John Yowonske;Belle Vernon R.D.3;died Tuesday;Jan.4;1983;in Mercy Hospital;Pittsburgh. He was 70 years old. Mr.Yowonske was born Sept.10;1912 in Vesta 5;a son of the late Samuel and Mary Vroniak Yowonske. He was a resident of the Belle Vernon area all his life and was retired from Clyde Mine;Fredericktown;where he worked until 1965. He was a member of Local 688 United Mine Workers District 5. He was also a member of St.Sebstian Roman Catholic Church;Belle Vernon. He was preceded in death by a son;Carl Michael;on Oct.7;1957 and two brothers;Alex and Frank Yowonske. He is survived by his wife;Helen Britvich Yowonske;three sons;John Jr.;at home;and Lee and Theodore;Belle Vernon;four grandchildren;four brothers;Steve;Samuel;Joseph and Walter Yowonske;all of Belle Vernon;and two sisters;Mrs.Victoria Moran and Mrs.Ann Keyock;both of Belle Vernon. Friends will be received in the Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Prayer service will be held Thursday at the funeral home at 9:30 a.m.;followed by Mass of Christian Burial at St.Sebastian Roman Catholic Church;Belle Vernon;at 10 a.m. Burial will follow at Belle Vernon Cemetery. Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Chester L.Yost;80;of Belle Vernon;R.D.3 died Monday;July 12;1982;at 2:30 a.m. in the Hillview Nursing Home;Claysville;Pa. Mr.Yost was born Dec.14;1901;in McKeesport;a son of the late Phillip and Bertha Yost. He had retired 18 years ago from the Allenport Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation where he had been employed as a foreman in the Oil Well Tubing Department. Mr.Yost had resided in Rostraver Twp.the past 60 years. Survivors include his wife;Rose Richie Yost;at home;one son;Russell Yost;of Belle Vernon R.D.2;two daughters;Mrs.John (Rose Marie) Kerr of Belle Vernon R.D.4 and Mrs.Charles (Betty) McCauley of Belle Vernon R.D.1;two sisters;Mrs.Bertha Mae Bereletic of Cook’s Forest;Pa.;and Mrs.Iretta Lynch of Belle Vernon R.D.3;and six grandchildren. Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;Tuesday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the funeral home;with the Rev.Kenneth J.Peters;pstor;First United Methodist Church;Monessen;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Charles Yusko Sr. of Cook
Street Ext.; Fayette City
R.D.I; died Monday;July 20;1981 at 11:10
pm. in the Mon Valley
Hospital following a brief illness.
He was 89.
Mr Yusko was born Aug. 8;
1891 in Austria Hungary.
He was a member of Holy
Resurrection Orthodox
Church; Belle Vernon.
Mr. Yusko was retired
from the Allenport Plant of
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel
Corp.
He was preceded in death
by his wife; Anna on Dec. 20;
1978; and a son; Charles Jr. on
Dec. 18; 1968.
Survivors include four
sons; John of Pricedale;
Michael and George of
Fayette City and Joseph of
Goose Creek; S.C.; four
daughters; Mrs. Anna
Komacko of Star Junction;
Mrs. Mary Kossol of
Monongahela R.D.; Mrs.
Helen Morozek of Fayette City
R.D.I and Mrs. Nancy
Mucci of Perryopolis; 32
grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received in
the Howard W. McCrory
Funeral Home; Fayette City;
Wednesday from 3 to 9 p.m.
and Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held Friday at 9 a.m.from the Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church;with the Rev.Father John Kluchko officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Parastas Service will be held Thursday at 8 p.m.in the funeral home. The Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Helen Yankov of 315
Bedsworth St; Belle Vernon;
died Monday;Nov.17;1980; at 8 p m in
Allegheny General Hospital;
Pittsburgh. She was 68.
Mrs Yankov was born Nov
6; 1912; in Pncedale; a
daughter of the late Steve and
Susie Popp Ferencz.
A lifelong Pricedale resident;
she was preceded in
death by her husband; Andrew Yankov; on May 28;
1970.
Survivors include five
daughters Mrs Joseph
(Margaret) Schoenholtz of
New Eagle; Mrs Michael (Patricia) DePoalo of Charleroi;Mrs.Albert (Pauline) Beno of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Steve (Janice) Gaydos of Monessen and Andrea Anderson of Monongahela;four sisters;Mrs.Elizabeth Girhiny of Pricedale;Mrs.Julia Myers of Harrisburg;Mrs.Ethel Donley of Pricedale;Mrs.Mary Sakalik of Belle Vernon;14 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Braoad Ave.;Belle Vernon;from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Wednesday. Services will be held in the funeral home Thursday at 11 a.m.with the Rev.Richard F.Price of the Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church;Monongahela;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Luke Yakim;64;of Cool Street Extension; Fayette City; died Saturday; Jan. 19;1980 in
the Veterans Hospital; Pittsburgh.
He was born Sept. 7;1915;in
Fayette City; son of the late Luke and Mary Salko Yakim.
A retired railroader; he was
a veteran of Air Force service
during World War II.
He was a member of Holy
Resurrection Orthodox
Church of Belle Vernon.
Surviving are one brother;
John of R.D. 1 Fayette City;
three sisters; Mrs. Annna
Puskas and Sophia Yakim
both of Fayette City; and Mrs.Mary Lazzari of Belle Vernon. Several nieces and nephews also survive. Friends are being received until 9 p.m.Monday evening in the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City. A Blessing service will be held at the funeral home Tuesday at 10 a.m.with the Rev.John J.Kluchko officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Edna Young; 76; of Tempe
Ariz.; and a former resident
of Belle Vernon; died; Tuesday; Oct 9; 1979 at the Dessert
Sammation Hospital in Mesa;
Ariz.
She was born in Portsmouth; Ohio; and was a
member of the Monessen
Presbyterian Church and
Eastern Star and White Shrine
of Youngstown; Ohio.
She was preceeded in death
by her husband Fred Young;
who died Feb 20; 1969;
daughters Helen Campbell;
April 1978; and Doris Jones;
June 1978.
She is survived by her son
Leslie E. Young; of Tempe;
Ariz and two son-in-laws;
William G. Campbell;
Youngstown; Ohio; and
Theodore C. Jones; Canton;Ohio. Also surviving are
brother Clark; of Lancaster;
Pa.; four grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren.
Friends are being received
Thursday from 2 to 4 p m and
from 7 to 9 p m in the Shelby
D. Ferguson Funeral Home;
700 Broad Ave ; Belle Vernon.
Services will be at the
funeral home; Friday at 11 a.m.
Burial will be at the Belle Vernon Cemetery.