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.

Stanley Brazzon;Fairhope;Belle Vernon;died Thursday;May 22;1986;at 10:45 a.m. at his home. He was 69. Mr.Brazzon was born in Washington Twp.;Fayette County;on April 11;1917;a son of the late Andrew and Anna Lachman Brazzon. He was a member of St.Joseph Polish National Catholic Church;Fairhope. He was a retired coal miner. In addition to his parents;he was preceded in death by a daughter;Denise Brazzon;on July 23;1985;and a grandson;Jonathon Brazzon;on July 23;1985. Survivors include his wife;Norma Spazok Brazzon;a son;Dennis Stanley Brazzon of Fairhope;two grandsons;Stanley and Jason Brazzon;both of Fairhope;and three sisters;Anna Brazzon of Cleveland;Ohio;Mrs.Margaret Rihtarcik of Fairhope;and Mrs.Frances Glister of Clarksville. Friends will be received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;all day Friday. Prayer services will be held at the funeral home Saturday at 10 a.m.;followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. in the St.Jospeh Polish National Catholic Church;Fairhope;with the Rev.Father Felix Pyzowski;pastor;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

Augustine Castanier Barthe of St.John’s Lutheran Home;Mars;Pa.;formerly of Monessen and North Charleroi;died Tuesday;March 25;1986;at 9:55 p.m.in St.John’s Lutheran Home;Mars;Pa. She was 83. Mrs.Barthe was born Oct.20;1902;in Monessen;a daughter of the late August and Louise Dalverny Castanier. In addition to her parents;she was preceded in death by her husband;Charles V.Barthe;who died in 1958;and by a daughtrer;Norma Jacobs. Surviving are two sons;Charles V.Barthe of Fort Meyers;Fla.;and Henry P.Barthe of Bradford Woods;Pa.;and three grandchildren. Friends will be received all day and evening Thursday in the Simons Funeral Home;7720 Perry Highway;Ross Twp. A Committal Service will be held Friday at 10 a.m. in the Chapel of Belle Vernon Cemetery;Belle Vernon;Pa. A Memorial Service will be held at 3 p.m.Saturday in the Heritage United Presbyterian Church;2262 Rochester Road;Franklin Park Borough. The Rev.Alick Kennedy will officiate at both services. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery;Belle Vernon;Pa. The family suggests contributions in Mrs.Barthe’s memory may be made to St.John’s Lutheran Home;Mars;Pa;16046;or to the Memorial Fund of Heritage United Presbyterian Church;2262 Rochester Road;Franklin Park Borough. The Simons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.