Thomas Raymond (Ray);of 320 Delmont Ave.;Belle Vernon;died Sunday;June 4;1972;at 10:45 p.m.in Presbyterian University Hospital;Pittsburgh. He was a retired foreman in the shipping department of the Allenport mill of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Belle Vernon. Surviving are his widow;Mrs.Helen Skirpan Owens;three sons;Raymond A.of Belle Vernon;Earl T.of Avalon;Pittsburgh;A.James (Spanky) Skirpan of Belle Vernon;two daughters;Mrs.Wayne (Juanita) Taylor of San Fernando;Calif.;Mrs.Harry (Jerry) Shallenberger of Pittsburgh;two brothers;William of Gillespie;Fayette City;James of Newell;five sisters;Mrs.Violet Fitspatrick of Fisher Heights;Mrs.Margaret Walters of Charleroi;Mrs.Silyas Snyder of Youngstown;Ohio;Mrs.William Wickerham of Monongahela;Mrs.Alice Mitchner of Monongahela;12 grandchildren. Friends will be received after 7 p.m.Tuesday;and 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.Wednesday at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;where services will be held Thursday at 1 p.m.with the Rev.Seth Bower of the First United Methodist Church of Belle Vernon officiating. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.

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