Rhuel A.Lunt;69;of 1100 Brown St.;Belle Vernon;died Thursday;Feb.3;1983;at 7:22 p.m. in Montefiore Hospital;Pittsburgh. He was 69. Mr.Lunt was born Jan.28;1914;in Barnsburg;Pa.;a son of the late Arthur and Samantha Wells Lunt. A member of the Naomi Athletic Club;he spent most of his life in the Belle Vernon area. Mr. Lunt retired in 1963 from Baning No.1;where he had worked as a miner. In addition to his parents;he was preceded in death by his wife;Gertrude;on April 16;1975;and a son;Arthur;in 1976. Survivors include four sons;Donald;Dennis and John Dale;all of Belle Vernon;and William of Phoenix;Ariz.;six daughters;Mrs.Carey (Vivian) Hoover of Dunlevy;Mrs.Dale (Sarah) Byrne and Mrs.Robert (Darlene) Smalley;both of California;Pa.;Mrs.Homer (Ellen) Smith of Webster;Mrs.Frank (Suzanne) Duda of Fayette City and Mrs.Warren (Elaine) Ambler;with whom he made his home;two brothers;James Smith of Charleroi and Earl Lunt of Denbo;four sisters;Mrs.Vivian Bachenski;Mrs.Vernice Howard and Mrs.Helen Jadik;all of Monessen;and Mrs.Anna Mae Baumgardner of Denbo;37 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;on Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.;where services will be held on Sunday;Feb.6;at 1 p.m. with the Rev.Kenneth Neiderhiser;pastor of the Belle Vernon Church of the Nazarene;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;in in charge of arrangements.