Paul Brazack;65;Hackensack;N.J.;formerly of Belle Vernon;died at Wellington Hall Nursing Home in Hackensack on Saturday;Oct.27;1979 at 12:50 a.m. Born in Grindstone April 13;1914;he was the son of the late George and Mary Cirbus Brazack. He was a retired employee of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation’s Allenport plant. He was a member of St.John’s Lutheran Church of Charleroi and the Elks lodge in Charleroi. He was preceded in death by his wife;Angelina Flora Brazack in October of 1971. He is survived by a daughter;Mrs.Judith Stephens;Little Ferry;N.J.;a brother;Martin Brazack of Miami;Fla.;and two grandsons. Services were held Monday;Oct.29;1979 at 10:30 a.m. from the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home in Belle Vernon and at 11 a.m. from St.John’s Lutheran Church in Charleroi;Rev.Stephen C.Hurnyak officiating. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

One of Monessen’s pioneer
food merchants; Nancy
Layton Beery; died Saturday;Oct.6;1979;
at her home at 1105 State
Road; Monessen.
She was 95. Born in Dawson; she was
one of the owners of the former
Beery’s Food Store for
many years.
She was a member of the
First Christian Church of
Monessen; a 53-year member
of the Order of Eastern Star
205; and a member of the
Monessen Woman’s Club for
50 years. Surviving are three
daughters; Mrs. Eloise Bow of
Gettysburg; Mrs.Gladys
Hamill of Weirton; W.Va. and
Mrs. Harry (Carmen) Touche
of Monessen; with whom she
lived. Also surviving are six grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.
Friends are being received Monday;Oct.8
in the Rhome Funeral
Home; Inc.; 1209 Grand Blvd.;
Monessen from 7 to 9 p.m.
Services will be held Tuesday;Oct.9 at 10 a.m.in the
chapel of the funeral home.
Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Tony Bitonti of 104 Main St.;
Belle Vernon; died Sunday;
Sept. 23; 1979; at 8:20 a.m. in
Monongahela Valley Hospital;
Inc.; Carroll Twp. He was 81.
Mr. Bitonti had been a
barber in Belle Vernon for 65
years.
He was born in Italy on
Sept. I8; 1898; a son of the late
Pete and Sarafina Caputo
Bitonti.
He had resided in Belle Vernon for more than 75 years and
was a member of St. Sebastian
Catholic Church of Belle Vernon.
Mr. Bitonti is survived by
his widow; Rose Rogers Bitonti; two sons; Tony P. Bitonti of
Coal Center and James V.
Bitonti of Belle Vernon; three
daughters; Mrs. George
(Sara) Mitchell; Mrs. Stanley
R. (Lucy) Kroskie; and Mrs.
Robert (Nancy) Byron; all of
Belle Vernon; one brother;
Louis Bitonti of Cleveland;
Ohio; two sisters; Mrs.
Theresa Amorosa of Fort Collins; Colorado; and Mrs.
Kathryn Cooper of Van Nuys;
Calif.; nine grandchildren;
and four great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received in
the Shelby D. Ferguson
Funeral Home; Broad Ave.;
Belte Vernon; Monday from 7
to 9 p.m. and Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A Prayer service will be held in the funeral home Wednesday at 9:30 a.m.;followed at 10 a.m.by Mass of Christian Burial at St.Sebastian Catholic Church. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Betty V.Bunardzya;a member of a pioneer Belle Vernon family and a talented pianist-organist and dedicated church worker;died Monday;Aug.13;1979;at 5:50 p.m.in Mercy Hospital;Pittsburgh;following a heart seizure. She was 62. Death came just six days short of when she had suffered a heart attack two years ago;followed by other major surgery in June 1978. A resident of 138 State St.;Belle Vernon;Mrs.Bunardzya served the First Presbyterian Church of Belle Vernon as organist since 1937. She also was choir director at the church for the past 15 years after previously having filled that position on an interim basis several times. Mrs.Burardzya had served in a smiilar capacity at the former Rodef Shalom Temple in Charleroi and later Temple Beth Am in Monessen following a merger of the two congregations. She also performed for the former minstrel shows sponsored by the Belle Vernon Lions Club and was in much demand for weddings and other functions. In 1928;Mrs.Bunardzya was crowned as the first queen at the Charleroi Charthene Club’s first annual Snow Ball. She was a member of the Magic City Chapter of the American Contract Bridge League. A 1935 graduate of the former Belle Vernon High School;she attended a business college in the state of California. She was employed as a secretarial teachers aide in the Belle Vernon Area School District for the past 12 years. Mrs.Bunardzya was born Elizabeth Anna Vance on Feb.4;1917;a daughter of James H.Vance;retired North Belle Vernon businnessman who survives;and the late Lucy Holder Vance;who preceded her in death in 1946. She was a life-long resident of Belle Vernon. In addition to her father;Mrs.Bunardzya is survived by her husband of 38 years;John R.Bunardzya;a veteran Mon Valley newspaper man who is currently a reporter with the Valley Independent;two sons;Vance R.Bunardzya of Lynnwood (Washington Twp.)and J.William (Bill) Bunardzya at home;her step-mother;Mrs.James H.(Bernadine) Vance of North Belle Vernon;and two grandchildren;Michael J.Bunardzya and Jennifer Lee Bunardzya. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m.at the First Presbyterian Church of Belle Vernon. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. In lieu of flowers;the family suggests that memorial contributions in Mrs.Bunardzya’s name be made to either the Heart Association or the American Cancer society.

Edna M.Bolton;81;of 632 Locust St.;Monessen;died Wednesday June 20;1979;at 7:45 a.m.at the Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born in Georgia May 4;1898;she was a daughter of the late Ed and Parthenia Page. She moved to this area 16 years ago. She was a member of the Gallilee Baptist Church in Tennessee. She leaves her husband;John Bolton;two daughters;Jessie Mae Laidlie and Jennie L.Miller;both of Monessen;three brothers;Warren Page in Tennessee;David Page of Pittsburgh and Harold Page of Atlanta;Ga.;a great-aunt;Josephine Rucker in Tennessee;six grandchildren;four great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Friends will be received at the Taylor Funeral Home at 645 Mcmahon Ave.;Monessen;from 7 to 9 p.m.Thursday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Friday. Services will be held in the chapel of the funeral home at 1 p.m.Saturday with Elder J.E.Bass;pastor of the Gate of Heaven Church of God in Christ of Monessen officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery with William R.Taylor;funeral director;in charge.

John Clark Barton;67;formerly of 630 McMahon Ave.;Monessen;passed away on Saturday;May 5;1979 at 11 p.m.in the Whilein Methodist Hospital in Gary ;Ind. He was born Sept.12;1911 in Washington;D.C.;the son of the late Edward and Philomena Clark Barton. He lived hie entire life in Monessen. He was a member of St.Leonard’s Church in Monessen. He was retired from the U.S. Steel plant in Donora. Survivors include two sons;Keith of Gary;Ind.;John (Jackie) Jr.of Lanham;Md.;two daughters;Mrs.Wanda Portis of South San Francisco;Calif.and Mrs.Algie (Sharon) Link Jr.of Gary;Ind.and four grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife;Bernice (Bobbi) Barton on July 14;1971;three sisters;Lillian Cooke and Gertrude Turner;both of Bowie;Md.and Eleanor Tennent;of Navesink;N.J.;and four brothers;Norman of Evanston;Ill.;Thomas of Jacksonville;Fla.;William of New York City and Joseph of Monessen. Friends will be received at the Beverly C.Draper Funeral Home;608 Sixth St.;Monessen.

Arthur Balieu of 207 Luella
Ave.; Charleroi; died Tuesday;March 27;1979 at 4:30 p.m. in
Waddington Nursing Home;
Fayette City; after an illness
of three months. He was 88.
Mr. Balieu was born Jan. 4;
1891 in Belgium; a son of the
late Albert and Celena Balieu
A Protestant by faith; he
had lived in the Charleroi area
for 71 years. He was retired
from the Alienport Plant of
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel
Corp.
He was preceded in death by
his wife; Mary Billion Balieu;
and also by a daughter;
Mathilda Gray; two brothers;
Charles and Emil; and one
sister; Yvonne.
Survivors include one son;
Charles Balieu of Charleroi;
one daughter; Mrs. Angelo
(Yvonne) Capella of
Charleroi; four grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and several
nieces and nephews.
Friends will be received in
the Leonard M. Pavhc
Funeral Home; Inc.; 235
Fallowfield Ave.; Charleroi;
Wednesday from 7 to 9 p m. and
Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held in the funeral home Friday at 11 a.m.with the Rev.Francis Blair officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Leonard M.Pavlic Funeral Home;Inc.in charge of arrangements.

Mary Balaska;77;of 518 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;died Tuesday;March 6;1979 at her home. Born May 27;1901;in Star Junction;she was the daughter of the late George and Mary Cirbus Brazack. A resident of this area since she was married 62 years ago;Mrs.Balaska was a member of St.John’s Slovak Lutheran Church of Charleroi and a former Sunday School teacher of the church. She was a member of both the Senior and Junior Altar Guilds;the Zivena Lodge of Charleroi and the Goldstar Mothers of the Belle Vernon American Legion. She was preceded in death by a son;John Balaska;in 1944. She is survived by her husband;John Balaska;three sons;Albert M.Balaska and Robert A.Balaska;both of Belle Vernon;and Richard (Kenny) Balaska of Niantic;Conn.;one daughter;Mrs.John (Helen) Zofko of Warren;Ohio;two brothers;Paul Brazack of Belle Vernon and Martin Brazack of Miami;Fla.;nine grandchildren;and four great-grandchildren. Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon after 7 p.m. on Wednesday;where blessing services will be on Friday at 10 a.m.;followed by funeral services at St.John’s Slovak Lutheran Church with the Rev.Stephen C.Hurnyak;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Director in charge.