Steven J.(Brownie) Brown;72;of 198 Johnson Ave.;Pricedale;died Wednesday;April 12;1978 at 7:45 p.m. in the Latrobe Area Hospital. Mr.Brown is survived by his widow;Elizabeth Nagy Brown;one daughter;Mrs.Charles (Eloise) Johnston of Pricedale;one son;Joseph Brown of Indian Hill;one brother;William Brown of Monessen;one sister;Mrs.Elizabeth Roush of Charleroi;and five grandchildren. Friends will be received in the Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday. A prayer service will be held in the funeral home Saturday at 9:30 a.m.followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St.Sebastian Catholic Church of Belle Vernon. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Leonard J.Parzynski is the funeral director in charge.

Olga Boyle of 7600 Harpers Drive;Oxen Hill;Md.;formerly of Green St.;Belle Vernon;died Friday;March 17;1978 in Prince George General Hospital following an illness of several years. She was born June 24;1907 in Monessen;a daughter of the late John and Ida Anderson Nelson. Mrs.Boyle lived in Belle Vernon most of her life and had been making her home with her daughter in Oxen Hill for the past year. She was a member of St.Sebastian Catholic Church;Belle Vernon. Her husband;Hugh J.Boyle preceded her in death in March of 1977. Services include two sons Thomas A.Boyle of Lexington;Ky.and John J.Boyle of New Freedom;Pa. ;one daughter;Mrs.Clifford (Mary Louise) George;with whom she made her home in Oxen Hill;eight grandchildren;two sisters;Mrs.Louise Peterson of Concord;Calif.and Mrs.Elsie Bodach of Bradenton;Fla. Friends will be received in the Robert A. Billick Funeral Home Inc.;Grand Blvd. and Marion Ave.Monessen from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Sunday. A Prayer service will be held in the funeral home Monday at 9:30 a.m.followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m.in St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Robert A. Billick Funeral Home Inc.is in charge of arrangements.

Samuel Benedetti;732 Henry St.;Belle Vernon;died Wednesday;March 15;1978;at 11:05 a.m.in Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital. He was 75. Born in Italy;June 30;1902;he was the son of the late William and Sarah Barli Benedetti. He was a resident of Belle Vernon for 50 years. Mr.Benedetti had been employed as a foreman at the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel No.4 Hot Mill;Allenport Plant. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Belle Vernon and was past board member and president of both the Belle Vernon Golden Age Assembly and the Charleroi Golden Agers. He was also a memeber of the Monessen and Fayette City Golden Agers and the Senior Citizens of Monessen. Mr.Benedetti is survived by his widow;Elsie Maund Benedetti;one son;Dr.William R.Benedetti of Elizabeth Twp.;dean of education at California State College;three brothers;Bruno;Reno and Adelmo Benedetti;all of Cleveland;Ohio;one sister;Mrs.Octavia Hogue of Cleveland;Ohio;and two grandchildren;Dr.William L.Benedetti of Versailles and Robert K.Benedetti of White Oak. Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;from 7 to 9 p.m.Thursday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Friday. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1 p.m.in the funeral home;with Rev.Charles Colas;pastor of the First Baptist Church of Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Donald A Brown;51; of 7051
Dumbarton Place; Bethel
Park; died Wednesday;March 15;1978at 12:35 a.m.
in the Jefferson Medical
Center; South Hills; Pittsburgh.
Mr. Brown was born Nov 5;
1926 in East Liverpool; Ohio; a
son of Mrs. Mildred Brown;
who survives; and the late
Donald Brown.
He was employed in the
Westinghouse Nuclear Center
in Monroeville.
Besides his mother; he is
survived by his widow;
Kathleen Keracik Brown; a
former resident of Belle
Vernon;three daughters;
Kathleen L.; Rebecca A. and
Melissa A. Brown; two sons;
Christopher L. and Derek A.
Brown; one brother Stanley
Brown and two sisters; Mrs.
Marian Wiseman of North
Dakota and Mrs. Barbara
Chandler of Texas.
Friends will be received in
the Paul L. Henney Funeral
Home; 5570 Library Road;
Route 88; Bethel Park; from 7 to 9 p.m.Wednesday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday. A Blessing service will be held at 9:30 a.m.Friday;followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m.in St. Germaine Catholic Church in Bethel Park.
The family requests that
memorial contributions be
made to the American Cancer
Society. Paul L.Henney is the funeral director in charge.

Ethel H.Bowers;81;540 Fallowfield Ave.;Charleroi;died Thursday;Feb.23;1978;at 2:15 p.m.in the Oak Hill Nursing Home in Greensburg. Mrs.Bowers was born March 24;1896;in Plum Run;W.Va.;a daughter of the late Dempsey D.and Similda Headley Haines. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Charleroi. She was preceded in death by her husband;LLoyd Bowers;on Jan.7;1975. Survivors include one brother;Clyde D.Haines of Florence;Pa.;and several nieces and nephews. Friends will be received in the Schrock Hogan Funeral Home;226 Fallowfield Ave.;Charleroi;from 7 to 9 p.m.Friday. Services will be held at 1 p.m.Saturday;with the Rev.Frank A.Bodnar;pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Charleroi;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Schrock-Hogan are funeral directors in charge.

Harry Billger of the Belle
Vernon Apartments died Friday;January 13;1978 at 11:05 p.m. in
Charleroi Division of Mon
Valley Hospital. He was 72.
Mr. Billger was born in
McKeesport on Nov. 1; 1905; a
son of the late William and
Ella Billger.
He had lived in the Belle
Vernon area since 1920 and
formerly owned and operated
Billger’s Men’s Store in North
Belle Vernon.
Mr. Billger also worked for
Model Dry Cleaning Company
in Charleroi for 25 years
before retiring in 1965 due to ill
health.
He is survived by his widow;
Opal Horrell Billger; and five
nieces and nephews; Mrs.
Leroy (Doris) Columbus of
New Castle; Mrs. Eleanor
Pienkoski of Corning; N.Y.;
Mrs. Lorelei Horrell of
Fayette City R. D. 1; William
R. Horrell of Belle Vernon and
Roy I. Horrell of Belle Vernon.
Friends will be received Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to
9 p.m. in the Shelby D.
Ferguson Funeral Home; 700
Broad Ave.; Belle Vernon. Services will be held at the funeral home Monday at 1 p.m.;with the Rev. Allie A.Clayton;pastor of Rehoboth Presbyterian Church;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;in charge of arrangements.

Margaret Sergi Acton;71;of Crest Avenue Apartments;Charleroi;died Monday;Oct.30;2000;at 6:30 a.m. in Hudson;Ohio. Born Nov.23;1929;in Belle Vernon;she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Lillian Dugan Sergi. Mrs.Acton was a member of Mary;Mother of the CHurch Parish;Charleroi. She retired in 1990 from Mon Valley Hospital where she served as union president for many years. She spent most of her life in the Charleroi area. Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law;Lawrence and Kathy Acton;and grandson Lawrence Jr.of Hudson;Ohio;three brothers;Frank Sergi of Branson;Mo.;Samuel Sergi of Belle Vernon and John Sergi of Monessen;two sisters;Loretta Cooper of Charleroi and Jeannie Neinhouse of Columbus;Ohio;numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents;she was preceded in death by four sisters;Pauline Woodering;Frances Caputo;Kathryn Uhor and Lena Jampetro;and three brothers;James Sergi;Domenic Sergi and David Sergi. Private funeral services will be held at the convenience of the family.