Edward McClurg Bickerton;74;of 116 State St.;Speers Hill;died Saturday morning;July 23;1966;at 4 o’clock in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Mr.Bickerton was born in West Elizabeth;May 13;1892;a son of the late William and Clara Jane Graham Bickerton. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church;Charleroi. He was a veteran of World War I;having served with the 1st Division in France. He belonged to the Mon Valley World War I Barracks and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 167;Charleroi. He was a retired employee of the Allenport Plant;Pittsburgh Steel Co. Surviving are his widow;Virginia Sneed Bickerton;two brothers;Robert;Charleroi R.D.2 and Harvey Bickerton;Charleroi; a sister;Lucinda Bickerton;Charleroi R.D.2 and a niece;Mrs.George (Babe) Boulanger;Charleroi R.D.2. Friends will be received at the Harold L.Schrock Funeral Home;Fayette City;Sunday July 24;from 12 to 4 and 7 to 10 p.m.and Monday July 25 from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.Services will be held Tuesday;July 26;at 2 p.m.from the funeral home;with the Rev.David N.Morton;assistant pastor of the Presbyterian Church;Charleroi;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold L.Schrock;funeral director.

Margaret Elizabeth Boyle;of 510 Schoonmaker Ave.;Monessen;died Thursday;July 21;1966;at 2:40 a.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital after a declining illness. Surviving are two sisters;Sue Boyle of Monessen and Mrs.Regis (Rose) Lhoest of Columbus;Ohio;two brothers;Hugh J.Boyle of Belle Vernon and John J.Boyle of Charleroi;two nephews and one niece. Friends will be received after 7 p.m.July 22;1966;at the Robert A.Billick Funeral Home;Monessen. Blessing service there Monday;July 25;1966;at 9:30 a.m.;followed by Requiem High Mass in St.Leonard’s R.C.Church;Monessen;at 10 a.m. The Rev. Regis Hickey;Pastor;will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Robert A. Billick;funeral director.

Mrs. Martha (Bowen) Hill;82;of 513 Charles St.;Speers Hill;died Saturday;June 25;1966 at 5 p.m.
Mrs. Brady;a resident of
Speers 17 years; made her
home with her daughter;Mrs.
James (June) Bruce since the
death of her husband;Edward
B. Brady on Aug.28;1947.
Mrs. Brady was a member
of Speers Methodist Church.
Born at Courtney Dec. 16;
1883;she was the daughter of
Martin Luther Bowen and Annie
(Scott) Bowen.
Surviving are one son; Edward
B. of Speers Hill; two
daughters;Mrs. James (June)
Bruce of Speers Hill; with
whom she made her home;and
Mrs. George (Bernice) Walker
of Saegerstown; Pa.; a brother;
Jack Bowen of Valparaiso;
Ind.; four grandchildren and
seven great-grandchildren.
Friends are being received at
the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;where a service will take place at 2 p.m.;Tuesday;June 28;1966. The Rev.Charles K.Sowden;pastor of Speers Methodist Church;will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

Charles A.Balieu;age 53 years of Fifth Street extension;hot mill foreman at Allenport works;Pittsburgh Steel Co.died suddenly of a heart attack;Wednesday January 22;1947;at 5:30 a.m. He is survived by his wife Freda and four daughters;Mrs.Eva Bailey;Mrs.Ida Fegela;Miss Rose and Freda Balieu;of Charleroi. Two brothers;Arthur and Emil Balieu;a sister;Mrs.John Ramalli of Cleveland and four grandchildren also survive. Friends will be received at the late home. Services will be held there Saturday;January 25;1947;at 2 p.m.in charge of Rev.Robert Laing. Interment will follow in the Charleroi Cemetery. Chas.L. and Edwin Melenyzer are the funeral directors. (He was moved to Belle Vernon Cemetery on March 31;1966)

Mrs.Anna K.Bedner;of 206 Tyrol Pass;Monessen;died unexpectedly Friday;March 25;1966;at 5 a.m. in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Born in Austria-Hungary;she had lived in Monessen over 45 years. Mrs.Bednar was a member of St.Leonard’s Roman Catholic Church and Ladies Catholic Benevolent Association;both of Monessen. Surviving are her husband;John H.;three daughters;Mrs.John (Dorothy) Jones of Monessen;Mrs.Joseph (Mary Ann) Rusnak of Belle Vernon R.D.3 and Mrs.Francis (Betty Jane) Hall of Monessen;six sons;John J.of Monessen;Francis R.of Monongahela R.D.;Michael P.of Monessen;Thomas E.of Belle Vernon R.D.;Philip A.of Donora and Robert J.at home;seventeen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren;a sister;Mrs.Joseph (Veronica) Franks of Monessen;four brothers;John Zdilla of Monessen;Stephen Zdilla of Youngstown;Ohio;Michael Zdilla of Monessen and Peter Zdilla of Monongahela. Friends will be recieved at the Robert A.Billick Funeral Home;Monessen;where a Blessing Service will take place Monday;March 28;at 9:30 a.m.followed by Requiem High Mass in St.Leonard’s R.C.Church;Monessen;at 10 a.m. The Rev.Regis Hickey;pastor;will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Robert A.Billick;funeral director.