Herman Hammitt;68;of 215 Schoonmaker Ave.;Monessen;died Tuesday;April 13;1976;at 4:20 p.m.in Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital. He was born in Belle Vernon;son of the late Mr.and Mrs.William Hammitt;and had lived all his life in this area. He was retired from the American Chain and Cable Co.;Page Steel and Wire Division;Monessen; Mr.Hammitt belonged to St.Leonard’s Catholic Church and the Ukrainian Home;both of Monessen. He is survived by his widow;Margaret Melarkey Hammitt;three sons;Robert and Norman;both of Monessen;and Thomas of Perryopolis;one daughter;Mrs.Ruth Ann Ninchak of Monessen;four sisters;Mrs.Raymond (Amy) Sterner and MRs.Helen Jackson;both of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Warner (Evelyn) Grant of New Castle and Mrs.Eleanor Pajoczky of Miami;Fla.;and 15 grandchildren. Friends will be received in the Stephen D.Yoney Funeral Home;155 Schoonmaker Ave.;Monessen;after 2 p.m.Thursday;April 15. Services will be held at 10 a.m.Saturday;April 17;with the Rev.Henry Dinicco;pastor of St.Leonard Catholic Church of Monessen;the celebrant. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Stephen D.Yoney;funeral director in charge.