Lawrence T.Johnston of Worthington R.D.2;died Tuesday;Feb.1;1983;at 5:30 a.m.at his home.  He was 68.  Mr.Johnston was born July 11;1914;in Belle Vernon;a son of the late John Fullerton and Laura Kerns Johnston. A member of the Christian Church of Belle Vernon;he had lived in Worthington for the past three years.  Mr.Johnston was a former resident of the Dunlevy and Charleroi area;where he had lived for many years.  He was a retired truck driver for Corning Glass Works;Charleroi.  Survivors include his widow;Ruth Hatton Johnston;four daughters;Mrs.Robert (Carol) Grafton of Worthington R.D.2;Mrs.Jay (Norma) Finn of Aurora;Colo.;Mrs.Janet Smith at home and Mrs.Jerry (Linda) Hommey of Monongahela;one brother;Andrew Johnston of Belle Vernon and ten grandchildren.  Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;on Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.;where services will be held on Friday;Feb.4;at 1 p.m.with the Rev.Robert F.Bender;pastor of the Norwin Christian Church;officiating.  Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.  Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;is in charge of arrangements.

Nick Jupin of Charleroi R.D.1;died Friday;April 2;1982 at 6 a.m.in the Mercy Hospital;Pittsburgh. He was 67. Mr.Jupin was born Nov.5;1914 in Pricedale;a son of the late Michael and Anna Jupin. He was a member of Holy Ghost Byzantine Catholic Church;Charleroi. Retired in 1972 as a roller from the Allenport Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.;Mr.Jupin was a member of REAP (Retired Employees of Allenport Plant). He was also a member of the Charleroi Elks and the MARS bowling league. Survivors include his wife;Margaret Huranna Jupin;one daughter;Mrs.Lynn (Eileen) Stablein of Belle Vernon RD 3;two sisters;Mrs.Ann Bisacky of Monongahela and Mrs.Margaret Kowasic of Fayette City R.D.;and three grandchildren;Lynn Jr.;Kelly and Amy Stablein. Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;on Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A Blessing Service will be held on Monday;April 5;at 9 a.m.in the funeral home followed by Divine Requiem Liturgy at Holy Ghost Byzantine Catholic Church;Charleroi;with Rev.Charles Kifile officiating. Parastas will be held on Sunday at 7:30 p.m.in the funeral home. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Harold (Pete) Jenkins of
Fallowfield Twp. died Thursday;Jan.21;1982 at 8:15 p.m. at his home.
Mr. Jenkins was born Sept.
6; 1934; In Crescent Heights;
Pa;; a son of the late Isaac
and Hazel Evans Jenkins.
At the time of his death;
Mr. Jenkins was self-employed as a contractor.
A Protestant by faith; he
was a member of the Masonic
Lodge of Charlerol. Mr. Jenkins was preceded
In death by a brother; Floyd
Jenkins.
Survivors Include his
widow; Maureen Sylvester
Jenkins; two sons; Pete
Jenkins of Charlerol and
Shawn Jenkins; at home; two
daughters; Marcia Jenkins of
Fallowfield Twp. and Erin
Jenkins; at home: one sister;Norma Furlong of Fallowfield Twp. and one grandson; Derek Jenkins. Friends will be received in the Carl J.Spallino Funeral Home;819 Fallowfield Ave.;Charleroi;from 7 to 9 p.m.Saturday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Sunday. Services will be held in the funeral home Monday at 11 a.m.with the Rev.Gerald McCormick of the First United Methodist Church of Charleroi officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Carl J.Spallino Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Graveside services were
held at 2 p.m. Saturday;Sept.26;1981 for
Heather Dawn Gardner Jay;
infant daughter of Charles
Jay and Janet Lee Gardner
Jay; of Charleroi; who died
Wednesday; Sept. 25 at 11:10
p.m. in Childrens’ Hospital;
Pittsburgh.
Born in Mon Valley
Hospital; she was one day old.
Surviving; in addition to
her mother and father; are
maternal grandparents
James and Janet Ball Gardner of Belle Vernon; paternal
grandparents John Jay Sr. of
Fredericktown and George
and Glenna Hurley Lucy of
Daisytown; maternal greatgrandmothers Mrs. Beatrice
Ball Kontilak and Mrs. Martha Gardner Webb; both of
Monessen; paternal greatgrandparents John Hurley of
Charleroi; Mrs. Sadie Hurley
of Sauk Village; 111 ; Joseph
and Frances Lucy of
Bentleyville and Mrs Hattie
Jay of Fredericktown; and
aunts and uncles.
Officiating was Rev.
Richard D. Godfrey; pastor;
Assemblies of God Church;
Bentleyville.
Burial was in Belle Vernon
Cemetery.
The Leonard J. Parzynski
Funeral Home; 626 Broad
Ave.; Belle Vernon; was in
charge of arrangements.

Vienna Jefferies;413 Highland Manor;Monessen;died Monday;Aug.10;1981;at 6 p.m.in Mon Valley Hospital. She was 108 years old. Born Nov.15;1872 in Gaffney;S.C.;she was the daughter of the late Mr.and Mrs.Lockhart Littlejohn. Mrs.Jefferies had lived in Monessen for over 50 years and was the city’s oldest resident. Mrs.Jefferies was a member of the Mt.Zion Baptist Church;Gaffney;S.C. Survivors include two brothers;Doc Littlejohn and Hirm Littlejohn of Gaffney;four granddaughters;Dolores Burgess;Beryl Jefferies;Joan Woodson;with whom she resided;and Joyce Jackson;all of Monessen;three grandsons;Benjamin Peeler and George Robinson;both of Monessen and William Hemphill of Gaffney;a daughter-in-law;Callie Julye of Belle Vernon and a host of great-grandchildren;nieces and nephews. Friends will be received at the William R.Taylor Funeral Home;645 McMahon Ave.;Monessen;Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Thursday from 2 to 4 p.m.and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held Friday at 11 a.m.at Mt.Calvary Baptist Church;Monessen;with the Rev.G.E.Mason officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The William R.Taylor Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Bernest Johnson of 317 Chestnut St.;Monessen;died suddenly at home Thursday;March 26;1981;at 10:30 a.m. He was 59. Mr. Johnson was born March 21;1921 in Charleroi;a son of the late Thomas and Annie Johnson;and spent most of his life in Monessen. Survivors include one sister;Corrine Cora Davis of Monessen;and several nieces;nephews and friends. Friends will be received in the Beverly C.Draper Funeral Home;608 Sixth St.;Monessen;Friday from 2 to 4 p.m.and 7 to 9 p.m.where services will be held Saturday;March 28;at 11 a.m.with Elder Joseph Bass officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Beverly C.Draper Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Albert D. James; of 714
Lewis Ave.; Speers Hill; died Tuesday;Dec.2;1980
at 7:25 p.m. in St.
Francis Hospital; Pittsburgh.
He was 85.
Born Feb. 26; 1895 in
Sharon; he had lived in
Speers since 1948.
Mr. James retired as an
employee of the Corning
Glass Works; Charleroi
Plant; in 1965.
He was a member of the
Belle Vernon Church of the
Nazarene.
Survivors include his
widow; Maude Aldridge
James; two daughters; Mrs.
George (Thelma) Flowers of
Levittown and Mrs. Clyde
(Celia) Henry of Bentleyville
R.D.; a step-daughter; Mrs.
Angelo (Loretta) Forte of
Bentleyville; a step-son; Benjamin Robert of Benezzet;
Pa.; 10 grandchildren and
nine great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death
by a daughter; Pearl Piot; in
1957.
Friends will be received in
the Shelby D. Ferguson
Funeral Home; 700 Broad
Ave.. Belle Vernon;Wednesday
from 7 to 9 p.m. and Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held Friday at 1 p.m.from the funeral home with the Rev.Kenneth L. Neiderhiser;pastor of the Belle Vernon Church of the Nazarene;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;is in charge of arrangements.