William Owens of Gillespie;Fayette City R.D.1;died Thursday;Aug.17;1978;at 1:15 a.m. in Golden Age Nursing Home;Brownsville. He was 85. Mr.Owens was born March 4;1893 in Jackson;Ohio;a son of the late Thomas and Alice Pearce Owens. He was a retired employee of the Allenport Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. Mr.Owens was preceded in death by his wife;Ruth Hough Owens;in 1962. Survivors include four sons;William and Robert Owens;both of Fayette City R.D.1;and Herbert and Richard Owens;both of Belle Vernon;four daughters;Mrs.Lee (Betty) Barnes of Fayette City;Mrs.Emil (Edith) Panzo and Mrs.Russell (Mary Ellen) Wilkinson;both of Belle Vernon;and Mrs.Millard (Virginia) Book of Lafayette;Ind.;one brother;James Owens of Newell;five sisters;Mrs.Violet Fitzpatrick of Monongahela R.D.;Mrs.Margaret Walters of Charleroi;Mrs.Edith Snyder of Struthers;Ohio;Mrs.William (Agnes) Wickerham of Monongahela and Mrs.Alice Mitchner of Belle Vernon;16 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received in the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;after 7 p.m.Thursday. Services will be held in the funeral home Saturday at 1:30 p.m. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Genevieve Jennie Nipaver;82;of Belle Vernon;died Friday;Nov.24;2000;in Sphars Personal Care Home after a prolonged and courageous battle with cancer. She was born Aug.18;1918;in Arnold City;a daughter of the late Frank and Anna Wall Duda. She was a member of Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Church;Fayette City. She was predeceased by her husband;Joseph F.Nipaver;on Oct.11;1994;and eight siblings of the Tomalski/Duda Family. Surviving are her children;Jerome Nipaver of Pittsburgh;Judy Williamson of Belle Vernon;and Doris Vacila of Connecticut. She is also survived by seven grandchildren;Sheri;Renee;Desiree;Danielle;Christine;Jennifer and Justin;and nine great-grandchildren;Robert;Misty;Deedra;Julia;Timothy Jr.;Brian;Billy;Raymond and Joey. Friends will be received at the ELEY-McCRORY FUNERAL HOME;INC.;334 Main St.;Fayette City;on Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m.;Sunday;noon to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 pm. and Monday until 9:30 a.m. when a blessing service will take place. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. in the Holy Spirit R.C.Churdh;Fayette City;with the Rev.Fr.Leonard McAlpin as celebrant. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Audrey Jean Nogy;68;of 937 Graham St.;North Belle Vernon;died Saturday;Jan.29;2000;at her home. Born April 11;1931;in North Belle Vernon she was the daughter of Rose DeRosa Spanish Forsythe of Belle Vernon and the late Albert J.Spanish. A lifelong resident of Belle Vernon;she was a member of St.Sebastian Roman Catholic Church. She was a former school crossing guard at Graham and Fayette streets in North Belle Vernon. She was a member of Anita Garibaldi Society of Belle Vernon and a social member of the Belle Vernon American Legion. Survivors include three sons and two daughters-in-law;Martin Nogy of Belle Vernon;Roger and Deanne Nogy of Belle Vernon;Mark and Barbara Nogy of Belle Vernon;one brother;Frank Spanish of Apache Junction;Ariz.;two sisters and a brother-in-law;Gilda Gladys of Belle Vernon;Norma and John Gillo of Lynnwood;six grandchildren;Kathy Nogy;Brian Nogy;Jason Nogy;Alan Nogy;Brittany Nogy and Stephanie Nogy;and one stepgrandson;Sean Panek. In addition to her father;she was preceded in death by her husband;Martin (Streamline) Nogy;on Sept.13;1985;a son;Richard Nogy;Jan.21;1951;and a daughter;Rose Ann Nogy;Aug.3;1962. Friends were received Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. and will be received Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.in the LEONARD J.PARZYNSKI FUNERAL HOME;family owned and operated;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon. Prayer service will be held Tuesday at 9:30 in the funeral home;followed by funeral Mass at 10 a.m. in St.Sebastian R.C.Church. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Legion of Mary will recite the Rosary Monday at 3 p.m.;Anita Garibaldi Society of Belle Vernon will conduct services at 3:30 p.m.Monday;and North Belle Vernon Fire Department will hold services at 7 p.m. Monday;all in the funeral home. The family suggests memorial contributions be made in memory of Audrey Jean Nogy to the Cancer Clinic at Mon Valley Hospital;or Albert Gallatin Hospice.

Charless W. Neff; 63; of Boundary Street; Monongahela;died Wednesday;Aug.18;1999;at his home.  He was born Dec.25;1936;in Sunnyside;a son of the late Kenneth Neff and Alice Susan Davis Neff;who survives and resides in New Eagle.  Mr.Neff was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene of Monongahela.  He was retired from the Structural Iron Workers Union Local No.3 of Pittsburgh.  Survivors;in addition to his mother;include his wife;Wanda Morris Neff;with whom he celebrated 42 years of marriage on April 27;1999;three daughters and sons-in-law;Pamela and Mike Thieret of Monongahela;Debra and Bradley Kolessar of North Charleroi and Kimberly and Bill Iams of Monongahela;a son;Kurt W.Neff of Monongahela;four grandchildren;Carrie Wilson;Leslie Wilson;Josh Iams and Kristyn Iams;a great-grandchild;Tyler Thomas Stickel;two brothers;Kenneth Von Neff of New Eagle and Gordon Neff of Upper St.Clair;and a sister;Linda Hamilton of Finleyville.  Private services were held Friday;Aug.20;1999;in the Belle Vernon Cemetery Chapel.  The L.M.Frye Funeral Home Inc.;Monongahela;handled the arrangements.