Charles H.Martin;85;of 376 Jones St.;Belle Vernon;died Thursday;July 1;1971 at 3:15 p.m. in Westmoreland Manor;Greensburg;after a lingering illness. He was retired from Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.as a foreman in the electrical department. He was a member of St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;and its Holy Name Society and was a member of Belle Vernon Council 3026 of the Knights of Columbus and a fourth degree member of the General Assembly of Monessen. Surviving are his widow;Eleanor Coulter Martin;three daughters;Mrs.Morris (Eleanor) Gourley of Sharon;Mrs.Benjamin (Edith) Nichols of Monessen and Mrs.William (Ann) Schiermann of Columbus;Ohio;two sons;Charles Ardley Martin of Sharon and Warren E.Martin of Norfolk;Va.;one brother;Charles A.Martin of Charleroi;27 grandchildren;23 great-grandchildren;and one great-great-grandchild. Friends will be received at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m. Saturday. Funeral home hours are from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. A rosary will be said by Belle Vernon Knights of Columbus Sunday at 9 p.m. A prayer service will be held Monday;July 5;at 9:30 a.m. followed by Requiem High Mass at 10 a.m. at St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;with the Msgr.Martin J.O’Toole officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.