Rev.James W.Grant;77;of 206 Fourth St.;Belle Vernon;died Wednesday;Oct.4;1989;at 8 a.m. in Mon Valley Hospital. He was born in Gallatin on July 13;1912;a son of the late Jesse and Mary Ann Hobaugh Grant. Mr.Grant was a retired Free Methodist minister;having served in the Ohio and Oil City conferences of the Free Methodist Church. He retired in 1978 after 35 years of service to the ministry. The last churches he served in the Oil City Conference were Titusville;Oil City First;New Castle and Dubois. He was a graduate of God’s Bible School;Cincinnati;Ohio. He was married July 5;1935;to Evelyn Hammitt Grant;who survives. He is also survived by a brother;Robert Lee Grant of Charleroi. In addition to his parents;he was preceded in death by a sister;Mary Amelia Wetz;and brothers;Jesse;David;Benson;John;William Jennings;Earl;Walter and Richard. Friends will be received at the Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held from the funeral home;Saturday at 11 a.m.;with Rev.Eugene Spear of the Free Methodist Church;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.is in charge of arrangements.

Oscar Gordan;66;of 44 Zundel St.;Pricedale;died Sunday;May 28;1989;in the emergency room of Mon Valley Hospital. He was born May 19;1923;in Connellsville;a son of the late Arthur and Mabelle Callaway Gordan. He was employed with Stern Furniture Co.until his retirement. He was a resident of the Pricedale area most of his life;formerly living in Connellsville. He was a member of the Pleasant Green A.M.E.Church;Pricedale;where he served as head steward and as a Sunday school teacher. He was active in all church functions and was a member of Teamsters Local Union 872. He was a U.S.Army veteran. Survivors include his wife;Ida Carson Gordan;one daughter;Evelyn Gordan of Chicago;one brother;William Gordan of Long Beach;Calif.;and numerous nieces and nephews. Friends will be received Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.at the Pleasant Green A.M.E.Church;Pricedale;where funeral services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m.with Rev.Robert L.Bailey;pastor;as celebrant. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. In lieu of flowers;the family suggests donations be made to the Pleasant Green A.M.E.Church. The William R.Taylor Funeral Home;645 McMahon Ave.;Monessen;is in charge of the arrangements.

Helen Galayda;82;of 305 Johnson Ave.;Belle Vernon;died Friday;March 10;1989;at 11:25 p.m. in Mercy Hospital;Pittsburgh. She was born June 27;1906 in Czechoslovakia. She was a member of St.Sebastain Roman Catholic Church;Belle Vernon;and the Christian Mothers of the Church. Mrs.Galayda was also a member of the Belle Vernon Golden Agers. She had been a resident of Belle Vernon since 1933. She was preceded in death by her husband;Joseph;on March 3;1974. Survivors include two daughters;Mrs.Chris(Emma)Maione of Hesperia;Calif.;and Mrs.George(Liz)Bennett of Pittsburgh;four sons;Joseph P.of Boca Raton;Fla.;John S.of Monessen;Frank of Bloomington;Calif.;and James of Monessen;four sisters;Mary;Anna;Emma and Gizll;all of Czechoslovakia;one sister-in-law;Bertha Nagy of Claysville;12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received in the Ferguson Funeral Home;Inc.;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Prayer service will be held Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. in the funeral home;followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m.in St.Sebastian Church;Belle Vernon. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.;is in charge of arrangements.

Mary Girardi Gillo;90;of 1306 Fayette Ave.;Belle Vernon;died Friday;Jan.27;1989;at 10:40 a.m.in Mon Valley Hospital;Carroll Township. Mrs.Gillo was born April 12;1898;in Torino;Italy;a daughter of the late Pietro and Maria Girardi. A Catholic by faith;she was a life-long resident of the Belle Vernon area. Her husband;Eugene Gillo;died Oct.15;1987. One brother and three sisters are also deceased. Surviving are one daughter;Mrs.Ralph (Anita) Falcone;of Falls Church;Va.;one son;John Gillo of Belle Vernon;four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. 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 Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon. A blessing service will be held Monday at 10 a.m.in the funeral home. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Catherine B.Gidick;75;of 529 Schoonmaker Ave.;Monessen;died suddenly at 11:07 a.m. Sunday;Jan.22;1989;in her home. Mrs.Gidick was born Nov.28;1913;in Manhattan;N.Y.;a daughter of the late John Vargo and Barbara Galambos Vargo. She had been a Monessen resident since 1960. Mrs.Gidick was a member of St.Leonard Roman Catholic Church and the Polish National Alliance Branch No.2213;both of Monessen. Her husband;Charles Gidick;died in 1958. Two brothers;Frank and William Vargo;and three sisters;Irene McGarvey;Elizabeth Horn and Martha Loder;are also deceased. Surviving are one son;Kenneth Gidick of Monessen (with whom she made her home);four sisters;Mrs.August (Theresa) Stinner;Yoland Shelly and Helen Petrulli.all of McKeesport;and Mrs.Alex (Margaret) Holovich of Levittown;two brothers;Stephen Vargo Sr.and Julius Vargo;both of McKeesport;and 13 nieces and nephews. Friends will be received Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.in the Stephen D.Yoney Jr.Funeral Home;First Street and Schoonmaker Avenue;Monessen; A Blessing Service will be held Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. in the funeral home;followed by a 10 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial in St.Leonard Roman Catholic Church;Monessen;with the Rev.John Euker;pastor;as celebrant. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Stephen D.Yoney Jr.Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Lawrence P. Goe; 78; of 330
Graham St.; Belle Vernon; died
Wednesday; Dec. 7; 1988; at 2:40
p.m. in the Veterans Administration
Medical Center; Pittsburgh.
He was born Jan. 24;1910; in Belle
Vernon; a son of the late James E.
and Samantha Lockley.
He was a sergeant in the U.S. Army; serving during World War II. He
was decorated with three Bronze
Stars; a good conduct medal; a
distinguished unit badge; an
American Campaign Medal; a
European-African Medal; Eastern
Campaign Medal and a Victory
Medal.
He was a member of the Pleasant
Green A.M.E. Church and the
James E. Zundell American Legion
Post #446 of Mt. Pleasant.
In addition to his parents; he was
precedced in death by one brother;
Kenneth A. Goe.
Survivors include his wife; Yvonne
Noreen Goe; one daughter; Wanda
Lorraine Perry of Pittsburgh; one
sister; Ernestine Bedford of Donora;
and two grandchildren.
Friends will be received Thursday
from 7 to 9 p.m. and Friday from 2 to
4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Pleasant
Green A.M.E. Church; Pricedale;where funeral services will be held Saturday at 1 p.m.with Rev.Robert L.Bailey officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Percy E.Law Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.