Dell (Tad) Auther; 63; of 209 Water St.; Fayette City; died Thursday at home.
A native of Fayette City; he was preceded in death by his parents; Adam and Ella Smith Auther.
He was a World War II Navy veteran; a retired Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corp. employee and of the
Protestant faith
Surviving are his wife; Mrs. Marion Astle Arthur; a son; Rickey at home; ; a daughter; Mrs.
Thomas (Ella Marie) Davis of Fayette City; and two grandchildren.
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at Howard W. McCrory Funeral Home in Fayette
City; with the Rev. Bruce Smith officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 tonight and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral
home.
> The Valley Independent – Friday July 20; 1979