DIED AT BRONX LEBANNON HOSPITAL;BRONX;NEW YORK JEREMIAH C.GAFFNEY FUNERAL HOME-INWOOD;L.I.;NEW YORK.

Curtis E.Bloomer;61;of Belle Vernon R.D.3;died Saturday;May 19;1990;in Jefferson Hospital. He was born in Insull;Ky.;April 17;1929;a son of the late Hillard and Emma Rowe Bloomer. Mr.Bloomer was a member of the Charleroi Baptist Church. He had been a resident of Belle Vernon since 1968;formerly of Cincinatti;Ohio. He was employed as a manager for Philips Lighting Company;Meadowlands. He is survived by his wife;Dorothy Whittle Bloomer;a daughter;Dianne Bloomer;at home;a son and daughter-in-law;Curtis E.and Connie Bloomer Jr.of Bealeton;Va.;his mother-in-law;Vina Whittle of Charleroi;a brother;Addison Bloomer of Milford;Ohio;two sisters;Myrtle Alice Ellis of Mason;Ohio and Ruth Martin of Pompano Beach;Fla.;and two grandchildren;Amanda and Megan Bloomer. Friends will be received at the Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;Monday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will beheld in the funeral home Wednesday at 11 a.m. with the Rev.Steve Crumpler of Charleroi Baptist Church and the Rev.Patrick Colladay of the First Baptist Church of Harrisburg;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.is in charge of arrangements.

Gladys Bakewell;84;of 213 Grove Ave.;Belle Vernon;died Tuesday;May 1;1990;at 12:45 p.m.in Washington Hospital. Born May 11;1905;in Dunlevy;she was the daughter of the late John and Mary Elizabeth Abbott. Mrs.Brakewell had been a resident of Belle Vernon since 1942 and was a member of First Presbyterian Church;the Belle Vernon Golden Agers and the former Degree of Honor;where she served as treasurer. A graduate of California Normal School;she taught for many years in Centerville Borough Schools. In addition to her patents;she was preceded in death by her husband;Christopher;on Dec.10;1983;three sisters;Ethel Hoover;Beatrice Hall and Ada Bisencamp.and a great-granddaughter;Amy Mori. Surviving are two sons;Jack Bakewell of Belle Vernon and Bill Bakewell of Joppatowne;Md.;two daughters;Mrs.Gene (Marilois) Hopes of California;Pa.;and Mrs.Metro (Elaine) Backo of Belle Vernon;12 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.in the Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;where services will be held Friday at 11 a.m.;with Pastor Norman C.Hunt of United Christian Church;California;officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Arrangements are being handled by the Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.

Florence C.Viviani Benny;77;of 2417 Venus St.;Portage;Ind.;formerly of Coal Center;R.D.1 (Long Branch) died Tuesday;March 13;1990;in Miller’s Merry Manor;Hobart;Ind. She was boen Jan.25;1913;in Monessen;a daughter of the late Jack and Minnie Viviani. Mrs.Benny had attended Portage Avenue Baptist Church and the Eunice Bonner Senior Center;both in Portage. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband;David J.Benny;in April 1974. Survivors include one daughter;Mrs.Charles Eugene (Josephine) Laneve;with whom she made her home;three grandchildren;David;Gina and Brian;one brother;Ernest Jiggs Viviani of Long Branch;several nieces and nephews. Friends will be received Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.in the Rhome Funeral Home Inc.;1209 Grand Blvd.;Monessen;where services will be held Saturday at 11:30 a.m.with the Rev.Donald Schnarr;pastor of First Baptist Church of Belle Vernon;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Rhome Funeral Home Inc.is in charge of arrangements.

Theodore J.Bishop;84;of 546 Edwards Ave.;Belle Vernon;died Sunday;March 4;1990;at 4:55 a.m.in Mon Valley Hospital.   He was born in Phillipsburg;Pa.;July 11;1905;a son of the late Alban and Cassandra Sterner Bishop.  Mr.Bishop was a member of the Marion Presbyterian Church and a former Elder of the church.  He was a former member of the Washington Township Planning Commission.  In addition;he was a member and former President of the Washington Township Lion’s Club and a 50-year member of the F and AM Lodge 161 of Lonaconing;MD.and the Consistory Valley of Pittsburgh.  Mr.Bishop also belonged to the Syria temple of Pittsburgh.   Having lived in the Belle Vernon area since 1953;he formerly had worked for the U.S.Steel Corporation;Irvin Works in West Mifflin.  He then came to the Allenport Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel in 1953.  He retired in 1970 as General Foreman in the Strip Mill.  In addition to his parents;he was preceded in death by two brothers;Donald and Francis Bishop.  He is survived by his wife of 64 years;Mary Merrbaugh Bishop;three sons;Theodore L.Bishop of Chesterfield;Mo.;Fred R.Bishop of Port Vue and Raymond E.Bishop of McKeesport;11 grandchildren;and five great-grandchildren.  Friends will be received at the Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;Monday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.  Funeral service will be held from the funeral home Wednesday at 11 a.m.;with the Rev.John Park of Marion Presbyterian Church officiating.  Interment will be held in Belle Vernon Cemetery.  The Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.is in charge of arrangements.

Thomas E. Bainbridge of 420
May St.;; Belle Vernon; died suddenly Tuesday; Feb. 27; 1990; at
11:25 a.m. in Mon Valley
Hospital. He was 68.
Mr. Bainbridge was born Nov.
21;1921; in Fairnope; a son of the
late Robert and Catherine
Sproates Bainbridge.
A lifelong resident of the Belle
Vernon area; he was a member
of Belle Vernon American
Legion Post 659; the AARP and
Mon Valley Chapter 131 of the
Disabled American Veterans.
Mr. Bainbridge retired in 1984 as a technician for the Mine Safety and health Administration of the United States Government. He was a U.s.Army veteran of World War II;serving in the Pacific. Survivors include his wife;Harriet Hilty Bainbridge;one daughter;Paticia Bainbridge at home;and one brother;Richard Bainbridge of Fairhope. Friends will be received Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.in the Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;where services will be held Friday at 11 a.m.with the Rev. Dr. Thomas St.Clair;pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Belle Vernon;officiating. Burial will be held in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Ferguson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.