Funeral arrangements were released today for city of Pittsburgh Mayor Bob O'Connor, who died last night, ending his fight with a brain cancer diagnosed when he was just six months into the job he had sought for a decade.

Friends will be received in the lobby of the City-County Building, Grant Street, downtown Pittsburgh, from noon, tomorrow (Sunday, Sept. 3) continuously until 10 p.m. Monday, Sept. 4.

Visitation will continue at John A. Freyvogel Sons Funeral Home, 4900 Centre Ave. at Devonshire Street, in Shadyside from noon to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 5 and Wednesday, Sept. 6.

Funeral will be Thursday, Sept. 7, when a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. by Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl in St. Paul Cathedral, Oakland. The O'Connor family requests that everyone meet at the church.

In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to the Caring Foundation, SIDS Alliance or the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

In news of other tributes, Monday's Labor Day parade will be dedicated to the memory of Mr. O'Connor, the president of the Allegheny County Labor Council said.

"On Monday the parade will go on as scheduled," said Jack Shea. "We are going to be dedicating the parade to the memory and to the values that Mayor O'Connor expounded. He was known for treating people fairly, for making sure that people made fair wages and benefits, which are the same values of the labor movement.

"Bob was a friend of labor, and a friend of all workers, whether it be union or nonunion. His optimism for the city is the optimism the labor movement has -- the optimism to continue to move forward in tough times."

Mr. Shea said that when the head of the parade reaches the City-County building, the marchers will stop and observe a period of silence.

The City of Pittsburgh's Labor Day parade will begin at 10 a.m. Monday at Crawford and Centre avenues, traveling down Sixth Street to Grant Street, then to the Boulevard of the Allies, ending at Commonwealth Place.