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.

Ann Murray; 79; of 335
Hill St.; Belle Vernon; died
Thursday; March 13;1997; at
12:39 p.m. in Mon Valley
Hospital. 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 Ferguson
Funeral Home Inc.; 700
Broad Ave.; Belle Vernon.
Services will be conducted
Monday at 10:30 a.m. in the
funeral home; with the Rev.
Donald Bowers of First
Christian Church; Belle Vernon;
officiating. Interment
will follow in Belle Vernon
Cemetery. Arrangements
are being handled by the
Ferguson Funeral Home
Inc.

Lois I.Mazur;67;of 401 Parente Blvd.;Monessen;died Wednesday;March 12;1997;at 4:30 a.m.in Jefferson Hospital. Born Dec.24;1929;in Belle Vernon;she was the daughter of Joseph and Zelma Hammitt Kostelac of Belle Vernon;who survive. Mrs.Mazur resided in Monessen for the past 38 years;having formerly lived in Belle Vernon. She was a member of First Christian Church;Belle Vernon. She was employed for 15 years as a clerk and office worker for G.C.Murphy Company in the Tri-County Plaza. In addition to her parents;she was preceded in death by her husband;Theodore Mazur;who died May 28;1996. Surviving are three daughters;Mrs.Hugh (Sandra) Humpert of Livonia;Mich.;Mrs.Jack (Sharon) Nunns of Largo;Fla.;and Joyce Tatsch of Monessen;one sister;Mrs.Neil (Norma) Keller of Livonia;Mich.;11 grandchildren;14 great-grandchildren;one brother-in-law;Andrew Mazur of Beallsville;N.J.;and three sisters-in-law;Stella Fordanich of Southfield;Mich.;Sophie Plantis of West Bloomfield;Mich.;and Stephanie Branski of Garden City;Mich. Friends will be received Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.in the Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon. Services will be held Friday at 11 a.m.in the funeral home;with the Rev.Donald A.Bowers;pastor of First Christian Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Arrangements are being handled by the Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.

Evelyn D. (Dolfi) Makovics;78;of 310 Henry St.;Belle Vernon;died Sunday;March 9;1997;in Mercy Hospital;Pittsburgh.   She was born Feb.19;1919;in Belle Vernon;a daughter of the late Angelo and Amelia Levi Dolfi.  She was a member of St.Sebastian Roman Catholic Church;Belle Vernon.  A life long resident of Belle Vernon;she owned and operated Dolfi’s Beauty Shop in Belle Vernon for many years.  Survivors include her husband;Dan A.Makovices;one brother;Emil Dolfi of Monongahela;and one sister;Theresa Ferrari of Glen Burie;Md.  In addition to her parents;she was preceded in death by two brothers;Ernest Dolfi and Alfred Dolfi;who died in 1985. 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;where a Prayer service will be held Wednesday at 9:30 a.m.;followed by Funeral Mass at 10 a.m.in St.Sebastian Roman Catholic Church;Belle Vernon;with the Rev.John Cindric as celebrant.  Entombment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.  The Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.is in charge of arrangements.