Flora Belle Wells; 58; of 803
Fallowfield Ave.; Charleroi;
died suddenly at 5:15 p.m.
Monday;Feb.14;1977 in Charleroi
Division of Mon Valley
Hospital.
Mrs. Wells had resided in
Charleroi the past six months;
moving there from Naomi.
She was born in Bobtown on
Jan. 18; 1919; daughter of the
late Harry and Josephine
Lidey.
Surviving are her husband;
Arthur William Wells; one
brother; Clyde Lidey of
Roscoe; and one sister; Mrs.
Robert (Josephine) Bonucci of
Naomi.
Friends will be received at
the Shelby D. Ferguson
Funeral Home; Belle Vernon;
from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and
from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Wednesday. Services will be held at the funeral home on Thursday at 11 a.m.with the Rev.James Robbins of Christ Lutheran Church;Charleroi;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director in charge.

Elizabeth White; 63; a
Sunday School teacher for
over 30 years and an employee of the Belle Vernon Area
School District for 20 years;
died Sunday;Feb.6;1977;at 6:20 p.m.in the Charleroi Division of Mon
Valley Hospital.
Miss White; who lived at 201
Johnson Ave.; Belle Vernon;was born March 1;1913 in Jeannette.
She was preceded in death
by her father; William White
Sr in1951; by two brothers;
James and John White and by
one sister; Violet Roberts.
Miss White was a member
of the Pricedale Union Church
where she taught Sunday
School classes for over 30
years. She had worked for the
Belle Vernon School District
for 20 years. She was also a
member of the Belle Vernon
and Monessen Golden Agers.
Survivors include her
mother; Nora May McCarthy
White of Belle Vernon; one
brother; William White Jr of
Belle Vernon; two sisters;
Mrs. Donald (Margaret) Sterner and Mrs.John (JoAnn) Rice;both of Belle Vernon and several nieces and nephews. Friends will be received in the Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon from 7 to 9 p.m.Monday;Feb.7 and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Tuesday;Feb.8. Services will be held Wednesday;Feb.9;at 1 p.m.with the Rev.Howard Rodebaugh;pastor of the Pricedale Union Church;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Leonard J.Parzynski;funeral director in charge.

Ethel Charles Wolfe;83;of River Falls;Wis.;a former Monessen resident;died Monday;Dec.20;1976 in River Falls. She was a fromer member of the First Christian Church;Monessen;and resided at one time at 936 Donner Ave. Her late husband;Mansell Wolfe;was a letter carrier in Monessen. Surviving are two sons;M.Wayne Wolfe of River Falls and Mansell Warren Wolfe of Bowling Green;Ohio;and a number of nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be held Thursday;Dec.23;1976 at 11 a.m.at Belle Vernon Cemetery;the Rev.Vernon W.McDormand of the First Christian Church of Monessen officiating. Rhome funeral directors of Monessen are in charge of arrangements.

Timothy David Williams;17;of 851 McKean Ave.;Donora;died Wednesday;July 21;1976;at 4:15 a.m.from injuries suffered in a one-car accident on Route 136 in Carroll Twp. He was born December 21;1958;in Gallatin;a son of the late Saul and Ida Williams. His father;Saul Williams;was killed by a passing freight train in Gallatin just two years ago. His mother died in December of 1970. He had been residing with his stepmother;Mrs.Ethel Miller of Donora. He had attended Elizabeth-Forward Schools;where he was a star basketball player with the junior high team. He transferred to the Donora Campus of the Ringgold School District and was attending Donora High School. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Gallatin. Besides his stepmother;Mrs.Ethel Miller of Donora;he is survived by four brothers;James Williams Jr. of Monongahela;Lawrence K.Williams;with the U.S.Navy in San Francisco;Calif.;and Herman Williams and Charles Williams;both of Donora;his grandmother;Mrs.Sarah Pate of Gallatin;his grandfather;Rober Miller of Gallatin;four aunts;Mrs.Louise Patterson and Mrs.Lorraine Pollard;both of Monongahela;Mrs.Dorothy Miller of Donora;and Mrs.Earlene Miller of McKeesport;two uncles;Oliver Miller of McKeesport and Edward Miller of Gallatin;and a number of other relatives in the Mon Valley. Friends will be received in the Percy E.Law Jr.Funeral Home in Donora from 7 to 10 p.m.Friday;July 23;when the body will be moved to the First Baptist Church of Gallatin. Friends will be received in the church from 10 a.m.until the time of services at 1 p.m.on Saturday;July 24;with the Rev.Ozzie Pope;pastor of the First Baptist Church;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Percy E.law Jr.;funeral director in charge.

Mrs.Minnie Graham Wilkins;formerly of Monessen;died Thursday;July 8;1976;at 6 a.m.in a Cleveland hospital after becoming ill while visiting her brother. She was born in Lincoln County;N.C.;the daughter of Thomas and Mary Graham. Mrs.Wilkins was a member of the Oakland Ave.Baptist Church;Cleveland. Her husband;Louis Wilkins;died three years ago. Surviving are three sisters;Mrs.Elizabeth Hunter of Westgate Manor;Monessen;Mrs.Dora Simmons of Belle Vernon and Mrs.Nettie McLain of Lincolnton;N.C.;two brothers;Baldie Graham of Philadelphia and Lonnie Graham of Cleveland and a number of nieces;nephews and other relatives. Friends will be received at the William R.Taylor Funeral Home;645 McMahon Ave.;Monessen;Sunday from 1 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held Monday;July 12;1976 at 11 a.m.at Union Baptist Church;Monessen;pastor L.D.Wiley officiating. Burial will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Dubois Carter is the funeral director in charge of arrangements.

A Belle vernon man died in a Pittsburgh hospital Friday;June 18;1976;after suffering a gunshot wound in the chest earlier in the day at his home. Eugene Williams;28;of 213 Frederick St.;died at 11:15 a.m.in Presbyterian University Hospital after he was treated and transferred from Charleroi Hospital at 3:36 a.m. The shooting occurred about 3:05 a.m.;according to Rostraver twp.police;who arrived on the scene at 3:20 a.m.and immediately arranged for Mr.Williams to be taken to Charleroi Hospital by the Shelby D.Ferguson ambulance. Mr.Williams lived in a duplex home which he shared with another man;but police say the victim was alone in the house at the time of the shooting. Mr.Williams was born in Fayette City and was an employee of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel at the Allenport plant. He is survived by his parents;George and Annette Williams of Belle Vernon;and his wife;Diane. Also surviving are four sons;Eugene;George;Scott;and Chris;all at home;two brothers;George and Harry;both of Fayette City;a paternal grandmther;Mrs.Stella Williams of Fayette City;and a maternal grandfather;Harry Tiernan of Richeyville. Friends are being received in the McCrory Funeral Home of Fayette City after 7 p.m.Saturday and until 11 a.m.Monday;the hour of service with Rev.George McNeel officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

A 17-year-old Belle Vernon youth drowned while swimming across the Youghiogheny River in Cedar Creek Park;Rostraver Twp.Monday;April 19;1976. Westmoreland County Coroner Stephen D.Yoney said William Russell Weitz of 406 Mutich Ave.;Belle Vernon;was swimming with four companions when he went under at about 4 p.m. Yoney said the body was recovered by members of the Greensburg Fire Company and their scuba divers at 7:25 p.m. and he was pronounced dead of suffocation due to drowning at 7:30 p.m. by Yoney and Deputy Coroner James Stump. He was swimming with Frank Rebel;16;of 415 Mutich Ave.;Belle Vernon;and three other companions;Walt Strychalski;Kim Owens and Kevin Rich;all of Belle Vernon. According to Yoney;the three pulled Rebel;who had lost consciousness;out of the water and revived him; They probably saved his life Yoney added. Rebel had attempted to reach Weitz who may have developed cramps;but was unsuccessful. Rostraver police said divers from Sunnyside and Gallatin were also at the scene as well as fire companies from Rostraver Central;Webster;Collinsburg;West Newton and Smithton. Rstraver Police Chief Carl Jones said the youths had entered the water on the Cedar Creek Park side of the river and were attempting to swim across. He was not sure of the distance or the exact location where Weitz went under. The body was pulled from the water on the opposite side of the river;Jones said. Weitz was born in Pittsburgh on December 31;1958 and had attended Belle Vernon Area schools where he was a member of the senior class. He had enlisted in the delayed enlistment program of the U.S.Air Force and was to have been inducted in June. He attended the First United Methodist Church of Belle Vernon. Surviving are his parents;Mr.and Mrs.William E.Weitz;a sister;Leah Carol;at home;and his maternal grandparents;Mr.and Mrs.Russell B.Smith of Monessen. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Burial in Belle Vernon Cemetery on Thursday.

Susan Madeline Walters of Carson St.;Pricedale;died Sunday;April 11;1976;at 3 a.m.in the Waddington Convalescent Home;Fayette City after a lengthy illness. She was 62. Born in Star Junction on Sept.8;1913;she was a daughter of the late Frank and Katherine Rabatin. Mrs.Walters worked as a nurse’s aide at the Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital for 25 years. She was a member of St.Sebastian Catholic Church;Belle Vernon. Surviving are her husband;Vernon w.Walters;two daughters;Mrs.Harry (Loretta) Malone of Monessen and Mrs.Charles (Joan) Schaum of Monongahela;two sons;Vernon E.Walters of Monessen and George A.Walters of Belle Vernon;three brothers;Steve Rabatin of Star Junction;Andrew and Joseph Rabatin;both of Cleveland;Ohio;three sisters;Mrs.Anna Evans of Pricedale;Mrs.Louis (Kathryn) Hornyak and Mrs.Earl (Anna) Tiedman;both of Cleveland;Ohio;and nine grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Gerald R.Essey Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m. Monday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 .m. Tuesday. Blessing services will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday at 10 a.m. with the Rev.Edward Gearing;pastor of St.Sebastian Catholic Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. David R.Rhome is temporary supervisor.