Lawrence (Chub) Nalepa;135 Fayette Ave.;Belle Vernon (Fairhope);died Monday;March 27;1978;at 2:15 p.m.in Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital. He was 49. Born in Washington Twp.;he was the son of Charles Nalepa of Fairhope;and the late Laura Stanish Nalepa. He was a veteran of the Korean War;having served with the U.S.Army. Mr.Nalepa was an employee of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel;Allenport Plant. He was a member of the V.F.W.Post 3557 Fairhope;the Fairhope Rod and Gun Club;Belle Vernon;American Legion Post No.359;and the Holy Spirit R.C.Church;Fayette City. In addition to his father;Mr.Nalepa is survived by one brother;Charles Nalepa Jr.of Lynnwood. Friends will be received in the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;after 7 p.m.Tuesday. A Blessing service will be held in the funeral home Thursday at 10 a.m.with the Rev.Thomas G.Rinn;pastor of the Holy Spirit R.C.Church;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Julius A.Nohavicka;103 Linton Ave.;Belle Vernon;died suddenly Monday;March 13;1978;in Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital. He was 51. Born in Monessen;June 20;1926;he was the son of the late Joseph Nohavicka and Mary Nohavicka. He had been a resident of Belle Vernon the last 22 years and was formerly of Monessen. He had been employed as a painter for the Corning Glass Corp;Charleroi. He was a member of St.Sebastian Catholic Church;Belle Vernon;the Corning Credit Union;Belle Vernon Fire Department No.2;the Southwestern Pennyslvania Fire Chiefs Association;Fayette County Firemen’s Association;and the Jednota Lodge. He is survived by his wife;Mary Jane Konare Nohavicka;two sons;Anthony and James Nohavicka;both of Los Angeles;Calif.;two daughters;Mrs.David (Teresa) Vernile of Belle Vernon and Marianne Nohavicka at home;his mother Mrs.Mary Nohavicka of Gardenia;Calif.;one sister;Mrs.Walter Rutkosky of Gardenia;Calif.;and one brother;Joseph Nohavicka of Munich;Germany. Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. Prayer services will be held in the funeral home Thursday at 9:30 a.m. followed by Mass of Christian Burial at St.Sebastian’s Catholic Church;Belle Vernon at 10 a.m. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Thelma Mae Owens Masten;85;of Coal Center;died Friday;Nov.3;2000;in Lafayette Manor;Uniontown. Survivors include two daughters;Dorothy Shoemaker of Levittown;Pa.;and Patty Nantus of Coal Center;with whom she made her home;four grandchildren;Ronald Shoemaker of Levittown;Christopher Shoemaker of Levittown;Martin Nantus and wife Sheryl of West Brownsville;Susan Scaccia and husband James of California;Pa.;and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband;Martin Masten;in 1973;and three sons. In accordance with her wishes;there will be no viewing. Services will be held by the Cremation Society.

Mary J.Semancik Miller;84;of 715 Edwards Ave.;Belle Vernon (Washington Township);died Friday;Oct.20;200;at 8:10 a.m.in her home. She was born Aug.16;1916;in Wickhaven;a daughter of the late Michael and Elizabeth Gurbal Semancik. She was a lifelong resident of the Belle Vernon community. She was a member of St.Sebastian Roman Catholic Church;Belle Vernon. She was a homemaker. Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law;Paul A.and Susan Hayduk of Gaithersburg;Md.;one daughter and son-in-law;Frances and Jack Koschalk of Belle Vernon;four grandchildren; Paul A. Hayduk
Jr. of Cook; Wash.; Matthew
Hayduk of Fairfax; Va.; Douglas Koschalk of Washington
D.C.; and Nicole Koschalk of
Belle Vernon; and six brothers
and three sisters-in-law; John
Semancik of Van Voorhis;
Michael and Jay Semancik of
Belle Vernon; Steve and Mary
Semancik of Belle Vernon;
Frank Semancik of Belle Vernon; Anthony and Ann Semancik of Fayettc City; Joseph
Semancik of Belle Vernon; and
one sister and brother-in-law;
Julia and Oscar Joseph Kluh of
La Plata; Md. In addition to her
parents; she was preceded in
death by husband; Lloyd E.
Miller on April 12; 1980; two
brothers; Albert Semancik and
Andrew Semancik. Friends will
be received Saturday from 7 to
9 p.m. and Sunday 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. A prayer
service will be held Monday at
9:30 a.m. in the funeral home;
followed by Funeral Mass at 10
a.m. in St. Sebastian Roman
Catholic Church; Belle Vernon;
with the Rev. Donald P. Trexler;
parochial vicar; as celebrant.
Interment will he in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Legion of Mary
will recite the rosary Sunday at
3 p.m. in the funeral home.
Belle Vernon Knights of Columbus Council 3026 will hold
services Sunday at 7 p.m. in
the funeral home. Family suggestion contributions be made
in memory of Mary J. Miller to
St. Sebastian Roman Catholic
Church Endowment Fund.

Dorothy E.Moneta;78;of Highland st.;Belle Vernon;went home to be with the Lord on Sunday;Oct.15;2000;in Mt.Macrina Manor;Uniontown. She was born in Huntingdon on May 31;1922;a daughter of the late Herbert and Gertrude Weaver Rutherford. Mrs.Moneta was a member of the Char-Belle Free Methodist Church in Belle Vernon and lived most of her adult life in Belle Vernon. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law;Anthony W.and Betty Moneta of Greensburg;two daughters ans sons-in-law;Trudy and Robert Rhoderick of Monongahela and Brenda and Frank Buddy Manown of Belle Vernon;two sisters;Beatrice Harbaugh and Marion White;both of Huntingdon;five grandchildren;Dr.Robert Rhoderick Jr.;Anthony Moneta;Rebecca Wallace;Jill Flaherty and Jeffrey Manown;and two great-grandchildren;Samantha Wallace and Tyler Edmund Rhoderick. In addition to her parents;she was preceded in death by her husband;Anthony Moneta;on March 29;1999;by three sisters;Margaret Bailey;Irene Bowser and Jean Imbler;and one brother;William Rutherford. 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.;a Golden Rule Member Firm;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the funeral home;with the Rev.Eugene Spear officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.