Thomas Vitz;92;of 511 Bluff street;Belle Vernon;died Friday November 9;1956;at 4 a.m. He is survived by five sons;Warren of West Virginia;Samuel;Belle Vernon;John of Detroit;Ophie;Baltimore;Maryland;and James of California;four daughters;Miss Mary Vitz at home;Mrs.J.C.(Josephine) Rodgers;New Kensington;Mrs.Elmer (Agnes) Moore of Belle Vernon;and Mrs.Stephen (Ella) Rade of Okmulgee;Oklahoma;nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Toner Funeral Home beginning at 1 p.m.Saturday. Family visiting hours will be from 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Requiem High Mass will be sung Tuesday;November 13;at 9:30 a.m.;in St.Sebastian Church;by Rev.Henry Hause;and interment will follow in Belle Vernon cemetery. Harold R.Toner is the funeral director.

Kenneth E.Vaughn;67;of 685 McKee avenue;Monessen;died at his home;April 23;1956;at 8:05 p.m. Mr.Vaughn was born in Beaver Falls;May 8;1887;and had resided in Monessen since 1901. He was employed for fifty-two years in the Fence Department of the Pittsburgh Steel Company;Monessen plant;and retired in 1954. He was a member of the Croation Club of Monessen;and was a veteran of World War One. He is survived by his wife;Mabel Vaughn;one son;Robert of Pittsburgh;a daughter;Mrs.Marian Peters of Pittsburgh;a sister;Miss Elizabeth Vaughn of Portsmouth;Ohio;and two grandsons. He was preceded in death two years ago by a brother;Lee L.Vaughn;a former burgess of North Charleroi. Friends will be received at the Rhome Funeral Home during hours of 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held there Thursday;April 26;1956;at 2 p.m.;in charge of Rev.Abner P.Richard;and interment will follow in Belle Vernon cemetery. H.Denver Rhome is the funeral director.

Dunmore C. Vales of Pricedale;
died in the Charleroi-Monessen
hospital; June 15; 1954; at 9:45 a. m. He was born in Crosscreek;Pa.;October 2; 1893.
He is survived by his wife; Lucretia; two sons; George H. of
Pricedale and Edward S. Vales of
Tacoma; Washington; two daughters; Mrs. Beatrice Summers of Pricedale and Mrs. Lenora Rolls;at home; his mother; Mrs. Sadie
Overton; of Washington; Pa; and
two brothers; Henry Coleman of
McDonald and James Coleman;of Washington. Services will be held Saturday;June 19;1954;at 2 p.m.;in the Pleasant Green A.M.E.Church;with Rev.A.J.Channey of Smock;officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. George M.McCrory and Son are the funeral directors.

Rose Corrigan Wachinski; 72; of Perry Avenue; Belle Vernon; Fairhope; died at 1:35 p.m. Friday; May 10; 2002; in her home. Born Dec. 18; 1929; in Vestaburg; she was the daughter of the late John and Anna Kubicar Corrigan. Mrs. Wachinski was a resident of Fairhope for the past 44 years. She was Catholic by faith and was retired from Donora Sportswear; where she worked as a presser. She then was employed at Audrey’s Custom Draperies of Charleroi for her daughter; Deborah. She was a past Girl Scout leader in the Fairhope area; past president of the PTA at Marion Elementary School and she belonged to many card clubs in the Valley. She is survived her husband; John Wachinski; to whom she was married for 53 years; three daughters and a son-in-law; Catherine Valgora; R.N.; of Belle Vernon; Adeline and Lawrence Matty of North Charleroi and Deborah Kruell of Belle Vernon; four brothers and sisters-in-law; John and Olga Corrigan of Cleveland; Ohio; Dr. Robert and Louise Corrigan of Kane; Edward and Sue Corrigan of Florida and Daniel and Rita Corrigan of Sterling; Ill.; one sister and brother-in-law; Joyce and Ken Stuart of DuBois; three grandchildren; Richard and wife; Stephanie Valgora; both registered nurses; Debra Mavrakis; R.N.; and husband Louis; and Samuel Caputo; and one great-grandson; Richard Valgora III. Mrs. Wachinski was sister-in-law of Anthony and Sophie Wachinski of Richeyville; Joseph and Florence Wachinski of California; Pa.; and Eva Scarton of McDonald. She was preceded in death by a daughter; Eileen Wachinski. Visitation will be 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday in the LEONARD J. PARZYNSKI FUNERAL HOME; Family Owned and Operated; 626 Broad Ave.; Belle Vernon. Prayer service will be 9:30 a.m. Monday in the funeral home followed by a 10 a.m. Funeral Mass in St. Sebastian Roman Catholic Church; Belle Vernon. Interment will take place in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Lee L.Vaughen of 351 Pennsylvania avenue;North Charleroi;died in the Charleroi-Monessen hospital;November 24;1953;at 10:40 a.m. Mr.Vaughen was born in Johnstown;Pa.;November 6;1882;the son of Benjamin F.and Anna E.Bingle Vaughen. He came to Charleroi twenty-nine years ago from Beaver Falls;and was employed as an accountant at the Allenport plant of the Pittsburgh Steel company. He was a former Burgess of North Charleroi and also served as a school director in that borough. He is survived by two sons;Lieutenant Commander William Vaughen;stationed in Japan with the United States Navy;Richard at home;Miss Betty Vaughen at home;two brothers;Kenneth E.Vaughen of Monessen and Frank Vaughen of Peoria;Illinois;one sister;Elizabeth Vaughen of Portsmouth;Ohio and three grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Francis C.Slezak Funeral Home. Services will be held there Saturday;November 28;1953;at 10 a.m.;in charge of Rev.Joseph N.Wittkofski;and interment will follow in Belle Vernon cemetery. Francis C.Slezak is the funeral director.