John E.Jones;91;of Monessen;died on Saturday;September 11;2010 in Jefferson Medical Center. Born in Morgantown;W.Va.on February 11;1919;he was the son of the late Ira B. and Mabel R.Sargent Jones. He retired from the Railway Express Agency. He was a U.S.Army Veteran of World War II and a member of the Epiphany of Our Lord Roman Catholic Church of Monessen. He was preceded in death by his wife;Dorothy G.Bender Jones. He is survived by his daughter;Kathleen Anderson of Belle Vernon;two grandsons;John Eric Anderson of Belle Vernon and Jeremy and his wife Sarah Anderson of Harrisburg;two nephews;Ronald and his wife Lorrain Taylor of Brownsville;and Eugene and his wife Jean Taylor of Pleasant Hills;and one niece;Lois Taylor of Fairchance. Friends will be received on Tuesday from 10:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m.in the Robert A.Billick Funeral Home Inc.;Grand Blvd.and Marion Ave.;Monessen (724) 684-3700. A Blessing Service will be held on Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. in the funeral home followed by a 12 noon Funeral Mass in the Epiphany of Our Lord Roman Catholic Church. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Josephine L. Nagy; 86; of Monessen; passed away in Monongahela Valley Hospital on Tuesday; Oct. 19; 2010. A daughter of the late Oliver T. and Maude I. Doran Bateman; she was born in Perryopolis. A resident of Monessen since 1954; she was a member of Mary; Mother of the Church Roman Catholic Church; of Charleroi; and had been employed at the former G.C. Murphy Company store in Tri-County Plaza. Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law; Vicki and Tom Hess; of Belle Vernon; and Karen and Robert Jurkiewicz; of Charleroi; one son and daughter-in-law; Joseph M. and Cheryl Nagy; of Belle Vernon; one sister; Marjorie Miket; of Whitehall; two grandchildren; Robert Jurkiewicz and his wife; Melissa; of Irwin; and Melanie Nagy; of Belle Vernon; and one great-granddaughter; Addison Jurkiewicz. In addition to her parents; she was preceded in death by her husband; Joseph Nagy; on Nov. 11; 1997; five sisters; Mildred Kingan; Sefhana Moore; Maude Farquhar; Betty Mensch and Martha Swearer; and four brothers; George; Samuel; Thomas and Edsel Bateman. Friends will be received 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday; Oct. 21; in the FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORY INC.; 700 Broad Ave.; Belle Vernon; (724) 929-5300; www.fergusonfuneralhomeandcrematory.com. Family and friends will gather in the funeral home on Friday; Oct. 22; at 12:15 p.m. and proceed to Mary; Mother of the Church for a Funeral Mass at 1 p.m. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.