John C.Balog;53;of 534 Fayette St.;Belle Vernon died Sunday;Feb.5;1961;at 9 a.m.at his late home. Surviving are his widow;Mrs.Helen Petrus Balog;two daughters;Mrs.Douglas (Dorothy) Aubin of Victoria;Tex.and Mrs.Richard (Patricia) Schillaci of Baltimore;Md.;his mother;Mrs.Helen Balog of Monessen;two brothers;Michael of Belle Vernon and George of Baltimore;Md.;a sister;Mrs.John (Helen) Janasko of Duquesne and five grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;where parastas services will be held Tuesday;Feb.7;at 7:30 p.m. Funeral home visiting hours are from 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Blessing services will be held Wednesday;Feb.8;at 9:15 a.m.from the funeral home;with additional services of Requiem Mass to follow at 10 a.m.from St.Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church;Monessen. The Rev.Andrew Parvensky will officiate. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.

Mary Elizabeth Baxter;61;of 215 Wayne St.;Roscoe;died Thursday;Sept.8;1960;at 10:55 a.m. in the Presbyterian Hospital;Pittsburgh. Mrs.Baxter was born in New Straitsville;Ohio;in September of 1899;had been in ill health since 1956. She moved to Roscoe from Allenport and was a member of the Roscoe Presbyterian Church;the Ladies Aid Society;and other church organizations. She is survived by her husband;Charles R.Baxter;three brothers;Porter Nixon;Elizabeth City;N.C.;Louis Gottke;Allenport;and Charles Gottke;Elco. Friends will be received at the late home. Funeral services will be held there Monday;Sept.12;at 1:30 p.m.;in charge of Rev.J.Theodore Hunniford;pastor of the Roscoe Presbyterian Church. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.