Francis (Frank) J.Bezy;71;of 707 1/2 Henry St.;Belle Vernon;formerly of Charleroi;died Thursday;March 26;1964;at 9:15 p.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. A lifelong resident of the area;Mr.Bezy was a retired chemist at the Monessen plant of Pittsburgh Steel Co. He was also a former musician in Mon Valley theatres. A veteran of World War I;he was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of Charleroi and of Mon Valley Barracks 350 and was a member of St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon. Surviving are his widow;Mrs.Cecilia Kilcullen Bezy;a daughter;Mr.Robert J.(Dorothy) Anderson;Monessen;a brother;Theodore C.of Charleroi R.D.2;three sisters;Mrs.John Fitzgerald;Mrs.Ralph (Ellen) Lewis of Largo;Fla.;and Mrs.J.Kenneth Gibson of Charleroi R.D.2. Friends are being received at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Funeral services will be held Monday;March 30;at 10 a.m.from St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;with the Rev.Martin J.O’Toole officiating at Requiem High Mass. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.

Harry S.Baker;72;who lived in the Commercial Hotel in Monessen;died Saturday at 11:30 a.m. in Veterans Administration Hospital;Oakland;Pittsburgh. A World War I Army veteran;he was born in Webster;Aug.11;1891. He was the son of the late Thomas Jefferson Baker and Sarah Elizabeth Gaskill. Surviving are one daughter;Mrs.Carol Margaret Baker McNamara of Flushing;N.Y.;one brother;James C.of Cleveland;Ohio;four grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Edwin Melenyzer Funeral Home;Monessen;after 7 p.m. March 9. Service there Tuesday;March 10 at 1:30 p.m. in charge of Elder Wilfred D.Gaskill;of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints;Monessen. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Edwin Melenyzer;funeral director.

A former Monessen resident;Evelyn Sprouse Brown;of High St.;Brownsville;died suddenly of a heart attack at her late home on Saturday Feb.8;1964 at 10:30 p.m. Mrs.Brown was a graduate of Monessen High School and California State Teachers College. She was a member of South Brownsville Methodist Church;Iron Bridge Chapter;Order of Eastern Star;Brownsville Garden Club and Ladies Auxiliary to Brownsville Hospital. Surviving are her husband;Grant E.;Sr.;two sons;Grant E.;Jr. of Detroit;Mich.;and Ned of Columbus;Ohio;one daughter;Carol Brown at home;her mother;Mrs.Mary Sprouse of Brownsville;one brother;Wayne Sprouse of Brownsville. Friends will be received at the Kisinger Funeral Home;515 Front St.in Brownsville;after 7 p.m.Monday Feb.10. Service there Wednesday;Feb.12 at 1:30 p.m.in charge of the Rev.John W.Gordon;former pastor of South Brownsville Methodist Church. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Edwin Melenyzer of Monessen is the funeral director.

John E.Bisencamp;69;of 631 Fallowfield Ave.;Charleroi;died Monday;Feb.3;1964;in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Mr.Biesencamp was born in McDonald;Jan.1;1895. A retired coal miner;he was a member of Miner’s Local 8873. Preceded in death by his wife;Adelaide Abbott Biesencamp in 1956;he is survived by a brother;Fred Biesencamp;Clearwater;Fla.;a sister;Kathryn Biesencamp;Charleroi;two gradndaughters. Friends are being received at the Harold L.Schrock Funeral Home;226 Fallowfield Ave.;Charleroi;from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Funeral services will be held Thursday;Feb.6;1964;at 2:30 p.m.from the funeral home with Canon Joseph N.Wittkofski of St.Mary’s Episcopal Church;Charleroi;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold L.Schrock;funeral director.

Earl Byers;51;died suddenly at his home in Belle Vernon on Wednesday;Jan.8;1964. Mr.Byers was a veteran of World War II;serving in the Pacific area of occupation. Surviving are his widow;Virginia;a daughter;Barbara Lee Byers of Long Island;N.Y.;a son;EM-3 Charles Ewing Byers;Great Lakes Naval Training Station;Illinois;three sisters;Mrs.Thomas (Iva) Parton and Mrs.John (Ruth) Haury;both of Belle Vernon R.D.1 and Mrs.Lila Sneed;Bethesda;Md.;four brothers;Thomas of Scottdale;Albert and Clifford of Belle Vernon R.D.1 and Foster of Detroit;Mich. Friends are being received at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home in Belle Vernon during hours of 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Service there Saturday;Jan.11;at 2 p.m.in charge of the Rev.Jackson A.Gabany;pastor of the First Methodist Church of Monessen. Interment in the Soldiers Memorial Plot of Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.

Edith Ann Braddock;70;of 79 Main st.;Pricedale;died in Brownsville General Hospital;Thursday;Jan.2;1964;at 7:15 a.m. She is survived by her husband;Alexander;two sons;Jack A.of Belle Vernon;and Vaughn Dale of California;Pa.;six daughters;Mrs.Emily Tylosky at home;Mrs.Robert (Elsie) Tintori of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Benjamin (Mildred) Walton of Pricedale;Mrs.John (Helen) McCormick of Morgantown;W.Va.;Mrs.Mary Riskey of Pricedale;and Mrs.Eugene (Mercy) Green of Belle Vernon;four sisters;Mrs.Bertha Steinmiller and Mrs.Edward Rex;both of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Emily Brubaker of Perryopolis;and Mrs.Ellen Williams of Elizabeth;twenty-one grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m.Jan.3. Service there Monday;Jan.6;at 1:30 p.m.in charge of the Rev.Garnet Ackinclose;pastor of the Church of the Nazarene;Belle Vernon. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

Gary Clifford Booth;21;of 604 Pennisula Ave.;Burlington;Calif.;formerly of Charleroi;died in an auto accident;Sunday;Dec.8;1963;at 2 a.m.in Novato;Calif;near Santa Rosa. He was born March 24;1942. He was a 1960 graduate of Charleroi High School. He was employed as a mechanic with United Airlines at the International Airport at San Francisco. He was the husband of Mary Gladys Booth;formerly of Charleroi;and the son of Mr.and Mrs.Edward L.(Ozzie) Smith of Woodcrest Ave.;Monessen. He is also survived by a sister;Mrs.Kenneth (Kay) Betler of Charleroi;and maternal grandmother;Mrs.Howard Fresh;also of Charleroi. Friends will be received at the H.Denver Rhome Funeral Home;Monessen;after 7 p.m.Dec.11. Service there Friday;Dec.13;at 1:30 p.m.in charge of the Rev.Martin S.Longenecker;pastor of the First Methodist Church of Charleroi. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. H.Denver Rhome;funeral director.

Harry M. Bobbs; 71; of Fayette
City; R.D. 1; formerly of
Jefferson; died at 5:30 a.m.
Thursday;October 31;1963; in Brownsville General
Hospital after a brief illness.
He was born April 29; 1892; at
Dawson. A retired coal miner;
he was a member of Chartiers
Local; U.M.W.A.
Surviving are a son; Ed of
Clarksville; two stepdaughters;
Mrs. Mary Cushey of Finleyville
and Miss Ida Bobbs of Fayette
City; R.D. 1; and two grandchildren.
His wife; Rebecca;
died in 1950.
The funeral service will be
held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the
Greenlee Funeral Home; Fredericktown;with the Rev.Palmer Washburn of the East Bethlehem Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.