Robert Wesley Woodson Sr.;of 3 Chestnut St.;Belle Vernon;died in his home Friday;June 30;1972 at 8 p.m. An Army veteran of World War II;he was a retired employee of the Monessen Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. Surviving are a son;Robert Jr.of Pittsburgh;his mother;Mrs.Addie Woodson of Belle Vernon;two brothers;James and Craig of Belle Vernon;four sisters;Mrs.Mary Etheridge and Mrs.Hallie Corley of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Edith Jones of Pittsburgh;Mrs.Leah Whiteside of Weirton;W.Va.;two uncles;several nieces and nephews. Friends will be received after 6 p.m.today and from 2 to 10 p.m.Sunday at the William R.Taylor Funeral Home;Monessen. Services will be held Monday at 1 p.m.in Speers St.AME Church;Belle Vernon with the Rev.Burney officiating. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. DuBoise H.Carter;funeral director.

George A. Walters; 72; of 303
Shepard Ave.; North Charleroi;
formerly of Nemacolin; Pa.; died
Wednesday;May 17;1972; at 8:55 p.m. in Charleroi-
Monessen Hospital.
He was born in Uniontown
Aug. 31; 1899; a son of Thomas
and Roxlina Downs Walters.
He was a member of the First
United Methodist Church of
Charleroi; F&AM Lodge 153 of
Waynesburg; Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite of Coudersport;Pa.
He was a veteran of World
War I. He was a retired employee
of the Buckeye Coal Co.;
Nemacolin.
He moved to North Charleroi
four years ago.
Surviving are his widow; Margaret
Owens Walters; one
daughter; Mrs. Vincent (Roxlina)
Tamblyn of Endicott
N. Y.; his mother; Mrs. Roxlina
Pletcher of Brownsville;
two brothers; the Rev. Thomas
Pletcher of Kansas City;Mo.;and Charles Pletcher of Carmichaels;two sisters;Mrs.Charles T.Harden of Brownsville and Mrs.Gwendolyn Higgbotham of Uniontown and two grandchildren. Friends will be received from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Harold L.Schrock Funeral Home;Charleroi;where a service will be held Saturday;May 20;1972;at 1 p.m.with the Rev.Frank A.Bodnar officiating. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold L.Schrock;funeral director.

Mrs. Jessie Williams; 73; of
302 Market St.; Belle Vernon;
died at 6:30 a.m. Saturday;April 29;1972; at Charleroi-Monessen Hospital.
Mrs. Williams had lived formerly
in Pricedale for 50 years.
She was a member of First
Christian Church in Fayette
City and belonged to American
Legion Post 659 Auxiliary of
Belle Vernon.
She is survived by her husband;
William; two sons; Kenneth
of Fairless Hills and Donald
of Belle Vernon R. D. 4;
three brothers; Arnold; Clair
and John Anderson; all of Belle
Vernon; and two grandsons. Friends will be received at the Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Arthur R. Wilderspin; 93; of
1015 Hill St.; Belle Vernon; died
Tuesday;March 28;1972; at 8:10 a.m. in
Charleroi-Monessen Hospital.
He was admitted on Monday.
He retired 26 years ago from the former Pittsburgh Steel’s Monessen Plant.
Born in England; he was a
Valley resident most of his life
and formerly resided in
Monessen.
He was a member of the First
Baptist Church; Monessen; and
the Fisherman’s Class of its
Sunday School. He also was a
member of the American Gladiolus
Society.
Surviving are his widow; Isabella
Vale Wilderspin; nephew
and foster son; James V.
Wilson of Monessen; nephews;
Jack Wilson and Lee Wilson;
both of Monessen; niece; Mrs.
Lillian Brown of Keokuk; Iowa.
Friends will be received from
2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. at the
Rhome Funeral Home; Monessen;where a service will be held in the chapel Friday;March 31;1972;at 10 a.m.with the Rev.Edward H.Pollock Jr.pastor of the First Baptist Church;Monessen;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Rhome funeral directors in charge of arrangements.

Mrs.Bertha Milby Wertz;80;of Greensburg died Thursday;Dec.2;1971;at 6:30 p.m.after a long illness. A former resident of Charleroi;Mrs.Wertz is survived by two sisters;Mrs.Mary Eberhardt of Buffalo;N.Y.;and Mrs.Lenora Walt of Long Branch. Several nieces and nephews also survive. Friends will be received after 2 p.m.Saturday at the Toner Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;where visiting hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held at the funeral home Monday;Dec.6;1971;at 10:30 a.m.in charge of Dr.S.Arthur Talman;pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Belle Vernon. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director in charge.

John S.Whitelaw;65;of Belle Vernon R.D.4;died Tuesday;Nov.9;1971;at 9:55 a.m. in the Waddington Nursing Home;Fayette City R.D.1. He was born in Belle Vernon;a son of the late Robert S.and Margaret Hough Whitelaw. He was a member of the Christian Church of Belle Vernon. He was a veteran of World War II;having served in the Army. He was a retired plant security employee at Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel’s Allenport Works. He once served as police officer for Fayette City and Roscoe. He was a member of the Fayette City Volunteer Fire Co. Surviving are his son;John O.Whitelaw of Phoenix;Ariz.;one daughter;Mrs.Grace McMillen of Grindstone;one brother;Robert E.Whitelaw of Belle Vernon;six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;where a service will be held Friday;Nov.12;at 1:30 p.m.with the Rev.Bruce Smith of the Fayette City Christian Church officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director.

Jerome L.Williams;117 Fayette St.;Fayette City;died at 7:30 a.m.Friday;Oct.1;1971;in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Born Oct.10;1897;in West Virginia;he was the son of the late Charles and Emma Bradley Williams. Mr.Williams was a retired employee of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.;Monessen works. He was a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints;Fayette City. Surviving are his widow;Mrs.Mary B.Barker Williams;one brother;Joseph Williams of Parkersburg;W.Va.;and one sister;Mrs.Velda Dennis;also of Parkersburg. Friends will be received after 2 p.m.Saturday at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;where services will be held Monday;Oct.4 at 1:30 p.m.with Elder Thomas Morgan offficaiting. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.