Gail Raboci;59;of 29 Somer St.;Pricedale;died Sunday;Sept.26;1977;at 5:30 a.m. at his residence. Mr.Raboci was born Oct.20;1917 on Pricedale;a son of the late Steve and Marie Farkas Raboci Sr. He was a lifelong resident of the Pricedale community. Mr.Raboci was a Protestant by faith and a member of the Hungarian Presbyterian Church of Pricedale. He was retired as a steelworker from the Monessen Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. Mr.Raboci was a member of the Pricedale Hungarian Beneficial Society and a social member of the Belle Vernon American Legion. Survivors include his widow;Margaret Sepashe Raboci;one daughter;Madeleine Raboci;at home;one sister;Mrs.Joseph (Irene) McCullough of Coraopolis and three brothers;Steve Raboci of Pricedale;Dana Raboci of Belle Vernon and Joseph Nagy of Pricedale. Mr.Raboci was preceded in death by a son Gail Anthony Raboci;in 1958. Friends will be received in the Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Services will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the funeral home with Rev.Howard S.Rodebaugh of the Pricedale Union Church officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Edwin J. Rainey; 64; of Denbo; died suddenly at 9 a.m. Thursday;Sept.8;1977 in Brownsville General Hospital.  He was born in Wilmerding on July 31; 1913; son of the late George and Mary Ann Hardy
Rainey. He resided in Denbo the past 30 years; having formerly lived in the BelleVernon area.  Mr. Rainey retired in 1975 as a mine operator for Gateway Mines in Greene County. Surviving are his widow; Dorothy Sethman Rainey; one son; Ronald Rainey of Millsboro; two daughters;Mrs. LeRoy (Henrietta) Bair of Parma; Ohio and Mrs.Michael (Darlene) Skobel of Belle Vernon; a niece whomthey raised. Mrs. Dorothy
Vance of Perryopolis; three brothers; John Rainey of Deep Creek; Md.; Joseph Rainey of Fayetle City and Robert Rainey of Nashville; Tenn.;three sisters; Mrs. Harry (Mary); Sethman Jr. of Belle Vernon; Mrs. Charles (Joy) Wagner of Fayette City and Mrs. Andrew (Isabelle) Hotochm of Monessen; and four grandchildren.  Friends will be received at the Shleby D.Ferguson Funeral home;Belle Vernon;from 7 to 9 p.m.Saturday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Sunday.  Services will be held Monday at 1 p.m.at the funeral home with the Rev.Charles K.Sowden of the First United Methodist Church;Fredericktown;officiating.  Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.  Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director in charge.  

Edward Rex; 83; of 305
Center St.; Belle Vernon; died
Tuesday;June 28;1977; at 3:55 p m. in
Golden Age Nursing Home;
Brownsville; after a lengthy
illness.
Born in Fayette City on Oct.
9; 1893; he was a son of the lale
James and Mary Vaughn Rex.
Mr. Rex was a veteran of
World War I and belonged to
Friendship Barracks 2819;
World War I Veterans;
Monongahela.
He attended Ihe Church of
the Nazarene at Belle Vernon
and was a charter member of
the Fayette City Volunteer
Fire Company.
He was a retired employe of
Ihe Allenporl Plant of
Wheelng-Pittsburgh Steel
Corp.
Surviving are his widow;
Alice White Rex; one son;
Edward C. Rex of Belle
Vernon; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Friends wil be received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;after 2 p.m.Wednesday. Services will be held at the funeral home on Friday at 2 p.m.with the Rev.Kenneth E.Neiderhiser of the Church of the Nazarene;Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Friendship Barracks 2819 of World War I Veterans;Monongahela;will conduct services on Thursday at 2 p.m.at the funeral home. Howard W.McCrory is funeral director in charge.

John Rodish;70;of 1340 Paradise Ave.;Belle Vernon;died Sunday May 29;1977 at 3:05 a.m. in the Golden Age Nursing Home;Brownsville. He was born in Gillespie on July 13;1906 and had lived in Fairhope most of his life. He retired eight years ago from the Mathies Mine of Consolidated Coal Co. Mr.Rodish was a member of the United Mine Workers of America;the Washington Twp.Volunteer Fire Dept.and the Fairhope Rod and Gun Club. He was preceded in death by two brothers;Frank and Joseph Rodish. Surviving are his widow;Anice Frankie Rodish;one daughter;Mrs.Fred (Marlene) Burton of North Charleroi;one brother;Steve Rodish of Fayette City;three sisters;Anna Rodish of Gillespie;Mrs.Catherine Lynn of Belle Vernon and Mrs.Mary Smider of Harpers Ferry;Va.;and one granddaughter;Kristin Burton. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral home;Belle Vernon;from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Services will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday at 1 p.m. with the Rev.Evelyn Tharp of the Riverside Tabernacle;Sunnyside;officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director in charge.

Graveside services were
held Monday morning;May 9;1977; in Belle
Vernon Cemetery for Alfred S.
Russell of Pittsburgh; a former Monessen resident; who
died Thursday;May 5;1977; in Pittsburgh of
a heart attack.
Mr. Russell was born May 8;
1907; a son of the late Samuel
and Martha Sturm Russell.
He was a former employee of
Wheeling – Pittsburgh Steel
Corp ‘s Monessen Plant.
Survivors include two
daughters; two half-sisters;
and one half-brother.
Rev. Howard F. Kennedy of
the First United Methodist
Church; Monessen; conducted
the services.
Funeral directors from the
Rhome Funeral Home Inc ;
1209 Grand Blvd.; Monessen;were in charge.

Margaret Dolan Ray of 334
Highland Ave ; North
Charleroi; died Wednesday;March 30;1977 at
8:55 a.m. in Charleroi Division
of Mon Valley Hospital.
She was born Sept. 18; 1902
in Fallowfield Twp.; a
daughter of Ihe late John and
Ida Sphar Dolan.
Mrs. Ray was a member of
Saints Cyril and Methodius
R. C. Church; Charleroi.
She was preceded in death
by her husband; Marion
(Lefty) Ray Sr. in 1971; and
five brothers and one sister.
Survivors include one son;
Marion Ray Jr. of North
Charleroi; a daughter; Mrs.
Donald (Eileen) Pordash of
North Charleroi; two
brothers; Patrick Dolan of
Fairchance and Raymond
Dolan of Carmichaels; a
sister; Mrs. Nora Kornhi of
Charleroi; and five
grandchildren.
Friends will be received in
the Carl J. Spallino Funeral
Home; 819 Fallowfield Ave.;
Charleroi; from 7 lo 9 p.m. Thursday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. A Blessing service will be held in the funeral home Saturday at 9:30 a.m.followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m.in Saints Cyril and Methodius R.C.Church;Charleroi. Rev.Andrew Bialobok will be the celebrant. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Rosary will be rectied at the funeral home on Friday at 8:30 p.m. the Carl J.Spallino Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.