Mrs.Amanda Houseman Wetzel;93;of 221 Henry St.;Belle Vernon died Thursday;March 26;1970;at 10:10 a.m.in Haven Crest Nursing and Convalescent Home;Monongahela R.D.;after a lingering illness. Mrs.Wetzel was a member of First United Methodist Church;Belle Vernon. Her husband;Charles Wetzel;died in 1956. Surviving are a niece;Mrs.Jane Wetzel;and a nephew;Edgar Hall;both of Belle Vernon. Friends are being received at Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Service there Saturday;March 28;1970;at 2 p.m. with the Rev.Seth Bower;pastor of Belle Vernon’s First United Methodist Church;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner is funeral director.

Mrs Alma G. West of Perryopolis
R D 2; died Monday; March 9; 1970; at
3 a.m. in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital.
Surviving are her husband; the Rev.
Samuel E. West; former minister of
Belle Vernon’s Free Methodist Church;
two daughters; Mrs Edwin (Sarah Jean)
Wilbraham of Perryopolis R D 1 and
Mrs Wilfred (Dorothy) Williams of Star
Junction; six sons; Paul and Oliver West
of Perryopolis; the Rev James Raymond
West of Morgantown; W Va; Charles
and David West at home; Howard L
West of Belle Vernon R D; 25 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren; five
sisters; Mrs Carrie Cowsert of Uniontown; Mrs. Lila Thompson of Zelienople; Mrs Ruth Wilson of Beaver Falls;
Mrs Louis Hulmes of Hollywood; Fla ;
Mrs Dorothy Brandt of Beaver Falls;
a brother; Cromwell Paulson of Rochester;
Pa. A son;Pvt.1st class Robert A.West was killed in 1944;during World War II. Friends are being received at
Harold R Toner Funeral Home; Belle
Vernon; from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p m.Tuesday and Wednesday.
The body will then be taken to Church
of the Nazarene; Fitzhenry Road; Smithton;
on Thursday; March 12; where
friends may call from 11 a.m. until 2
p.m.; the latter being time of service;
with the Rev. Thomas Akester; of
Smithton’s Church of the Nazarene;officiating. Interment; Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner is funeral director.

Mrs.Maude Sturgis White;49;of 622 Hill St.;Belle Vernon;died Monday;Feb.16;1970;at 8:45 a.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. She was born in Jefferson Twp.;Fayette County. Surviving are her husband;William White Jr.;two daughters;Mrs.Sharon Grier of Belle Vernon and Terri Jean at home;two brothers;Jack Sturgis of Lynnwood and James Sturgis of Glenshaw;Pa.;two sisters;Mrs.Jane Breckenridge of Fayette City R.D.1 and Mrs.Mae D’Erico of Fairhope. Friends are being received at Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City. Service there Thursday;Feb.19;1970;at 1:30 p.m.with the Rev.Howard Rodebaugh;pastor of Pricedale Union Church;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory is funeral director.

Mrs.Mary Ann Whetzel;78;of Saltsburg R.D.1;died in Latrobe Hospital yesterday at 10:15 a.m. Mrs.Whetzel;who was born in Belle Vernon;was a member of the First Christian Church of Belle Vernon. She had lived in Belle Vernon until 1940. Preceding her in death were her husband;John Homer Whetzel;Jan.10;1958;and a daughter;Mrs.Vera Jenkins;Feb.6;1969. She is survived by a daughter;Mrs.Dorman (Edith) Cunkleman of Saltsburg;a sister Gertrude Roley o Belle Vernon;three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m. Dec.30. Service there Thursday;Jan.1 at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev.John Bowers;pastor of Belle Vernon First Christian Church;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director.

Mrs.Ida Williams;50;of Gallatin;was dead on arrival at Monongahela Memorial Hospital Wednesday;Dec.24;1969;at 4:36 p.m. Born in East Monongahela;she had been a life-time resident of the area. She was a member of First Baptist Church;Gallatin. Surviving are her husband;James of Courtney;five sons;Dennis Williams of Courtney;Pvt.Herman Williams with the U.S.Marines at Bauford;S.C.;Lawrence;Charles and Timothy Williams at home;two daughters;Gertrude and Linda at home and one grandchild. Friends will be received at First Baptist Church in Gallatin after 2 p.m.Sunday. Percy Law Jr.of Donora is funeral director.

Bartley J. Wood Sr; 77; of 1123 Fayette Road; Belle Vernon; died in
Charleroi-Monessen Hospital yesterday at 2: 30 p. m.
Mr. Wood was a retired purchasing agent of General Chemical Co. at
Newell. A veteran of World War I; he was a member of Marion Presbyterian
Church in Fairhope.
Surviving are his widow; Yvonne Parmentier Wood; a daughter; Mrs. Jack
(Elaine) Dakas of Belle Vernon; five sons; Edwin of Farmington; Pa.; Thomas
of Rockville; Md.;William at home; Bartley Jr. of San Diego; Calif.; Charles
R. of Greensburg; four sisters; Mrs Catherine Conaway and Mary E. Wood of
Belle Vernon; Mrs. A. B. (Alice) Fine of Pittsburgh; Mrs. Anthony ( Ann)
Kalinoski of Donora; two brothers; Peter J. of Hopwood and Emmett of
Virginia Beach; Va.
Friends will be received at Harold R. Toner Funeral Home; Belle Vernon;
from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p. m. tomorrow and Sunday.

Benjamin L. Waiton;57; of Main St.;Pricedale;died Saturday;Aug.9;1969 at 3:26 p.m. in Charleroi Monessen Hospital. Born in Monessen;he had
lived in the Belle Vernon area 38 years. Mr. Waiton was a member of
the Church of the Nazarene; Belle Vernon;and worked as a
craneman in the blooming mill of the Monessen Works of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. Surviving are his widow;Mildred Braddock Waiton;four daughters;Mrs. Jack (Marcella) Dailey of Apalachia;N. Y. ;Mrs. Joseph R. (Shirley) Vadella of Belle Vernon; Mrs. George W. (Edith A.) Rainey
of Fayette City;Deborah Waiton at home;two brothers;Elmer of California state and Rudolph of Washington state; five
sisters; Mrs. Ann Ruzianick of Campbell;Calif.;Mrs. Elizabeth Dale of Los Altos;Calif. Mrs. Marcella Mayo of Palo Alto;Calif.;Mrs. Mildred McClain of Smithton;Mrs. Lillian Baron of San Jose;Calif.and eight grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Shelby D. Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon. Service there Tuesday;Aug.12;1969;at 1:30 p.m.with the Rev.Frederick Burchell;pastor of Fairview United Methodist Church of Winn Ridge;officiating. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director.