Mrs.Margaret Ruecroft;75;of 223 Warne Ave.Sunset Valley;Irwin;died Saturday;May 21;1960;at 2:03 a.m.in the Jeannette Memorial Hospital;Jeannette. Mrs.Ruecroft was born in Pennsylvania;Aug.31;1884. She was a member of the Church of Our Saviour Lutheran Church of Irwn. Her husband;Samuel;preceded her in death in 1956. The Ruecrofts were former Dunlevy residents. Surviving are four daughters;Mrs.Charles (Grace) Jones;Star Junction;Mrs.Howard (Jean) Sowden Jr.;Belle Vernon;Mrs.Alvin J.(Mary) Lindauer;Irwin and Mrs.Millie Myers;Charleroi;a sister;Mrs.Phil (Jean) Orr;New Kensington;four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;from 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Funeral services will be held Tuesday;May 24;at 2 p.m. from the funeral home with Pastor Paul B.Blank of Irwin officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Edwin Melenyzer;Monessen;funeral director.
MARGARETPRESLEY RUECROFT
ANNIE REECE
MARY ANN RAINEY
Mrs. Mary Ann Rainey of 123 Elks Place;Belle Vernon;died in the Pittsburgh Nursing Home;Friday;February 19;1960;at 1:35 a.m. She was a member of the Pricedale Union Church. She is survived by her husband;George Rainey;four sons;Joseph of Fayette City;Edwin of Denbo;First Sergeant John;Fort Meade;Maryland;First Sergeant Robert of Camp Campbell;Kentucky;three daughters;Mrs.Andrew (Isabelle) Hotochin;Monessen;Mrs.Harry (Mary) Sethman;Elks Place;and Mrs.Willard (Georgina) Hamer;Fayette City R.D.;twenty-six grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Toner Funeral Home during hours of 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held there Tuesday;February 23;at 2 p.m.;and interment will follow in Belle Vernon cemetery. Harold R.Toner is the funeral director.
ROBERT CHARLES ROBSON
STEPHEN ( STEVE ) RISKEY
Stephen Riskey;75;of Allenport;died Tuesday;January 19;1960;at 10:30 p.m.in the Charleroi-Monessen hospital. Mr.Riskey was a member of the Belle Vernon Church of the Nazarene. He was retired from the Allenport plant of Pittsburgh Steel Co. in 1955 after 22 years work there. Surviving are his wife;Mary;a son;John of Beaver Falls;two daughters;Mrs.John (Thelma) Cavanaugh of Belle Vernon and Mrs.Harry (Margaret) Bickerton of Allenport;a daughter-in-law;Mary Riskey of Pricedale;a brother;Joseph of Houston;Pa.;three sisters;Mrs.Veronica Samoda of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Elizabeth Gouirand of Canonsburg and Mrs.Anna Rimmel of Kansas City;Kan. Also surviving are five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;from 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held there Friday;January 22;at 2 p.m.;in charge of Rev.Frederick Burchell;and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is the funeral director.
JESSE C. ROSBOROUGH
Jesse C.Rosborough;69;of 328 Hill St.;Belle Vernon;died suddenly at his home;Monday;January 4;1960;at 4:30 p.m. He is survived by his wife;Myra Baker Rosborough;four sons;Harry at home;Warren of Pricedale;John of Belle Vernon;and Clifford of Baltimore;Maryland;four daughters;Mrs.Edward (Nellie) Nichols of Pricedale;Mrs.Robert (Irene) West of Belle Vernon R.D.1;Mrs.Roy (Marie) Johnson of Fellsburg;and Mrs.Ross (Betty) Williams of Belle Vernon;two brothers;Groege of Blairsville and Milton of Mansfield;Ohio;three sisters;Mrs.John (Margaret) Baker;Mrs.John Gilmore and Mrs.Thomas (Irene) Mcdonald;all of Mansfield. Fourteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild also survive. Friends will be received at the Toner Funeral Home during hours of 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held there Friday;January 8;at 2 p.m.;in charge of Rev.Herbert Mountain of the McKeesport Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner is the funeral director.
DAVID RUSSELL
WALTER OTIS ROSS
NELSON B. ROSS
Nelson B.Ross;67;Broad Ave.;Ext.;Belle Vernon;died Saturday at 12:40 p.m.after a short illness;in Oakland Veteran Hospital;Pittsburgh. Mr.Ross was born in Pricedale;March 21;1892 and had spent his entire lifetime there. He was self-employed in the sanitation department of Belle Vernon. He was a member of the Speers St. A.M.E.Church of Belle Vernon;Joseph H.Ford Post 691;American Legion of Monesssen and Veterans of World War I of Charleroi. Surviving are his wife;Rosa;two brothers;George of Monessen and Louis N.of Washington;D.C.;three sisters;Elizabeth Ross of Youngstown;Ohio;Mrs.Eva Minnie of Donora and Mrs.Barbara Brown of Monessen. Friends are being received at the Draper Funeral Home;Monessen;from 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Funeral services will be held Tuesday;Nov.24;at 2 p.m.from the Speers Street A.M.E.Church;Belle Vernon with the Rev.Luther Owen officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Beverly C.Draper;funeral director.