Rynaldo R.Tressler;93;of 9 Penn Drive;Monessen;died Thursday;March 11;1976 at 8 p.m.in Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital. He was born in Fort Hill on Jan.19;1882. Mr.Tressler was one of the oldest retirees from the Page Steel and Wire Plant of Monessen. He was a member of First Baptist Church;Monessen. Preceding him in death were his wife;Myrtle;who died in 1961;and three daughters;Mildred Tressler;who died in 1924;Sylvia McEntire;who died in 1967 and Mae Phillippi;who died in 1972. Surviving are three sons;Herman;Elliott and Melvin;all of Monessen;one daughter;Mrs.Oliver J.(Helen) Kreger of Monessen;with whom he made his home;19 grandchildren;38 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Ed Melenyzer Funeral Home;Monessen;from 7 to 9 p.m.Saturday;from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Sunday. Services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home with the Rev.Larry Ross of First Baptist Church;Monessen;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Ed Melenyzer Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Cornelia A.Triggs;88;of Pricedale;died Sunday;March 7;1976;at 9:45 a.m.in a Convalescent Home in Pittsburgh. Mrs.Triggs was born in Stewartsville;Va.on Jan.24;1888;the daughter of the late Mr.and Mrs.John Board. She had resided in the Belle Vernon area since 1922. Mrs.Triggs was a member of the Antioch Baptist Church of Belle Vernon and a past member of the church senior choir and the senior Missionary Society. Mrs.Triggs is survived by two daughters;Mrs.Georgia Lemon of Pricedale;with whom she made her home;and Mrs.Valarie Smith of Baltimore;Md.;two sons;Alfred Triggs and Charles Triggs;both of Washington;D.C.;one sister;Mrs.Josephine Minor of Vinton;Va.;12 grandchildren;and 24 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received in the Beverly C.Draper Funeral Home in Monessen on Tuesday;March 9;1976 from 2 to 4 p.m.and 7 to 9 p.m.and on Wednesday;March 10;1976 from 2 to 4 p.m.;when the body will be moved to the Antioch Baptist Church in Belle Vernon where the family will accept friends from 4:30 p.m.to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Thursday;March 11;1976 at 1 p.m.with the Rev.A.C.Morris;pastor of the Antioch Baptist Church;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Beverly C.Draper;funeral director in charge.

Joseph J.Thiry;80;of 429 Conrad Ave.;North Charleroi;died Monday;Nov.3;1975;at 1:40 a.m.in the Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital. He was born in Charleroi on March 2;1895;son of the late Felix and Celine Thiry. Mr.Thiry was retired as a foreman in the finishing department at the Allenport Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. His wife;Marie R.Mazade Thiry;died on Aug.16;1963. He is survived by a daughter;Mrs.Norma R.Ghenne of North Charleroi;with whom he resided;one sister;Mrs.Robert (Louise) Wilson of Denver;Colo.;and one grandchild;Carol Ghenne;at home. Friends will be received at the Michael A.Melinchak Funeral Home;Inc.;825 Fallowfield Ave.;Charleroi;from 7 to 9 p.m.Monday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Tuesday. Services will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday at 11 a.m.and interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Michael A.Melinchak is funeral director in charge.

Fred A Trich 62; of 441
Speer St . Belle Vernon died Saturday;Oct.11;1975;
at 5 :40 a m in
Monongahela Division of Mon
Valley Hospital.
A lifelong resident of Belle
Vernon; he was born there on
May 9;1911; son ol the late
James H. and Katharyn
Guiler Trich.
Mr.Trich retired on Oct 1;
1975 as an accounting clerk
with West Penn Power Co.
He was a member and
deacon at First Baptist
Church Belle Vernon and had
been superintendent of the
Sunday School for 15 years;
giving up the position two
years ago.
Mr. Trich also belonged to
Coudersport Consistory;
Junior Order of American
Mechanics; Greensburg
Lodge 169 and the Belle
Vernon American Legion.
He had served with the U.S.
Air Force during World War
I I.
Survivmg are his widow;
Jennie Corwin Trich; and a
son; James A. Trich of Belle
Vernon.
Friends will be received at
the Shelby D. Ferguson
Funeral Home; Belle Vernon;
after 7 pm Saturday and from 2
t o 4 and 7 t o 9 pm Sunday. Services will be held at the funeral home on Monday at 1:30 p.m.with the Rev.Charles Colas of First Baptist Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director in charge.

Domenick Trozzo; 87; of 317
Market St.; Belle Vernon; died
Monday;Sept.29;1975; at 11:45 a.m. at his
home.
He was born in Italy on Feb.
28; 1888; and had lived in Belle
Vernon for more than 60
years.
Mr. Trozzo retired 18 years
ago from the Monessen Plant
of Pittsburgh Steel Co.
He was a member of St.
Sebastian Catholic Church
and the Italian Beneficial
Society of Market St.; both in
Belle Vernon.
His wife; Carolina Trozzo;
died in January; 1960.
Surviving are one son;
James V. Trozzo; at home;
three daughters; Rose Marie
Trozzo; at home; Mrs. Samuel
(Mary) Muoio and Mrs. Emil
(Angeline) DeMarco; both of
Belle Vernon; five grandchildren
and 13 great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received at
the Shelby D. Ferguson
Funeral Home; Belle Vernon;
from 7 to 9 p.m.Tuesday and
from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Wednesday. Prayers will be recited at the funeral home on Thursday at 9:30 a.m.;followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m.in St.Sebastian Catholic Church;Belle Vernon. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director in charge.

Samuel C. Taylor; 76; of
Ridgeview Terrace; Donora;
died Tuesday;Aug.19;1975; at 1:25 p.m. in
Charleroi Division of Mon
Valley Hospital.
He was born in Winston
Salem; N. C.; on July 12; 1899;
son of the late Willard and Sarah
Taylor.
Mr. Taylor retired from the
Monessen Plant of Wheeling-
Pittsburgh Steel Corp. in 1964;
after 44 years of employment
there.
He was preceded in death by
his wife; Anna Mae Taylor; in
September; 1962; and by a son;
Sam Jr. (Hammie); in
February; 1974.
Surviving are two daughters;
Mrs. Maurice (Dorothy) Wade
of Donora; with whom he
resided; and Mrs. Floyd (Anna
Mae) Faulks of Monessen; 12
grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren;
and a number of
nieces and nephews.
Friends are being received at
the Beverly C. Draper Funeral
Home; Monessen; from 2 to 4
and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday. Services will be held Friday at 11 a.m.at the funeral home with the Rev.Maurice B.Wade officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Beverly C.Draper is funeral director in charge.

Erma Turda;91;of Perry Ave.Extension;Fayette city;died Tuesday;July 8;1975;at 8 p.m.at the Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital. She was born Jan.29;1884;in Hungary. Mrs.Turda formerly lived in Pricedale. Survivors include one son;Emil Turda of Silver Spring;Md.;five daughters;Mrs.William (Isabel) Kovatch of Fairhope;Mrs.Louis (Elizabeth) Vargo of Leechburg;Pa.;Mrs.Alex (Erma) Kovacs of Parma;Ohio;Mrs.Frank (Elle) Illar of Daisytown;Mrs.Fred (Lillian) Spruth of Detroit;Moch.;18 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received after 7 p.m.on Wednesday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.on Thursday at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;where services will be held Friday at 1 p.m.with the Rev.J.Alex officiating. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Harold R. Toner; a Belle
Vernon funeral director and
civic leader for more than half a
century; died at 5:35 a.m.
Sunday;June 15;1975; at St. Francis
Hospital; Pittsburgh; an hour
after being admitted. .
Mr. Toner;who was 76;
resided at 630 Broad Ave.; North
Belle Vernon.
He was born in Verona on
March 14; 1899; a son of the late
James and Eva Bethune Toner;
and in his early youth moved to
Charleroi.
A veteran of World War I; he
served in four major battles and
receved the Purple Heart for
injuries sustained in action.
He maintained his interest in
veterans affairs; having served
as a former commander of
American Legion Post 659 of
Belle Vernon and as a service
officer for the Post for 30 years.
Mr. Toner established a
funeral home at 410 Broad Ave.;
Belle Vernon; in 1924 and moved
to his present site; 626 Broad
Ave.; Belle Vernon; in 1936.
He was a member of the
Pennsylvania State Board of
Funeral Directors and Charleroi
Elks Lodge 494.
He belonged to the First
Presbyterian Church of Belle
Vernon; where he was an elder;
Belle Vernon Lodge 643; Free &
Accepted Order of Masons
(F&AM); where he was a past
master; Ancient Accepted
Scottish Rite; New Castle
Consistory; Syria Temple;
Pittsburgh; Charleroi Barracks
of World War I veterans; and the
U. S. Trotting Association.
He was active in athletics in
his earlier years and was a member of several polo teams in the mid-Mon Valley. He served as a school director for several years in the Belle Venon area. Surviving are his widow;BlancheAllison Toner;ond daughter;Mrs.William (Betty) Pettibon of Harrisburg;four granchildren;Tedd;Tolly Tracy and Todd Pettibon;and two sisters;Mrs.Louis (Jeannette) Rasera of Turlock;Calif.and Ruth Hall of Charleroi. Friends will be receive at the Harold R.Toner and Gerald R.Essey Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;from 7 to 9 p.m.Monday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Tuesday. Services will be held at the funeral home on Tuesday at 8 p.m.;with Dr.S. Arthur Talman of the First Presbyterian Church of Belle Vernon in charge. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery;Wednesday at 11 a.m. Masonic services will be conducted by Lodge 643;Free & Accepted Order of Masons (F&AM) Lodge 643 of Belle Vernon on Tuesday at 7 p.m. In lieu of flowers;the family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Mon Valley Hospital Building Fund. Harold R.Toner and Gerald R.Essey Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Samuel H.Taylor Sr.;66;of 11 Hughland Terrace;Donora;died Sunday;June 1;1975;at 5:30 a.m. in Veterans Administration Hospital;Pittsburgh. Born in Stovall;N.C.;on Jan.26;1909;he was a son of the late King Solomon and Janie Morton Taylor;and had lived in Donora the past 51 years. Mr.Taylor was retired from the former Donora Works of United States Steel. He served in the U.S.Navy during World War II as a steward’s mate and had been a sergeant in the Civilian Conservation Corps. He was a member of Bethlehem Temple Apostolic Church and the William E.Owens Post 695;American Legion;both of Donora. Surviving are his widow;Isabel Hartmett Taylor;two sons;Samuel Taylor Jr.of Donora and Donald Taylor of Rochester;N.Y.;nine daughters;Phyllis Scott;Harriet Taylor Tyree;Helen Taylor;Pearl Taylor and Alma Taylor MacDonald;all of Donora;Sara Taylor Roberts of Pittsburgh;Lelia Ann Taylor Phelps;Deborah Taylor Merritt and Sylvia Taylor Leshe;all three of Rochester;N.Y.;one brother;Major Taylor of Trenton;N.J.;four sisters;Mrs.Drucella Harris and Mrs. Mary Garett;both of Oxford;N.C.;Mrs.Hazel McAden of New York City and Mrs.Fannie B.Garrett of Trenton;N.J.;one aunt;Mrs.Birdie Black of Philadelphia;26 grandchildren;and two great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Percy Law Funeral Home;Donora;from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday and at the Bethlehem Temple Apostolic Church;Donora;after 2 p.m. Tuesday. Services will be held at the church at 11 a.m. Wednesday with Elder Sylvester Merritt officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Percy Law is funeral director in charge.

Leona S.Turek;54;of Fourth St.Extension;North Charleroi;died Saturday;April 5;1975;at 10:25 a.m.in Mercy Hospital;Pittsburgh;after a lengthy illness. Born in Eldersville on Nov.26;1920;she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Amalie Snyderwright Schimmel. A sister;Elsie Chaveriat;preceded her in death. Surviving are her husband;Theodore Turek;one son;Paul Turek of Akron;Ohio;one daughter;Mrs.Roy (Doris) Horrell of Belle Vernon;one brother;Ernest Schimmel of Charleroi;six sisters;Mrs.Helen Turek of Fairless Hills;Mrs.Margaret Lycett of Elco;Mrs.Hilda Gillie and Mrs.Hattie Weber;both of Clairton;Mrs.Cecelia Paul of Sebastopol;Calif.and Mrs.Doris Wors of Victoria;Texas;and five grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;where services will be held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev.Bruce E.Smith of Fayette City Christian Church officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory is funeral director in charge.