Edward Robbins;63;of 102 Price St.;Belle Vernon;was killed almost instantly when a small truck he was working under slipped off a jack at the family garage about 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Charleroi-Monessen Hospital of a crushed chest and shock;Westmoreland County Coroner Stephen D.Yoney said. Mr.Robbins was a retired employee of the Allenport Works of Pittsburgh Steel Co. He was a member of Fayette City Presbyterian Church. He belonged to the Fairhope Rod and Gun Club. Born in Elco on Nov.17;1904;he was a son of the late John and Sarah Weightman Robbins. Surviving are his widow;Martha Jolley Robbins;a son;Richard Lee of Fullerton;Calif.;one daughter;Sarah Jane Robbins at home;a brother;William of Roscoe;one sister;Mrs.Lawrence (Edith) Weaver of Fairhope;one grandson. Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home in Fayette City.
EDWARD ROBBINS
EDNA L. REPPERT
HARRY S. ROBINSON
Harry S.Robinson;86;of 543 Broad Ave.;North Belle Vernon;died in the Charleroi-Monessen Hospital Thursday;Oct.19;1967. Born in Belle Vernon on March 10;1881;;he was a member of the First Methodist Church;Free and Accepted Masons Lodge 643;Odd Fellows;Junior Order of United American Mechanics;all of Belle Vernon and was a charter member of the Rebekahs;all of Belle Vernon. Mr.Robinson had been a teacher and principal at the LeGrange School and operated a confectionery store in Belle Vernon until 1929. He also sold text books for the D.C.Heath Co.until 1952. He was preceded in death by his wife;Emma Reppert Robinson;in 1930. Surviving are a daughter;Mrs.Mark H.(Leona M.) Williams;of Fayette City R.D.;two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews;including Mrs.Robert F.Allen and Mrs.Howard S.Kimball;both of Belle Vernon. Friends will be received at the Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m.Oct.21. Service there Monday at 1:30 p.m.with Rev.Richard B.Snyder;pastor of the First Methodist Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director.
MARY T. RINKO
ANNA MAE RICHWINE
WALTER H. REITZ
ROSA ROSS
SAMUEL KEITH ROBERTS JR
Keith Roberts;44;of 311 Speer St.;Belle Vernon;who had been custodian of Belle Vernon’s post office over 20 years;died at 1:30 a.m. Monday;May 15;1967 in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Mr.Roberts had been ill since December;1966. He was a member of the Christian Church;Musical Society;Sons of Italy;American Legion Post 659;all of Belle Vernon;old Belle Vernon Blue and Gold Cadets and North Belle Vernon Volunteer Fire Dept. A veteran of World War II;he served in the European Theater and was the first Belle Vernon area man sent home because of wounds received in action. Mr.Roberts was born in Belle Vernon on Junes 16;1922. Surviving are his parents;Samuel and Leona Amalong Roberts of Belle Vernon;one sister;Mrs.Gayle Briselli of Briidgeville. Friends are being received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon. Service there Thursday;May 18;at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev. John Bowers and the Rev.Charles Colst;pastor of Belle Vernon’s First Baptist Church;officiating. Full military rites will be conducted by Belle Vernon American Legion Post 659. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.
ARMINI ( MILLIE )GELOTTI RUSSO
Mrs. Millie Russo; of 504
Third St; Monessen; died in
Charleroi – Monessen Hospital
Sunday;April 23;1967; at 2:10 p.m.
A resident of Monessen 40
years; she was a member of St.
Cajetan’s Roman Catholic
Church; Monessen.
Surviving are her husband;
Michael; three daughters; Mrs.
Raymond (Catherine) Hoffman
of Monterey; Calif.; Mrs. Paul
(Martha) Di Battista and Mrs.
Nelson (Emma) Yates of Monessen; four sons; Joseph of Coal
Center; John of Concord; Calif.;
Eugene of Speers and Mario at
home: twenty – six grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren; five brothers;
Sam Gelotti of Belle Vernon;
Silvio Gelotti of Perryopolis
R. D.; John Gelotti of Gillespie;
Mickey Gelotti of Belle Vernon;
Alex Gelotti of Gillespie; three
sisters; Mrs. Jenny Di Fazio of
Monessen; Mrs. Martin (Rose)
Niccolai and Mrs. E. J. (Margaret) Mencarelli of Speers.
Friends will be received at
the Raymond D. Dalfonso Funeral Home; Monessen; from 2
to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. starting Tuesday. Prayer service there Thursday;April 27;1967;at 9:30 a.m.followed by Requiem High Mass at St. Cajetan R.C.Church at 10 a.m. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Raymond D. Dalfonso is funeral director.
