Mrs. Tina Tonarelli; 78; of
623 Broad Ave.; Belle Vernon;
died suddenly Wednesday;Dec.7;1966; at 7 a.m.
at her home.
A resident of Belle Vernon 47
years; she was a member of
St. Sebastian’s Roman Catholic
Church of Belle Vernon.
Mrs. Tonarelli was born in
Italy on Sept. 8; 1888.
Preceding her in death were
her husband; Dominick; Nov.
25; 1918; and two sons; Tony;
March 25; 1945; and John; June
27; 1960.
Surviving are two sons; Geno
and Dominick of Belle Vernon;a brother;Joseph Petrucci of Detroit;Mich.;two sisters in Italy and five grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m.Dec.8. Service there Saturday;Dec.10;1966;at 9:30 a.m.followed by Requiem High Mass in St.Sebastian’s R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;at 10 a.m.with the Rev.Martin J.O’Toole;pastor;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

Mrs.Elizabeth Tordi;82;of 148 Lynnwood Ave.;Belle Vernon died Monday morning;Dec.5;1966;at the home of her son;William of Hubbard;Ohio. Mrs.Tordi who was born in Hungary on April 16;1884;spent most of her life in the Belle Vernon area. She was a member of the Hungarian Presbyterian Church of Pricedale. Her husband;John ;is deceased. Surviving are two sons;John of Belle Vernon and William of Hubbard;Ohio;a daughter;Mrs.John (Helen) Klanchard of Belle Vernon;eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m.Dec.6. Service there Thursday;Dec.8;at 1:30 p.m.with the Rev.Victor Bodnar;pastor of Pricedale’s Hungarian Presbyterian Church;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Prayer service at the funeral home Wednesday evening Dec.7. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

Mrs.Mary Bercini Tolkach;60;of Dunlevy;active for many years in civic and education affairs;died in Mercy Hospital;Pittsburgh;Monday;Nov.21;1966;at 9:45 a.m. Mrs.Tolkach was secretary of the Dunlevy Redevelopment Board and had served as a member of the Dunlevy School Board and the Charleroi Area School Board. She devoted much time to the Parent-Teacher movement. She had served as president of the Allenport PTA;the Charleroi Junior High School PTA;and the Washington County PTA Council. She also served as vice-president of the Southwest District PTA Council. She was a member of the Mother of Sorrows R.C.Church in Charleroi;and the Ladies Altar Society. She was born in Dunlevy Feb.8;1906;and was educated in Charleroi schools. She was the daughter of the late Pete and Julia Danesi Bercini. Surviving are two sons;Edward and Dennis at home;three brothers;Julio of Dunlevy;Mario of Portsmouth;Ohio;and Attilio Bercini;of Monongahela R.D.; two sisters;Mrs.Irma Chislaghi;of Monongahela.and Mrs.Inez Pipik;of Dunlevy. Friends will be received at the Francis C.Slezak Funeral Home;Charleroi;after 10a.m.Wednesday. Requiem High Mass will be sung by the Rev.J.J.Thomas in the Mother of Sorrows Church;Charleroi;Friday;Nov.25;at 11 a.m. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Francis C.Slezak of Charleroi is the funeral director.

Thomas Joseph Turney;84;of 718 Fayette Ave.;Belle Vernon;died Thursday;Oct.6;1966;at 4 p.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital.   Mr.Turney; a former employee of the Monessen plant of Pittsburgh Steel Co.;was a member of St.Sebastian’s Roman Catholic Church;Belle Vernon;and Washington Twp.Fire Dept.  He was also a member and past exalted ruler of B.P.O. Elks No.773 of Monessen.  Surviving are his widow;Bessie (Edwards) Turney; a son;David J.of Belle Vernon;three daughters;Mrs.Jay (Dorothy) Bell of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Herman (Dolores) Blair of Perryopolis and Mrs.Theodore (Bernice) Gaskell of Monongahela;a sister;Mrs.Emma O’Rourke of McKees Rocks;four grandchildren and four  great-grandchildren.  Friends will be received at the Blair Funeral Home;Perryopolis;after 7 p.m.Oct.7.  Requiem High Mass will take place Monday;Oct.10;at 10 a.m.in St.Sebastian’s R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;with the Rev.Martin J.O’Toole;pastor;officiating.  Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery.  Funeral home visiting hours are 3 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.  Rosary will be recited at the funeral home Oct.9 at 8 p.m.  Blair Funeral home in charge.

Mrs.Cora P.Toth;67;of 125 Johnston Ave.;Belle Vernon;was dead on arrival Sunday;Dec.5;1965;at 12:30 p.m. at Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Mrs.Toth was the widow of John Toth who owned and operated the Toth grocery store in Belle Vernon. He died Sept.7;1960. A resident of the Belle Vernon area since 1926;Mrs.Toth was a member of the First Presbyterian Church;Belle Vernon;R.J.Linton Class of the church;Golden Age Club of Charleroi and Auxiliary to Belle Vernon American Legion Post 659. She was born in Washington County on March 14;1898. Surviving are six sons;John W.of Speers;Thomas E. and Joseph C.of Belle Vernon;Melvin J.and Louis R.of Fayette City R.D.and Clifford H.of Belle Vernon;operators of the Toth Super Markets in Lynnwood;Belle Vernon and Speers;two daughters;Mrs.Wilbur (Dorothy) Pierce of Akron;Ohio;and Mrs.Leo R.(Margaret) Frosini of Finleyville;three brothers;John Smith of Burgettstown;Andrew Smith of Washington;Pa.;and Robert O’Brien of Wichita;Kan.;four sisters;Mrs.Violet Pelkey of North Charleroi;Mrs.Josephine Nichol of Washington;Pa.;Mrs.Esther Roberts of Akron;Ohio;and Mrs.Margaret O’Brien of Baltimore;Md.;twenty grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;where a service will take place Wednesday;Dec.8 at 2 p.m. in charge of Dr.S.Arthur Talman;pastor of Belle Vernon First Presbyterian Church. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.