Florence Richie;80; of Belle
Vernon R. D. 1; died at his
home Monday;Sept.22;1969; at 2:15 p.m.
Mr. Richie;a retired coal
miner; was a member of St.
Paul Evangelical Lutheran
Church and the Hungarian
Lodge;both of Monessen. He
came to Monessen 78 years ago.
Mr. Richie was born in Canada.
Mr. Richie at one time was
an employee of the City of Monessen.
Surviving are his widow;
Mary Homa Richie;two sons;
Charles of Monessen and Robert
of Detroit;Mich.;a
stepson;
Robert Michaux of Donora; four daughters; Mrs.Benjamin
(Laura) Aiello of Baltimore;
Md.;Mrs. Albert (Clara)
Forgas of Belle Vernon R. D.
1; Mrs. Frank (Virginia) Kurdilla of Monessen; Mrs. Andrew
(Lorraine) Soltis of Belle Vernon
R. D. 1; three brothers;
Victor of Waynesburg; Gust of
Uniontown; Frank of Coal Center;
a sister; Mrs. Chester
(Rose) Yost of Belle Vernon
R. D. 1; 22 grandchildren and
14 great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received at
the Edwin Melenyzer Funeral
Home;Monessen; after 7 p.m. Tuesday;Sept.23;1969; and from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.Wednesday;Sept.24;1969. Service there Thursday;Sept.25;1969;at 10:30 a.m.with the Rev.Thomas R.Stemmell;pastor of St.Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church of Monessen;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Edwin Melenyzer;funeral director.

Lee J.Roberts;17;of Johnson Hill;Pricedale;died Wednesday afternoon;Aug.6;1969;as a result of drowning in the Youghiogheny River at Smithton. He was born April 24;1952. Roberts;who would have been a junior this fall at Belle Vernon Area High School;was a guard on the Belle Vernon Area High School football team last year. He was a member of Salem Baptist Church. He is survived by his parents;George and Leona Mae Johnson Roberts;a brother;Daniel and two sisters;Jacqueline and Marlene;all at home and maternal grandparents;Mr.and Mrs.Roy P.Johnson of Pricedale. Friends will be received after 7 p.m.on Aug.7 at the Robert A.Billick Funeral Home;Monessen. Service there Saturday;Aug.9;at 1 p.m.with the Rev.Atney J.Dickerson;rector of Bible Baptist Church;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Robert A.Billick is funeral director.

Frank Reska;52;of 602 Speer St.Speers Hill;in Presbyterian-University Hospital;Pittsburgh;at 2:45 p.m.Thursday;Feb.20;1969;after a 12 weeks’illness. Mr.Reska was born in New Bedford;Mass.;Dec.25;1916;a son of Alexander Reska and the late Mary Taradejna Reska. He was a member of St.Jerome Roman Catholic Church;Charleroi;and was employed in the Monessen plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. A veteran of World War II;having served with the U.S.Army;he had lived in the Charleroi area 50 years. Mr.Reska is survived by his widow;Ann Koren Reska;a son;Robert at home;one daughter;Mrs.Lawrence (Mary Ann) Malena of Squirrel Hill;his father;Alexander Reska of Long Branch;two brothers;Walter of West Newton and Edward of Long Branch;two sisters;Cecelia Reska of Long Branch and Mrs.Joseph (Stella) Grilli of Charleroi. Friends are being received at the Francis C.Slezak Funeral Home;Charleroi;from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Requiem High Mass will take place in St.Jerome R.C.Church;Charleroi;at 9 a.m.Monday Feb.24. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Francis C.Slezak is funeral director.