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.