One of Monessen’s pioneer food merchants;Wilbert O.Beery;died at 6 a.m.;Saturday morning;January 29;1972 in Monongahela Memorial Hospital. Mr.Beery was born July 28;1882;in Augusta;W.Va.;and had been a resident of Monessen since he was 18 years of age. He operated the Beery Food Store on Donner Ave.;Monessen;for many years;retiring at the age of 80. He and his wife;Nancy Pearl Layton Beery;had been married for 67 years. He was a life member and deacon of the First Christian Church of Monessen;a charter member and a past president of Monessen Kiwanis Club;and a member of Syria Temple Shriners of Pittsburgh. A 32nd Degree Mason;he was also a member of the Monessen Masonic Lodge. Surviving are his widow;Nancy Pearl Layton Beery;three daughters;Mrs.Richard (Eloise) Bow of College Park;Md.;Mrs.Jack (Gladys) Hamill of Weirton;W.Va.;and Mrs.Harry (Carmen) Tuesche of Monessen;six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren;two sisters;Mrs.G.V.Hudson and Mrs.Susan Rogers;both of Sebring;Fla.;three brothers;John Beery of Cumberland;Md.;Grayson Beery of Monessen and Dr.J.Karl Beery of Belle Vernon R.D. Friends are being received after 7 p.m.Sunday in the Billick Funeral Home;Monessen. Services will be held Tuesday;Feb.1;1972. The body will lie in state from 10 a.m.until 11 a.m.in the First Christian Church;Sixth St.;Monessen. The Rev.Vernon McDormand;pastor;will officiate at the services. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Robert Billick;funeral director;in charge.