Derna A.Filardi;75;of 176 Donner Ave.;Monessen;and formerly of Donora;died on Monday;March 6;1989;at 8:41 p.m.in Mon Valley Hospital. She was born March 5;1914;in Lockport;N.Y.;a daughter of the late Frank and Maria Nicholanco. Mrs.Filardi was also preceded in death by a brother;Joseph Nicholanco in 1978. She is survived by her husband;Anthony of Monessen;two sons;Anthony Jr.of Fayette City and Richard of Tampa;Fla.;two brothers;Sylvester Nicholanco of Donora and Anthony Nicholanco of Carrick;two grandchildren;Richard and Shawn Marie Filardi of Belle Vernon;and numerous nieces and nephews. Friends will be received on Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.in the Stephen D.Yoney Jr.Funeral Home;First and Schoonmaker avenues;Monessen. A Prayer service will be held in the funeral home on Thursday at 2 p.m. A Blessing service will be held in the funeral home on Friday at 9:30 a.m.and Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 10 a.m.in St.Cajetan Roman Catholic Church with Msgr.P.Lino Ramellini as celebrant. Burial will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Stephen D.Yoney Jr.Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Essen Farkas;81;of 3 James St.;Belle Vernon;died at her home suddenly on Wednesday;Feb.1;1989 at 8:15 a.m. She was born in Belle Vernon on August 20;1907;a daughter of the late Frank and Fortunata Gaintorno Trozzo. Mrs.Farkas was a member of the St.Sebastian Roman Catholic Church and the Defense Club;both of Belle Vernon. She was a lifelong resident of the Belle Vernon area. In addition to her parents;she was preceded in death by her husband;Sanders Farkas;who died in 1960;one sister;Adeline Bruno;and one brother;Mario Trozzo. She is survived by one son;Richard F.and his wife Hanne Farkas of Belle Vernon;one daughter;Sandra Rogers at home;three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Ferguson Funeral Home;Inc.;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;on Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A prayer service will be held on Saturday at 9:30 a.m. in the funeral home;followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. at St.Sebastian’s Catholic Church;Belle Vernon. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Ferguson Funeral Home;Inc.;is in charge of arrangements.

Lillian M. Biddle Fairley; 68; of 666
DeBaldo Drive; West Mifflin; died on
Saturday; Dec. 31;1988; at home.
She was born on April 23; 1920; a
daughter of Mrs. Ora Sickles Biddle
and the late John U. Biddle.
Mrs. Biddle was preceded in death
by one sister; Mrs. Jean Chuk; and
one brother; John Biddle.
A Monessen resident for many
years; she moved to West Mifflin 25
years ago.
Mrs; Biddle is survived by her husband;
Harry Fairley; one son; H.
Dale Fairley of Coraopolis; three
grandchildren; Debbie; Dale and
Denise; one great-grandchild;
Nikki; and one brother; Lloyd Biddle
of Carroll Township.
Friends will be received in the
Rhome Funeral Home; 1209 Grand
Blvd.;Monessen;on Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held on Tuesday at 11 a.m.in the chapel of the funeral home with Rev.Conrad Auel of First Christian Church of Monessen officiating. Interment will follow at Belle Vernon Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Rhome Funeral Home;Inc.

Lillian O.Fox of Uniontown;formerly of the Belle Vernon and Charleroi areas;died Tuesday;Dec.27;1988;at 4:56 a.m.in Uniontown Hospital. She was 89. Mrs.Fox was born April 24;1899;in Swarts;Greene County;a daughter of the late Wesley and Martha Barnes Hays. A member of the Belle Vernon Church of the Nazarene;she had worked as a nurses’ aide. In addition to her parents;whe was preceded in death by her husband;Samuel R.Fox;in 1942;and by four brothers and one sister. Survivors include one daughter;Florence Dukstein of Belle Vernon;one grandson;Samuel Sims of Belle Vernon;and two great-granddaughters;Helen and Jeanette. Friends will be received Wednesday from noon to 2 p.m.in the Ed Melenyzer Funeral Homes;Inc.;825 Fallowfield Ave.;Charleroi;where services will be held on Wednesday at 2 p.m.with the Rev.Tim Eyring;pastor of the Belle Vernon Church of the Nazarene;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Ed Melenyzer Funeral Homes;Inc.;is in charge of arrangements.

John D.Frazier;78;of 914 Washington Road;Belle Vernon;died Wednesday Nov.30;1988;at 12:11 a.m.in Haven Crest Nursing Home;Carroll Township.  He was born in Port Royal;Pa.;on Jan.29;1910;a son of the late Winfield and Hulda Frazier.  Mr.Frazier was a member of the Lynnwood Lutheran Church and F;&A.M. Lodge No.643 of Belle Vernon.  He lived in Belle Vernon for the last 43 years and formerly resided in Fallowfield Township.  Mr.Frazier retired in 1975 from Monessen Southwestern Railroad;a subsidiary of the Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Company.  He and his wife celebrated 54 years of marriage on Jan.30;1988.  Mr.Frazier is survived by his wife;Odessa Stence Frazier;three daughters;Mrs.Clem (Shirley) Sementuh of Inglewood;Fla.;Mrs.Thomas (Donna) Hixenbaugh of New Bern;N.C.;and Mrs.Ronald (Barbara) Barron of Monessen;two sisters;Mrs.Lenora Reed of Belle Vernon and Mrs.Leoda Leamer of Huntingdon;Pa.;five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.  Friends will be received at the Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.  Funeral services will be held on Saturday at 11 a.m.with Rev.Edward J.Crotty of Lynnwood Lutheran Church officiating.  Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.  Masonic services will be held in the funeral home at 7:30 p.m.on Friday by Belle Vernon Lodge F&AM No.643.  The Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.is in charge of arrangements.

Janet Morrison Frazier of the Belle Vernon Apartments died Tuesday;Sept.20;1988;at the Haven Crest Nursing Home in Carroll Township. She was 97. She was born April 3;1891;in Roscoe;a daughter of the late Thomas and Ann Stevenson Morrison. Mrs.Frazier was a resident of Belle Vernon since 1966;and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church there and its Martha Circle. She was a former member of the Roscoe Presbyterian Church. For the past 67 years she was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star;Chapter 215;of Toronto;Ohio. In addition to her parents;she was preceded in death by her husband;Fred L.Frazier;in 1962;and 11 brothers and sisters. Surviving are two daughters;Mrs.Harold Mac (Ann) McKenna of Charleroi and Mrs.William A.(Margaret) Rabe of Phoenix;Ariz.;five grandchildren;seven great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Friends will be received Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.in the Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon. Services will be held from the funeral home on Friday at 11 a.m.;with the Rev.;Charles LaPlaca;pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Belle Vernon;officiating. Order of the Eastern Star services will be held Thursday at 7:30 p.m.in the funeral home. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Arrangements are being handled by the Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home.