Mrs.Loretta Farmer Williams;27;of 24 Highland Terrace;Donora;was dead on arrival at Charleroi-Monessen Hospital at 1:05 a.m.Wednesday;July 5;1967;the victim of a stabbing. She was married May 20;1967 to Army Pfc.Charles Williams. He was in Donora until last June 6;and is stationed at Fort Carson;Colo. She had expected to join her husband this summer. Mrs.Williams;a mother of three daughters;was a student at the Franco Beauty Academy in Charleroi. Besides her husband;she is survived by three daughters;Camille aged 2;Andrea aged 6 and Grace aged 8;all at home;her father;Herbert Farmer of McKeesport;two sisters;Mrs.Virginia Gardner of Columbus;Ohio and Mrs.Grace Farmer of Chicago;Ill.;three brothers;Herbert Eugene Farmer in Ohio;Randall Farmer of Lima;Ohio and Leroy Farmer of McKeesport. Friends will be received after 7 p.m.July 8 at the Percy Law Jr.Funeral Home in Donora. Service Monday;July 10;at 11 a.m.in Mt.Calvary Baptist Church;Monessen with the Rev.E.Archie;pastor;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Percy Law Jr.is funeral director.
AUGUST A. WASICEK
August A.Wasicek;87;who owned and operated Wasicek’s Grocery Store in Belle Vernon from 1922 until his retirement in 1945;died in Haven Crest Nursing and Convalescent Home on Country Club Road;Monongahela R.D.at 9:45 a.m.Tuesday;June 12;1967. Mr.Wasicek lived at 521 Henry St.;Belle Vernon. Surviving are two daughters;Mrs.Rudolph (Emma) Rehula of Charleroi and Mrs.Joseph (Margaret) Yablonski of Clarksville;four sons;Charles of Belle Vernon;Joseph of Willoughby;Ohio;August J.of Belle Vernon and Louis of Charleroi;twelve grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren;a sister;Mrs.Gizella Milford of Chicago and a sister in Czechoslovakia. His wife;Justina;died on Oct.16;1944. Friends are being received at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon. Blessing service there Friday;June 16;at 10 a.m.followed by Requiem High Mass in Sts.Cyril and Methodius R.C.Church;Charleroi;at 10:30 a.m. The Rev.Andrew J.Bialobok;pastor;will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Funeral home visiting hours are 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Raymond D.Dalfonso of Monessen is funeral director.
JOSEPH WOZNIAK
CHERYL LYNNE WILSON
Cheryl Lynne Wilson;four-year-old daughter of Mr.and Mrs.Edgar Wilson of 107 Grata Ave.;Arnold City;died at 4:35 a.m.on Friday;April 21;1967;in Children’s Hospital;Pittsburgh;after a lingering illness. Surviving besides her parents are four brothers;Edgar Jr.;Conrad;Craig and Lance;all at home and her grandmother;Mrs.Izora Wilson of Arnold City. Friends are being received at the William R.Taylor Funeral Home;Monessen from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Funeral services will be held from Mt.Calvary Baptist Church;Monessen;Monday;April 24 at 11:30 a.m. The Rev.E.Archie;church pastor;will officiate;assisted by the Rev.A.C.Morris;pastor of Antioch Baptist Church;Belle Vernon. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. William R.Taylor;funeral director.
MARY M.MAXWELL WEST
Mrs.Mary M.West;80;of Belle Vernon R.D.2;died in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital Monday;April 17;1967;at 1:58 p.m. Mrs.West had lived in Belle Vernon since 1927;moving to Belle Vernon from Allenport. Twenty years ago she moved to her present home in Rostraver Twp. She was a member of the First Methodist Church of Belle Vernon. Mrs.West was born in Curwensville;Pa.;on May 16;1886. Surviving are her husband;V.Wayne West;a daughter;Betty J.West at home;a brother;James Maxwell of Bradford;Pa.;three grandchildren and one great-grandchild. A daughter;Mrs.Marjorie Bosson;died on April 14;1959. Friends will be received after 7 p.m.April 18 at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home in Belle Vernon. Service there Thursday;April 20;at 1:30 p.m.with the Rev.Richard B.Snyder;pastor of Belle Vernon’s First Methodist Church;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director in charge.
MICHAEL WORRY
Michael (Vory) Worry;105 Nagy Ave.;Arnold City;died Friday;April 7;1967;at 7:45 p.m.in Brownsville General Hospital;Brownsville;Pa.;after a long illness. Mr.Worry was born in Yugosloavia;Sept.14;1891. He was a member of Holy Spirit R.C.Church;Fayette City. A retired coal miner;he was a member of United Mine Workers of America Local Union 2148. Surviving are his widow;Helen Worry;three sons;Victor;Frank and Steve;Belle Vernon;two daughters;Mrs.Charles (Anna) Hudock;Bentleyville and Mrs.Andrew (Mary) Sedore;Monessen;and 13 grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City.
JOSEPH J. WALKER SR
Joseph John Walker Sr.;69;of 131 Lynnwood Ave.;Belle Vernon;died Friday;Nov.25;1966 at 6:30 a.m.at his home. He was a member of St.Sebastian Roman Catholic Church;Belle Vernon;was a Fourth Degree Knight and past Grand Knight of the Belle Vernon Knights of Columbus;Council No.3026. Mr.Walker was a retired employee of Pittsburgh Railways Co. He was born in Elizabeth on Sept.23;1897;the son of the late John and Consetta (Parding) Walker. Surviving are his widow;Alice Elizabeth (Lessman) Walker;a son;Joseph Jr.at home;three daughters;Mrs.Alberta White of Lorain;Ohio;Mrs.Dolores Harhai of Monessen and Mrs.Lorraine Nelson of Belle Vernon;a sister;Mrs.Mary Volante of Latrobe;and a sister in Europe and eight grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Francis C.Slezak Funeral Home in Charleroi. Requiem High Mass will be sung Monday;Nov.28;1966;at 10 a.m.in St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon. The Rev.Martin J.O’Toole will be the celebrant. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Francis C.Slezak of Charleroi is the funeral director.
EARL LEE WALTERS
Earl Lee Walters; 61; of Pricedale; died yesterday at 1:50 pm in the Golden Age Nursing Home; Brownsville; after a brief illness.
Mr Walters was employed as an assemblyman at Liggett Spring and Axle; Monongahela.
Surviving are three daughters; Mrs Joseph (Charlotte) Guth; Pricedale; Mrs Ronald (Kay) Pugh and Doreen Walters; Chicago; Ill; four sons; Earl; Cleveland; Ohio; Glenn; West Brownsville; Ronald at home; and Raymond; Chicago; a sister; Mrs Harry (Pearl) Gilmore; Belle Vernon; four brothers; Noah and Clarence of Brownsville and Roy and Vernon of Pricedale.
Friends will be received at Harold R Toner Funeral Home; Belle Vernon; beginning at 2 pm tomorrow. Visiting hours are 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 pm.
GEORGETTAJONES WILLEY
Mrs. Georgetta Willey; MUM MUM 92; of Main St.; Allenport; died at her home Monday;July 4;1966;at 1:35 p.m.
A life long resident of Allenport; Mrs. Willey was born there on June 30; 1874; the daughter of the late
Theopolis and Alvera (Nicholas) Jones.
Her husband; John; died in 1918.
She is survived by four sons; Louis of Weirton; W. Va.; David of Allenport; Kenneth of Charleroi and
Robert of Allenport; two daughters; Mrs. James (Thelma) Gold of St. Petersburg; Fla.; and Mabel Willey at
home; who operates the Mabel Willey Gift SHoppe on Donner Ave. in Monessen; a sister; Mrs. Nellie Harper of
Allenport; 15 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Shelby D. Furguson Funeral Home in Belle Vernon after 7 p.m. today.
(Valley Independent; Tuesday; July 5; 1966)
GENEVIEVE MARIEBURTON WALTERS
