Speros Xenos of Second street;Fayette City;died Friday;July 26;1957;at 7:55 a.m.in the Charleroi-Monessen Hospital;following a lengthy illness. Mr.Xenos was born in 1889;and came to Fayette City from Greece forty-one years ago. He is survived by two brothers in Greece. Friends will be received at the McCrory Funeral Home. Services will be held there Monday;July 29;1957;at 1 p.m.;followed by additional rites at 1:30 p.m.at St.Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church;Monessen;in charge of Rev.Ioskim Isidoridis. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. George M.McCrory and Son are the funeral directors.

Harold (Monk) Williams of
424 Henry St.; Belle Vernon;
died at 10:20 a m in
Charleroi Division of Mon
Valley Hospital. He was 72.
He was born Oct 18; 1905 in
Martins Ferry; Ohio; a son of
the late William and Mary
Jane Davies Williams.
Mr. Williams was a lifelong
resident of the Belle Vernon
community and was a
member of the First Christian
Church Belle Vernon.
He retired in 1970 as a
craneman for the Electrical
department of Wheeling
Pittsburgh Steel Corp’s
Allenport Plant.
Mr. Williams was past fire
chief and life member of the
North Belle Vernon Volunteer
Fire Department. He was a
member of the fire department for the past 50 years.
He also was a member of the
Southwestern Pennsylvania
Chiefs and Assistant Chiefs
Association and the Westmoreland County Firemens
Association.
Survivors include his
widow; Nellie Dudgeon
Williams; one daughter ;Mrs
John R (Sally) Stark of Belle
Vernon; one grandson; John
S.Stark and one great-grandson
Jason Stark; both of Belle
Vernon.
A sister; Mrs. Mamie
DeiCas; preceded him in
death.
Friends will be received in
the Leonard J. Parzynski
Funeral Home 626 Broad
Ave; Belle Vernon from 2 to 4
and 7 to 9 p m Friday and
Saturday. There will be no visitation on Sunday;Christmas Day. Services will be held Monday at 11 a.m.in the funeral home with Rev.John Bowers of the First Christian Church;Belle Vernon officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Richard B. (Dick) Weightman Sr.of Belle Vernon R.D.4 died Tuesday;Nov.29;1977;at 5:31 p.m.in Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital. He was 73. Born in Fayette City;Sept.30;1904;he was the son of the late William H.and Myrtle Campbell Weightman. Mr.Weightman attended the Rehoboth Presbyterian Church;Rostraver Twp. He was a member for 51 years and the past master of the Gummert Lodge Number 252 F & AM of Fayette City. He also served as secretary of the lodge for 15 years. He was a retired employee of the Lincoln Homes Corp.;Elizabeth;and was a resident of Rostraver Twp.for the past 19 years. Mr.Weightman is survived by his widow;Viola Colvin Weightman;one son;R.Byron Weightman Jr.of Belle Vernon;one daughter;Mrs.James H.(Janice) Miller of Whitehall;one brother;Fred C.Weightman of Fayette City;and five grandchildren. Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon from 7 to 9 p.m.Wednesday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Thursday. Funeral services will be held from the funeral home Friday at 11 a.m.with the Rev.Allie A.Clayton;pastor of the Rehoboth Church;and Rev.Charles Colas;pastor of the First Baptist Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Ferguson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Hattie Geneva (Eva) Woods;of 953 Graham Ave.;Monessen died Monday;Aug.8;1977 at 5 a.m. in Presbyterian University Hospital;Pittsburgh. She was born Sept.13;1908 in Rockhold;Ky.a daughter of the late Tippone and Sarah King. A resident of Monessen for the past 40 years;she is survived by many nieces and nephews including a niece;Mrs.Charles (Fredricka) Lowe;with whom she made her home. Friends will be received in the Beverly C.Draper Funeral Home;608 Sixth St.;Monessen;from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Services will be held Friday at 11 a.m. in the Fellowship Baptist Church;Monessen;with Rev.W.J. Hubbard;pastor;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Beverly C.Draper is funeral director in charge.

Elizabeth (Betty) Wagner;59;of 34 Main St.;Belle Vernon;died Tuesday;July 5;1977 at 10:30 a m in Presbyterian
University Hospital; Pittsburgh.
She was born in Jeannette
on March 31; 1913; and had
lived in Belle Vernon the past
30 years.
Mrs. Wagner had worked
for 10 years as a school
crossing guard for Belle
Vernon Area School District
until illness forced her to give
up the position three years
ago.
She was a member of the
First Presbyterian Church of
Belle Vernon and the Dames
of Malta. She was also a
member and past matron of
the Belle Vernon Order of
Eastern Star.
Surviving are her husband;
William C. Wagner; one son;
William C. Wagner of
Delmont; one daughter; Mrs.
Walter (Diane) Dyky of
Westminster Md ; and three
grandchildren.
Friends will be received at
the Shelby D Ferguson
Funeral Home; Belle Vernon;from 7 to 9 p.m.Wednesday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Services will be held Friday at 1 p.m.at the funeral home with Dr.S.Talman of First Presbyterian Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Eastern Star No.196;Belle Vernon;will conduct services at the funeral home on Thursday at 7 p.m. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director in charge.

James B. Welsh Sr of
Second St. Extension; Fayette
City died Tuesday;July 5;1977;at 6:45
p.m. in the Waddington
Nursing Home; Fayette City
RD 1 after a lengthy illness.
He was 82.
The son of the late Hiram
and Jennie Campbell Welsh;
he was born in Monongahela
on June 27;1895.
Mr. Welsh had retired from
the Pennsylvania and Lake
Erie Railroad.
He was preceded in death by
his wife Katherine Welsh; in
1970; and by a son; James B.
Welsh Jr in 1974.
Surviving are one son
William Welsh of Belle Vernon;
two daughters; Mrs.
Virginia Miller of Fayette City
and Mrs Eleanor Owens of
Belle Vernon; one step-daughter; Mrs. Garnet Layton
of Fayette City;11 grandchildren
and 10 great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received at
the Howard W. McCrory
Funeral Home; Fayette City;after 7 p.m.Wednesday. Services will be held Friday at 11 a.m.at the funeral home with the Rev.Fred G.Gnatuk of Fayette City United Presbyterian Church;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory is funeral director in charge.