Michael T.Wanko of 207 Schell Ave.;Monessen;died Friday;Oct.20;1967;at 6 a.m. at the home of his son;Thomas A.of 804 Maxalea Court;Baltimore;Md. Mr.Wanko;in declining health;was visiting his son. Born in Braddock he had lived in Monessen most of his life. Mr.Wanko was retired from the safety department (plant guard) of the Monessen plant of Pittsburgh Steel Co. and was a member of St.Leonard Roman Catholic Church;Slovak Home and was a life member of Volunteer Fire Dept.and Relief Association;all of Monessen. His wife;Ursula;died in January;1963. Surviving besides his son are a grandson;Thomas E.Wanko of Washington;Pa.;and a granddaughter;Linda A.Wanko of Baltimore. Friends will be received at the Robert A.Billick Funeral Home;Monessen;from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Oct.22. Blessing service there Monday;Oct.23;at 9:30 a.m. followed by Requiem High Mass in St.Leonard R.C.Church;Monessen. The Rev.Regis Hickey;pastor;will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Robert A.Billick is funeral director.

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;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.

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.

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.