Phoebe Mae Bellback; 83; of
Charleroi; died Tuesday; May 24;1988; at 1:15 p.m. in Mon Valley Hospital; Carroll Township; after a lengthy illness. She was born April 9; 1905; in Washington Township; Fayette County; a daughter of the late Henry and Margaret Leech Bellback.
She was a Protestant by faith. Two sisters and one brother are deceased.
Surviving are one daughter;Thelma Brost; of Charleroi; three grandchildren; Jay W. Anthony of Carroll Township; Paula Whalen of Dillon; Mont.; and Margaret Wilson of Fayette City; six great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and one sister;
Catherine Casteel; of McKeesport.
There will be no public viewing. Private funeral services will be held Thursday with the Rev.Keith L.Ackerman;Rector;St.Mary Episcopal Church;Charleroi;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Howard W. McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;is in charge of arrangements.

Ethel Marie Beaumont;93;of Westgate Manor;Monessen;died Monday;March 28;1988;at 12:30 a.m.in Presbyterian Medical Center;Washington. Born March 3;1895;in Port Royal;she was the daughter of the late George and Annie NcNutt Beaumont. She was a Monessen resident most of her life;and was a member of the First Baptist Church. She was a former member of the Charleroi Moose Ladies’Auxiliary. In addition to her parents;she was preceded in death by her husband;Oliver H.Beaumont;in 1975;and a daughter;Mary Dalrymple;in 1964. Surviving are one daughter;Mrs.Emil (Delores) Richir of Northeast;three sons;Everett of Belle Vernon;Lewis H.of Monessen and Melvin H.of Charleroi;18 grandchildren and 43 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received Tuesday and Wednesday from 2 to 4 p.m.and 7 to 9 p.m.in the Rhome Funeral Home Inc.;1209 Grand Blvd.;Monessen. Services will be held Thursday at 9:30 a.m.in the funeral home chapel. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Arrangements are being handled by the Rhome Funeral Home Inc.

Suzanna Buchton of Fairhope;Belle Vernon;died Sunday;Jan.3;1988;at 4:30 p.m.at the home of her daughter after a lengthy illness. She was 93. Mrs.Buchton was born Dec.6;1894;in Czechoslovakia;a daughter of the late George and Anna Gargus Safar. She was a member of St.John Lutheran Church;Charleroi. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband;John Buchton Sr.;in 1975. Survivors include one son;John Buchton Jr.of Fairhope;two daughters;Mary Sholtis of Belle Vernon and Mrs.John (Susan) Strychalski of Fairhope;10 grandchildren;20 great-grandchildren;and one brother;George Safar of Czechoslovakia. Friends will be received in the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Homne;Fayette City;all day Tuesday and on Wednesday;Jan.6;until 10:30 a.m.;at which time services will be held with the Rev.Stephen Hurnyak;pastor of St.John Lutheran Church of Charleroi;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

James E. Boyer of 420 Forest St.;
Monessen; died Thursday; Dec. 10;
1987; at 5:15 p.m. in Baldock Nursing
Home; Irwin. He was 79.
Mr. Boyer was born Feb. 10;1908;
in Hazelwood; a son of the late Harry
and Bessie Morgart Boyer.
A resident of Monessen most of his
life; he retired in 1967 from the
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel
Monessen plant; where he had worked as a craneman.
A U.S. Navy veteran of World War
n; he was preceded in death by a
son; John Boyer; in 1975.
Survivors include his wife; Ann
Honchalk Boyer; two daughters;
Jean Evans and Mrs. Nicholas
(Mary Ellen) Zlatovich; both of
Monessen; two stepdaughters;
Sharon Honsaker of Monessen and
Mrs. Thomas (Mary Anne) McGinty
of New Eagle; three stepsons; Edward Lucas of Middletown; Paul
Lucas of Belle Vernon and James
Lucas; serving with the U.S. Army
in Alabama; two sisters; Goldie
Pearl Otto of Coal Center and Sylvia
Bellman of Irvington; N.J.; and 10
grandchildren.
Friends will be received Friday
from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Shelby D.
Ferguson Funeral Home; 700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;where services will be held Saturday;Dec.12;at 10 a.m.with Father Patrick O’Connor;pastor of St.Leonard Church of Monessen;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;is in charge of arrangemetns.