Raymond Eugene Church;33;of 105 Grove Ave.;Belle Vernon;drowned early Thursday morning;Aug.6;1970;while boating at Lake-of-the-Woods;Bructon Mills;Preston;W.Va. Mr.Church was born in Monessen;Oct.19;1937. He was a member of St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon. He was a machine apprentice at Allenport Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. He was preceded in death by his father;Peter Paul Church. Survivors include his widow;Rose Ercegovich Church;two sons;Raymond E.;Jr.;and Vincent P.;both at home;one daughter;Mary E.;at home;his mother;Mary Church of Monessen;two brothers;Edward D’Errico of Belle Vernon and Thomas D’Errico of Monessen;six sisters;Mrs.David (Marie) Bradley of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Andy (Jean) Germock of Monessen;Mrs.Albert (Lenora) Kalman of McKeesport;Mrs.Samuel (Dolores) Jones of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Mark (Rosella) Courtley of Monessen and Mrs.William (Carmella) Reynolds of Columbus;Ohio. Friends are being received at Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon after 2 p.m.on Saturday. Prayer service from the funeral home on Monday at 9:30 a.m.followed by Requiem High Mass at St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon at 10 a.m.with the Very Rev.Martin J.O’Toole;pastor;as celebrant. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby Ferguson Funeral Home in charge.

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