A former Belle Vernon woman;Wilma Jean Venneri Dudgeon;was fatally injured in an auto accident Saturday morning;January 15;1972;in Warren;Ohio. Mrs.Dudgeon;22;is the daughter of Mr.and Mrs.William N.Venneri of Belle Vernon.Venneri is a former Belle Vernon Borugh mayor and presently a councilman. She was dead on arrival Saturday morning at 2:15 a.m.in Trumbull Memorial Hospital;Warren;following the crash. She was in a car with two girl companions;both of whom were seriously injured. The girls were working companions at the Anchor Transportation Corp.at Lordstown;Ohio. Mrs.Dudgeon was born Feb. 11;1949 and was a graduate of the Class of 1967 of Belle Vernon Area High School. She had worked as a teller in the Belle Vernon branch of Western Pennsylvania National Bank. Surviving are a daughter;Michele Renee;at home;her parents;brothers;William Jr.;at home and Arthur Baumgardner of Detroit and a sister;Vickie;at home. Also surviving are her paternal grandparents;Mr.and Mrs.Charles Venneri of Belle Vernon and maternal grandparents;Mr.and Mrs.Harry Sethman Sr.of Elks Place;Belle Vernon. Friends will be received at the Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m.Sunday. Services will be held at 10 a.m.Tuesday from the funeral home with Msgr.Martin J.O’Toole;pastor of St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;in charge.

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