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.

John Rygial;90;of 129 Marion Ave.;Belle Vernon (Fairhope) died Thursday;March 24;1977;at 8:40 p.m.in West Penn Hospital;Pittsburgh;as a result of burns suffered earlier on that day. Mr.Rygial was treated at Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital at 8:35 a.m.for first;second and third degree burns over 40 per cent of his body. Reportedly his clothing caught fire while he was attempting to light a stove at his home. He was transferred to West Penn Hospital in guarded condition and died there Thursday night. Mr. Rygial was born in Poland on Nov.25;1886. He was a retired coal miner. Surviving are his widow;Adela Rygial;three sons;Leopold Regal of Belle Vernon (Fairhope);Walter Regal of Fayette City R.D.1 (Gillespie) and Joseph Regal of Belle Vernon (Fairhope);one daughter;Mrs.Ann Antal of Lynnwood;six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Friends will be received at the Howard W . McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;after 7 p.m.Saturday. Prayers will be recited at the funeral home at 9:30 a.m.Monday;followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m.in St.Sebastian Catholic Church;Belle Vernon. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W. McCrory is funeral director in charge.