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.

Private funeral service was held Wednesday;Aug.2;1967;at 11 a.m. in the William R.Taylor Funeral Home;Monessen;for the infant daughter of Mrs.Dolores Burgess of 218 Ninth St.;Monessen. The child died at 11:15 p.m. Tuesday;Aug.1;1967;in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. The baby was born there Tuesday;Aug.1;1967;about 7:30 p.m. Surviving besides the mother is the maternal grandmother;Mrs.Eva Crawley of Monessen. Interment took place in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Mike Brazzon;65;of Cooks Road;Belle Vernon;R.D.3;died Wednesday;April 19;1967;at 10:20 a.m.in Brownsville General Hospital after a lengthy illness. Mr.Brazzon;a retired coal miner;was a member of the Polish Catholic Church of Fairhope. Born in Washington Twp.;Fayette County on June 15;1901;he was a son of the late Andrew and Anna Lackman Brazzon. Surviving are his widow;Mary Tomalski Brazzon;four sons;Theodore of Wyndham;Pa.;James of Fairhope;Lt.Cmdr.Robert with the U.S.Navy at Greenbelt;Md.;Michael of Perryopolis;two daughters;Mrs.Frank (Clara) Daniels and Mrs.Audie (Rose) George of Fayette City R.D.1;three brothers;John of Fairhope;Joseph of Cleveland;Ohio;and Stanley of Belle Vernon;four sisters;Anna Brazzon and Mrs.Blanche Laska of Cleveland;Mrs.Margaret Rihtarcik of Fairhope;Mrs.Frances Glister of Clarksville;Pa.;nine grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;where a service will take place Saturday;April 22;at 9:30 a.m.with the Rev.John Rencewicz;pastor of the Polish Catholic Church in Fairhope;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director.

Arthur A.Bandini;65;who had been custodian for The Valley Independent prior to his retirement in 1962;died in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital Monday;March 27;1967 at 6:15 p.m. Mr.Bandini lived at 35 Adams Ave.;Belle Vernon. A life-long resident of Belle Vernon;he had worked 28 years for American Window Glass Co.;Belle Vernon. He was a member of St.Sebastian Roman Catholic Church;Italian Beneficial Society;both of Belle Vernon;and East Belle Vernon Athletic Association. He was born May 22;1901. Surviving are his widow;Kathleen Olivito Bandini;a son;Arthur (Banner) Bandini of Cocoa Beach;Fla.;three daughters;Mrs.Forrest (Marie) McKenna of Belle Vernon;Mrs.James (Margie) Rutan of Hacienda Heights;Calif.;Mrs.Daniel (Dee Dee) Stolinski of Erie;seven grandchildren. Friends will be received after 7 p.m. March 28 at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon. Blessing service there Thursday;March 30 at 10:30 a.m.followed by Requiem High Mass in St.Sebastian’s R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;at 11 a.m. with the Rev.Martin J.O’toole;pastor;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.