Sisters, and St. Francis graduates, Naomi and Janet Bayot, were born in West Virginia to Marcel Bayot and Theresa Reneetha Peltier, both born in Pennsylvania. The father was a glass cutter at the time of the 1930 census of Sistersville, Tyler County, West Virginia, at which time, Marcel and Reneetha had been married about two years. In 1940, the family lived in Jeannette, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Naomi, 9, and Janet, 6, had a sister, Gayle, age 2, born in Pennsylvania.

The father, Marcel F. Bayot, born in 1906, died in 1974. He is buried at Sacred Heart Cemetery, Jeannette, Westmoreland County.

MOTHER'S OBITUARY: Theresa Reneetha Bayot, 96, formerly of Jeannette, died Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2002. She was born May 6, 1905, in Jeannette, a daughter of the late Victor J. and Mary Breinig Peltier. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Sharon Kozlosky; and three brothers, Harry, George and Regis Peltier. She was a secretary at the former McKee Glass in Jeannette and retired from the Jeannette Public Library as a librarian. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Jeannette and the Sacred Heart Rosary Altar Society. She was a former volunteer with the following organizations: Jeannette Hospital, Westmoreland Manor, Jeannette Baby Clinic, American Red Cross, the Sacred Heart cafeteria and also Meals on Wheels. Surviving are three daughters, Naomi A. Henderson and her husband, Merle, of Youngwood, Janet E. Kozlosky and her husband, John, of Sagamore Hills, Ohio, and Gayle B. Birk and her husband, Bucky, of Jeannette; 11 grandchildren, Sam and David Henderson, Michael Kozlosky, Bucky Birk, Judy Field, Lisa Matt, Renie Bartos, John Kozlosky, Joe Birk, Terri Tiberi and Mark Kozlosky; and 14 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the C. RICHARD McCAULEY FUNERAL HOME INC., Youngwood, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Friday at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Jeannette, with the Rev. Father William A. Beaver, O.S.B., as celebrant. Interment to follow in Sacred Heart Cemetery. Family suggests memorial contributions to the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, 504 Cowan Ave., Jeannette, PA 15644. [triblive.com]