Leroy B.Abrams;72;of 115 S.Fifth Ave.;West Reading;a former resident of the Belle Vernon area;died Wednesday;Oct.7;1964;at 3:50 a.m.in Reading Hospital. Mr.Abrams was born in Wilmerding;March 20;1892. He was retired as traffic manager of the American Chain and Cable Co.plant in Reading. He was a member of St.James United Church of Christ of West Reading;American Lodge 132 Free and Accepted Masons;Stratford;Conn.;Creig Council 16;R.S.M.;Excelsior R.A.Chapter 237;Reading Commandery 47;Knights Templar of Reading;Reading Traffic Club;North Belle Vernon Council 78;Junior Order of United American Mechanics;Industrial Management Club of Reading;West Reading Fire Department. Surviving are his widow;Mattie Haught Abrams;two brothers;Harry of Salem;Ohio and Walter of Alliance;Ohio;three sisters;Mrs.Helen Ruecroft;Washington;D.C.;Mrs.R.J.(Hazel) Waite;Belle Vernon and Mrs.Howard (Dorothy) Allen;Gelendale;W.Va.Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m.;Oct.9. Funeral services will be held from the funeral home on Sunday;Oct.11;at 2 p.m.with the Rev.J.David Barclay officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.