Joseph F.Nipaver;77;of Lynnwood;died Tuesday;Oct.11;1994;in Mon Valley Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was born May 30;1917;in Hopwood;a son of the late Joseph and Suzanna Zubin Neupaver. He was a member of the Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Church;Fayette City. He was a retired steelworker;having worked at the Allenport Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. Survivors include his wife;Genevieve Duda Nipaver;two daughters;Judy Williamson of Belle Vernon;and Doris Vacila of Connecticut;one son;Jerome Nipaver of Pittsburgh;seven grandchildren;seven great-grandchildren;three brothers;Albert Neupaver of Belle Vernon;John Neupaver of Panama City;Fla.;and Edward Neupaver of Irwin;and one sister;Helen Worrell of Cleveland. Friends will be received Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m.;Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Friday until 9:30 a.m. in the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City. A funeral Mass will be held Friday at 10 a.m. in the Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Church;Fayette City;with the Rev.Richard E.Mackiewicz as celebrant. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. A parish vigil will be held Thursday at 3 p.m. in the funeral home. The McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Grace I.Nelson;94;of Horizon Senior Care Center;Cannonsburg;where she had lived for the last several years and formerly of Belle Vernon and Monessen;died Monday;Sept.19;1994;at 12:10 p.m. She was born in West Newton on Dec.17;1899;a daughter of the late Joseph and Dora Krieter Vogel. Mrs.Nelson was a charter member of the Lynnwood Lutheran Church. She was a former organist and pianist;playing in churches in West Newton and Lynnwood. She had been a clerk in her youth in family grocery stores for years. Mrs.Nelson is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law;Robert W.and Lorraine Nelson of Belle Vernon and James W.and Genevieve Nelson Jr.of Belle Vernon;two daughters;Mrs.James (Mildred) Baker of Monessen and Mrs.Jack (Clara Lee) Manown of Belle Vernon;11 grandchildren;26 great-grandchildren;and one great-great-grandchild. In addition to her parents;she was preceded in death by her husband;James W.Nelson Sr.;who died Sept.24;1976;two brothers;William Vogel and Frank Vogel;and five sisters;Clara Vogel;Gertrude Peters;Anna Mckelvey;Maude Landis and Rose Biggs. Friends will be received in the Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held in the funeral home Wednesday at 1 p.m. with the Rev.Robert C.Hawk;pastor of Lynnwood Lutheran Church;officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.is in charge of the arrangements.

HUSBAND OF DOROTHY NAGY (RHOME FUNERAL HOME) CREMATED-SILBAUGH VAULT & BURIAL SER.ON 10/16/1992.

Vivian V.Novakovich;65;of 116 Allen Ave.;Belle Vernon;died Thursday;May 14;1992;at 5:49 a.m.in Mon Valley Hospital;Carroll Township. Mrs.Novakovich was born June 21;1926;in Canonsburg;a daughter of the late Frank and Ann Thomas Smiddle Dampf. She was a former employee of the former Fox Grocery Company;Belle Vernon;working as an office clerk in the firm’s coupon department. Mrs.Novakovich had been a resident of the Belle Vernon community for the past 40 years. She was a member of St.Sebastian Roman Catholic Church;Belle Vernon;where she sang in the church choir. Mrs.Novakovich was also a member of the Belle Vernon and Fayette City Golden Age Assembly. Her husband;John A.Novakovich;died March 17;1972. Surviving are a son;Paul M.Novakovich;and a daughter;Patricia Novakovich;both at home;and a brother;William D.Dampf of Industry. Friends will be received Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.in the Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon. A Prayer Service will be held at 9:30 a.m.Saturday in the funeral home;followed by a 10 a.m.Mass of Christian Burial in St.Sebastian Roman Catholic Church;Belle Vernon. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.