Services were held this morning;Monday;March 10;1980;for Mary A.Dean;76;of 725 Washington Ave.;Charleroi;who died Friday;March 7;1980. She was born in Charleroi;Aug.26;1903;daughter of the late George Coulson and Catherine Nalepa. She was a member of St.Jerome’s R.C.Church;Charleroi;the Goodwill Club;the Catholic Daughters of America;Golden Agers and the Charleroi Senior Citizens Club. Survivors include her husband;John E.Dean;two sons;John E.(Jack) Dean of Twilight and Donald Dean of Belle Vernon;one daughter;Mrs.Sam (Evelyn) Perok of Charleroi;one brother;Steve Coulson of Charleroi;two sisters;Mrs.Steve (Irene) Durko of Charleroi and Mrs.Andrew (Martha) Wayco of Monessen. Six grandchildren also survive. A funeral Mass was held this morning at 10 a.m.in St.Jerome Church with the Rev.Lawrence Smith officiating. Burial was in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Stella Dusick;54;of 121 Main St.;Belle Vernon;died in Mon Valley Hospital at 6:16 a.m.Monday;Feb.4;1980. She was born in Belle Vernon;Feb.16;1925. She was a member of the Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church of Belle Vernon. She was preceded in death by a daughter;Patsy Ann on Oct.31;1958. She is survived by her husband Charles Sr.;one son;Charles Jr.of Belle Vernon;her father;Joseph Katinsky of Belle Vernon;two brothers;Michael of Cleveland;Ohio;and Pete of Charleroi;and four sisters;Mrs.Julia Strubakis of Charleroi;Mrs.Ann Bazilwich of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Olga Bachelor of Baltimore;Md.;and Mrs.Josephine Smith of Newport News;Va. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m. today. Visiting hours are 7 to 9 today and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.on Tuesday. Funeral services from the funeral home on Wednesday;Feb.6;will be at 9:30 a.m.with the Rev.John Kluchko of Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church officiating and interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Services were held Thursday afternoon;Jan.17;1980;for Thomas W.Duggins;83;of 423 Henry St.;Belle Vernon;who died Tuesday;Jan.15;in Mon Valley Hospital. He was born July 20;1896;in Jewett;Ohio;son of the late James and Esther Urwin Duggins. He had lived all his life in Belle Vernon and was a U.S.Army veteran of World War I. Until his retirement in 1962;he was a chemical analyst at the Monessen Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. He was a member of American Legion Post 659 of Belle Vernon. Surviving are his widow;Edna King Duggins;one sister;Mrs.Theodore (Ruth) Duggins Hoffman of Sewickley. Services were held at 1 p.m.with the Rev.Howard A.Greenfield II;officiating. Burial was in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Theresa DeRose;89;of 309 Wood St.;Belle Vernon;died at 9:31 p.m.Monday;Jan.14;1980;at Mon Valley Hospital in Carroll Twp. Born in Italy on Oct.8;1890;she was a member of St.Sebastian’s Catholic Church of Belle Vernon and a member of the Anita Garibaldi Lodge of Belle Vernon. Her husband;James died in 1959;and a son;Edward;died in 1975. Surviving are a son;Edward DeRose of South Lyon;Mich.;four daughters;Mrs.Joseph (Stella) Krlin of Pittsburgh;Mrs.Ronald (Geraldine) McKuen and Mrs.Emil (Fanny) Cappellini;both of Ft.Lauderdale;Fla.;and Mrs.Roseanna Jurcevich;with whom she resided;12 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;from 7 to 9 p.m.Tuesday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Wednesday. A prayer service will be held at the funeral home at 9:30 a.m.Thursday prior to a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m.at St.Sebastian’s Church. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Services were held Thursday morning;Nov.8;1979;at 10 a.m.for John J.Dudzik Sr.;63;of 1215 Lower Crest Ave.;Charleroi;who died Monday;Nov.5;1979 in Mercy Hospital;Pittsburgh.  He was born in Aliquippa on  Dec.13;1916;son of the late Joseph and Katherine Malek Dudzik.  He had lived in Monessen for many years and had been employed in the shipping department of the Monessen Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel;  He was an Army veteran of World War II.  Surviving are two sons;John J.Jr.of Monongahela and Leonard of Glassport;a brother;Louis of Coraopolis and three grandchildren.  Services were held in the Rhome Funeral Home with the Rev. Henry Dinicco officiating.  Burial was in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

LEROY WAS A FORMER GLASS CUTTER FOR LIBBY OWENS FORD GLASS.

Pittsburgh police were still
investigating today the
shooting death Thursday night
of a 28-year-old Monessen
man; Gary Destefano of 1197
Leeds Ave.
Police said Destefano’s
body was found Thursday at
11:40 p.m. in a parking lot at
3rd avenue and Market street
in downtown Pittsburgh. He
had been shot twice in the
head with a .22-caliber
weapon.
Police have ruled out robbery as the motive since $272
in cash was found on his body.
Destefano’s 1975-model
Cadillac had been impounded
earlier Thursday when it was
found illegally parked in the
downtown area; police said.
Mr. Destefano was born in
New Eagle; on May 7;1951; the
son of Samuel 0. (Sheek) and
Muriel (Reese) Destefano —
who survive. He was a former
Monessen resident.
A 1969 graduate of Monessen
High School; Mr. Destefano
was a Vietnam veteran. He attended Dade County Community College; Coral Gables;
Fla. He was recently
employed by the Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Co.; at the Allenport Plant.
Mr. Destefano was a
member of St. Leonard’s
Roman Catholic Church in
Monessen.
In addition to his parents; he
is survived by one brother;
Randy Destefano of Monessen;
one sister; Mrs. Charles (Roxanne) Gee; Monessen; and his
paternal grandmother; Mrs.
Ruth Destefano; Monessen.
The family will receive
friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and from 2 to 4 p.m. and
from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the
Rhome Funeral Home; Inc.;
1209 Grand Blvd.; Monessen.
A Blessing service will be
held at 9:30 a.m. Monday
followed by a Funeral Mass at
10 a.m. Monday at St.
Leonard’s Roman Catholic
Church in Monessen; with the
Rev. Henry P. DiNicco officiating.
Burial will follow in the Belle Vernon Cemetery.