Wallace Urban (Urbanowicz);70;of Fayette Street;Belle Vernon;died Wednesday;Dec.23;1987;at 11:59 a.m.in Mon Valley Hospital;Carroll Township. Mr.Urban was born April 1;1917;in Charleroi;a son of the late Charles and Catherine Urbanowicz. He retired in 1979 after 44 years of service as a salesman with Check’s Furniture Co.of Monessen. Mr.Urban was a U.S.Marine Corps veteran of World War II and had the rank of private first class. He had resided in Belle Vernon since 1952;moving there from an earlier residence in Charleroi. Mr.Urban was a member of American Legion Post No.659 in Belle Vernon. His first wife;Hazel Glasser Urban;died in 1965. Surviving are his wife;Josephine Restivo Gallagher Urban;two daughters;Mrs.Owen (Patricia) Weldon of Belle Vernon and Kathryn Urban of Ridgewood;N.J.;two step-daughters;Dorie Lambert and Mrs.Albert (Alice) Baker;both of Belle Vernon;11 grandchildren;and four great-grandchildren. One sister and one brother are deceased. 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 Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon. Services will be held Monday at 10 a.m.in the funeral home. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery;Belle Vernon. The Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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