Andrew Turek;48;of 9528 North Point;Dallas;Tex.;a former resident of Fayette City;was pronounced dead on arrival at Dallas Hospital;Monday;Dec.27;1971;at 4:45 a.m. A son of the late Andrew and Sophia Shesniak Turek;he was born in Fayette City on March 12;1923. He was graduated from Purdue University and was a vetern of World War II. Mr.Turek was business manager for a meat company in Dallas. Surviving are his widow;Mrs.Genevieve Turek;three daughters;Mrs.Anna Shine and Mrs.Genevieve Bellah of Dallas and Lisa at home;two sons;Joseph and Andrew;at home;two brothers;John and Theodore Turek of Charleroi;and five sisters;Mrs.Mary Ross of Fayette City;Mrs.Helen M.Urad of Westport;Conn.;Mrs.Sophie Sabolek of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Margaret Applegate of Charleroi R.D.1 and Mrs.Sandra Magruda of Charleroi R.D.2. Friends will be received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;after 7 p.m.Wednesday. A prayer service will be held at the funeral home Friday;Dec.31;1971;at 8:30 a.m.;followed at 9 a.m.by a Requiem service at Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church;Belle Vernon;with the Rev.John Kluchko officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director.

Leola F.Tartt;51;of 827 Meldon Ave.;Donora;died Thursday morning;Dec.16;1971;at 4 o’clock in Monongahela Memorial Hospital after a lingering illness. She was born Nov.19;1920;in Alcoa;Tenn.;but was a resident of Donora most of her life. She was a member of the First Baptist Church;Donora. Her husband;Cecil Tartt Sr.;preceded her in death in March of this year. Surviving are six sons;Cecil Tartt Jr.;Dane;Irving;Edward;Frankie and George;all at home;two daughters;Joyce Ann Walters of Elizabeth and Valetta at home;five sisters;Mrs.Lillian Thomas of Donora;Mrs.Mamie Lee Pickett of Cincinnati;Ohio;Ruth Ellis of Donora;Mrs.Mary Harris of Haverstraw;N.Y.;four brothers;George Ellis and Robert Ellis of Donora;William Ellis of Cleveland;Ohio and Edward Ellis of Clairton;and two grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Law Funeral Home;1324 Meldon Ave.;Donora;after 7 p.m.Saturday. Services will be held Monday;Dec.20;1971;at 11 a.m.in the First Baptist Church;Donora;with the Rev.John E.Washington officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Percy E.Law Jr.;funeral director.

Mrs.Bessie Edwards Turney;85;of 718 Fayette St.;Belle Vernon;died Wednesday;Dec.1;1971;at 7:30 p.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital.  Mrs.Turney was the widow of Thomas Joseph Turney;who died Oct.6;1966.  She is survived by three daughters;Mrs.Dorothy Bell of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Herman (Dolores) Blair of Perryopolis and Mrs.Theodore (Bernice) Gaskell of Monongahela R.D.;one son;David J.Turney of Belle Vernon;four grandchildren;four great-grandchildren;one brother;Porter Edwards of Belle Vernon;and one sister;Mrs.Gordon Lane of Myersdale.  Friends are being received at the Blair-Lowther Funeral Home;Perryopolis;from 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.Friday.  Services will be held at the funeral home Saturday;Dec.4;1971 at 11 a.m.;with Dr.S.Arthur Talman;pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Belle Vernon;officiating.  Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.  Blair-Lowther funeral directors in charge.

Frank Tallerico;54;of 4 Hutton St.;Gaithersburg;Md.;died Sunday;Nov.14;1971;in Suburban Hospital;Bethesda;Md. The son of Salvatore (Sam) and Clare Bruno Tallerico;he was born in Belle Vernon on June 10;1917. He had lived in the washington;D.C.area for the last 34 years and was purchasing agent for the National Bureau of Standards at Gaithersburg. Mr.Tallerico is survived by his widow;Mrs.Martha Glotfelty Tallerico;one son;Larry A.at home;one daughter;Linda A.of Frostburg;Md.;his parents;Mr.and Mrs.Salvatore Tallerico of Belle Vernon;and two brothers;John B.of Gaithersburg and Peter B.of Belle Vernon. Friends will be received after 7 p.m. this evening at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;where visiting hours are 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held from the funeral home Wednesday;Nov.17;1971;at 11:30 a.m.;with interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director in charge.