Mrs.Marie W.Turek Ross;69;of Fayette City R.D.1;died Saturday April 1;1972;at 4 a.m. in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. A native of Fayette City;she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Sophia Shesniak Turek. Survivors include her husband;Albert Ross;two brothers;John and Theodore Turek;both of Charleroi;one sister;Mrs.Helan Mourad of Westport;Conn.;and one sister-in-law;Mrs.Gladys Turek of Fayette City;R.D. 1. Friends will be received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;334 Main St.;Fayette City after 2 p.m.on Sunday;April 2;1972 where parastas service will be held on Monday;April 3;1972 at 8 p.m.in the funeral home. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday;April 4;1972 in the Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church of Charleroi at 10:30 a.m.with the Rev.Vladimir Soroka;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Joseph (Boots) Radish;74;of 124 Perry Ave.;Belle Vernon;died Monday;March 20;1972;at 8:35 a.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. He was born in Yugoslavia on Aug.11;1897. He was a veteran of World War II. He retired from the Allenport Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel in 1965. He was preceded in death by a sister;Julia Sudor;in June of 1971. He was a past president of the Washington Twp.Fire Department. He was a member of the Moose Lodge and American Legion Post 659 in Belle Vernon;Elks and Eagles in Monessen. Survivors are two brothers;John of Belle Vernon and Richard of Carmel;N.Y.and two sisters;Mrs.Nick (Pauline) Radock of Belle Vernon; Mrs.Sally Richie of Belle Vernon;and nieces and nephews. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;where a service will be held Thursday;March 23;at 1:30 p.m.with the Rev.Igor R.Soroka of St.Nicholas Orthodox Church;Donora;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

Louise M.Renkey;56;of 228 Vernon Ave.;Belle Vernon;died Saturday March 18;1972;at 11 p.m.in Montefiore Hospital;Pittsburgh. She was born in Pittsburgh Nov.10;1915;and was a resident of Belle Vernon since 1952. Surviving are her husband;Melvin V.;one son;Melvin A.of Greensburg;four daughters;Mrs.Donald (Betty Ann) Martin of Frankfurt;Ill.;Mrs.David (Mary Lou) Katz of Pittsburgh;Barbara Jean of Pittsburgh and Linda Lee at home;two brothers;Kenneth Schwarzkopf of Oakmont and George Schwarzkopf of Pittsburgh;one sister;Sarah Schwarzkopf of Pittsburgh;and nine grandchildren. Friends are being received from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.Monday and Tuesday at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;where a service will be held Wednesday;March 22;1972;at 11 a.m.with the Rev.Hartzell A.Michael of the Lynnwood Lutheran Church officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

Louis Resnik;83;of 106 central Ave.;Lynnwood;died Sunday;Feb.27;1972;at 7:05 a.m. in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Born in Yugoslavia;Mr.Resnik had been a Lynnwood resident since 1921. He was a member of the Croatian Club of Monessen and the Slavonic National Benefit Society. He has no immediate survivors. Friends will be received after 7 p.m.Monday at the Rhome Funeral Home;1209 Grand Blvd.;Monessen. Services will be held in the funeral home chapel Tuesday;Feb.29;1972;at 11 a.m.;followed by interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Rhome funeral directors in charge.

Mrs.Alice Kathleen Hill Reddick;49;of 635 McMahon Ave.;Monessen;died Thursday;Feb.10;1972;at 12:05 p.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Terre Haute;Ind.;on Jan.27;1923;she had lived in Monessen for the last 34 years and was a member of the Union Baptist Church. Preceded in death by her father;George Hill;on Dec.17;1959;Mrs.Reddick is survived by her husband;Frank Kendall Reddick;five children;Mrs.Phyllis Brown;Leslie Todd Reddick;Barry Neil Reddick;Kendall Reddick and Bruce Elliott Reddick;all of Monessen;six grandchildren;her mother;Mrs.Hazel Hill of Monessen;five brothers;James Hill of Perryopolis;Eugene;George and Neil Hill of Monessen and Bruce Hill of Cleveland;Ohio;and three sisters;Mrs.Percy (Hazel) Garland of McKeesport and Mrs.Charles (Mary) Smith and Mrs.Doris Hill Wheeler of Monessen. Friends will be received at the Draper Funeral Home;608 6th St.;Monessen;after 7 p.m.Saturday. Services will be held Monday;Feb.14;1972;at 11 a.m.in the Union Baptist Church.Monessen;with the Rev.Clarence McCraw officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Beverly C.Draper is the funeral director in charge.

Italo Rossi;100;the Valley’s only known centenarian;died Thursday;Feb.10;1972;at 2:15 a.m. in the Golden Age Nursing Home;Brownsville. Born May 25;1871;in San Marcello;Italy;Mr.Rossi came to the United States in 1904 and settled in Belle Vernon. He later moved to Allenport;where he lived for 62 years until entering the nursing home two years ago. Mr.Rossi worked as a coal miner for a time and later was employed by the then Pittsburgh Steel Co.in its Allenport Plant. His wife;Emma Innocenti Rossi;died in 1935. He also was preceded in death by a son;George. Surviving are a son;Albert C.Rossi of Belle Vernon;a daughter;Mrs.Joseph (Mary) Guerra of Long Branch;six grandchildren;21 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Friends will be received at the Schrock Funeral Home;Charleroi;Friday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held Saturday;Feb.12;1972;when a blessing service will be held at the funeral home at 9:30 a.m.followed by Requiem Divine Liturgy at 10 a.m.in Holy Ghost Catholic Church;Charleroi;with the Rev.Andrew Chura officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold L.Schrock;funeral director.

James Warren Ramsey;18;of 838 Shady Ave.;Charleroi;died Thursday;Nov.4;1971;at 2:16 a.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. He was born Oct.29;1953;in North Charleroi. He was the son of Warren C.and Matilda Beres Ramsey. He graduated from Charleroi Area High School in June and was attending California State College. He was a member of St.John’s Lutheran Church;Charleroi. Friends will be received after 7 p.m.Friday and on Saturday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.at the Michael A.Melinchak Funeral Home;825 Fallowfield Ave.;Charleroi;where services will be held Sunday;Nov.7;1971;at 1 p.m. The Rev.Stephen Hurnyak;pastor of St.John Lutheran Church;Charleroi;will officiate. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Michael A.Melinchak;funeral director in charge.

A brother and sister;both residents of North Charleroi;died Saturday;Oct.30;1971;within three hours of each other in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Marion (Lefty) Ray Sr.;74 of 334 Highland Ave.;died at 3:35 p.m. His sister;Mary Ray Teulle;80;of 448 Olive Ave.;followed him in death at 6:11 p.m. Mr.Ray was born in France on Aug.14;1897. Mrs.Tuelle was born in France Aug.1;1891. Mr.Ray was a member of Sts.Cyril and Methodius R.C.Church;Charleroi;and was a retired employee of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel’s Allenport Works where he was a plant guard. Surviving are his widow;Margaret Dolan Ray;one son;Marion Ray Jr.of North Charleroi;one daughter;Mrs.Eileen Barrass at home;five grandchildren;one great-grandchild;two brothers;Joseph Ray of Charleroi R.D.1and Samuel Ray of North Charleroi;and four sisters;Mrs.Victoria Bayens of Charleroi;Mrs.Blanche Pensis of Mt.Lebanon;Mrs.Jean Sepesky of Monessen and Mrs.Margaret Angioletti of Monongahela. Surviving Mrs.Tuelle;in addition to the above brothers and sisters;are two sons;Fernanand Teulle of Oakland;Pittsburgh;and Charles R.of Wayne;N.J.;and five grandchildren. Her husband;Charles A.;preceded her in death March 8;1954. Friends are being received from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.at the Michael A.Melinchak Funeral Home;Charleroi;where a Blessing service will be held Tuesday;Nov.2;at 10:30 a.m.followed by a Mass at 11 a.m.at Sts.Cyril and Methodius R.C.Church;Charleroi; with the Rev.Andrew J.Bialobok officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Edwin Melenyzer;funeral director in charge.

Mrs. Velma C.Renner;56;of 208 Orchard St.;Belle Vernon;died Monday at 9:35 a.m. in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Mrs. Renner was born Feb.22;1915 in Monessen. She was a member of St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;and of the Hungarian Club Auxiliary of Pricedale. She also belonged to the Belle Vernon Golden Agers. Surviving are her husband;Norman L.Renner;two sons;Donald;of Fairhope and Richard;in the U.S.Navy at Newport News;Va.;one daughter;Mrs.John (Karen) Keleman of Fairhope;one brother;Joseph Delansky of Charleroi;five sisters;Mrs.Michael Slavik and Mrs.John Kilvady of Monessen;Mrs.Mary Brookes and Mrs. Fred R.Clark of Belle Vernon and Mrs.Michael Ornot of Charleroi;and nine grandchildren. A brother;Louis Delansky;predeceased her on Nov.12;1970. Friends will be received after 7 p.m. today and on Wednesday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon. A blessing service will be held at the funeral home Thursday;Oct.28;1971 at 9:30 a.m. followed by requiem high mass at 10 a.m. at St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;with Msgr.Martin J.O’Toole as the celebrant. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director in charge.