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.

Mrs.Dorothy l.Wade;of 575 Euclid Ave.;Monongahela R.D.1;died Friday;April 22;1977 at 8:20 a.m. in Allegheny General Hospital;Pittsburgh. She was 51. Mrs.Wade was born Sept.9;1925 in Monessen;a daughter of the late Samuel and Anna Mae Harris Taylor. She was a member of the Whole Truth Church of God In Christ in Donora of which her widower;Elder Maurice B.Wade;is pastor.In addition to her widower she is survived by a sister;Mrs.Floyd (Anna Mae) Faulks of Monessen;three sons;Maurice Jr.of Monessen;Clark of Farlington;Ky.;and Charles of Donora;one godchild;Cheryl Sharp of Philadelphia;six grandchildren;several nieces and nephews. Friends will be received in the Whole Truth Church of God In Christ;Donora;Saturday from 4 to 9 and Sunday from 12 noon to 9 p.m. Services will be held in the church Monday at 11 a.m. with Bishop G.E.Vaughn and Elder Joseph Bass officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Beverly C.Draper Funeral home;608 Sixth St.;Monessen is in charge of arrangements. Beverly C.Draper is funeral director in charge.

Charles J. Wasicek; a
member of a prominent Belle
Vernon family and a former
All-America football star at
Colgate University; died
suddenly at 8 a.m. Friday;April 22;1977;
in E.J. Meyer Hospital in
Buffalo; N.Y. He was 68.
A retired Belle Vernon area
school teacher who resided at
374 Jones St.; North Belle
Vernon; Wasicek and his wife
drove to Buffalo to undergo an
examination by his son; Dr.
Charles A. Wasicek Jr.; at the
hospital when he was stricken
with a fatal heart attack;
according to a family
spokesman. He had
complained of chest pains; the
spokesman said.
Mr. Wasicek achieved All-America honors as a two-way
standout guard and tackle at
Colgate in 1935 when he was a
senior and captain of a team
that was undefeated and
untied but uninvited to a post-season bowl.
His grid career began in
1928 at old Belle Vernon High
School; but he quit school after
attending the eighth grade.
After working at the former
American Window Glass Co.
in Belle Vernon and the
former Monessen Sheet &
Tinplate Co.; he resumed his
education at Kiski
Preparatory School and was
graduated in 1932 from
Dickinson Seminary in
Williamsport; also a prep
school.
He played in the 1936 East-West Shrine Game; the All-Star Game in Chicago and
another post-season classic in
New York City. He signed a
contract with the Detroit
Lions of the National Football
League; but chose instead to
play for Syracuse; N..Y.; in the
original American Football
League. He also played on
weekends for a semi-pro team
in Danbury; Conn.; while
working as a hat salesman.
Mr. Wasicek began his 21-year teaching career in 1937 at
Caledonia. N.Y.; near
Rochester; where he stayed
until 1939 when he transferred
to Hornell; N.Y.; coaching football and track at both schools. His coaching career ended in 1942 when he was commissioned a lieutenant (j.g.) in the U.S.Navy. He served as a battery officer and helped train gun crews at Norfolk;Va.;during World War II. Discharged from service in 1945;he retured to Belle Vernon. He went into the food market business with his brothers;August Jr.(Pokey) and Lewis;after their father had retired. The elder Mr.Wasicek opened a grocery store in 1922 and it was family-operated until 1972 when a fire destroyed the establishment. Mr.Wasicek and his brother August were also engaged in the home-building business until 1957 when he resumed his teaching career at Belle Vernon Area High School. He spent 16 years at BVA;teaching American geography before retiring in 1973. Mr.Wasicek was born May 5;1908;in Arnold City;the fourth of nine children in the family of the late August Sr.and Justina Turchek Wasicek who preceded him in death June 13;1967;and Oct.16;1644;respectively. In addition to his brothers;August Jr.and Lewis;he is survived by his widow;Mrs.Faith Vivian Clifford Wasicek;formerly of Springfield;Mass.;whom he met while attending Colgate;one son;Dr.Charles A.Jr.of Buffalo;N.Y.;one daughter;Justine Wasicek of Bloomsburg;another brother;Joseph of Belle Vernon and one sister;Mrs.Emma Rehula of Charleroi. Friends are being received in the Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;North Belle Vernon;from 7 to 9 p.m.Saturday;April 23;and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Sunday;April 24. Services will be held Monday;April 25;at 10 a.m.in the funeral home;with the Rev.Andrew J.Bialobok of St.Cyril & Methodius Catholic Church of Charleroi officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Raymond P. Dalfonso is the funeral director in charge of arrangements.

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.