OBIT: Steve BECONY, 1975, formerly of Windber, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by Nancy Lorz. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ BECONY Steve Becony, 66, of 4318 Oakwood Ave., Blasdell, N.Y., formerly of Windber, died July 9, 1975 at our Lady of Victory Hospital, Lackawanna, N.Y. Born Sept. 10, 1908, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Becony. Preceded in death by parents. Survived by his widow, the former Mary Mauger and these children: Robert, married to the former Lucille Whitfield of Boswell; John, married to the former Martha Langley of Cleveland, Ohio; and Steve Jr., married to the former Dorothy Lucas of Boston, N.Y.; 14 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Was a brother of Julius of Gels town; Nick of Detroit, Mich.; Mary, wife of Tony Anthony of Long Island, N.Y.; and Betty, wife of Mark Plasay of Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Was a retired motorman at Mine 37, Windber and last worked as a crane operator for Republic Steel Corp. Was a member of the UMWA. Friends received from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday (today) and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Joseph H. Hoffman Funeral Home, 227 Allegheny St., Boswell, where services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday with the Rev. Fred M. Bennett officiating. Interment, Richland Cemetery. Somerset American, July 10, 1975 [B0923]