Frank A.Wagner;77;of 118 Beaumont St.;Belle Vernon;died at 7 a.m. Thursday;July 5;1973;in Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was born July 20;1895;in Fairhope and was a veteran of World War I having served as squad leader with the 319th Infantry Regiment of the 80th Division. He was retired from Monessen Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.where he had worked as a millwright in the open hearth. Mr.Wagner was a member of First Presbyterian Church and American Legion Post 659;both of Belle Vernon;and Charleroi Barracks of World War I Veterans. Surviving are his widow;Anna;three daughters;Mrs.Raymond (Margaret) Hillman of Gibsonton;Mrs.Wayne (Phyllis) Overand of West Newton and Mrs.William (Linda) Elkin of Belair;Md.;two sons;Frank Wagner of Watsontown and Tom Wagner of Belle Vernon;two brothers;John Wagner of Belle Vernon and Claude Wagner of Detroit;Mich.;14 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Harold R.Toner and Gerald R.Essey Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;from 7 to 9 p.m.Thursday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Friday. Services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m.at the funeral home with Dr.A.Arthur Talman of First Presbyterian Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner and Gerald R.Essey are the funeral directors in charge.

Funeral services will be held
Sunday;June 3;1973; in Belle Vernon for William
H. Williams; 84; of 302
Market St.; Belle Vernon; who
died Thursday;May 31;1973 at 6:20 a.m. in St.
Mary’s Hospital; Langhorne;
Pa. following a brief illness.
Mr. Williams; a resident of
Pricedale for over 50 years before
moving to Belle Vernon;
was visiting a son; Kenneth Williams
of Fairless Hills; when he
became ill at Easter. He had
been hospitalized since.
He was a company runner for
the 28th Division in World War
I; an elder emeritus of the
First Christian Church of Fayette
City; a member of the United
Mine Workers of America; a
member of the American Legion
Post 659 of Belle Vernon
and a member of the Charleroi
Barracks of World War I Veterans.
His wife; Jessie Anderson Williams;
died on April 29; 1972.
Survivors include two sons;
Kenneth E. of Fairless Hills;
and Donald G. Williams of Belle
Vernon R. D. 4; two grandsons;
one sister; Mrs. Hattie Wilt of
Donora; one half-sister; Mrs.
Beulah Hildebrand of Fayette
City; and three half-brothers;
Hillary; John and Fred Williams;
all of Mill Run; Pa.
Friends will be received at
the Harold R. Toner and Gerald
R. Essey Funeral Home of Belle
Vernon after 7 p.m. on Friday
and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
on Saturday;June 2;1973;where funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m.on Sunday;June 3;1973 with the Rev.Bruce E.Smith;pastor of the First Christian Church of Fayette City and the Rev.John Bowers;pastor of the First Christian Church of Belle Vernon officiating. Interment will be in the Belle Vernon Cemetery. The family requests that
contributions be made to the
Western Pennsylvania Heart Association in memory of Mr.Williams. Harold P.Toner and Gerald R.Essey;funeral directors in charge.

John D.Wozniak;83;died Tuesday;May 1;1973 at 8:15 a.m.at his home;201 Marine Ave.;Fairhope. He was born in Poland on September 21;1889 and was a retired coal miner. Surviving are three sons;Joseph of Whitehall;Frank of Post Vue and Walter of Fairhope;seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Friends will be received at the McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;after 7 p.m.on Tuesday. Prayers will be recited Thursday at 1 p.m.by the Rev.Felix Pyzowski of Polish National Catholic Church;Fairhope. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director;in charge.

Mrs.Thelma Wilkinson;59;Elco;was pronounced dead on arrival at Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital on Tuesday;Feb.13;1973 at 4 a.m. She was born in Arnold City June 4;1913;a daughter of the late John and Susan Moses Erdely. Mrs.Wilkinson was a member of New Hope Methodist Church;Roscoe. She is survived by her husband;Harry;Sr.;two sons;Chief Sr.M-Sgtr.Richard Aiello of Eielson Air Force Base;Alaska;and Harry Wilkinson;Jr.of Stockdale;two daughters;Mrs.Sandra Konick and Mrs.Mary Shimko;both of Allenport;two brothers;John Erdely of Charleroi and Joseph Erdely of Roscoe;four sisters;Mrs.Susan Franks of Rialto;Calif.;Mrs.Esther McGilvray of Cleveland;Ohio;Mrs.William (Rose) Marashoff and Mrs.Walter (Irene) Steckley;both of Ellsworth;12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Friends are being received at the Ruth Eckert Funeral Home;Roscoe;between the hours of 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Wednesday and Thursday. Services will be held Friday at 1 p.m.with the Rev.Lloyd Jennles of New Hope Methodist Church;Roscoe;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Willis Williams;71;684 McKee Ave.;Monesen;died Wednesday;Feb.7;1973 at 7:45 a.m.in Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital. Born in Crawford County;Ga.he was a retired employee of United States Steel’s American Steel and Wire Division;Donora;and was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church and the chruch Trustee Board;Monessen. Mr.Williams resided in Monessen the past 50 years. Surviving are his widow;Idabell;one daughter;Myrtle Wilcox of Monessen;one brother;Dalton Jones of Atlanta;Ga.;one foster daughter;Grace Scott of Monessen;two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Friends are being received at the William R.Taylor Funeral Home;Monessen between the hours of 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Thursday and Friday. Services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m.in Fellowship Church;Monessen;with the Rev.D.D.Chapman officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Mrs.Annie Brown White;70;of 172 Highland Terrace;Donora;died Tuesday;Jan.2;1973;at 9:35 p.m. in the Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospitals.Inc. Mrs.White was born July 10;1902;at Chatham;Va. She was a member of St.Paul’s Baptist Church of Donora. She is survived by two sons;Edward Fitzgerald of Donora and Charles Earl Fitzgerald of Fellsburg;two daughters;Virginia Brown of Pittsburgh and Mrs.Barbara Bush of Pittsburgh;three brothers;Jessie Carter of Long Island;N.Y.;Joseph Carter of Chatham and Noll Carter of Washington;D.C.;and two grandchildren. Friends will be received after 7 p.m. Thursday at the Percy Law Funeral Home;Donora. A funeral will be held Saturday;Jan.6 at 11 a.m.;at St.Paul’s Baptist Church;Donora;with the Rev.W.E.McBrayer officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Percy Law;funeral director.

William Wagner;72;of 331 Speers St.;Belle Vernon;died Saturday;Nov.11;1972;at 6:30 a.m.at his home. He was born in Germany Sept.4;1900. He was a self-employed scrap dealer. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Belle Vernon. Surviving are his widow;Effie Hartzell Wagner;three sons;William C.of Belle Vernon;Robert D.of Denver;Colo.and Larry G.of Billrica;Mass.;one daughter;Mrs.George (Marion) Krivda of Belle Vernon;one sister;Mrs.Earl (Anna) Coe of Clariton;three brothers;Garrett Wagner of Charleroi;Peter Wagner of Speers and Joseph Wagner of Pittsburgh;nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Friends will be received from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.Sunday and Monday at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;where a funeral service will be held Tuesday;Nov.14;1972;at 1:30 p.m.with the Rev.Charles Colas of the First Baptist Church officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.