Elsie L.MacDonald;80;of 315 Sheppard Ave.;North Charleroi;died Thursday;June 26;1997;at 8:15 p.m.in Mon Valley Hospital.  She was born in Belle Vernon on July 24;1916;a daughter of the late Samuela nd Elizabeth Warbutton Morton.  Survivors include her husband;Tom MacDonald;one son and daughter-in-lw;James and Betty MacDonald of North Charleroi;three daughters and two sons-in-law;elizabeth and Patrick Kelly of Belle Vernon;Gloria Tomer of Royersford;Pa.;and lennie and William Pocky of belle Vernon;one brother;Robert Morton of Charleroi;two sisters;Vera Herron of Charleroi and Dolores Federer of belle Vernon;10 grandchildren and eight-grandchildren.  Friends will be received Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.in the Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;where funeral services will be held Monday at 1 p.m.with the Rev.Steven J.Kelly;rector of St.Mary’s Episcopal Church;Charleroi;officiating.  Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.  The Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.is in charge of the arrangements. 

Dorcas L.Means;71;of R.D.2;Perryopolis (Jefferson Township);died Sunday;April 13;1997;at 5:50 p.m.in her home. She was born May 8;1925;in Friedens;a daughter of the late James O.and Clara Lamberson Albright. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church;Belle Vernon;which she joined on Aug.26;1951. She was a member of H.O.A.of the church;and the Women’s Association of the church. She was ordained as an elder of the church on Feb.1;1970;and had serve as the Clerk of Session for many years. She was a member of the Eastern Star Lodge. She resided in Jefferson Township since 1952. She retired in 1987 from the Office of Employment Security in Charleroi;where she had been an unemployment claims examiner for 15 years. Survivors include her husband;John S.(Jack) Means Jr.;one son and daughter-in-law;John (Rick) and Pam Means of Perryopolis;and one daughter and son-in-law;Denise and Grover Engle of Chalk Hill;three grandchildren;Todd and John Ryan Means;and Brittany Engle. 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. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m.in the First Presbyterian Church;Belle Vernon;with the Rev.James C.Ramsey officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Members of Presbyterian Church will meet to hold services in the funeral home on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to In-Home Health Hospice;980 Greengate N.Plaza;Greensburg;Pa.15601. The Ferguson Funeral Home;Inc.;is in charge of the arrangements.

Paul J. Mica; 68; of Smithton
R.D.I; died Sunday; April 6;
1997; at 6:05 p.m. in Allegheny
General Hospital; Pittsburgh;
following a lingering illness.
Born March 3; 1929; in
Monessen; he was the son of the
late Paul and Elizabeth Matash
Mica.
Mr. Mica resided in Smithton
the past 27 years and formerly resided in the Mon Valley area. He was a member of Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church;Belle Vernon;and the church choir. He was a retired crane operator for U.S.Steel;McKeesport plant;and was also formerly employed at Page American Chain and Cable Company;Monessen. He was a farmer in the Smithton area. In addition to his parents;he was preceded in death by a brother;Joseph Sepeiak;and a sister Barbara Mica;who died in infancy. Surviving are his wife;Mariann Skurkay Mica;one son;Paul J.Mica of Omaha;Neb.;two daughters;Rachael Mica of Bridgeville and Mrs.James (Elizabeth) Saul of Smithton;one sister;Mary Cuprik of Euclid;Ohio;and three grandchildren;James Saul and Sarah and Paul Jacob Mica. 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 Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon. Relatives and friends will gather Wednesday at 9:30 a.m.in Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church;Mary Street;Belle Vernon;for funeral services with the Rev.John Kluchko;pastor;officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. A Parastas service will be held Tuesday at 8 p.m.in the funeral home. Arrangements are being handled by the Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home.

Sophia Morycz; 96; of Belle
Vernon (Fairhope); died Saturday;
March 29; 1997; in Country
Care Manor; Fayette City
RD 1.
She was born Aug. 22; 1900;
in Poland; a daughter of the late
Bartlomiej and Anna Malek
Materla.
Mrs. Morycz was a member
of St. Sebastian Roman
Catholic Church; Belle Vernon;
the PNA Lodge 976 of Arnold
City and Association of the Sons
of Poland; Jersey City; N.J.
Surviving are two sons;
Henry Morycz of Pittsburgh
and Bennie Morycz of Pleasant
Hills; one son-in-law; Peter Petrosky
of Fairhope; Belle Vernon;
10 grandchildren; 23
great-grandchildren and one
great-great-grandchild.
In addition to her parents;
she was preceded in death by
her husband; Walter Morycz on
Dec. 16; 1977; a daughter; Jennie
Petrosky in 1991; five
brothers and one sister.
Friends will be received in
the Howard W. McCrory Funeral
Home; 334 Main St.; Fayette
City;Monday from 7 to 9 p.m.;
Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
p.m. and Wednesday until 9:30 a.m.;when a Prayer service will be held in the funeral home;followed by a Funeral mass at 10 a.m.in St.Sebastian Roman Catholic Church;Belle Vernon. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery;Belle Vernon. The Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.