Services were held at 10 a.m. today for Walter S.Boord;of 407 Eastgate Manor;Monessen;who died Saturday at 10 a.m. in Mon Valley Hospital. He was 70. Mr.Boord was born April 8;1912;in Monessen;a son of the late Oro and Mary Henline Boord. He retired in 1964 from employment at the former Donora Works of U.S.Steel Corporation. A Protestant by faith;Mr.Boord was preceded in death by three brothers;James;Melvin L.and Howard Boord. Survivors include his wife;Mary Diethorne Boord;at home;two sons;Walter S.Boord;Jr.;of Monessen;and Melvin W.Boord of Scottdale;nine grandchildren;one great-grandchild;three sisters;Mrs.Virginia Pireaux of Charleroi;Mrs.Don (Lillian) Lawson of Uniontown;and Mrs.Maurio (Rebecca) Bonitati of Charleroi;and two brothers;Warren Boord of West Newton and Harold Boord of Monessen. The Rev.James B.Bailey;pastor;Presbyterian Church;Monongahela;officiated at services held at the Rhome Funeral Home;Inc.;1209 Grand Blvd.;Monessen. Burial was in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Salvatore (Sam) Bitonti of
18 Johnston St.; Belle Vernon;
died Friday;Sept.3;1982; at 11:50 p.m.
in the Mon Valley Hospital.
He was 82.
Mr. Bitonti was born Dec.
16;1899;in San Giovani; Italy;
a son of the late Joseph and
Anna Bitonti.
A resident of Belle Vernon
since 1921; he was a member
of St. Sebastian Church.
Mr. Bitonti had been a
member of the former
Market St. Italian Club and
was a social member of the
Sons of Italy.
He retired In 1965 as a
bricklayer foreman at the
Monessen Plant of the
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel
Corp.
Survivors Include his
widow; Mary Speen Bitonti:
four sons; Joseph; Frank and
Samuel; all of Belle Vernon;
and Paul of Washington. Pa.;
one daughter; Mrs. Paul (Anna) Adametz of Belle Vernon; one brother; Frank of
Fairmont; W. Va.; and nine
grandchildren.
Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;on Sunday and Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A Prayer service will be held on Tuesday;Sept.7;1982;at 9:30 a.m.in the funeral home followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m.in St.Sebastian Church;Belle Vernon. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;is in charge of arrangements.

Kathryn E. Bond; of 1911
Grand Blvd.. Monessen; died
Saturday; Aug.28;1982; at 11:50 a.m. in Mon
Valley Hospital. She was 78.
Mrs. Bond was born June
28;1904; in Ebensburg.
She was a member of the
United Methodist Church in
Belle Vernon.
Mrs. Bond was preceded in
death by her first husband.
Jerry Johnson; in 1939; and a
brother; William Hofman.
She is survived by her husband;
William J. Bond; three
sons; Gerald W. Johnson;Jacksonville;Fla.;Donald A.Johnson;Perryopolis;and William J.Bond II;Lexington;Ky.;five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Rhome Funeral Home;Inc.;1209 Grand Blvd.;Monessen;Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held Tuesday;Aug.31;1982;in the funeral home chapel at 10 a.m.;with the Rev.R.Dawson Hopson;former pastor of United Methodist Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Rhome Funeral Home;Inc.;is in charge of arrangements.

Clinton (Buck) Buchanan
of 151 Somers St.; Pricedale;
died Thursday;Aug.19;1982; at 8:19 p.m. in
Mon Valley Hospital. He was
62.
Mr. Buchanan was born in
Fall River; Mass..on Sept. 25;
1919; a son of the late Grant
and Clara Rothwell
Buchanan.
A lifelong resident of the
Pricedale community; he was
a member of the Char-Belle
Free Methodist Church; Belle
Vernon; and a World War II
veteran having served with
the U.S. Army.
He retired in 1981 from the
screening station of the coke plant at Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp’s Monessen Plant. He was preceded in death by a brother;Arthur Buchanan in 1969. Survivors include his widow;Mary Bartek Buchanan;one son;Thomas Buchanan of Belle Vernon;two daughters;Mrs.Michael (Dolores) Roskovich of Belle Vernon and Mrs.Roy D.(Judith) Johnson of Fellsburg;two brothers;Lynwood Buchanan and Donald Buchanan;both of Fall River;Mass.;two sisters;Miss Olivia Buchanan of Fall River;Mass.and Mrs.George (Ethel) Welsh of Swansca;Mass.;five grandchildren and nieces and nephews. Friends will be received at the Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m.and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held Sunday at 1 p.m.in the funeral home;with the Rev.Walter Kirkland;pastor;Char-Belle Free Methodist Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Gene Brazack of 415 Baltimore St.;Belle Vernon;died Thursday;May 13;1982 at 1:30 p.m.in the Mon Valley Hospital. She was 77. Mrs.Brazack was born Sept.7;1904;in Belle Vernon;a daughter of the late William and Jennie Hall Lehew. A member of St.John’s Lutheran Church;Charleroi;she was a lifelong resident of Belle Vernon. Mrs.Brazack was an employee of the former Spencer Buick Co.in Charleroi for 33 years. She was preceded in death by her husband;Andrew Brazack;on May 6;1976. Survivors include one stepdaughter;Mary Jane Hanson of Florida;four nephews;James K.Adams of Bentleyville;George W.Adams of Belle Vernon;Dale W.Lehew of Charleroi and Carey V.Lehew of Belle Vernon;and one niece;Norma J.DuPriest of Falls Church;Va. Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;on Friday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Saturday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.where services will be held on Sunday;May 16;at 1:30 p.m.with the Rev.Stephen Hurnyak;pastor of St.John Lutheran Church of Charleroi;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;is in cahrge of arrangements.