Viola Minnie;42;of Pricedale;died Thursday;April 27;1967 at 6:05 a.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital after a short illness. Born in Pricedale on May 21;1924;she was a member of Pleasant Green A.M.E.Church in Pricedale. Surviving are a daughter;Rozella Anna Minnie of New York City;two sisters;Vella and Sylvia Minnie;and three brothers;Joseph;Robert and Leroy Minnie;all of Pricedale. Several aunts and uncles also survive. Friends will be received at Pleasant Green A.M.E.Church in Pricedale from 6 to 9 p.m. April 30. Service there Monday;May 1;at 2 p.m.wuth the Rev.Marguerite Henderson of Pittsburgh officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory of Fayette City is funeral director.

Claude L. McCallister;68;of 1127 Second St.;Monessen;died suddenly of a heart attack Wednesday;April 12;1967;at 12:30 p.m.at the Campbell Cycle Shop;Belle Vernon R.D.1;where he had gone to buy some equipment. Mr.McCallister;a veteran of World War I;was a member of B.P.O.Elks 773 and Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 2399;both of Monessen. Mr.McCallister;also a member of the Monessen Sportsmen Association;was a retired ladle crane operator of the Monessen plant of Pittsburgh Steel Co. Surviving are his widow;Blanche Tueche McCallister;a son;Louis;and a brother;Joseph H.;both of Monessen;one sister;Mrs.Garnet Parks of Shamokin;Pa. Friends are being received at the Edwin Melenyzer Funeral Home;Monessen. Service there Saturday;April 15 at 2:45 p.m. with the Rev.Joseph C.Riel;pastor of Monessen’s First Methodist Church officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Edwin Melenyzer is funeral director.

William A.Meyer;72;of Belle Vernon R.D.4;formerly of Monessen;died Wednesday;Feb.15;1967;at 11:15 a.m.following surgery in Latrobe Hospital. Mr.Meyer retired in 1960 from the galvanized department of the Monessen plant of Pittsburgh Steel Co. A veteran of World War I;he served with the U.S.Army. He was a member of St.Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church of Monessen;Veterans of the 80th Division;U.S.Army;veterans of Foreign Wars;Newell Post;American Legion Post 659;Belle Vernon. Born in Braddock;he lived in Monessen many years;moving to his Belle Vernon address in 1939. Surviving are his widow;Ruth Charlton Meyer;a daughter;Mrs.Charles (Muriel) Nelepa of Belle Vernon;a son Barton of Lucas;Ohio;two grandchildren;a sister;Mrs.Mary Campbell of Monessen;four brothers;Frank of Pittsburgh;Calif.;Ralph of Salem Road;Belle Vernon R.D.;John of Johnstown and Merle of Monessen. Friends are being received at the H.Denver Rhome Funeral Home;Monessen. The body will be taken to St.Paul’s Evnagelical Lutheran Church;Monessen;at 11 a.m. The Rev.John H.Schultz;pastor;will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. H.Denver Rhome;funeral director.

Leon Moreau;53;of 211 Water St.;Belle Vernon;died suddenly in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital Tuesday;Feb.14;1967;at 7:10 p.m.  Mr.Moreau was a watchman for Pennsylvania Railroad at Dravosburg.  He was a veteran of World War II.  Surviving are two sisters;Mrs.George (Angele) Reach of Monesen and Mrs.Heimy (Jeanne) Cohen of Belle Vernon;four brothers;Louis of Monessen;Eugene of St.Louis;Mo.;Lawrence of White Oak Borough; and George of Bellevue.  Friends will be received at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m.Wednesday and Thursday from  2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.  Service there Friday;Feb.17;at 2 p.m. with the Rev.Charles Colas;pastor of Belle Vernon’s First Baptist Church;officiating.  Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery.  Harold R.Toner;funeral director.

Samuel Mabesolani; owner
and operator of Sam’s Greenhouse at Allen’s Crossroads;
Belle Vernon R D.; died suddenly Wednesday;February 8;1967 at 2:30 p.m. in
Charleroi – Monessen Hospital.
He lived at Belle Vernon R. D.
3.
Mr. Mabesolani was a member of St. Sebastian’s Roman
Catholic Church in Belle Vernon and the Belle Vernon Post
659; American Legion.
He was a veteran of World
War I.
Surviving are his widow;
Rendella Nichols Mabesolani;
brothers; sisters; nieces and
nephews in Italy; two cousins;
Mrs. Lucy Zanderaini of California; Pa.; and Andrew Zanderaini of Monongahela.
Friends are being received
at the Harold R. Toner Funeral Home in Belle Vernon. Visiting hours are 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Prayers there Saturday;Feb.11;at 9:30 a.m.;followed by Requiem Mass in St.Sebastian’s R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;at 10 a.m. The Rev.Martin J.O’Toole;pastor;will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director in charge of arrangements.