Mrs.Sarah L.Blackburn;a former Belle Vernon resident;who had been living with a daughter;Mrs.Earl (Elsie) May of North Charleroi;died Sunday;June 13;19565;at 1 p.m. in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital fter a lingering illness.  Mrs.Blackburn was a member of the First Methodist Church;Women’s Benefit Association;daughters of American;all of Belle Vernon and the Goodwill Club of Charleroi.   Surviving are two daughters;Mrs.May of North Charleroi and Mrs.Benjamin (Alva) Aspy of Okmulgee;Okla.;two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.  Her husband;Louis Blackburn; died in 1956.  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;June 16;1965;at 2 p.m.in charge of the Rev.J.David Barkley;pastor of the First Methodist church of Belle Vernon.  Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery.  Harold R.Toner;funeral director.

Mrs. Anna Catherine Bilski;
65;of 108 Leggs Ave.;Arnold
City;Belle Vernon R. D.;died
Tuesday morning;June 1;1965; at 4:45 a.m. in
Charleroi – Monessen Hospital.
Born in Blakely Pa.;July12;
1899; she was a member of Holy
Spirit R. C. Church;Fayette
City.
Surviving are her husband;
Joseph Sr.; five sons; Louis;
Joseph Jr.; John T. and Floyd;
all of Arnold City;Belle Vernon
R. D. and Clement of Wanamassa;
N. J.; a daughter;
Mrs. Walter (Adeline) Barch;
Arnold City;Belle Vernon R.D. and
17 grandchildren.
Friends are being received at
the Howard W. McCrory Funeral Home; Fayette City;where Prayer services will be held Friday;June 4;1965;at 9:30 a.m.followed by Requiem Mass at Holy Spirit R.C.Church;Fayette City;at 10 a.m. The Rev.William Gavron will officiate. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director.

Two area men;both wearing life preservers and both rated good swimmers;were drowned when their boat capsized during a fishing trip on Pymatuming Lake near Andover;Ohio;early Saturday morning;April 24;1965. Dead are Earl V.Blevins Sr.;68;Belle Vernon R.D.2;and Raymond Mellinger;51;who lived off old Route 51 in the vicinity of Blue Top Hotel near Perryopolis. Their bodies were recovered from the lake by sheriff deputies from Ashtabula;Ohio;yesterday. They had been missing since Saturday evening when they failed to return from a fishing trip abroad an aluminum boat with an outboard motor. The partially submerged boat was found aground one mile north of the causeway between Andover and Espyville;Pa. Blevins’ body was in the boat;one of his feet wedged beneath the seat. Mellinger’s body was found in the water a few yards away. Blevins;who had operated Earl’s Garage at 514 Sixth St.;Monessen;the past 20 years;and Mellinger;a mine foreman for General Refractories Co.;Perryopolis;had made frequent fishing trips together in the Pymatuming area. Police told Louis DeRosse;son-in-law of Mr.Blevins;that the motorboat owned by Mellinger may have struck a floating log. The weather was calm and the lake smooth;police said. DeRosse said both men were rated good swimmers and good boatsmen. Mr.Blevins is survived by his widow;Florence Maxon Blevins;one daughter;Mrs.Louis (Leatrice) DeRousse of Monessen;one son;Earl Jr.of Belle Vernon;four grandchildren;three sisters;Mrs.Ethel Wren of Holden;W.Va.;Mrs.Pheroba McCauley of Washington;D.C.;and Mrs.Ruth Schollaert of Belle Vernon. Friends are being received at the H.Denver Rhome Funeral Home;Monessen;from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Service there Wednesday;April 28;at 11 a.m.in charge of the Rev.Herbert D.Stevenson;pastor of the Evangelical United Brethern Church;Monessen. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. H.Denver Rhome;funeral director.

Mrs.Mary (Tikula);89;of Smithfield St.;Fairhope;died in the Charleroi-Monessen Hospital;Tuesday;Feb.16;1965;at 7:15 p.m.after a lengthy illness. She was born Feb.2;1876;in Poland;and was a member of the Holy Spirit R.C.Church of Fayette City. Survivors include three sons;Alex Koslasky and Stanley Koslasky of Fairhope;Charles Koslasky;Astabula;Ohio;one daughter;Mrs.Helen Varsel of Fairhope;twenty-eight grandchildren and 53 great-grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City. Prayer there on Saturday;Feb.20;at 9:30 a.m.will be followed by Requiem High Mass at 10 a.m.in Holy Spirit R.C.Church;Fayette City. The Rev.William Gavron will be the celebrant and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director.

Mirko Bradica;82;of 210 Frederick Ave.;Lynnwood;died Thursday;Nov.26;1964;at 8 a.m. at his home. He was born Nov.8;1882;in Yugoslavia and resided in this area most of his life. He was formerly employed in the die room of the Monessen plant of Pittsburgh Steel Co.;and in later years was employed as a restaurant helper and cook. His only survivor is a sister in Europe. Friends will be received at the R.A.Billick Funeral Home;Monessen. Blessing service will be held there Saturday;Nov.28;at 9:30 a.m.;followed by Requiem High Mass at 10 a.m.in St.Anthony’s R.C.Church;Monessen;in charge of the Rev.Pedrag Kordic. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. R.A.Billick;Monessen;is the funeral director.

Mrs.Ellen D.Booth;64;of 728 Fallowfield Ave.;Charleroi;died Nov.11;1964;at 11 a.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Mrs.Booth was born Nov.14;1899. She was preceded in death by her husband;Maurice H.Booth in 1947. Surviving are three sons;Clayton E.of Wheaton;Md.;Maurice H.of Cleveland;Ohio and Ralph M.of Donora;two daughters;Blanche N.Booth of Charleroi and Mrs.Chester P.(Edna) Hotz;Monessen;eight grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Harold L.Schrock Funeral Home;226 Fallowfield Ave.;Charleroi;from 7 to 10 p.m. Nov.12 and 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Nov.13. Funeral services will be held from the funeral home on Saturday;Nov.14;at 1 p.m.;with the Rev.W.S.VanArsdale;pastor of First Christian Church;Charleroi;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold L.Schrock;funeral director.