Joseph Venneri;76;of 372 May St.;Belle Vernon;died Monday;Sept.25;1967;at 9:45 a.m.in the Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. A retired employee of the Monessen Works of the Pittsburgh Steel Co.;he was a member of the Garibaldi Lodge of Dunlevy and the Prince of Naples Lodge of Belle Vernon. He is survived by his widow;ErmInia Fuoco Venneri;two sons;Samuel of Clairton and Val of Belle Vernon;four daughters;Mrs.Tony (Joan) Turk of Romulus;Mich.;Mrs.John (Josephine) Mannerino of Bristol;Mrs.Joseph (Stella) Hammadock of Dover;Del.and Mrs.Rudy (Virginia) Halgas of Belle Vernon;one brother;James of Belle Vernon;one sister;Mrs.Geno (Katharine) Altemara of Monessen and nine grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home in Belle Vernon after 2 p.m.Tuesday.Requiem High Mass will be held in St. Sebastian R.C.Church in Belle Vernon on Thursday with Rev.Martin J.O’Toole officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Mrs.Raffaela Vitale;83;of 616 Division St.;Monessen;died Tuesday;March 7;1967;at 5:55 p.m. in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. A resident of Monessen 43 years;she was a member of St.Cajetan’s Roman Catholic Church of Monessen;its Rosary Altar Society and the Ladies Auxiliary to the American Legion Post of Monessen. Surviving are a daughter;Mrs. Emile (Ida) Molle of Monessen;two sons;Anthony of Charleroi and Gerald of Monessen;eight grandchildren. Her husband;Antonio;died in March;1966. Friends will be received at the Raymond D.Dalfonso Funeral Home;Monessen;after 7 p.m. March 8.Services there Friday;March 10 at 9:30 a.m. followed by solemn requiem high mass in St.Cajetan R.C.Church;Monessen;at 10 a.m. The Rev.Nunzio Pirulli;pastor;will officiate. Intement Belle Vernon Cemetery. Funeral home visiting hours are 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Raymond D.Dalfonso is funeral director.

Arthur H.Van Riper;72;of 440 Knox Ave.;Monessen;died Friday;Sept.24;1965;following a lingering illness. He was born in Gillespie Hollow and had been a Monessen resident for thirty-five years. He retired 3 years ago from the open hearth department of the Monessen plant of Pittsburgh Steel Co. He is survived by his widow;Margaret Allan Van Riper;one sister;Mrs.Myrtle Gaul of Belle Vernon;two brothers;J.William Van Riper of Greene Co.;and Ray Van Riper of Clairton. Friends will be received at the Rhome Funeral Home;Monessen. Services will be held there Monday;Sept.17;at 1:30 a.m. in charge of the Rev.Glen H.Burrows;pastor of the Monessen Presbyterian Church. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. H.Denver Rhome of Monessen is the funeral director.

Mrs. Kytryn Voloko;67;who
had made her home with her
daughter;Mrs. John (Virginia)
Rusyniak in Detroit; Mich.; for the past 15 years; died Wednesday;April 28;1965;
at 8:45 p.m. in her sleep
at the home of her daughter; Mrs. John (Anne) Say; 1150
Lincoln Ave.;Charleroi where
she was visiting. A former resident
of Monessen;she had
been ill for a brief time.
Mrs. Voloko was born in Austria;
Nov. 15; 1897 and was a member of Holy Trinity Orthodox
Church;Charleroi.
Preceded in death by her
husband;Michael in 1945;she
is survived by a son; Michael
of Detroit; four daughters; Mrs. Say and Mrs. Stanley (Olga)
Sowinski of Charleroi;Mrs.
Rusyniak and Mrs Joseph
(Helen) Perez of Detroit; 7
grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Michael A.Melinchak Funeral Home;Charleroi;from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Parasas services will be held Friday;April 30;at 7:30 p.m.in the funeral home. Brief Prayer service will be held from the funeral home on Saturday;May 1;at 9:30 a.m.;with additional services at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church;Charleroi;at 10 a.m. The Rev.Vasalmir Soroka will officiate. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Michael A.Melinchak;funeral director.