Dorothy Turney Bell;83;of Belle Vernon;died Tuesday;April 12;1994;at 10:10 a.m.in Shadyside Hospital;Pittsburgh. She was born Jan.6;1911;in Belle Vernon;a daughter of the late Joseph and Bessie Edwards Turney. A lifelong resident of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Bell was a retired kindergarten and elementary school teacher in the Belle Vernon Area School District. She was a member of the Pennsylvania State Education Association and the Association of Retired Teachers. She was also a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Belle Vernon. Survivors include two sons and one daughter-in-law;Kenneth Lee and Patty Ginglardi Belle and Daryl Porter Bell;all of Belle Vernon;five grandchildren;nine great-grandchildren;two sisters;Dolores Turney Blair of Perryopolis and Bernice Turney Gaskill of Fort Lauderdale;Fla.;and one brother;David J.Turney of Belle Vernon. In addition to her parents;she was preceded in death by her husband;Jay Louis Bell;on Sept.13;1953. Friends will be received Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.in the Blair-Lowther Funeral Home Inc.;Perryopolis;and Saturday until 11 a.m.;the hour of services in the funeral home with the Rev.James Burton;pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Belle Vernon;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Blair-Lowther Funeral Home Inc.is in charge of arrangements.

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