John T.Kovall;68;of Allenport;died Saturday;October 28;1978 at 9:46 p.m.in the Mon Valley Hospital;Carroll Twp. He was born in Star Junction;Nov.7;1910;and had been a resident of Allenport for 47 years. Mr.Kovall was an employee of the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel;Allenport plant;retiring in 1973. He was a member of the Allenport Rod and Gun Club. Mr.Kovall is survived by his widow;Agnes Clara Pello Kovall;a son;John T.Kovall;Jr of Allenport;a daughter;Mrs.Joseph (Patricia) Karbowsky of Allenport;and four grandchildren. Friends are being received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;on Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A blessing service will be held at the funeral home Tuesday at 11 a.m. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;is in charge of arrangements.

Carl A.Komperda;Sr.of 238 Indiana Ave.;Monessen;died Friday;June 23;1978;at 1:50 a.m. in Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital. He was 71. He was born July 7;1906 in Tarrs;Pa. Mr.Komperda was a Monessen resident since 1968;formerly of Finleyville. He was a coal miner at the Mathies Mine;retiring in 1972. He was a member of the United Mine Workers of America. He was preceded in death by his wife;Christina Drotsar Komperda;on Feb.10;1973. Mr.Komperda is survived by three sons;Carl A.Komperda Jr.of Oregon;Vincent Komperda of New Castle;and Daniel Komperda of Belle Vernon;five daughters;Mrs.John (Pauline) Buchton Jr.of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Mary Lou Esola of Monessen;Mrs.Danny (Pat) Trozzo of Cleveland;Ohio;Christina Komperda of New Bethlehem;and Mrs.Leonard (Carol) Palton of New Eagle;16 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren;and two sisters;Mrs.Bertha Juristy of Pursglove;W.Va.;and Mrs.Caroline Kwasny of Coal Center. Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m.Saturday;and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. in the funeral home. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;is in charge of arrangments.

Norman C.Kutcy Sr.;53;of 424 Jacobs St.;Belle Vernon;died suddenly in his home on Wednesday;June 21;1978 at 1 a.m.  Mr.Kutcy was born in Charleroi on July 6;1924;a son of John A.Kutcy;who survives;and the late Susan Chacko Kutcy.  A U.S.Army veteran who served during World War II;Mr.Kutcy was a member of St.Sebastian Catholic Church of Belle Vernon and was a retired employee of the Allenport plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.  Besides his father who lives in Charleroi;he is survived by his widow;Marilyn June Miller Kutcy;two sons;Norman C.Kutcy Jr.of Belle Vernon and David M.Kutcy;at home;two daughters;Mrs.David (Michelle) Mazur of Belle Vernon and Mrs.Arthur (Kathleen) Kalina of Charleroi;and two brothers;John W.Kutcy and Edward S.Kutcy;both of Charleroi;and six graddaughters and one grandson.   Friends will be received in the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home in Fayette City from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Thursday and Friday;and until the time of the Blessing service on Saturday at 10:45 a.m.which will be followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m.in St.Sebastian Catholic Church in Belle Vernon.  A Parish wake service will be held in the funeral home on Friday evening.  Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.  Howard W.McCrory;funeral director in charge.  

Michael Karbowsky;58;of 236 Rostraver Road;Belle Vernon;died Monday;Feb.6;1978;at 10:48 a.m. in Jefferson Center. He was born in Pricedale on Aug.21;1919. Mr.Karbowsky was a millwright at the Monessen plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. He was a veteran of service with the U.S.Army during World War II and belonged to Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church of Belle Vernon and the Church Council. He was financial secretary of the church. He was also a member of the Pricedale Citizens Club. His father;Joseph Karbowsky;preceded him in death. Surviving are his widow;Mary Labosh Karbowsky;one son;Michael T.Karbowsky of Donora;three daughters;Mrs.Robert (Susan) Rousseau of Belle Vernon;Mrs.James (Sandra) Gabee of Uniontown and Sylvia Karbowsky;at home;his mother;Mrs.Helen Furtak Karbowsky of Belle Vernon;four brothers;Joseph Karbowsky of Monessen;John Karbowsky of Belle Vernon;William Karbowsky of Smithton and Walter Karbowsky of Belle Vernon;one sister;Dorothy Karbowsky of Belle Vernon;and three grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. Parasas Services will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday at 8 p.m. Family and friends will gather at Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church;Belle Vernon;for services at 9 a.m. Thursday. Celebrant will be the Rev.John Kluchko;pastor. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director in charge.

Alec (Mouse) Kish;Bedswoth St.;Pricedale;died Wednesday;Feb.1;1978 at 4:20 a.m. at his residence. Born in Pricedale;he was the son of the late John and Elizabeth Kish. He was a life long resident of the Pricedale area. Mr.Kish was a member of the Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church;Belle Vernon. He had been employed as a truck driver for 17 years for Rostraver Twp.;road division;retiring in August 1976 due to ill health. He was preceded in death by a sister;Susie Lord;who died in April;1975. Mr.Kish is survived by his widow;Nancy Zolak Kish;two sons;Daniel John Milosevich;serving with the U.S.Air Force;Wright Patterson Field;Ohio;and Jeffrey Thomas Milosevich at home;one brother;Bernard Kish of Fayette City;and a sister;Mrs.Hilda (Elizabeth) Lupori of Elizabeth. Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Parastas services will be held Friday at 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Friends will gather at the Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church;Belle Vernon Saturday at 9 a.m. for funeral services. Father John Kluchko will officiate. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. If friends wish in lieu of flowers;give donations to the building fund of the Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church. The Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mary Karbowsky;66 Overhill Drive;Monessen;died suddenly;Monday;Jan.30;1978;at 8:50 p.m.in Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital. She was 58. Born in Gillespie;Dec.2;1919;Mrs.Karbowsky was a Monessen resident for the past 31 years. She was a member of St.John the Divine Russian Orthodox Church;Monessen and its Ladies Guild;and charter member of the Monessen Football Parents Association. Mrs.Karbowsky is survived by her husband;Joseph Karbowsky;three daughters;Mrs.Edmund (Anna Marie) Schilling of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Andrew (Gloria Jean) Varganin and Mrs.Carl (Cheryl)Toye;both of Monessen;four sons;Joseph B.Karbowsky of Allenport;Ronald D.Karbowsky with the U.S.Navy at Norfolk;Va.;Thad Karbowsky of Monessen and Bradley Michael Karbowsky at home;11 grandchildren;one sister;Irene Petros of Pittsburgh and one brother;Michael Petros of Charleroi. Friends will be received in the Robert A.Billick Funeral Home Inc.;Grand Blvd.and Marion Ave.;Monessen Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Parastas services will be conducted at the funeral home Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Funeral services will be held Thursday;with a Blessing service at 9:30 a.m.at the funeral home;followed by Requiem services at St.John the Divine Russian Orthodox Church;Monessen;with the Rev.Nicholas Fedorchak;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Billick Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Helen M.Jackson;89;of Fourth Street;Belle Vernon;died Friday;Dec.8;2000;in Mon Valley Hospital. A daughter of the late William and Alice Grifith Hammitt;she was born July 28;1911;in Belle Vernon. A lifelong resident of Belle Vernon;she was a member of the Char-Belle Free Methodist Church. Survivors include two sons and one daughter-in-law;Gerald and Violet Jackson;Clinton Jackson;all of Belle Vernon;a daughter and son-in-law;Linda and Ray Heslep of Glen Burnie;Md.;two sisters;Evelyn L.Grant of Belle Vernon and Eleanor Bajoczky of Tallahassee;Fla.;seven grandchildren;nine great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents;she was preceded in death by her husband;William E.Jackson in 1975;a daughter;Carolyn Pilarcik in 1965; a sister;Amy Sterner in 1997;and a brother;Herman Hammitt in 1976. Friends will be received in the FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME INC.;a Golden Rule Member Firm;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;on Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m.and on Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be in the funeral home on Monday at 11:30 a.m.;with the Rev.Eugene C.Spear officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Vivian L.Jesick;84;of Speer Street;Belle Vernon;passed away in her home on Saturday;Nov.11;2000. She wasd born in Brownsville on Jan.20;1916;a daughter of the late Andrew and Edith Stemberg Laird. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Belle Vernon and was a former member of the Tuesday Evening Civic Club. Survivors include her husband of 64 years;Maynard N.Jesick;a son and daughter-in-law;Randy and Ann Jesick of Indiana;Pa.;one brother;Col.Paul G.Laird;U.S.Army Retired;four grandchildren;Katrina Quinn of Merrimack;N.H.;Gretchen Jesick of Morgantown;W.Va.;Matthew Jesick of Fairfax;Va.and Mark Jesick of Indiana;and one great-grandchild;Tyler Quinn. In addition to her parents;she was preceded in death by two sisters;Ruth Ferguson in 1976 and Bernadean Vance in 1999. Friends will be received Monday 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;where funeral services will be held on Tuesday at 10:30 a.m.;with the Rev.James C.Ramsey officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Belle Vernon Lions Club will meet in the funeral home on Monday at 7:30 p.m. to pay their respects.