Berry Ross Peerman of 933 Summitt Ave.;Monessen;died Friday;March 19;1982;at 2:45 p.m.in the Mon Valley Hospital. He was 88. Mr.Peerman was born Jan.19;1894 in Gladys;Virginia;a son of the late George and Dollie Peerman. A resident of Monessen for several years;Mr.Peerman was retired from the Monessen Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel. He was a member of Mount Calvary Baptist Church where he served on the Board of Trustees. Mr.Peerman was preceded in death by his wife Anna;one son;William and a daughter;Selina. Survivors include two sons;Mitchell of Oak Park;Ill.;and James of Monessen;two daughters;Mrs.Thomas (Hazel) Rone and Mrs.Robert (Virginia) James;both of Monessen;22 grandchildren;four great-grandchildren;and several nieces and nephews. Friends will be received in the Beverly C.Draper Funeral Home;608 Sixth St.;Monessen;on Sunday from 2 to 9 p.m.where services will be held on Monday at 1 p.m.with the Rev.Griffin E.Mason;pastor of Mt.Calvary Baptist Church;Monessen;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Draper Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements.

John Pudish of Fayette City R.D.1 died Tuesday;March 9;1982;at 5 p.m. at the Waddington Convalescent Home Inc.;of Fayette City R.D.1 following a lengthy illness. He was 75. Born in Pittsburgh;Jan.19;1907;he was the son of the late Joseph and Catherine Blasko Pudish. A retired coal miner;Mr.Pudish had been a member of the United Mines Workers of America. In addition to his parents;Mr.Pudish was preceded in death by his wife;Theresa Filak Pudish in 1966. Survivors include his daughter;Mrs. Willis (Carol) Gardner of Fayette City R.D.1;three grandchildren;two brothers;Michael of Belle Vernon and George of Fayette City R.D.1. Also surviving are five sisters;Mrs.Marion Murphy and Mrs.Ann Baruso of New York City;N.Y.;Mrs.Helen Whalen of Falls Church;Va.;Mrs.Margaret Scalzo of Florida and Mrs.Betty Condosta of Wilkes-Barre;Pa. Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home in Fayette City Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Friday until 11 a.m.when services will be held at the funeral home with the Rev.Charles D.LaPlaca;pastor of the United Presbyterian Church of Belle Vernon;officiating. Burial will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Joseph C. Posick of 226
Hoffman St.; Fairhope; Belle
Vernon; died suddenly on Thursday;Nov.19;1981
at 2:30 a.m. in the Mon Valley
Hospital. He was 77.
Mr. Hoffman was born Feb.
8; 1904 in Washington Twp.;
Fayette County; a son of the
late Matthew and Rose
Stipkovich Posick.
He was a member of the
Holy Spirit R.C. Church;
Fayette City.
Mr. Hoffman was a retired
coal miner.
Survivors include his
widow; Margaret Clickovich
Posick; one brother; Matthew of Belle Vernon; and six
sisters; Mrs. Catherine Billy
of Vienna; Va.; Mrs. Winifred
Bell of Sarasota; Fla.; Mrs.
Anna Krieger and Mrs. Rose
Salotti; both of Kensington.
Md. and Miss Virginia Posick
and Mrs. Madge Hasco; both
of Bethesda; Md.
Friends will be received in
the Howard W. McCrory
Funeral Home; Fayette City;
on Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. and on
Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A Prayer Service will be held in the funeral home on Saturday;Nov.21;at 9:30 a.m.followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m.followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at10 a.m.in Holy Spirit R.C.Church;Fayette City;with the Rev. Fr. Thomas G. Rinn;pastor of the church;as celebrant. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. A Wake Service will be held on Friday at 7:30 p.m.in the funeral home. The Howard W. McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Lois L.Popella of 1560 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;died suddenly on Saturday Oct.24;1981;at 9:12 p.m.in the Mon Valley Hospital. She was 58. Mrs.Popella was born March 30;1923 in Monessen;a daughter of Leona Dandoy Balderoni and the late Emmett Dixon. A resident of Belle Vernon for the past 13 years;she was a former Monessen resident. She was Catholic by faith. In addition to her mother;Mrs.Popella is survived by her husband;George M.Popella;one son;Robert Popella Sr.of Belle Vernon;one brother;William Dixon of Belle Vernon;two sisters;Mrs.Leona Endreszl of Charleroi and Mrs.Edith Lannock of Cleveland;Ohio;and two grandsons. Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;on Monday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.where a Prayer Service will be held on Wednesday at 10 a.m. Burial will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Frank Pierallini; 916 Broad
Ave.; Belle Vernon; died Tuesday;Sept.22;1981;in the South Hills Convalescent
Home. He was 79.
Born May 17; 1902 in Belle
Vernon; he was the son of the
late Eugene and Mary Dolfi
Pierallini. He was a life-long
resident of Belle Vernon.
Mr. Pierallini was
employed as a foreman in the
coupling department of the
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel;
Allenport Plant; retiring in
1967.
He was a member of the
First United Methodist
Church of Belle Vernon.
Survivors include his
widow; Fausca Zucconi
Pierallini; three daughters;
Mrs. James ( Phyllis )
Hamilton of Monongahela;
Mrs. Albert (Laverne) Lami
of Mt. Lebanon; and Donnis;
wife of Dr. John P. Young; of
Mountain Lake; N.J.; a
brother; Lebert Pierallini of
Belle Vernon; four sisters;
Mrs. Nellie Dooley of Speers;
Mrs. Mary Troiano of
Charleroi; Mrs. Norma
Karolewics of Brownsville;
and Mrs. Olga Galiffa of
Donora; and nine grandchildren.
He was preceded in death
by two brothers; Eugene in
1966 and Fred in 1975; and a
sister; Sabina Lebberoni in
1970.
Friends will be received in
the Shelby D. Ferguson
Funeral Home; 700 Broad
Ave ; Belle Vernon; on Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1 p.m.in the funeral home;with the Rev.Lee F.Dinsel;pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;is in charge of arrangements.