Charles Oliphant Sr.;56;of 107 Speer St.;Speers;was killed in a one car accident at 8:15 p.m.Wednesday;Feb.24;1965;on Interstate Route 70 on the Belle Vernon end of the Belle Vernon-Speers bridge in Westmoreland County. A coal miner;Mr.Oliphant was born Nov.14;1909;in Washington Twp.(Fayette County);the son of the late Joseph and Anna Lynch Oliphant. He is survived by his widow;Ellen Burgan Oliphant;two sons;Charles J.of Roscoe;and Larry of Cleveland;Ohio;a daughter;Mrs.Lorraine Vercoe;also of Roscoe;two brothers;Christopher of Fayette City and Joseph of Waynesburg;three sisters;Mrs.Mae Mitchell of Fairhope;Mrs.Violet Mastronicola of Charleroi; Mrs.Agnes Connors of Marin Villa;Fairhope and four grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;where a service will take place Saturday;Feb.27;at 2 p.m.in charge of the Rev.Wendall Paul;pastor of Roscoe Methodist Church. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W. McCrory;funeral director.

Mark A.Oliver;43;of 237 Main St.;Belle Vernon;died suddenly in Meridian;Miss on Thursday;Dec.31;1964;at 4:30 p.m. He was employed by the Rust engineering Co.in Meridan as a project engineer. Mr.Oliver was graduated from the school of civil engineering at Pennyslvania State University and was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He was a 1939 graduate of Belle Vernon High School. He was a veteran of World War II. Surviving are his widow;Colleen;two children;Ray and Kathy;at home;his mother;Mrs.Theresa Oliver;Belle Vernon;seven brothers;Joseph and Philip of Belle Vernon;Nick of Morgantown;W.Va.;Thomas;Ted and John Rudolph;all of Dearborn;Mich.;and Dr.Paul Oliver of Boston;Mass.;two sisters;Mrs.Ida Mae Yaquinto of Dearborn and Mrs.Joan Hrutkay of Oriskany;N.Y. Friends are being received at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;from 2 to 5 abd 7 to 10 p.m. Service there Tuesday;Jan.5;at 2 p.m.in charge of the Rev.Charles Zacher;pastor of Christ Lutheran Church;Charleroi. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.

Frank E.Opfar;74;of Belle Vernon;R.D.4;formerly of Fayette City;died Dec.18;1964;at 5 a.m. in the Oakland Veterans Administration Hospital;Pittsburgh. He was born in Elizabeth on Jan.26;1890. A veteran of World War I;he was member of American Legion Post 22;Charleroi;and World War One Barracks of Mon Valley;350. Survivors are his widow;Elizabeth Hutchison Opfar;three brothers;Howard;William and Earl of Fayette City;two sisters;Mrs.Pearl Bishop;Wilkinsburg and Mrs.Perce (Mary Belle) Richard of Clairton. Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;where funeral services will be held Monday;Dec.21;at 3 p.m. The Rev.William McNeil;pastor of the Methodist Church;Fayette City;will officiate. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director.

Nixon (Nick) O’Neil; 65; of Coal Center R. D. #1; a retired foreman at Allenport Plant; Pittsburgh Steel Co. died at West Penn Hospital; Wednesday morning; January 23; 1963 at 1:05 a.m.
He was born in Fayette City; November 30; 1897; the son of the late James and Viola Farquhar O’Neil; and was a member of Clover Hill Methodist Church. He was a veteran of World War I.
Survivors include one son; Robert; and one daughter; Mrs. Alfred (Betty) Lindsay both of Coal Center R. D. #1; two brothers James of Daisytown and Willis O’Neil of Lynnwood; two sisters; Mrs. Mildred Mitchell; Mill Run and Mrs. Genieve Davis; Chicago. Four grandchildren also survive.
Friends will be received at the Ruth Eckert Funeral Home; Roscoe; from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. beginning Thursday. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery; Belle Vernon; PA.

Mrs. Bertha O’Neil; 63 of Coal Center; R. D. #1; died in the St. Margaret Hospital of Pittsburgh; May 7; 1962 at 11:45 a.m.
She was born in Roscoe; December 7; 1898; the daughter of William and Drusilla Abbott Gollick.
She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Monongahela.
Survivors are her husband Nixon O’Neil; one son; Robert of Coal Center; R. D. #1; one daughter; Mrs. Alfred (Betty) Lindsay of Coal Center R. D. #1; two brothers; William Gollick of Dearborn; Michigan; and Howard Gollick of Charleroi; R. D. #1; two sisters; Mrs. Ella Pomerson of Sandusky; Ohio and Mrs. Sterling (Emma) McCusker; Charleroi; and 4 grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Ruth Eckert Funeral Home; Roscoe. Services will be held there Thursday;May 10;1962;at 2 p.m.;in charge of Elder John M.Olexa of the Monongahela Church of Jesus Christ;and the Rev.George Kennedy of the Clover Hill Methodist Church. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Ruth and Emil Eckert;Roscoe;are the funeral directors.

Mrs. Ruth Hough Owens; 64; of R. D. 1. Fayette City; died suddenly on Wednesday March 28;1962 at 3:30 p.m.; at her late home. She was born in Fayette City; July 11;1897;and was a member of the Fayette City Christian Church.
Surviving are her husband; William C Owens; four daughters; Mrs. Lee (Betty) Barnes of Fayette City; Mrs. Millard (Virginia) Book of R. D. 1; Fayette City; Mrs. Emil (Edith) Panzo and Mrs. Ellsworth (Mary Ellen) Wilkinson; both of Belle Vernon; four sons; William James; Robert Ewing; and Richard Aland Owens; all at home; and Herbert Negley Owens of Fayette City. Also surviving are four sisters; Mrs. George (Florence) Massey of Connellsville Mrs. Robert (Phyllis) Croushore and Mrs. James (Beatrix) Welsh; both of Belle Vernon and Mrs. Emery (Helen) Lear of Tujunga; Calif.; three brothers; Herbert Hough of Cleveland;Ohio; Negley Hough of Avon Lake; Ohio and David Hough; of Fayette City; thirteen grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Friends are be received at the Howard W. McCrory Funeral Home in Fayette City where services will take place Saturday;March 31;at 2 p.m.with the Rev.David J.Snyder;of Fayette City’s Christian Church;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director.

Mabel I.O’Hara;66; of 604 Fayette St.;Belle Vernon;died at her home Wednesday Aug.16;1961;at 11 p.m. Mrs.O’Hara was a member of the Pricedale Union Church;the Belle Vernon Review;Woman’s Benefit Association;which she served as recording secretary and Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion Post 659;Belle Vernon. Surviving are one son;William O’Hara of Belle Vernon;two daughters;Mrs. Herbert (Ann) Myers;Speers Hill;Charleroi and Mrs. Addison (Frances) Bowers of Belle Vernon;with whom she made her home. Also surviving are seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Friends will be received at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;beginning Aug.17;at 7 p.m.;from 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held there Saturday;Aug.19;at 2 p.m. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.