Mike Lucas;75;of Fayette City;died in the Charleroi-Monessen hospital;Monday;July 9;1951;at 10 a.m. He is survived by three sons;Benjamin of Charleroi and Walter and Edward at home;one daughter;Mrs.Julia Hela of Fayette City;and two grandchildren. Friends will be received at the McCrory Funeral Home. Services will be held there Thursday;July 12;1951;at 2 p.m.;in charge of Rev.A.M.Deemer of the Fayette City Methodist Church. Interment will follow in the Belle Vernon cemetery. George M.McCrory and Son are the funeral directors.

Joseph B.Laratta of 36 Sampson street;Belle Vernon;died in the Somerset State Hospital;Saturday;July 7;1951;at 6:10 a.m. He is survived by two sons;James and Anthony of Belle Vernon;two daughters;Mrs.Victoria DeCarlo of New Salem and Mrs.Antoinette Spadafore of Viland;New Jersey;fourteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Toner Funeral Home. Requiem Mass will be sung at St.Sebastian Church;Tuesday;July 10;1951;at 10 a.m.;by Rev.Francis Martin. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon cemetery. Harold R.Toner is the funeral director.