Staff Sergeant Robert S.Drdul;417 Pearl Ave.;Monessen;died in Zweibrucken;Germany;on Sunday;June 10;1984. He was 24. Mr.Drdul was born in North Charleroi on Nov.10;1959;and was a member of St.Sebastian Roman Catholic Church in Belle Vernon. He lived in Germany for three years where he served with the U.A.Air Force. Survivors include his wife;Toni Valdez Drdul of Germany;his mother;Mrs.Dolores Hauser of Monessen;his father;Stephen Drdul of Charleroi;a brother;Ronald of Monessen;and two sisters;Mrs.Stanley (Karen) Marinos of Monessen and Mrs.John (Linda) Palmer of Belle Vernon. Friends will be received Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon. Services will be held Monday;June 18;at 9:30 a.m. at the funeral home followed by a Mass Of Christian Burial at St.Sebastian Roman Catholic Church;Belle Vernon. Interment will be at the Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;is in charge of arrangements.

Julia Drotar of 201 Grove Ave.;Belle Vernon;died Tuesday;May 22;1984;at 2:30 p.m.at her home following a lengthy illness.  She was 76.  Mrs.Drotar was born July 6;1907;in Daisytown;a daughter of the late Andrew and Elizabeth Balla.  She was a member of the Marion Presbyterian Church;Fairhope.  In addition to her parents;Mrs.Drotar was preceded in death by her husband John;July 4;1954.  Survivors include one son;John W.Drotar of Brownstown;one daughter;Mrs.James (Bertie) Bradford with whom she made her home;two brothers;Alexander Balla of Richeyville and Andrew Balla of Waynesburg;three sisters;Mrs.Elizabeth Hornak of Cleveland;Ohio;Mrs.Margaret Matto of Charleroi and Mrs.Helen Sopo of Detroit;Mich.;four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.  Friends will be received Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m.in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;where services will be held Thursday;May 24;at 11 a.m.with the Rev.Mary Howard;pastor of the Marion Presbyterian Church;officiating.  Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.  Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;is in charge of arrangements. 

Mary Tolan Dawson of 308 W.Main St.;Monongahela;formerly of Fayette City;died Saturday;Jan.28;1984;at 8:45 p.m. in her home following a lengthy illness. She was 96. Mrs.Dawson was born Dec.9;1887;in Courtney;Pa.;a daughter of the late Michael and Elizabeth Hartley Tolan. Her husband;Richard Dawson;died March 14;1962. Surviving are one son;Clarence Dawson of Monongahela;one daughter;Charlotte Dawson;at home;four grandchildren;four great-grandchildren;and several nieces and nephews. Friends will be received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and until 2 p.m. Tuesday;the hour of services in the funeral home;with the Rev.James Gardner;pastor;Peoples’Bible Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Joseph Desua;93;of East Lansing;Mich.;formerly of Belle Vernon;died Wednesday;Sept.14;1983;at the Provincial House East Nursing Home in East Lansing. He was born June 29;1890;in Italy. He has been a resident of East Lansing for the past five years. Prior to that he had resided in Belle Vernon. He was retired from the Monessen Page Plant of the American Chain & Cable Co. Preceding him in death was his wife;Rose Frassinelli DeSua. Surviving are three sons;Frank of Melbourne;Fla.;Rudy of the state of Florida and William of East Lansing;two daughters;Mrs.Michael (Adell) Zuback of Pittsburgh and Mrs.Yolanda Lazzari of Spring Hill;Fla. Five grandchildren also survive. Friends are being received Friday from 7 to 9 p.m.at the Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon. Burial will be on Saturday at 10:30 a.m.in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Leonard J.Parzynski;funeral director;in charge.

Beverly C.Draper;a Monessen mortician for the past 35 years;of 608 Sixth St.;Monessen;died Wednesday;Aug.24;1983;in Presbyterian University Hospital;Pittsburgh;following a short illness. He was 69. Mr.Draper was born Nov.17;1913;in Monessen;a son of the late Bennie and Mary Stamper Draper. In 1948;he founded the Beverly C.Draper Funeral Home at 608 Sixth St.;Monessen. In 1976;he retired as an employee of the Monessen Pittsburgh Steel Corporation. Mr.Draper was a member of the Union Baptist Church;Monessen;where he served as a past trustee. He was also a past master of F&AM Lodge No.76;Monessen;and had served as treasurer of the Bee Hive Club of Lodge No.79. Mr.Draper was also treasurer of the 11th Masonic District;F&AM. He was also a member of the Mon Valley Branch of the NAACP;the Mon Valley Lodge;IBPOE of W.;Donora;and the Joseph H.Ford American Legion Post No.691;Monessen. Mr.Draper was a graduate of Wayne University;Detroit;Mich.;the Cincinnati (Ohio) School of Embalming;and Echel’s School of Mortuary;Philadelphia;Pa. He had also attended the School of Embalming in Pittsburgh. Mr.Draper was a military veteran;having served with the U.S.Army in Texas. He was preceded in death by a daughter;Joyce Draper McLee;on Oct.14;1967. Surviving are his wife;Helen Christian Draper;at home;one son;Beverly C.(Johnny) Draper Jr.;also at home;a grandson;Kevin McLee of Pittsburgh;a granddaughter;Milenia Draper of Philadelphia;Pa.;two sisters;Mrs.Harry (Ruby) McCraw of Monessen and Dundeenah Draper of Detroit;Mich.;two nieces;Dr.Carolyn Carter of Pittsburgh and Mrs.Marilyn Simpson of Monessen;a sister-in-law;Mrs.Hilda Dudley of McKeesport;two godsons;Craig L.Lanier of Monessen and Robert Middleton of McKeesport;cousins;great nieces and nephews and a host of friends. Friends will be received at the Beverly C.Draper Funeral Home;608 Sixth St.;Monessen;Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. The body will then be transferred to the Union Baptist Church;Monessen;where it will lie in state Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. Masonic Services will be held at Union Baptist Church Friday at 8 p.m. Services will be held at Union Baptist Church Saturday at 11 a.m.with the Rev.Oscar L.Hill;pastor;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Beverly C.Draper Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Lucille Costello Dubnansky of 524 Isabella Ave.;Lock Four;North Charleroi;died Monday;Aug.15;1983;at 2:25 p.m.in Jefferson Center Hospital;Jefferson Borough. She was 77. Mrs.Dubnansky was born Feb. 13; 1906; in Webster; a daughter of the late John and Mary Costello.
She was preceded In death
by her husband; John Dubnansky; on March 20;1977.
Mrs. Dubnansky was a
member of the First United
Methodist Church; Charleroi.
Surviving are three
brothers; Ben Costello of
Welrton; W.Va.; Joseph
Costello of Belle Vernon and
Albert Costello of Okmulgee;
Okla.; and three sisters;
Katherine Jenner of Austin;
Tex.; Mary Bello of Nanty
Glo; Pa.; and Rosalie Konecheck of Belle Vernon. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Wednesday from 2 to 4 p.m.and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. in the funeral home;with the Rev.Gerald McCormick;pastor;First United Methodist Church;Charleroi;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.