John L.Hamer;76;of Belle Vernon;died Wednesday;Jan.7;1998 at home.  A steel mill worker by trade;he was a veteran of World War II and an elder in the Marion Presbyterian Church in Fairhope;where he was active on the dartball team.  He was a member of the American Legion Post 659 in Belle Vernon.  He is survived by his wife;Sarah;two sons;James Hamer of South Park and Bruce Hamer of Middletown;two brothers;Allen Hamer of Belle Vernon and Willard Hamer of Charleroi;one sister;Emma Jean Dunn of Belle Vernon.  Services will be held at the convenience of the family.

George R.Holbrook Sr.76;of (Fairhope) Belle Vernon;died Thursday;Dec.4;1997;in the Greenery Rehab and Skilled Nursing Center;Canonsburg;after a lengthy illness.He was born Jan. 8;1921; in
Belle Vernon; a son of the late
Roy and Bessie Price Holbrook.
He was a retired railroader
with the P&L Railroad. He was a veteran of World War II;having served as a first lieutenant in the U.S.Army Air Corps. He was Protestant by faith.
Survivors include his wife;
Elvira (Romito) Holbrook; one
son and daughter-in-law; Lewis
and Diana Holbrook of Monongahela;
one daughter; Dian
Holbrook of Pittsburgh; two
grandchildren; Abby and Luke
Holbrook; one brother; John
Holbrook of Belle Vernon; and
two sisters; Betty Holbrook of
North Carolina; and Ruth Sterner
of Belle Vernon.
In addition to his parents; he
was preceded in death by one
son. George R. Holbrook Jr.; on
July 11; 1975.
Friends will be received in
the Eley/McCrory Funeral
Home Inc.; Fayette City; on Friday
from 4 to 9 p.m. and Saturday
until 11 a.m.when funeral services will be held in the funeral home. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Eley/McCrory Funeral Home Inc.is in charge of the arrangements.

Ida May Holet; 78; of 360 Balazia
Ave.; Monessen; died Sunday;
Oct. 26; 1997; at 2:45 a.m.
in the Presbyterian Senior Care
Center; Washington; Pa.
Born March 7;1919; in Vesta;
she was the daughter of the late
George T. and Elizabeth Anderson
Peters.
Mrs. Holet was a member of
Marion Presbyterian Church in
Fairhope and its Adult Class.
She was a former deaconess of
the church.
She was a resident of Monessen
since 1961; having resided
in the Belle Vernon area prior to
that.
She was a member of the Monessen Elks Ladies Golf League;the Friday Night Bowlers League and AARP.
In addition to her parents;
she was preceded in death by
three brothers; George; Charles
and Robert Peters.
Surviving are her husband;
Charles W. Holet; one son and
daughter-in-law; Charles W. Jr.
and Christann Holet of Gibsonia;
two daughters; Arlene Krajnik
of Belle Vernon and Beverly
Emory of Baden; and six
grandchildren; Kristen Krajnik;
Patty; William and Stephen
Emory; Charles Holet III
and Amy Elizabeth Holet.
Friends will be received Monday
from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in
the Ferguson Funeral Home
Inc.; 700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;where services will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m.with the Rev.John Park;pastor of Marion Presbyterian Church;officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Arrangements are being handled by the Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.

Virginia Zollars Hughes; 78;
of Fellsburg; Belle Vernon R.D.
1; died Tuesday; Sept. 23;1997.
Born Jan. 13;1919;inMonessen;
she was a daughter of the
late John and Mary Learnard
Zollars.
A graduate of Charleroi High
School; she had lived in the
Belle Vernon area most of her
life.
Mrs. Hughes retired from the
Belle Vernon Area School District;
where she had been employed
18 years as a teacher’s
aide.
She was a member of the
Reorganized Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints;
Charleroi
In addition to her parents;
she was preceded in death by
one daughter; Nancy Torlone;
in 1973; and three brothers;
Sam; Bill and Russell Zollars.
Survivors include her husband;
Robert C. Hughes; three
sons; Richard Hughes of North
Huntingdon Township; James
Hughes of New Stanton and
Joseph Hughes of Elkins;
W.Va.; one daughter; Ellen
Mackey of Scottdale; one sister;
Lillian Burgoyne of Charleroi;
10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received Wednesday
from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
p.m. in the James C. Stump
Funeral Home Inc.; Sweeney
Plan; Rostraver Township;where services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The James C.Stump Funeral Home Inc.is in charge of arrangements.