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Thornton R.(Porky) Wellington,69,of 1213 1/2 Crest Ave.,Charleroi,died Saturday,Dec.23,1978 at 4:15 a.m.at his residence. Mr.Wellington was born Oct.20,1909 in West Virginia,a son of the late Capt.William and Mary Laughlin Wellington. He had resided in Charleroi for the past 35 years and was a retired employee of the Allenport Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. He was a member of St.Mary's Episcopal Church in Charleroi. Mr.Wellington was preceded in death by five sisters,Orthelia Federer,Edith Hornick,Edna Wilson,Rene Wyautt and Dora Selby,and two brothers,Richard and Alvin Wellington. Survivors include his widow,Anna Brilla Wellington,one son,T-sgt.William H.Wellington of the Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico,two grandchildren,and one sister,Mrs.Letisha Thomas of Washington,Pa. Friends will be received in the Leonard M.Pavlic Funeral Home,Inc.,235 Fallowfield Ave.,Charleroi,from 2 to 4 p.m.and 7 to 9 p.m.on Sunday and on Tuesday. There will be no visitations on Monday,Christmas Day. A Requiem Eucharist will be held on Wednesday at 10 a.m.in St.Mary's Episcopal Church in Charleroi,with the Rev.Keith L.Ackerman as celebrant. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Leonard M.Pavlic Funeral Home,Inc.is in charge of arrangements.

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