Merle Wayne Mazza;27;of 533 Main St.;Belle Vernon;died In McKeesport Hospital Monday;Aug.31;1964;at 8:40 p.m. He had been a patient there since Aug.10. Mr.Mazza was employed with Santori Brothers of Belle Vernon. He was born in Belle Vernon Nov.2;1936;and had spent his entire life there. Surviving are his parents;Mr.and Mrs.John Mazza of Belle Vernon. Friends will be received after 7 p.m. Sept.1 at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;where a service will take place Thursday;Sept.3;at 1:30 p.m.in charge of Dr.S.Arthur Talman;pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Belle Vernon. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

Philip B.Meli;25;of 2419 East 30th St.;Lorain;Ohio;formerly of Charleroi and Allenport;was dead on arrival at Elyria;(Ohio) Memorial Hospital on Saturday August 1;1964 at 9:05 p.m. after the car he was driving skidded out of control and crashed over a 40-foot embankment five miles west of Elyria;near Amherst. Born Dec.17;1938;in Charleroi;Meli resided in Allenport before moving to Lorain six years ago. He was the son of the late Philip Meli and Blanche Balmer Southwell;who arrived from the state of California this morning by plane. He is also survived by his wife;the former Mary Ellen Connor of Charleroi;a daughter;Tammi Ann;6 1/2;two sons;Philip;4 1/2;and Douglas;one year. Survivors also include two brothers;Thomas and Lawrence;who also live in the state of California;and a sister;Mrs.Audrey Ann Girardin;Charleroi R.D.1. Friends are being received at the Francis C.Slezak Funeral Home;Third St.and Fallowfield Ave.;Charleroi;from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held from the funeral home on Wednesday;Aug.5;at 2 p.m. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Francis C.Slezak;funeral director.

Mrs.Mollie Llewellyn Morgan of 438 Henry St.;Belle Vernon;died suddenly Friday June 19;1964;at 5:05 p.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Born in Fayette City;July 3;1890;Mrs.Morgan had lived her entire lifetime in this vicinity. She was a member of First Methodist Church;Belle Vernon. Surviving are two daughters;Mrs.Harold (Ada) Philips and Mrs.Thomas (Virginia) Abbott;both of Belle Vernon;two grandchildren;a brother;Irwin Athey of Canonsburg. 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. Funeral services will be held Monday;June 22;at 1:30 p.m.from the funeral home;with the Rev.J.David Barkley;pastor of First Methodist Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

Ida Lee (Roberts) Maxwell;
55; wife of Dr. H. J. Maxwell;
Monessen dentist and representative to the Pennsylvania General Assembly; died in Presbyterian Hospital; Pittsburgh; Sunday;April 26;1964;at 10 p.m. after a lingering illness. She resided at 1200
Hillcrest Drive in Monessen.
Mrs. Maxwell was a member
of St. Leonard’s R. C. Church
of Monessen and the Ladies
Auxiliary of the Eagles; Monessen Aerie.
Surviving besides her husband are one son; Hubert J.; Jr.
of Monessen; one daughter;
Maxine of Ontario; Calif ; three
brothers; Alvin L. Roberts of
Monessen; an employee of the
Valley Independent; James E.
Roberts of Detroit; Mich.; and
George (Jack) Roberts of
Pricedale; six sisters; Mrs.
Mrs. Samuel (Nell) Hess of
York; Pa.; Mrs. Roy (Vernie)
Hixenbaugh of Pricedale; Mrs.
Frank (Betty) Maund; Mrs. Harry (Mary Ann)
Kreuter; Mrs. Leo (Loretta) Rice and
Mrs. Thomas (Coletta) Brooks;
all of Monessen and one grandchild.
Friends will be received at
the Edwin Melenyzer Funeral
Home; Monessen; after 1 p.m.Tuesday. A Blessing service will take place Thursday;April 30;1964 at 9:30 a.m.in the funeral home;followed by Requiem High Mass at 10 a.m.in St.Leonard’s R.C.Church;Monessen. The Rev. Regis M.Hickey;pastor;will officiate. Interment will take place in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Edwin Melenyzer;funeral director.