Charles W.Hammitt;91;of 337 Green St.;Belle Vernon;died Sunday;Jan.29;1978;at 12:45 p.m.at his home. He was a lifelong resident of the Belle Vernon area;born there on May 30;1886. His parents were the late John and Ruth Helen Wiltsee Hammitt. Mr.Hammitt was a member of the First Baptist Church;Belle Vernon. He retired from the Monessen Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp in 1954. His wife;Maude Tharpe Hammitt;preceded him in death on March 17;1963. Surviving are one daughter;Mrs.Joseph (Zelma) Kostelac of Belle Vernon;with whom he resided;four grandchildren;Mrs.Lois Mazur of Monessen;Mrs.Shirley Whitmyer of Tucson;Ariz.;Mrs.Norma Keller of Livonia;Mich;and Charles DeHusse of East Lake;Ohio;11 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;from 7 to 9 p.m.Monday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Tuesday. Services will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m.with the Rev.Charles Colas of the First Baptist Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director in charge.

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