Anton (Tony) Blatnik of Johnson Hollow;Fayette City R.D.1;died Wednesday;Nov.6;1985;at 7:55 a.m. in the Haven Crest Nursing Home;Carroll Twp. He was 89. Mr.Blatnik was born Jan.15;1896;in Yugoslavia;a son of the late Anton and Frances Blatnik. He was a member of the Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Church;Fayette City;the United Mineworkers of America;and the S.N.P.J.Lodge No.224;Fayette City. In addition to his parents;Mr.Blatnik was preceded in death by a daughter;Josephine;in 1969;and by a son;John;in 1985. Surviving are his widow;Anna Sladich Blatnik;of Fayette City;R.D.1;three sons;Anthony;at home;George;of Scott Twp.;and Thomas of Monongahela;R.D.;two daughters;Mrs.Robert (Frances) Winn of Virginia Beach;Va.;and Mrs.Michael (Barbara) Lipp of Reynoldsburg;Ohio;21 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A Parish Rosary will be recited at 7:15 p.m. Friday in the funeral home. A Wake Service will be held Friday at 8 p.m. in the funeral home. A Prayer Service will be held Saturday at 9:30 a.m. in the funeral home;followed by a 10 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at Holy Spirit R.C.Church;Fayette City;with Rev.Thomas G.Rinn;pastor;as celebrant. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery;Belle Vernon;Pa. The Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Jesse Brown of 627 Conrad Ave.;North Charleroi;died Wednesday;Nov.6;1985;at 8:35 a.m.at her home following a lingering illness. Mrs.Brown was born in Naomi;a daughter of the late Thomas and Margaret Tippins Edwards. She had been a Monessen resident for many years before moving to North Charleroi. She was preceded in death by her husband;Hugh S.Brown;in January 1974. Survivors include one daughter;Mrs.Arthur (Dolores) Neal of North Charleroi;one son;Douglas W.Brown of Monessen;a granddaughter;Kelly Brown;a grandson;Kevin Neal;and three great-grandchildren. Friends will be received Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the Rhome Funeral Home;Inc.;1209 Grand Blvd.;Monessen;where a service will be held Friday;Nov.8 at 1:30 p.m.with the Rev.Kevin Neal officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Rhome Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Anna Mae (Lunt) Baumgardner of Vesta Number Six;Pa.;died Saturday;Nov.2;1985;in Shadyside Hospital;Pittsburgh. She was 65. Mrs.Baumgardner was born Dec.4;1919;in Uniontown;Cambria County;Pa.;a daughter of the late Earl D.and Samantha Benson Lunt. She was a member for 35 years of the West Brownsville Christian and Missionary Alliance Church. Surviving are her husband;Charles Baumgardner;four sons;Eugene F.Baumgardner of Akron;Ohio;Jerome C.Baumgardner of Willoughby;Ohio;Roy O.Baumgardner of Newport News;Va.;and David A.Baumgardner of Denbo;Pa.;three daughters;Patricia A.Woods of Denbo;Pa.;Karen L.Laucher of Canonsburg;Pa.;and Sharon R.McIntosh of Brownsville;23 grandchildren;two great-grandchildren;three brothers;James W.Smith of Charleroi;Earl H.Lunt of the state of California;and Leslie Lunt of West Newton;and four sisters;Helen Jadyk;Vernice Howarth and Vivian Bachinski;all of Monessen;and Loretta Lunt of Fairhope. In addition to her parents;she was preceded in death by a daughter;Mary Margaret;two grandchildren;a great-grandchild;three brothers;Rhul Lunt;Donald Lunt and Clarence Lunt;and two sisters;Rowena Prentice and Cora Lunt. Friends will be received in the Norman Wimer J.Funeral Home;Front St.;Brownsville;Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. in the funeral home;with the Rev.Robert Ellenberger officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery;Belle Vernon;Pa. The family suggests contributions in Mrs.Baumgardner’s memory may be made to the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church;West Brownsville. The Norman J.Wimer Funeral home is in charge of arrangements.

Ethel M. Blacka of 200 Perry Ave.;Belle Vernon;died Tuesday;Oct.29;1985;at 8 p.m.in the Westmoreland Hospital;Greensburg. She was 74. Mrs.Blacka was born July 8;1911;a daughter of the late Ernest and Anna Yardley Barnes. She was a member of Marion Presbyterian Church;Fairhope;and the Missionary Society and Bethany Bible Class Aid of the church. A lifelong resident of the Fairhope area;Mrs.Blacka was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Washington Township Volunteer Fire Department. A Girl Scout leader for many years;she was an avid camper at Scottyland in Somerset. Survivors include her husband;Charles F.Blacka Sr.;two sons;Charles F.Blacka Jr.of Carroll Township and Edward E.Blacka Sr.of Plum Borough;one daughter;Mrs.James R.(Gail) Koslosky of Carroll Township;one brother;Harry Barnes of Camp Hill;one sister;Lorena Martin of Westview;six grandchildren and two 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 Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;where services will be held Friday;Nov.1;1985 at 11 a.m. with the Rev.Mary Howard;pastor of Marion Presbyterian Church of Fairhope;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs.Anna Bongiorno;76;of 232 Hoffman St.;Belle Vernon;died Monday;Aug.26;1985;at 6:45 a.m. in the Morgan Personal Care Home;Fayette City following a lengthy illness. Born in Washington Township;Fayette County;April 1;1909;she was a daughter of the late Stephen and Mary Busksar Kovatch. Mrs.Bongiorno was a member of the Holy Spitit Roman Catholic Church of Fayette City and the Washington Township Fireman’s Auxiliary. She was preceded in death by her husband;Anthony (Tony) Bongiorno on Oct.19;1981. Surviving are her son;Thomas Bongiorno of Fairhope;two grandsons;five great-grandchildren;one brother;Andrew Kovatch of Phoenix;Ariz.;and a sister Mrs. Mary Popelas of Belle Vernon. Friends will be received on Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and until 10:30 a.m. Wednesday;the time of a blessing service at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;with Rev.Father Thomas G.Rinn;pastor of Holy Spirit Church of Fayette City officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;is in charge of arangements.

Earl V.Blevins Jr.;63;of 145 Johnston Ave.;Belle Vernon;died Saturday;Aug.17;1985;at 11:30 p.m.in his home. Mr.Blevins was born Jan.19;1922;in Morgantown;W.Va.;the son of the late Earl V.Blevins Sr.;who died in 1964;and Florence Maxon Blevins;who survives and resides in Monessen. He retired in 1976 from Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation’s Allenport Works;where he was employed as a craneman. Mr.Blevins had been a resident of the Belle Vernon community for the past 35 years. He was a U.S.Army veteran of World War II and was a member of the Disabled American Veterans’ Association. Surviving;in addition to his mother;are his wife;Muffy Pro Blevins;two sons;Robert P.Blevins of Donegal;Pa.;and James V.Blevins of Belle Vernon;one daughter;Mrs.Ned (Karen) Webber;of Westminister;Colo.;one sister;Mrs.Leatrice DeHosse;of Monessen;and two grandsons;Justin and Christopher Blevins;both of Belle Vernon. Friends will be received in the Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. The Catholic Daughters of the Americas;Belle Vernon Court 1522;will hold services Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the funeral home. A Blessing Service will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the funeral home. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery;Belle Vernon. The Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs.Mary Velma Bass;67;of 688 McKee Ave.;Monessen;died Friday;Aug.2;1985;at 12:32 a.m. in Mon Valley Hospital;Carroll Twp.;after a lengthy illness. Mrs.Bass was born Oct.27;1918;in Jenkinsburg;Ga.;a daughter of the late Paul Watts and Lettie Thorton Watts. For the past 44 years;she had been the wife of the Rev.Joseph E.Bass Sr.;pastor of the Gate of Heaven of God in Christ Church;644 Reed Ave.;Monessen. In addition to being a member of the church;she was past president of the Ministers’ Wives Association of Western Pennsylvania and president of the Nurses’Board. Active in community affairs;she served as a Sunday School teacher;and was a church musician and member of the Prayer and Praise Group;Mothers’Board and chairman of the Church Committee Leader;all of the church. Mrs.Bass was preceded in death by one son;Lloyd Dwight Bass;one brother;Charles Watts;and one sister;Sarah Henderson. Surviving are five sons;Joseph Bass Jr.of Altoona;Pa;John Richard Bass and William C.Bass;both of Monessen;Edwin C.Bass of Olivette;Mo.;and Wayne M.Bass of Baltimore;Md.;four daughters;Wilma Keys;Izetta Bass;Ruth Bass and Doris Wade;all of Monessen;24 grandchildren;and a host of other relatives and friends. Friends will be received Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 2 to 9 p.m. in the Gate of Heaven of God in Christ Church;644 Reed Ave.;Monessen. Services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. in the Church;with the Rev.Paul Ealy of Cleveland;Ohio;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery;Belle Vernon;Pa.The William R.Taylor Funeral Home;645 McMahon Ave.;Monessen;is in charge of arrangements.

Jonathan Dennis Brazzon of 1369 Fayette Ave.;Belle Vernon;died suddenly Tuesday;July 23;1985;at 8:40 p.m.at Washington Township R.D.2. He was 14. He was born in North Charleroi;June 27;1971. Surviving are his grandparents;Stanley and Norma Spazok Brazzon of Fairhope. He was a member of the Polish National Catholic Church of Fairhope. Jonathan was a scholar in the Belle Vernon Area School District. There will be no public visitation. Private services will be held Thursday at 10:30 a.m. in the chapel of Belle Vernon Cemetery with Rev.Father Felix Pyzowski;pastor of the Polish National Catholic Church of Fairhope officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Denise Brazzon of 1369 Fayette Ave.;Belle Vernon;(Fairhope);died suddenly Tuesday;July 23;1985;at 8:40 p.m. at Washington Township R.D.2. She was 36. Born in North Charleroi;Nov.9;1948;she was a daughter of Stanley and Norma Spazok Brazzon of Fairhope;who survive. She was a member of the Polish National Catholic Church of Fairhope. In addition to her parents;she is survived by a brother;Dennis Brazzon of Fairhope. There will be no public visitation. Private services will be held Thursday at 10:30 a.m. in the chapel of Belle Vernon Cemetery with Rev.Father Felix Pyzowski;pastor of the Polish National Catholic Church of Fairhope officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

James Baker of Dublin;Va.;formerly of Arnold City;died Saturday;June 22;1985;at 9 a.m. in Dublin;Va.;after a lengthy illness. He was 85. Mr.Baker was born June 20;1900;in Fayette County;Pa.; a son of the late Thomas Jefferson and Sarah Elizabeth Gaskill Baker. He was a retired coal miner. A protestant by faith;Mr.Baker was preceded in death by his first wife;Mildred Baker;on June 22;1969;and by one son;Walter Baker. Surviving are his second wife; a son;James Baker;of Cleveland;Ohio;a daughter;Mrs.Caroline McCall; of Dublin;Va.;20 grandchildren;and several great-grandchildren. Friends will be received in the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;Monday;from 7 to 9 p.m. and until 2 p.m. Tuesday;the hour of services in the funeral home with Captain Josephine Howard of the Salvation Army Citadel;Monessen;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery;Belle Vernon. The Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.