 to Charleroi;where she was a member of St.Jerome’s Roman Catholic Church.  Survivors are her husband;Louis L.; four sons;James V.;Charles L.;C.Eugene and H.Robert Baker;all of Monessen;two daughters;Mrs.Joseph (Geraldine) Zajack and Mrs.Ben (Katherine) Zajack;both of Monessen;two stepsons;Connie Baker of Monessen and Leo Baker of Eldora;one sister;Mrs.Katie Brooks of Mt.Pleasant;26 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.  Friends are being received at the Rhome Funeral Home;1209 Grand Blvd.;Monessen from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. on Monday.  Services will be held Tuesday;Oct.5 at 10 a.m.when a Requiem High Mass will be celebrated at St.Jerome’s Roman Catholic Church;Charleroi;by Msgr.William J.Maher.  Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.  Rhome Funeral Home Funeral directors in charge.

Willaim Lee Britt;26;of Box 36;Wickhaven;Pa.;was killed instantly Sunday;Aug.22;1971;at 5 a.m.in an automobile accident on Route 51;in Rostraver Twp.;10 miles North of Perryopolis. He was born in Martins Ferry;Ohio;Nov.15;1944. He served with the Air Force during the Vietnam Conflict. He worked on the assembly live at Fisher Body’s Pittsburgh Plant. Surviving are his widow;Sue Ann Savko Britt;his daughter;Elizabeth Lee;two years old;his parents;Mr.and Mrs.James Britt of Wickhaven;four brothers;Charles and Terry at home;Frank of Allenport and Ronald of Perryopolis;two sisters Carol Jean at home and Mrs.Lynn (Shirley) Parshall of Smithton;one paternal grandparent;Elmer Britt Sr.of Belle Vernon and one maternal grandparent;Mrs.Frank Porter of Lansing;Ohio. Friends will be received after 7 p.m.Monday and from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.Tuesday at the Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;where a service will be held Wednesday;Aug.25;at 1:30 p.m.with the Rev.Jack Dunlap of the Church of God in Connellsville officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

Mrs.Alice W.Brown;64;of 370 Smithfield St.;Mingo Junction;Ohio;died Friday;Aug.13;1971;at 4 a.m.in her home. She was born in Stockdale;a daughter of the late Samuel and Alice Poskin Webb. Her husband;Donald W.Brown;died Sept.25;1967. Surviving are a sister;brother and five nephews. Friends will be recieved at the McClave Funeral Home;611 North Fourth St.;Steubenville;Ohio;Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A service will be held in the funeral home chapel Monday;Aug.16;1971;at noon wih the Rev.Pershing Pyle officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. McClave Funeral Home in charge of arangements.

Mrs.Vernice Barton;50;of 630 McMahon Ave.;Monessen;died at 10:15 p.m.Wednesday;July 14;1971;in a traffic accident on Route 51;Rostraver Twp.near Rostraver Gardens;where she had just finished playing bingo and was on her way home. She was born Nov.28;1919. She was an employee of Mayview State Hospital and belonged to St.Leonard R.C.Church;Monessen. Mrs.Barton is survived by her husband;J.Clark;two sons;John Clark Jr.of Landover;Md.;and Keith;at home;two daughters;Mrs.Sharon Link of Pittsburgh and Wanda at home;her mother;Winniferd Manns;New York;a brother;Orpheus of Ozone Park;Long Island;N.Y.;three sisters;Mrs.Frances Ferguson of Portsmouth;Ohio;Mrs.Lucille Kent of New York;and Wanetta Cooper;New York;and one grandchild. Friends will be received at William R.Taylor Funeral Home;Monessen after 2 p.m.Friday;July 15. A Requiem Mass will be said at St.Leonard R.C.Church at 11 a.m.Saturday with the Rev.Ronald Rutkowski;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.