Services were held Tuesday morning;Jan.29;1980; for Opal Horrell Billger;
75; of Belle Vernon Apartments; who died Sunday; Jan.
27; at the Edgewood Nursing
Home; Youngstown; Pa.
She was born Dec. 11; 1904;
in Mannington; W.Va.;
daughter of the late William
and Minnie Yost Horrell.
She had been a resident of
Belle Vernon for 60 years and
had been a member of the
Rehoboth Presyberian
Church.
Preceding her in death was
her husband; Harry; in 1978.
Surviving are two nephews;
Roy and William; both of Belle
Vernon; and four nieces; Mrs.
Elinor Pienkoski of Corning;
N Y ; Mrs. Leroy (Doris) Columbus of New Castle; Mrs.
Pauline Barr of Parkvale;
Mr. and Mrs. Lorelei Horrell
of Fayette City.
Services were held at the
Shelby Ferguson Funeral
Home; Belle Vernon; at 11
a.m. with the Rev. Allie A.
Clayton officiating. Burial
was in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Howard Francis Burrows;65;of 320 Roley St.;Belle Vernon;died Tuesday;Nov.13;in his residence. He was the son of the late James and Baldwina Costello Burrows. He was a lifelong resident of Belle Vernon;a U.S.Army veteran of World War II and retired from the Donora Southwestern Railroad. He was also a member of St.Sebastian Church of Belle Vernon. Preceding him in death were three brothers;James Jr.;Walter and Clarence. Friends are being received in the Leonard Parzynski Funeral Home;Belle Vernon. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m.Friday;Nov.16;1979;in St.Sebastian Church. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Mary Billion Balieu; 87; of
207 Luella Ave.; Charleroi;
died in Mon Valley Hospital at
10:50 p.m. Sunday;Nov.11;1979.
She was born March 7;1892;
the daughter of the late Henry
and Amelia Arnold Billion in
Belgium.
Her husband; Arthur; died
on March 27 of this year. She
was also preceded in death by
a daughter; Matilda Gray; a
sister; Lucy Eckart; and two
brothers; Joseph and Edward
Billion.
She is survived by a son;
Charles of Charleroi; a
daughter; Mrs. Angelo
(Yvonne) Capella of
Charleroi; a brother; Jules; of
Providence; R.I.; and a sister;
Mrs. Alice Davis of Hartford;
Conn. Additional survivors include four grandchildren and
13 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be
conducted at the Leonard
Pavlic Funeral home at 11
a.m. Thursday with the Rev.
Francis Blair officiating.
Burial will be in Belle Vernon
Cemetery.
Friends may call at the
funeral home Tuesday from 7
to 9 p.m. and Wednesday from
2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m

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.