Jean Smith Wilcox;86;of 304 Vine St.;Monongahela;formerly of Fayette City;died Sunday;Jan.25;1976;at 12:30 p.m.in Monongahela Division of Mon Valley Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was born in Washington Twp.;on Jan.15;1890;daughter of the late Samuel and Jane Givens Smith. Mrs.Wilcox was a retired restaurant employee. She is survived by one son;Richard Wilcox of Allenport;two daughters;Mrs.Jean Helmken of Monongahela;with whom she made her home;and Mrs.Joseph (Irene) Vent of San Diego;Calif.;nine grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;after 7 p.m.Monday. Services will be held Wednesday at 1:30 p.m.at the funeral home with the Rev.Robert Shaw of First Christian Church;Monongahela;officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory is funeral director in charge.

Steward Wells of 500 Green St.;Belle Vernon;died in the Brownsville General Hospital Tuesday;Dec.30;1975;at 11:25 a.m. He was 94. Born in Rendville;Ohio on July 24;1881;he was a son of the late Joseph and Jane Marks Wells;and had lived in Belle Vernon the past 75 years. Mr.Wells was retired from the Monessen-Southwestern Railroad of the Monessen Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. He was a member of First Christian Church of Belle Vernon. Preceding him in death were his wife;Lilly Hopkins Wells;two sons;Earl and Charles;and a daughter;Olive Palfrey. Surviving are a son;Curtis G.Wells of Belle Vernon;one daughter;Mrs.Samuel (Mabel) Stedman of Orlando;Fla.;one brother;David Wells of Arcadia;Fla.;one sister;Mrs.Annie Robson of Markleysburg;11 grandchildren;18 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m.Wednesday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Thursday. Services will be held at the funeral home on Friday at 11 a.m.with the Rev.John Bowers officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director in charge.

Mrs.Rosazetta Washington;79;of Pricedale;died Wednesday;Dec.17;1975;at 10 a.m.in Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital. She was born March 28;1896;in Belle Vernon. Mrs.Washington had been a member of Pleasant Green AME Church;Pricedale. Surviving are one sister;Essie Johnson of Greensburg;and many nieces and nephews. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.on Friday at the William R.Taylor Funeral Home;645 McMahon Ave.;Monessen. Services will be held on Saturday at 1 p.m.at Pleasant Green AME Church;Pricedale;with the Rev.Bertha Sydnor;pastor;officiating. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. William R.Tayor Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

William E.Williams;61;of Belle Vernon R.D.1;died Saturday;July 26;1975;at 6:41 a.m.of an apparent heart attack in his Rostraver Twp.home. He was born Nov.12;1913;in Monessen. Survivors include his widow;Anna;one daughter;Mrs.Robert Waggoner of Charleroi;one son;William Jr.of West Chester;Pa.;four brothers;Vernon Williams of Belle Vernon R.D.;Arthur Williams of Levittown;Pa.;Lyman Williams of Monongahela and Frank Williams of Monessen;one sister;Miss Genevieve Williams of Monessen and eight grandchildren. Friends will be received on Sunday after 7 p.m.and from 2 to 4 and 7 t o 9 p.m.on Monday at the Stephen D.Yoney Sr.Funeral Home;155 Schoonmaker Ave.;Monessen;where services will be held Tuesday;July 29;1975;at 11 a.m.with the Rev.W.S.VanArsdale Jr.pastor of the First Christian Church of Charleroi;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Stephen D.Yoney Sr. Funeral Home is charge of arrangements.

Kathryn B. Welch; 77; of
Century Inn; Scenery Hill;
died Monday morning ;July 7;1975 in the
Scioto Crest Convalescent
Center in Milliard; Ohio.
Mrs. Welch had been a Belle
Vernon resident for many
years.
She was born in Pittsburgh;
daughter of the late Thomas
and Josephine Goodall Beggs;
and was graduated from
Bethany College. She received
a master’s degree from the
University of Pittsburgh and
had been a school teacher in
Monessen at one time.
Mrs. Welch was a member
of the First Presbyterian
Church of Belle Vernon; Alpha
Xi Delta Sorority of
Bethany College and Order
of the Eastern Star; Belle
Vernon Chapter 196; of which
she was a past matron.
Her husband; Eldred A.
Welch; died in November;
1957.
Surviving are one son;
Frank E. Welch of Scenery
Hill; two daughters; Mrs.
George (Travella) Roosz of
Worthington; Ohio and Mrs.
James (Mary) Summers of
Milliard; Ohio; and four
grandsons.
Friends will be received at
the Gerald R. Essey Funeral
Home; 626 Broad Ave.; 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 Dr.S.Arthur Talman;pastor of First Presbyterian Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Belle Vernon Chapter No.196;Order of Eastern Star;will conduct services at the funeral home on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Gerald R.Essey is funeral director in charge.

Sgt.Stephen D.Wood;22; of 99 Pennsylvania Blvd.;
Monessen; was killed in a
motorcycle accident in
Croughton; England; on
Friday; June 13;1975.
He had been stationed at the
Upper Hayford Air Force
Base in England.
Sgt. Wood; son of Harrison
and June Stark Wood of Stockdale;
was born in Scott Haven;
Pa. on April 9; 1953. He was
graduated from Charleroi
Area High School in 1971 and
entered the service on Aug. 16;
1972.
After undergoing basic
training at Lackland Air
Force Base. San Antonio;
Texas; he was stationed at
Homestead Air Force Base in
Homestead; Fla. and later
attended Munitions Maintenance
Training School at
Lowry Air Force Base in
Denver; Colo.
In addition to his parents; he
is survived by his widow;
Ernily Molle Wood; one son;
Stephen Emile; three
brothers; Robert Wood of
Stockdale; Thomas Wood of
Smithton and Harrison Wood
Jr. of West Newton R.D.; one
sister; Mrs. Daniel (Ira)
Rabatin of Perryopolis R.D.;
paternal grandmother; Mrs.
Irene Wood of Lesh. Pa :
maternal grandfather;
Thomas Stark of Perryopolis;
and maternal great-grandmother;
Mrs. Senie
Wolfe of Allenport. Friends will be received in the Raymond D.Dalfonso Funeral Home in Monessen from 7 until 9 p.m.on Thursday;June 19;1975;and from 2 until 4 p.m.and 7 until 9 p.m.on Friday;June 20;1975;where a Blessing service will be held on Saturday;June 21;1975;at 9 a.m.followed by a Mass of Christian services at 9:30 a.m.in St.Cajetan Catholic Church of Monessen;with the Rev.P.Lino Ramellini as the celebrant. Military services will be conducted by officers and men of Rickenbacker Air Force Base of Columbus;Ohio. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Raymond D.Dalfonso;funeral director in charge.

Teresa E.Wilson;87;of 1106 McMahon Ave.;Monessen;died Monday;March31;1975;at 2:15 a.m.in Waddington Nursing Home;Fayette City;where she had been a patient for the past four months. Mrs.Wilson was born in Gibsonton on Feb.23;1888. Her husband;Ralph Wilson;died on Oct.29;1964. Surviving are one son;Louis I.Wilson of Belle Vernon;one sister;Mrs.Nellie Sphar of Belle Vernon;five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;from 7 to 9 p.m.Monday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Tuesday. Services will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m.with Elder John T.Morgan of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints;Fayette City;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director in charge.

Mrs. Lillian Wall;93;of Webster died Tuesday;March 4;1975;at 8:55 p.m.following a brief illness. A native of Pittsburgh;Mrs.Wall was preceded in death by her husband;Barnes;and two sons;Grant and Samuel. Surviving are three sons;Robert and Jim;both of Donora;and William of New Galilee;Pa.;and three grandchildren. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Thursday in the James C.Stump Funeral Home;Circle Drive;Sweeney Plan;Rostraver Twp.;where services will be held Friday at 1 p.m.with the Rev.Kent Lighthall of Fells United Methodist Church of Rostraver Twp.in charge. James C.Stump is the funeral director.

Laura Washington of 116 Scalavrini Ave.;Belle Vernon;died Thursday;Feb.13;1975;at 11:40 p.m.in the Monongahela Division of Mon Valley Hospital at the age of 57. Mrs.Washington had resided in this area since 1940. She was a member of Antioch Baptist Church;Belle Vernon. Surviving are her husband;James L.Washington;one daughter;Annie Laurie Wright of Washington;D.C.;one son;David Washington;at home;two aunts;Jessie Daniels of Pallatoosa;Ga.;and Rose Vaughn of Chicago;Ill.;and several nieces and nephews. Friends will be received after 7 p.m.on Saturday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.on Sunday at the William R.Taylor Funeral Home;645 McMahon Ave.;Monessen. The body will lie in state from 6 p.m.Monday until 11 a.m.;on Tuesday at the Antioch Baptist Church;Belle Vernon. Services will be held at the church on Tuesday at 11 a.m.;with the Rev.A.C.Morris;pastor;officiating. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. William R.Taylor Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.