Roger A. (Speedo) Checchi;48;of 335 Main St.;Belle Vernon;was dead on arrival at Charleroi-Monessen Hospital Friday July 29;1966;at 1:20 p.m. He suffered a heart attack. He was born in Monessen;Sept.28;1917 and had resided in Belle Vernon for the past 20 years moving there from Dunlevy. He was a member of St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;and a veteran of World War II;serving in the U.S.Army. He was employed in the billet yard of Allenport Plant;Pittsburgh Steel Co.and was a committeeman for Local 1137 of the Allenport Plant. He was president of the Garibaldi Beneficial Society of Dunlevy. Surviving are his widow;Theresa De Simone Checchi;two daughters;Marie A.;a student nurse at Mercy Hospital School of Nursing;Pittsburgh;and Arlene F.at home;his mother;Mrs.Julia Checchi;Dunlevy;two brothers;Alfred Mazzei of Charleroi and Robert Checchi of Beverly Hills;Calif.;two sisters;Mrs.Delmo (Florence) Bartolozzi;Dunlevy;Mrs.Donald (Elvira) Bello;Monessen. Friends are being received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;where services will be held Monday;Aug.1;1966;at 9:30 a.m.followed by Requiem High Mass at 10 a.m.at St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon. The Rev.Martin J.O’Toole will officiate. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.