Nicholas Petro;77;of 218 Plainview Ave.;Belle Vernon;died Thursday;Jan.19;1989;at 8:17 p.m. in Mon Valley Hospital. He was born Dec.11;1911;in Johnstown;a son of the late Andrew and Mary Kovalski Petro. Mr.Petro was a member of Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church;Belle Vernon. Previously from Mt.Pleasant;he had lived in Belle Vernon for the past six years. He was a coal miner;retired from the Banning mine;and a member of United Mine Workers of America;District 5. A U.S.Army veteran of World War II;he was a member of Mt.Pleasant American Legion Post 446 and the VFW;Roy E.Closson Post;Youngwood. He was also a member of the Hempfield Hunt Club;East Huntingdon Firemen’s Club;Sons of Italy Perryopolis Lodge 730;New Stanton Moose and the Tarrs Volunteer Fire Department;and an associate member of the Mt.Pleasant VFD and Legion Club. In addition to his parents;he was preceded in death by his first wife;Ann Morvosh Petro;one sister;Mary Koza;and three brothers;John;Andrew and Stephen Petro. Surviving are his wife;Mabel McGavitt Lambert Petro;one stepson;George Lambert of Coal Center;five stepdaughters;Mrs.George (Dorothy) Crawford of West Brownsville;Mrs.Ronald (Mabel) Perkins of Ashtabula;Ohio;Mrs.Anthony (Mary) Chimileski of Cleveland;Ohio;Mrs.Floyd (JoAnn) Reeves of Chalk Hill and Mrs.Patty Devine of Belle Vernon;26 step-grandchildren;two brothers;Michael Petro of Mt.Pleasant and Joseph Petro of Cleveland;three sisters;Mrs.Paul (Helen) Grimm of Tarrs;Marjorie Ciacco of Mt.Pleasant and Mrs.Jesse (Irene) McKenzie of Northfield;Ohio;and several nieces and nephews. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. on Saturday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. on Sunday in the Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon. Friends and relatives will gather at Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church;Mary Street;Belle Vernon;for funeral services on Monday;Jan.23;at 9:30 a.m. with the Rev.John Kluchko;pastor;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. A Parastas service will be held in the funeral home at 8 p.m. on Sunday. The Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

Raymond D.Popp Sr.of 509 Fourth St.;New Eagle;died Sunday;Dec.25;1988;in Mon Valley Hospital. He was 82. Mr.Popp was born Nov.19;1906;in Rostraver Township;a son of the late John and Lydia Brown Popp. He was a member of Riverview Baptist Church;New Eagle. Mr.Popp retired in 1971 as a superintendent for American Bridge Company;a subsidiary of the U.S.Steel Corp. In 1987 he received his 50-year pin frm Local No.3 of the United Ironworkers. A resident of New Eagle since 1955;he was preceded in death by his first wife;Florence Winstone Popp;three sisters;Anna Elder;Lila Slavania and Mildred Green;four brothers;Walter;John;Howard and Roy Popp;and by two infant sons;Roy and Wendy. Survivors include his wife;Glenna Ross Popp;two sons;Raymond D.popp Jr. and Blaine W.Popp;both of Pittsburgh;one daughter;Mrs.Vaughn (Debra) Gilbert of Elizabeth Township;two stepsons;Lynn Wilson of Columbus;Ohio;and Michael Wilson of New Eagle;two stepdaughters;Mrs.Howard (Debby) Pegram of Monongahela and Cindy Wilson of Philadelphia;one sister;Devona Hornak of Belle Vernon R.D.4 and six grandchildren. Friends will be received Monday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.in the Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;where services will be held Wednesday;Dec.28;1988;at 1 p.m. with the Rev.Nevin J.Werron;pastor of Riverview Baptist Church of New eagle;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Ferguson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mary E.Paterline of Charleroi died Wednesday;Sept.28;1988 in Jefferson Center Hospital. She was 78. Mrs.Paterline was born Oct.27;1909;in Pueblo;Colo.;a daughter of the late John and Jeromine Montabone Syes. She was a member of the First Christian Church of Charleroi and the Corning Retirees Association. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband;Edward J.Paterline Sr.;a brother;Clifford Strader;and two sisters;Sadie Patrick and Ethyl Gonzales. Mrs.Paterline was retired from Corning Glass;Charleroi plant. Survivors include two sons;Edward J.Paterline Jr.of Mascoutah;Ill.;and Lloyd W.Paterline of Polk;one daughter;Mrs.Ronald (Ethyl) Fallet of Monessen;one brother;Elmer Syes of Fallowfield Township;six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Friends will be received Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.in the Schrock-Hogan Funeral Home;Inc.;226 Fallowfield Ave.;Charleroi. Services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m.in the funeral home;with the Rev.Dr.George Hickok;pastor;First Christian Church;Charleroi;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Schrock-Hogan Funeral Home Inc.;is in charge of arrangements.

Mary ; R; Patterson; 77; of
Fairhope; Belle Vernon; died at 7:46
p.m. Saturday; July 23; 1988; in the
Humbert Lane Health Care Center;
Washington; after a lengthy illness.
She was born in Washington
Township; Fayetle County; on June
26; 1911; a daughter of the late
Michael and Mercy Czjha Shosky.
She was a member of the First
Baptist Church of Belle Vernon; the
Belle Vernon Golden Agers and PNA
Lodge 1146; Monessen. She was a
retired janitress for the Belle Vernon
Area School District.
She was preceded in death by her
husband; James Patterson; in 1968;
by a grandson; Kevin Scott Patterson;
in 1960; and by two brothers; Andrew
Shosky; in 1941; and Michael
Shosky; in 1985.
Surviving are two sons; James M.
Patterson and William Thomas Patterson;
both of Fairhope; four
grandchildren; one great-grandchild;
a brother; John T.
(Yush) Shosky of Monessen; a
sister; Mrs. Albert (Margaret)
Frank of Belle Vernon; a sister-in-law;
Stella Shosky of Belle Vernon;
and several nieces and nephews.
Friends are being received at the
Howard W. McCrory Funeral Home from 7 to 9 p.m.Monday;from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Tuesday and until 11 a.m.Wednesday;when services will be held in the funeral home with the Rev.Donald Schnarr;pastor of First Baptist Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Mrs. Margaret Package; 78; of
the Belle Vernon Apartments in
Belle Vernon; formerly of Fayette
City; died Wednesday; June 29;1988;
at 1:55 p.m. in Monongahela Valley
Hospital; Carroll Twp.. following a
short Illness. Friends will be
received in the Howard W. McCrory
Funeral Home In Fayette City on
Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. and
Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Parastas services will be held In the
funeral home Friday at 8 p.m.
Divine Liturgy will be held Saturday
at 9:30 a.m. in the Holy Resurrection
Orthodox Church of Lynnwood.
Belle Vernon; with the Rev. Father
John Kluchko; pastor; as celebrant.
Interment will be In Belle Vernon
Cemetery. The Howard W. McCrory
Funeral Home of Fayette City is in
charge of arrangements.