Raymond C.Bost;86;of Belle Vernon;died Thursday;Jan.21;1999;at 4:45 a.m. at home. Mr.Bost was born Jan.13;1913;in Monessen. A Protestant by faith;he was retired from Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel’s Monessen plant. He is survived by his wife;Helen J.(Grabrick) McCrory Bost;two daughters;Betty Yowonske and Margaret Yenseck;both of Belle Vernon;five grandchildren;seven great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Friends will be received on Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the Jamec C.Stump Funeral Home Inc.;580 Circle Dr.;Sweeney Plan/Rostraver Township;where funeral services will be held on Saturday at 11 a.m. with the Rev.Richard Klein officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Memorial contributions can be sent to Albert Gallatin Hospice;20 Highland Park Dr.;Uniontown;Pa.15401 or to Community Ambulance Service;1392 Fayette Ave.;Belle Vernon;Pa.15012. The James C.Stump Funeral Home Inc.is in charge of arrangements.

Mary Bolchak; 86; of Fayette
City; died Tuesday; Aug. 25;
1998; in her home.
Born; Aug. 13; 1912; in Naomi; she was a daughter of the
late George Markovitch and
Victoria Bednarsky Markovitch
Halliday.
She was a member of Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Church;
Fayette City.
Survivors include one sister;
Laura Ornot of Charleroi; and
one brother; Walter Halliday of
Donora.
In addition to her parents;
she was preceded in death by
her husband; John Bolchak;
four brothers; Martin; John;
Joseph and Stanley Markovitch; and two sisters; Helen Gidick and Sophie Raymond.
Friends will be received
Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
p.m. in the Carl J. Spallino Funeral Home; 819 Fallowfield
Ave.; Charleroi. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday at 10 a.m.in Holy Spirit Catholic Church;Fayette City;with the Rev.Leonard McAlpin as celebrant. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. A wake service will be held in the funeral home Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Arrangements are being handled by the Carl J.Spallino Funeral Home.

Dorethea B.Biggie;84;of Fayette City;died suddenly Saturday;July 25;1998;in the home of her close friend;Roberta Lauderbaugh. She was born Feb.14;1914;in Clarion County;a daughter of the late Grover Cleveland and Charlotte Mae Scheetz Rudolph. She was a member of the First Christian Church;Fayette City. In addition to her parents;she was preceded in death by her first husband;John Stanley Lindey in 1973;and her second husband;Franklin P.Biggie in 1993. Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law;Charlotte and Russell Brown of Fayette City;two sons and daughters-in-law;Kenneth (Chipper) and Bobbie Lindey of Fayette City;and John William and Susan Lindey of Delmont;one sister;Cora Thalman of Russellton;and a close friend;Roberta Lauderbaugh. Friends will be received in the Eley McCrory Funeral Home Inc.;Fayette City;on Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.and Tuesday until 11 a.m.;when funeral services will be held with the Rev.Wayne Boring of the First Christian Church;Fayette City;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Oliver Bird; 88; of Cherry
Tree Nursing Home. Uniontown; died Wednesday; July 22;
1998; at 2:35 p.m.
Born Oct. 16; 1909; in Markleysburg; Mr. Bird had lived in
Belle Vernon until he moved
into the nursing home due to ill
health. He had been ill for a
lengthy time.
He was a member of the Belle
Vernon Church of the
Nazarene.
Mr. Bird was retired from the
Monessen plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.; retiring
in 1972 because of illness.
He was a U.S. Army veteran
of World War II.
Surviving are his wife; Eva
Stricklin Bird; and a sister; Dorothy Mitchel of West Virginia.
Friends will be received
Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
p.m. in the Ferguson Funeral
Home Inc.; 700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon. Services will be held Friday at 11:30 a.m.in the funeral home;with the Rev;Charles Kohr of the Belle Vernon Church of the Nazarene officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Arrangements are being handles by the Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.