Franklin Garrett Mont, who championed civil rights causes as both a United Steelworkers director and as a state official, suffered a heart attack at home and died on Dec. 31. He was 73. (Today)

ALLEGHENY COUNTY BARTON, Robert B. Sr., 78, of Pleasant Hills, died Jan. 3. (CO) COOK, Joanne Elizabeth, 43, of Munhall, died Jan. 4. Savolskis-Wasik-Glenn Funeral Home, Munhall. (Today)

Richard "Dick" Williamson taught his two sons how to be good fathers and taught his daughter what to look for in a husband, not with words but through his actions, his wife said last night. (Yesterday)

ALLEGHENY COUNTY ALDERMAN, Howard, 61, of Munhall, died Jan. 3. Aldrich Funeral Home, Munhall. BALINT, Shirley M. Thomas, 90, of West Mifflin, died Jan. 3. (Yesterday)

Brandon Lewis rang in the new year with fellow Circleville volunteer firefighters at a house party in North Huntingdon. (Yesterday)