Melvin Vincent Renkey;of 609 Speers Ave.;Charleroi (Speers Hill);died Thursday;Oct.30;1997;at 3:30 p.m.in Mon Valley Hospital;Carroll Township. Born Aug.12;1912;in Pittsburgh;he was a son of the late Stanislov and Anna Renkey. He was a graduate of Duquesne University. Mr.Renkey had resided in Speers since 1975;moving there from Belle Vernon. He retired in 1973 from Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.Allenport plant;where he was superintendent in the shipping department of the strip mill. Survivors include his wife;Betty Revala Renkey;a son and daughter-in-law;Melvin A.and Maria Renkey of Philadelphia;four daughters and three sons-in-law;Betty Ann and Donald Martin of Hendersonville;N.C.;Mary Lou and David Katz of Pittsburgh;Barbara Jean and John Weston of Margate;Fla.;and Linda Ringstad of Belle Vernon;a stepdaughter and son-in-law;Carol and Jerry Chambers of Alexandria;Va.;14 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. In addition to his parents;he was preceded in death by his first wife;Louise Schwarzkopf Renkey;two brothers;Edmund and William Renkey;and three sisters;Helen Czolla;Genevieve Renkey and Sister Sophia Renkey. Friends will be received Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.in the Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;where services will be held Monday at 11:30 a.m.with the Rev.Rex Wasser of the Speers United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.is in charge of arrangements.

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