Philip Bongiorno;Sr.;of 315 Shady Avenue;Charleroi;died at his home;January 7;1953 at 11:15 a.m.following an illness of one week. Mr.Bongiorno was born in Palermo;Italy;February 8;1872;and came to Charleroi sixty years ago from that place. He was amember of the Mother of Sorrows Church and was retired as a worker for the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company. He is survived by his wife;Anna Campana Bongiorno;seven sons;Samuel;Joseph;Thomas;Paul and Philip.Jr.of Charleroi;Anthony of Fairhope;Frank of California State;three daughters;Mrs. Armand (Anna) Benedetti of Charleroi;Mrs. Samuel(Bessie) Sutch at home;and Mrs.Walter (Sarah) Osiol of Donora;twenty-eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Friends will be be received at the late home. Requiem High Mass will be sung at Mother of Sorrows Church by Rev.J.J.Thomas;Saturday;January 10;1952;at 9 a.m. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Francis C.Slezak is the funeral director.

Angelo G.(Orangie) Amendola of 11 Hartung Court;Monessen;passed away in Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital at 12:30 a.m.Friday;July 1;1977;shortly after admission. He was 61. He was born in Monessen Nov.7;1915;a son of the late Joseph and Rosaria Salvino Amendola. He was an employee of the Monessen Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.in the open hearth pipe shop for 40 years until his retirement in Aug.1975. He was a member of St.Cajetan R.C.Church;Monessen. Survivors include his widow;Julia Svec Amendola;a son A.Joseph Amendola of Washington;Pa.;a daughter;Carole A.Amendola of Bridgeville;two grandchildren;two sisters;Mrs.Lena Nicolette of Belle Vernon and Mrs.Marian Gnora of Monessen;a number of nieces and nephews. Friends will be received in the Rhome Funeral Home Inc.;1209 Grand Blvd.;Monessen;after 7 p.m. Saturday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday. A blessing service will be held in the funeral home Monday;July 4;1977 at 8:30 a.m. followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 9 a.m. in St.Cajetan R.C.Church;Monessen. Rev.P.Lino Ramellini will be the celebrant. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Rhome Funeral Home Directors are in charge of arrangements.

Joseph A.Augustine;68;of 138 Homewood Ave.;Belle Vernon;died Tuesday;Sept.28;1976 t 3;41 a.m. in Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital. He was born in Uniontown on Jan;24;1908;and had lived in Belle Vernon the past 32 years. He was retired from the Penn Central Railroad. Mr.Augustine belonged to St.Sebastian Catholic Church;Belle Vernon;and the Polish National Alliance of Arnold City. He is survived by his widow;Ellen Palfrey Augustine;one son;Thomas J.Augustine of Charleroi R.D.2;three brothers;Stanley Augustine of Grindstone;Andrew Augustine of Brownsville and Anthony Augustine of South Euclid;Ohio;two sisters;Mrs.Sophia Finizia of Cleveland;Ohio;and Mrs.Bertha Wozniak of Grindstone;and two grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral home;Belle Vernon;from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday;Sept.29;and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday;Sept.30 Prayers will be recited at the funeral home on Friday;Oct.1;at 9 a.m.;followed by a Service for the Dead at 9:30 a.m. in St.Sebastian Catholic Church;Belle Vernon. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director in charge.