OBIT: Joseph A. BRIAR, 2005, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  Briar, Joseph A.  12/16/05  Daily American 
  
  Thursday, December 15, 2005 
    
  Joseph A. Briar, 92, Uniontown, passed away Dec.13, 2005, in INS of Greater
  Pittsburgh, Greensburg.
  
  He was born Nov. 22, 1913, in Oliver, the son of the late Joseph and Mary
  Bryja. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by brother, Frank
  Bryja; and sisters, Mary Salamenta, Nellie Martin and Julie Samuelson. He is
  survived by son, Thomas Briar and wife, Carol, Addison; daughters, Betty Ann
  Punday and husband, Thomas, Uniontown; and Kathleen Briar, Irwin;
  grandchildren, Daniel Punday and wife, Carol, Munster, Ind.; Michele Dulemba
  and husband, Ronald, Irwin; and Christine Kent and husband, Kevin, Belle
  Vernon; five great-grandchildren, Ambur Dulemba, Ashley Dulemba, Samuel Punday,
  Mason Kent and Kolby Kent; brother, Walter Briar, Hudson, Ohio; sisters, Helen
  Andrews and husband, Nick, Englewood, Fla.; and Ann Luginskie and husband,
  John, Holly Hill, Fla.; and many loving nieces and nephews and their families.
  He was a member of Saint Johns the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church of
  Uniontown and the former owner of the Rainbow Club in Lemont Furnace. Friends
  will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday in the Stephen E. Kezmarsky
  III Funeral Home, 71 Pennsylvania Ave., Uniontown, and until 9 a.m Saturday
  morning, when Prayers of Transfer will be said, followed by a 9:30 a.m. Mass of
  Christian Burial in St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church. The Rev.
  Michael J. Crookston celebrant. Interment will follow in the Addison Cemetery.