Benjamin E. (Ben) Butler Jr.;of 925 Hill St.;Belle Vernon;died Friday;Dec.5;1986;in Mon Valley Hospital;Carroll Twp. He was 79. Mr.Burtler was born Sept.3;1907;in Tampa;Fla.;a son of the late Rev.Benjamin A.Butler and Hattie Butler. He was also a step-son of the late Minnie Lee Butler. Mr.Butler was a retired employee of the former Page Steel and Wire Division in Monessen. He was a member of the Antioch Baptist Church;Belle Vernon;and was chairman of the Trustee Board of the Church. In addition to his parents and step-mother;he was also preceded in death by a brother;Lawrence;and by a sister;Hattie. Surviving are his wife;Christella Butler;four sons;Benjamin of North Braddock;Pa.;Glenn of New York City;N.Y.;and Michael and Vaughn;both at home;four daughters;Carla and Sandra;both of Pittsburgh;and Rozalind and Jacquelyn;both in New York;seven grandchildren;and one daughter-in-law;Bernice. Friends will be received Monday from 2 to 9 p.m.in the Antioch Baptist Church;Belle Vernon;where services will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m.;with the Rev.Luther Wormack;pastor;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery;Belle Vernon. The Beverly C.Draper Funeral Home;608 Sixth St.;Monessen;is in charge of arrangements.

SARAH IS SURVIVED BY HER BROTHERS – JOHN D.LUNT OF CHARLEROI;JAMES D.LUNT OF LAS VEGAS; NEV.;JAY SMITH;DON;ART AND WILLIAM LUNT. SISTERS – VIVIAN HOOVER OF CALIFORNIA;PA.;SUZANNE DUDA OF FAYETTE CITY;JANICE D.SMALLEY;ELAINE AMBLER AND ELLEN SMITH. SHE DIED IN BROWNSVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL;BROWNSVILLE;PA.

Gloria Marie Stoner Burns of Capitol Heights;Md.;formerly of Charleroi;died Friday;July 4;1986 in Capitol Heights Hospital;Maryland. She was born Nov.20;1934 in Charleroi;a daughter of the late Dressel and Florence Stoner. Mrs.Burns spent her early years in Charleroi;graduating from Charleroi High School. Survivors include one daughter;Tracy Burns of Cleveland;two sons;Gary of Cleveland and Sean of Atlanta;one brother;Raymond Stoner of Monessen;three aunts;Edith Payne of Charleroi;Lucille Woods of Cleveland and Rosabelle Harvey of Youngstown. Friends will be received Wednesday 6 to 9 p.m. and Thursday 10 to 11 a.m. in the Beverly C.Draper Funeral Home;608 Sixth st.;Monessen where a funeral service will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. with the Rev.Luther Warmack officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Clarkson Book of 100 Beacon St.;
Belle Vernon; died Thursday; June
26;1986; at 5 a.m. in Mercy Hospital;
Pittsburgh; following an illness of
the past two months. He was 74.
Mr. Book was born March 7;1912;
in Lewistown; a son of the late
Charles and Ella Morgan Book.
A Belle Vernon resident the past 52
years; he had owned and operated C.
Book Radiator Service in Belle Vernon
since I960.
He and his wife; the former Emma
Britt; celebrated 52 years of marriage
on Dec. 23;1985. In addition to his parents;he was preceded in death by a daughter;Gertrude Jean;in 1942. Survivors include his wife;Emma Britt Book;two sons;Louis C.Book of Belle Vernon and Theodore Book of Jacksonville;Fla.;one brother;Millard Book of Lafayette;Ind.;six grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Friends will be received Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;where services will be held Saturday;June 28;1986;at 1 p.m.with the Rev.Kenneth Neiderhiser;pastor of the Belle Vernon Church of the Nazarene;officating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;is in charge of arrangements.