Arthur V.Rousseau;84;of Belle Vernon R.D.1;a resident of Rostraver Township for 77 years;died Saturday;May 4;1963;at 6:20 p.m.at his late home. Mr.Rousseau was born in Belgium;March 19;1879;and was a member of the Monessen Eagles Aeerie and of the Franco-Belgium Club of Charleroi. He was retired as a glass flattener at the former American Window Glass Co.;Belle Vernon in 1949. Surviving are four sons;Arthur J.;Harry N.;Ernest and Gene;all of Mt.Vernon;Ohio;six daughters;Mrs.John (Adele) Deters;Mrs.Camelia Popp;Mrs.C.T.(Ora) Olson and Mrs.Arvo (Eva) Knuttila;all of Belle Vernon R.D.;Mrs.Eugene (Maria) McDonald of State College;Pa.;and Mrs.Schuyler (Doris) Marshall of California;Pa.;a brother;Joseph of Belle Vernon R.D.1;a sister;Mrs.Eva Brown of Kittanning;22 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Shelby D. Feguson Funeral Home;Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;where funeral services will be held Tuesday;May 7;at 2:30 p.m.Rev.Wayne M.Tolson;pastor of First Christian Church;Monessen;will officiate. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.
ARTHUR VICTOR ROUSSEAU
NETTIE ELIZABETH REABE
WILLIAM ROOSEVELT RAGAN
William R.Ragan;57;of Lenity School Rd.;Belle Vernon;R.D.1;died in the Charleroi-Monessen Hospital;Friday;March 22;1963;at 9:30 a.m. He was born in Maryland;May 6;1905;and spent most of his life in the Belle Vernon area. He was employed as a crane operator at the Donora mill of the American Steel and Wire Co. Survivors are his widow;Irene Ragan;one son;William Ragan of Sunnyvale;Calif.;five daughters;Mrs.Geraldine Aganeti;of Blacklick;PA.;Mrs.Mildred March;of Donora;Mrs.Betty Frew;of Blairsville;Mrs.Caroline Shaffer;of Latrobe;Mrs.Mary Lou Evans;of Belle Vernon;R.D.1;two brothers;three sisters;19 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the James C.Stump Funeral Home;Sweeney Plan;Rostraver Twp. Services will be held there Tuesday;Mar.26;at 3 p.m.;in charge of Rev.Atney Dickerson;pastor of the Bible Baptist Church;Rostraver Twp. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. James C.Stump;Rostraver Twp.is the funeral director.
BERNARD L. RUSNAK
Morrisville;Pa.- Two men were killed and five persons injured in a flaming two-car collision on old Route 13 in Falls Township near this Bucks County community Saturday night. Dead were Ivan Horner;48;of Trenton;N.J. and formerly of Levittown;Pa.;driver of one car;and his passenger;Bernard L.Rusnak;30;of Morrisville. Officers said the Horner auto had burst into flames;badly burning the victims. Mr.Rusnak was a crane operator at the Fairless Works of the U.S.Steel Corp. He is survived by his widow;Doris Grant Rusnak;a daughter;Mary Frances;5;his mother;Mrs.Pauline Rusnak of Belle Vernon R.D.3.;a sister;Mrs.Elender (Pauline) Marks of the state of California;two brothers;Joseph and John of Belle Vernon. His father was the late Michael Rusnak.Friends will be received at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;beginning March 6;at 7 p.m. Funeral home visiting hours are from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services of Requiem High Mass will be held from St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;on Friday;March 8;at 10 a.m. Rev.Andrew King will officiate. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.
JONAS ROBINSON
BELLE M. RUSSELL
Mrs.Belle M.Russell;320 Sceneridge Dr.;Liberty Borough;died last night;Friday;February 8;1963. She was staying at the home of her son;John;also of Liberty Borough. Mr.Russell;a former longime resident of the Monessen area;is survived by her son;two daughters;Mrs.Anna Mae Malloy of Green Valley and Sarah Eisley of Philadelphia;seven grandchildren;four sisters;and one brother. She was a member of the Liberty Borough Presbyterian Church and Order of Eastern Star. Friends are being received at the Willig Funeral Home;220 Ninth Ave.;McKeesport;where services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.
JAMES ARTHUR ROBERTSON
GEORGINAMAYEUR ROUSSEAU
Mrs.Georgina Mayeur Rousseau;79;of Belle Vernon;R.D.1;died at her home;Wednesday;Nov.7;1963 at 2 a.m. She was born in Belgium January 27;1883. She had been a resident of Belle Vernon since 1960 having moved from Point Marion. She is survived by her husband;Arthur W.Rousseau;Sr.;a daughter-in-law;Mrs.Frances Mayeur of Harvey;Ill.; one grandson;Edwin Mayeur of Waterford;Wis.;four stepsons;Arthur;Jr.;Harry;Ernest and Gene of Mt.Vernon;Ohio;six stepdaughters;Mrs.Marie McDonald;of State College;Mrs.Doris Marshall;of California;Pa.;Mrs.Adelle Deter;Mrs.Camelia Popp;Mrs.Ora Olson;and Mrs.Eva Knuttila;all of Belle Vernon;many grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m.Thursday;during hours of 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Requiem High Mass will be sung in the St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Saturday;Nov.10;1962;at 10 a.m.;by the Rev.Andrew King. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson of Belle Vernon is the funeral director.
BENJAMIN F. ROBERTS
Benjamin Roberts;58;of R.D.3;Belle Vernon;died Tuesday;October 2;1962;at 12:02 a.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. He was born in Monongahela on August 3;1904. Surviving are his widow;Maude Aldridge Roberts;two sons;Benjamin Jr.of R.D.3;Belle Vernon;and William of Long Beach;Calif.;one daughter;Mrs.Richard (Loretta) Truran of R.D.3;Belle Vernon;seven grandchildren;four brothers;James and Frank of Republic;Ross of Brownsville;Raymond of Detroit;Mich.;three half-brothers;Steve Karloch of Brownsville;James and John Karloch of Washington;D.C.;three half-sisters;Helen Kovatch;Ethel Manzo and Silverty Damico of Clevelnad;Ohio. Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home in Fayette City;where services will take place Thursday;October 4;1962;at 2 p.m.in charge of the Rev.Garnet Acklinclose;pastor of the Belle Vernon Nazarene Church. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director.