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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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