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PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1997 A-17 OBITUARIES ruth McGregor coyiii FRANK CHISMAR 'Deadly accurate' bowler of '50s and '60s Sun-Telegraph reporter known for compassionate coverage Frank Chismar in 1987 By Phil Axelrod Post-Gazette Sports Writer When Frank Chismar was at the top of his game, he earned the nickname "The Big Train" because he usually was the final member of his team to bowl. "Frlnk was the anchor man," said Bob Wissman, who was a teammate of Mr. Chismar's on the former Wissman's Pro Shop team in Forest Hills in the early '70s. "He held the team up. You could always count on him." Mr.

Chismar, one of the top bowlers in the region in the '50s and '60s, died Thursday of pneumonia in St Margaret's Seneca Place in Penn Hills at the age of 76. A long-time resident of Forest Hills, Mr. Chismar most recently lived in Penn Hills. "Everybody knew who Frank Chismar was," said Buddy DeLuca of Churchill, a fixture on the bowling scene for the past three decades. "He was a big, stocky guy who was deadly accurate.

He threw the ball in the pocket all the time." Mr. Chismar rolled five sanctioned 300 games, three 299s and two 298s. He was the West Penn singles champion four times and the Greater Pittsburgh Traveling Bowling Association singles and doubles champion twice. The highlight of his career came in 1961, when he challenged the legendary Don Carter in a special televised match. Chismar bowled a 289, but lost to Carter's 290.

Mr. Chismar has been inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame, the Greater Pittsburgh Bowling Association Hall of Fame, the Allegheny County Sports Hall of Fame and the East Borous Chapter of the Pennsylvania Hall of Fame. He was a retired production coordinator at the East Pittsburgh plant of Westinghouse Electric and he was a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Chismar is survived by a son, John F.

Chismar of Millvale; three daughters, Mary Louise "Debbie" By Caroline Abels Post-Gazette Staff Writer Ruth McGregor Coyne was working as secretary to the editor of the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph when her boss approached her one day in 1 950 and told her to go cover a story. "I know you can do this," the editor told her, according to Mrs. Coyne's daughter, Bonnie. So Ruth McGregor went, and when she returned to the newsroom she stared at her typewriter for an hour, not knowing where to start, until a colleague typed out her notes for her and let her take it from there. So began the journalism career of one of the Sun-Telegraph's few female reporters at least, one of the few who weren't confined to the society pages.

Mrs. Coyne of Allison Park, who died Tuesday at 78 of pneumonia, reported one of the biggest local news stories of the early 1950s: the gas explosion that killed the six Chismar of Penn Hills, Mary Frances "Fran" Chismar of Penn Hills and Roseanne Henkel of Florida; and one granddaughter. Friends can call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today and tomorrow at the Patrick Lanigan Funeral Home, 700 Linden East Pittsburgh. A Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m.

Monday in St. Maurice Church, Ardmore Boulevard, Forest Hills, followed by burial in Good Shepherd Cemetery in Monroeville. children of Robert and Rose Moulis on Dec. 5, 1952. Her compassionate coverage of the North Side tragedy stood out on the pages of the Sun-Telegraph, a Hearst-owned newspaper.

"Suffer the little children to come unto me," her story began, according to Mrs. Coyne niece, Mickey Dillman of Allison Park. The use of the Bible quote led Dillman, who was 17 at the time, to realize that her droll and husky-voiced aunt was more sentimental than she thought Mrs. Coyne was also praised for her 1953 interview with Christine Jorgensen, the ex-GI who drew national attention the year before when he underwent an operation to change his gender to female. The interview began: "Christine Jorgenson sic is like a lot of gals she's waiting for the right man to come "Jorgensen wrote to her and mentioned how graceful and kind the interview and the article were when other people were poking fun or being rude or making fun of the whole thing," Bonnie Coyne, of Allison Park, said.

Jim Moore, a former Sun-Telegraph reporter, said yesterday that Mrs. Coyne was "a good reporter and a good writer" in a time when, according to Dillman, women weren't accorded bylines very often. Mrs. Coyne lea the "Sun-Telly" in 1954, six years before it was sold to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Before her stint on the newspaper, Mrs.

Coyne was a stewardess for Capital Airlines. Always stylish and impeccably dressed, she disliked the stewardess uniform cho sen by the airline and briefly got away with wearing her own uniform, picked right out of a local department store, her family said. She was born and raised in Craf-ton but moved to Aluson Park after marrying James J. Coyne owner of the popular Oakland Cafe on Forbes Avenue. She later majored in English at the University of Pittsburgh and was known for her wide vocabulary and ability to choose just the right words to describe things.

Dillman said children in the family who were having problems with their writing assignments were "always told to go see Aunt Ruth." After leaving the Sun-Telegraph and raising her children, Mrs. Coyne wrote book reviews for the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, where her best friend was the book editor. She was "crushed" when the Pittsburgh Press folded irt; 1992, having seen the Sun-Telegraph suffer a similar fate, Bonnie Coyne said. Mrs. Coyne was in Florida visiting her son Christopher M.

Coyne of Tampa when she died. She had been suffering from emphysema, he said. In addition to her son and daughter, Mrs. Coyne is survived by another son, James J. Coyne III of San Francisco; a sister, Betty Moran of White Oak; and a brother, Donald McGregor of Upper St.

Clair. Friends will be received tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at John A. Freyvogel Funeral Home, 4900 Centre A Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday at St.

Ursula Church in Hampton. LAUREAN RUGAMBWA First African to become a Roman Catholic cardinal laam. Pope John Paul II described Cardinal Rugambwa as "the first cardinal among all Africa's children and a close colleague of myself and my predecessors." The Catholic Church in Africa has been growing steadily in size and influence in the past 40 years, and, according to Vatican estimates, is now home to 100 million Catholics. There are now 11 African cardinals. "We must be open-minded," he said during the 70th session of the Second Vatican Council.

"In the missions, where separation is a fact of everyday life, we have to be ready to cooperate with non-Catholics in all possible ways." He also stressed the importance of involving the lay community in the work of the church. In a condolence message to Bishop Polycarp Pengo of Dar-es-Sa- and of the growing importance of Catholic congregations in parts of the world that had once been the domain of European missionaries. Cardinal Rugambwa was an early and active participant in the Second Vatican Council, advocating the internationalization of the Roman Curia and the adaptation of the liturgy to local customs and music. He was also a strong voice for ecumenism, preaching collaboration with other Christian denominations. By Celestine Bohlen The New York Times Cardinal Laurean Rugambwa, who in 1960 become the first African cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church, died Monday in Dar-es-Salaam, the Tanzanian Episcopal Conference announced.

He was 85. His elevation to the College of Cardinals by Pope John XXIH was a signal of the church's recognition of its debt to its non-European clergy, CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING LATEST DEATHS To our readers: The Post-Gazette's comprehensive listings of recent deaths include two types of obituaries. News obituaries, prepared by our staff, are published at the discretion of our editors. Death notices are paid obituaries prepared by the funeral-home directors. To place a death notice, call 263- '1371.

To suggest a news obituary, call 263-1601. The following list is provided free as a public Service. Listings followed by (DN) Indicate that a death notice is published elsewhere in these pages. We accept information for the following list only from funeral directors and employees of crematoriums and memorial societies, who may call 263-1601 from 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

daily. STRATTAN, De Rose, 76, of Penn Hills, died Dec. 12. Burket-Truby Funeral Home, THOMPSON, June Dec. 10.

McDonald-Linn, Avalon. (DN) VERA, Alexandaer 93, of Scott, died Dec. 1 1 Bagnato Funeral Home, Carnegie. (DN) WASHINGTON, Marion died Dec. 10.

Gaines Funeral Home, East End. (DN) WATKINS, Charles L. "Uncle Chuck," 63, of North Side, died Dec. 10. Schellhaas Funeral Home, North Side.

(DN) WEST, Beverly 64, of Penn Hills, died Dec. 1 1 Thomas D. English Funeral Home, Oakmont. (DN) WHITE, M. Hazel, 100, of Avalon, died Dec.

11. McDonald-Linn Funeral Home, Avalon. (DN) YORKISON, Bernice Kokal, of O'Hara, died Dec. 12. Weddell-Ajak Funeral Home, Aspinwall.

(DN) ZABOROWSKI, Lee "Leo," of South Side, died Dec. 12. John J. Gmiter Fuenral Home, South Side. (DN) ZINSSER, Helmut 85, of Ross, died Dec.

12. T.B. Devlin Funeral Home, Ross. (DN) BEAVER COUNTY HOSTOVICHAK, Eva, 69, of Monaca, died Dec. 11.

Wayne N. Tatalovich Funerai Home, Aliquippa. PRICE, George R. "Bob," 73, of South Beaver Township, died Dec. 12.

Campbell's Chippewa Funeral Home, Chippewa. WOODS, Emma Alberta, 72, of Hopewell, died Dec. 11. Wayne N. Tatalovich Funeral Home, Aliquippa.

WASHINGTON COUNTY SPINA, Frank J. "Teck," 70, of Houston, died Dec. 10. Joseph P. Salandra Funeral Home, Can-onsburg.

WESTMORELAND COUNTY BUTTS, Opal Edith, 78, of Mount Pleasant Township, died Dec. 1 1 Eugene G. Saloom Funeral Home, Mount Pleasant. FISHER, Norene 73, of Jeannette, died Dec. 11.

Mason-Gelder Funeral Home, Jeannette. GRABLE, Bruce 68, of North Huntingdon, died Dec. 1 1 Edwin N. Wolfe Funeral Home, Export. JACK, Edmund Grant, 48, of Ligonier Township, died Dec.

11. Brooks Funeral Home, Mount Pleasant. JOHNSON, Alberta Miller "Sis," 67, of East Huntingdon, died Dec. 11. Brooks Funeral Home, Mount Pleasant.

KROHE, Willis E. "Bill," 61, of Penn Township, died Dec. 11. James E. Dndsay Funeral Home, Harrison City.

LaDOW, Neil 68, of Unity, died Dec. 1 1 Gaut; Bacha Funeral Home, Pleasant Unity. MULHEREN, Arthur D. 75, of Latrobe, died Dec. 10.

John J. Lopatich Funeral Home, Latrobe. REIMER, Richard 79, of Lower Bun-ell, died Dec. 11. Frank F.

Gigler Funeral Home, Lower Burrell. SAPP, Anna Ennat, 96, of North Huntingdon, died Dec. 11. Joseph F. Oft Funeral Home, Irwin.

SAXMAN, Marian 79, of Greensburg, died Dec. 11. Barnhart Funeral Home, Greensburg. STEWART, John W. 74, of North Irwin, died Dec.

10. Vincent V. Rodgers Funeral Home, Irwin. OTHER BROWN, Pearl 75, of Connellsville, Fayette County, died Dec. 9.

Vito C. Martucci Funeral Home, Connellsville. BUTLER, Emma Grace Durstine, 83. of Bullskin, Fayette County, died Dec. 1 1 Clyde Brooks Funeral Home, Melcroft, Fayette County.

DRUM, Sarah of Shippensburg, Cumberland County, formerly of Charleroi, died Dec. 10. Fogel-sanger-Bricker Funeral Home, Shippensburg. (DN) KING, Marshall D. 70.

of Springfield, Fayette County, died Dec. 10. Clyde Brooks Funeral Home, Melcroft. KUTSKA, George, 82, of Boca Raton, died Dec. 12.

Mason Funeral Home, Tamarac, Fla. (DN) TRAYNOR, Marceline 72, of Connellsville, died Dec. 9. Paul G. Fink Funeral Home, Connellsville.

WISSEL, Dorothy Marlier, of Naples, and Chataukua, N.Y., formerly of Pittsburgh, died Nov. 14. (DN) KORTNICK, Sallie 75, of Windgap, formerly of Moon, died Dec. 11. McDermott Funeral Home, McKees Rocks.

(DN) KREITHEN, Melvin 56, of Shadyside, Dec. 1 1 H. Samson, Oakland. (DN) KUZMANKO, Lonnie D. Chirdon Okinski, of Ohio Township, died Dec.

12. H.P. Brandt Funeral Home, Ross. (DN) LEE, William A. of Homewood, died Dec.

10. West Funeral Home, Hill District. LUKASZEWICZ, Walter E. "Cookie," of Lawrenceville, died Dec. 12.

Walter J. Zalewski Funeral Home, Lawrenceville. (DN) LUNDY, Eva, 91, of Squirrel Hill, died Dec. 12. Burton Hirsch Chapel, Squirrel Hill.

(DN) MATTEO, Celia C. Talackine, 95, of Forest Hills, died Dec. 11. Jobe Funeral Home, Turtle Creek. (DN) McCLUSKEY, Elsie E.

"Grace," 74, of Plum, died Dec. 12. Maurice L. Knee Funeral Home, Plum. (DN) McGOWAN, Horace of Hill District, died Dec.

7. West Funeral Home, Hill District. PASKOFF, Ruth of Oakland, died Dec. 11. Ralph Schugar Chapel, Shadyside.

(DN) RALL, Raymond 76, of South Side, died Dec. 12. John J. Gmiter Funeral Home, South Side. (DN) RIDGWAY, Steve 55, of McKees Rocks, died Dec.

10. Copeland's, Coraopolis. ROSENBERG, Adelle, of Squirrel Hill, Dec. 10. Burton L.

Hirsch Chapel, Squirrel Hill. (DN) SCHROTT, Robert H. "Vic," 71, of McKees Rocks, died Dec. 12. McDermott Funeral Home, McKees Rocks.

(DN) SCOGLIETTI, Nancy Verri, 82, of Penn Hills, formerly of East Liberty, died Dec. 12. Charles W. Trenz Funeral Home, Penn Hills. SHAUGHNESSY, James 78, of Leetsdale, died Dec.

12. Irvine Funeral Home, Sewickley. (DN) SMITH, Edward "Smitty," 68, of Beltzhoover, died Dec. 9. West Funeral Home, Hill District.

SMITH, Lael Acheson, died Dec. 12. Irvine Funeral Home, Sewickley. (DN) SNYDER, Zane 77, of Penn Hills, died Dec. 11.

Soxman Funeral HomesRoth Chapel, Penn Hills. (DN) Dec. 11. Laughlin Funeral Home, Mt. Lebanon.

(DN) DOLCE, Connie Vallillo, formerly of Penn Hills, died Dec. 11. William F. Gross Funral Home, Penn Hills. (DN) ELIKAN, Leo 88, of Monroeville, formerly of Carnegie and Washington, died Dec.

1 1 Piatt Barnhill Funeral Home, Washington, Pa. (DN) FISCHER, Charles died Dec. 11. Boron, Carrick. (DN) FRANKENY, Isabel Brednick, of Shaler, died Dec.

11. Frank R. Perman Funeral Home, Shaler. (DN) FUJER, Margaret 87, formerly of North Side, died Dec. 11.

John Slater Funeral Home, Brentwood. (DN) GOFF, Helen, 84, of Brentwood, died Dec. 10. John F. Slater Funeral Home, Brentwood.

GOODWELL, Jerrylena "Jerry," 69, of Carnegie, died Dec. 9. Nation Funeral Home, McDonald, Washington County. (DN) GRAHAM, Albert D. "Turk," died Dec.

10. West Funeral Home, Uptown. (DN) GRAVES, James 85, of East Liberty, died Dec. 11. Spriggs Watson Funeral Home, Home-wood.

(DN) GRENESKO, Elizabeth 82, formerly of Highland Park, died Dec. 12. Daniel T. D'Alessandro Funeral Home, Lawrenceville. (DN) HARP, Joseph, 88, of Hill District, died Dec.

7. West Funeral Home, Hill District. HAYS, P. Bernice, of Mt. Lebanon, died Dec.

1 1 Laughlin Funeral Home, Mt. Lebanon. (DN) HLIVKO, Wilfred J. "Will," 66, of Pleasant Hills, formerly of Johnstown, died Dec. 10.

John F. Slater Funeral Home, Brentwood. (DN) HOFFMAN, Rosemary, Dec. 11. Thomas P.

Kunsak, Brighton Heights. (DN) IGIMS, Thomas W. "Bill" 76, of Stanton Heights, died Dec. 11. Healy-Hahn Funeral Home, Millvale.

(DN) JOHNS, Gertrude 77, of Holiday Park, died Dec. 11. Gene H. Corl Funeral Center, Monroeville. (DN) KORENY, John of West Mifflin, died Dec.

1 1 Savolskis-Wasik-Glenn Funeral Home, Munhall. (DN) ALLEGHENY COUNTY BATTAGLIA, Eva B. Paul, died Dec. 12. Boron Funeral Home, Carrick.

(DN) BEITEL, Martha Jane Brown, 94, of Emsworth, died Dec. 9. McDonald-Linn Funeral Home, Avalon. (DN) BOGDA, Esther 48, of Munhall, Dec. 11.

George Irvin Green, Munhall. (DN) BOYLE, Dorothy Dec. 10. Knee, Wilkinsburg. BROWN, Anna Swartz, 80, of Turtle Creek, Dec.

10. Jobe, Turtle Creek. (DN) 'BURNS, Philip of Beechview, Dec. 10. Brusco-Napaier, Beechview.

(DN) CHISMAR, Francis I. "Frank," of Penn Hills, formerly of Forest Hills, died Dec. 11. Patrick T. Lanigan Funeral Home, East Pittsburgh.

(DN) CHOMA, Andrew, 77, of Morgan, died Dec. 12. "Joseph M. Somma Funeral Home, Moon. (DN) CIAROLLA, Maria E.

Cimprich, 72, of Monro- veille, died Dec. 1 1 William O. Pearce Funeral Home, Pitcairn. (DN) COE, Helen 81, of Brentwood, died Dec. 11.

John F. Slater Funeral Home, Brentwood. (DN) COYNE, Ruth McGregor, died Dec. 9. John A.

Freyvogel Sons Funeral Home, Shadyside. (DN) DESETTI, James 96, of Mt. Lebanon, died Club of Pittsburgh. DESETTI JAMES G. Of Mt.

Lebanon, on Thursday, Dec. 11, 1997; husband of the late Olive L. Desetti; father of James G. Desetti, grandfather of Joel, Mark and Amy Heller; also survived by 7 great-grandchildren. Friends may call at LAUGHLIN FUNERAL HOME, 222 Washington Mt.

Lebanon on Sunday, 2-4 7-9 p.m. Blessing Service on Monday, 1 lam in the Mt. Lebanon Cemetery Mausoleum Chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The American Cancer Society, 241 Fourth PA 15222. DOLCE CONNIE (VALLILLO) On Thurs.

Dec. 11, 1997 formerly of Penn Hills; beloved wife of the late Michael; mother of Ursula and Ron Provonche; grandmother of Bonnie Proctor and Bob Provonche; sister of Margaret Ricciardelli, Adeline Pino, Lena Ross and the late Mary Jiancinti, Sue Giacobbe, Madeline Scuillo, Angeline Caputo and Elizabeth DeLeonibusi; great grandmother of Timmy, Kevin Scott Proctor, Matthew and Katie Provonche. Friends will be received WILLIAM F. GROSS FUNERAL HOME, 11735 Frankstown Road (at Rodi Road) Penn Hills. Funeral Mon.

at 10:15. Mass of Christian Burial in St. Marys Church, Export at 11 a.m. Visitation Sat. 8, Sun.

2-4 7-9 p.m. ceived Fri. 2-4 8. 7-9 at JOBE FUNERAL HOME, corner Shaw Triboro Ave. Turtle Creek where Services will be Sat.

10:30 am. BURNS PHILIP N. Of Beechview, on Weds. Dec. 10, 1997; beloved husband of Florence Enders Burns; father of Donna Stamoolis and Kenneth; brother of Finley, Ethel Schreckengost, James, Janie Greenfield, Richard and Carol Styslinger; grandfather of Damon and Christina Stamoolis and Jason and Jessica Burns; son in law of Henry Enders.

Friends received at the BRUSCO-NAPIER FUNERAL HOME, LTD. Broadway 8. Shiras Aves. Beechview, 1-4 7-9 Fri. Sat.

9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Service Sat. 11 a.m. at the Church of the Advent, Pioneer Ave.

Brookline. Mr. Burns was a 65 year member of the Church of the Advent. Donations may be made to the Church of the Advent 3010 Pioneer Brookline. CHISMAR FRANCIS I.

"FRANK" Of Penn Hills, formerly a long time resident of Forest Hills, on Thursday, Dec. 11, 1997. He was a retired Production Coordinator at Westinghouse, East Pittsburgh Plant, also he was a WWII Army Veteran. He was one of Western PA's most accomplished bowlers with 5 sanctioned 300 games when it was a rare feat. He averaged 29 out of 35 years of bowling with a high avg of 218.

He was the West Penn's single champion for 4 consecutive years and twice won the Grtr. Pgh. Traveling Assoc. singles doubles title. In 1961 he won the Greater Pittsburgh Television 15202.

BOGDA ESTHER L. Died Dec. 11, 1997, age 48, of Munhall; beloved wife of Michael S. Bogda; beloved step-mother of Lisa and Christopher; also survived by sister Kathleen Losos of Munhall, and a brother Wayne T. Ross 1 1 1 of Carnegie.

Friends received Fri. 7-9 PM, Sat 8. Sun 2-4 8. 7-9 PM at the GEORGE IRVIN GREEN FUNERAL HOME, 3511 Main Street, Munhall. (A selected Golden Rule Member), where services will be held Monday at 11 a.m.

BOYLE DOROTHY A. Suddenly, on Dec. 10, 1997; retired from Alcoa; sister of Helen O'Malley and Sr. Anne Joan, OCD of Cleveland; daughter of the late Peter and Antoinette Conrad Boyle; sister of the late Mary R. Walsh; aunt of Robert P.

Walsh, Amy Wallickand Joanne Nakes. THERE WILL BE NO VISITATION. Friends are invited to a Mass of Christian Burial in St. James Church, Franklin Ave. on Sat.

at 10 am. Interment, Calvary Cemetery. Arrangements by KNEE FUNERAL HOME OF WILKINSBURG, INC. Please omit flowers. BROWN ANNA S.

(SWARTZ) Age 80 on Dec. 10, 1997; of Turtle Creek; wife of the late James E. Brown; mother of Dennis James of Manor, William E. Brown of Pitcairn, Robert J. Brown of Houston, TX, Richard Brown of Turtle Creek, stepsons Joseph Brown of AZ and David Brown of NJ; sister of Agnes Salvador of Turtle Creek; also 6 grandchildren.

Friends re BATTAGLIA EVA B. (PAUL) On Friday, December 12, 1997; wife of the late Peter C. Battaglia; mother of Mary Ann Porter, Patricia Waleko, Judith Henry, Betsy Loveday, and Peter C. Battaglia; also survived by 8 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Visitation Saturday, 7-9pm and Sunday, 2-4 and 7-9pm at BORON FUNERAL HOME, 1719 Brownsville Road Relatives and friends invited to attend her Funeral on Monday at 11am.

Liturgy in St. Basil Church at 11 BEITEL MARTHA JANE (BROWN) Martha Jane Brown Beitel age 94, a long time resident of Emsworth, died December 9, 1997 at Pristine Pines in Wexford, PA. She lived in Emsworth for 87 years, born in Mt. Pleasant, PA, June 6, 1903; daughter of the late George and Margaret Wilson Brown; wife 'of the late Pittsburgh banker L. Beitel; mother of the late Richard A.

Beitel; survived by her grandchildren, Carol Beitel Boots and her husband Randy, of Emsworth and Raub G. Beitel and his wife Sharon, of Newtown, CT; great-grandchildren Karli Raub Beitel, Max Taylor Beitel and Christian John Beitel, of Newtown, CT; also survived by a sister Isabell Brown Gibb, of Vero Beach, FLand several nieces and nephews. Friends received Sun. Mon. 10a, m.

until time of service at 11a.m. at the MCDONALD-LINN FUNERAL HOME, 529 Cali- fornia Avenue, Avalon. Contributions are suggested to the Emsworth UP Church Memorial Garden, 73 Highland PA Championship on WTAE. He has been inducted into the PA Sports Hall of Fame, The Allegheny County Sports Hall of Fame, The Greater Pgh Bowling Assoc. Hall of Fame and The East Boros Sports Hall of Fame; husband of the late Marilou (O'Connor) Chismar; father of John F.

of Millvale, Mary Louise "Debbie" Chismar of Penn Hills, Mary Frances "Fran" Chismar of Penn Hills and Roseanne Henkel of FL; grandfather of Meghan Henkel; preceded in death by brothers, Joseph, Anthony and William and his sister Tillie Sepesy. Friends may call 2-4 7-9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at PATRICK T. LANIGAN FUNERAL HOME, 700 Linden Avenue, East Pittsburgh (824-8800). Mass of Christian Burial in St.

Maurice Church, Monday, 10am. CHOMA ANDREW On Dec. 12, 1997; of Morgan, PA; age 77; husband of the late Jeri B. Choma; father of Linda C. Kos-macki; grandfather of Tyler F.

Kosmacki; brother of Christine Cindric, Alex, John and Stephen Choma and the late May Pawlak, Nicholas and Peter Choma. Friends received Sun. 2-4 7-9. Parastas Service Sun. 7:30 pm at JOSEPH M.

SOMMA FUNERAL HOME, 5405 Steubenville Pike, Moon Run, Robinson Twp where Funeral Service will be on Mon. at 10 am. CIAROLLA MARIA E. (CIMPRICH) 72, on Thurs. Dec.

11, 1997, of Monroeville, PA, wife of the late Nicholas A. Ciarolla; sister of Stephen Cimprich, of Trafford and the late Joseph, John, and Annie Cimprich. Friends received Sunday i 11 A.M.-3 P.M. 7-9 P.M. at the WM.

O. PEARCE FUNERAL HOME 318 Wall Pitcairn. Mass of Christian Burial St. Michael Church Monday at 10 A.M. COE HELEN M.

Age 81, on Thurs. Dec. 11, 1997 of Brentwood. Beloved wife of 56 years to Thomas L. Coe loving mother of Carol Ann Lacher 8 Thomas L.

Coe sister of Gloria T. Boch of Brentwood 8 Charles M. Ray Jr. of Tiffin OH; beloved grandmother of Donald Lacher, Amy Vanhoren-beck, Wendy Bryan Coe; great-grandmother of Lauren Coe Ryan Vanhorenbeck. Friends received at JOHN F.

SLATER FUNERAL HOME, INC. 4201 Brownsville Road, Brentwood 2-4 8 7-9pm. Funeral prayer on Mon. morning at 9:30. Mass of Christian Burial in St.

Sylvester church 10am. COYNE ruth (McGregor) On Tuesday, December 9, 1997, Ruth McGregor Coyne; beloved wife of the late James J. Coyne mother of Dr. Bonnie A. Coyne, James J.

Coyne II I and Christopher M. Coyne; grandmother of McGregor James Coyne; sister of Betty Moran, Donald McGregor and the late Bud McGregor. Friends will be received at JOHN A. FREYVOGEL SONS, INC. 4900 Centre Ave.

At Devonshire Street Sun. 2-4 7-9 pm. Funeral Mon. Mass of Christian Burial St. Ursula Church (Allison Park) 10 am.

Remembrances may be made to Animal Friends 2643 Penn Pgh, PA 15222. Mrs. Coyne was a former reporter for the Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph and past President of the Womens Press Cont. on Page A-18.