Eugene Johnson;62;of Herminie R.D.1;died unexpectedly at 10:45 p.m. Tuesday;Nov;9;1971;in Mounsour Hospital in Jeannette. He was born Jan.2;1908;in Belle Vernon;the son of Henry and Belle Hester Minney Johnson. He was a veteran of World War II. Survivors include three brothers;Fred Johnson of Monessen;Howard Minnie of Belle Vernon and Walter Minnie of Dayton;Ohio. Friends will be received after 3 p.m.Friday in the Percy E.law Funeral Home;1524 Meldon Ave.;Donora;where funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday;with the Rev.E.D.Ford of Quinn Chapel A.M.E.Church of Donora in charge. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Percy E.Law is the funeral director.
EUGENE JOHNSON
CHELLAGASKILL JACKMAN
Mrs. Chella Jackman;80; of
8904 Fuller Ave.;Cleveland;
Ohio;died Sunday;Oct.24;1971. She was a
former resident of Speers.
Mrs. Jackman was born in
Hopwood on Jan. 14;1890.Her
husband;Park Jackman;predeceased
her.
Survivors are one son; Guy of
Bedford;Ohio;a brother; Harry
Gaskill of Independence; Kan.;a sister; Mrs. Maude Seiler
of Cleveland;Ohio; two
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received after 7
p.m. Wednesday at the Shelby D. Ferguson
Funeral Home; 700 Broad Ave.;
Belle Vernon; where services will be held
Thursday;Oct. 28; 1971 at 1.p.m. Elder
Wilford Gaskill of the Reorganized Church
of the Latter Day Saints;Charleroi;will
officiate. Interment will be in Belle Vernon
Cemetery. Shelby D. Ferguson;funeral
director in charge.
EMMA S. JARVIS
BERTHA MARIESMITH JONES
Bertha Marie Jones;72;of Los Angeles;Calif.;formerly of Perryopolis died Thursday;June 24;1971;in View Park Hospital;Los Angeles. She was preceded in death by her husband;Charles;in September;1955. Surviving are two sons;Charles of Star Junction and Allan of Monongahela;three grandchildren;four great-grandchildren;and two sisters;Mrs.Virginia Kubula of Los Angeles;Calif.and Mrs.Ruby Lachnit of Torrance;Calif. Friends will be received at the Blair Funeral Home;Perryopolis;after 7 p.m.Saturday. A service will be held at the funeral home Monday;June 28;at 2 p.m.with the Rev.James Ellenberger officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Blair Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PHILIP JOHNSON
JOHN JURENEK
John Jurenek;88;of 31 Franklin Drive;Belle Vernon;died Wednesday;April 28;1971;at 6:30 p.m. in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Born Feb.12;1883;in Czechoslovakia;the deceased was the son of the late Andrew and Susan Jurenek. Mr.Jurenek was a retired employee of the galvanizing department of the Page Division;American Chain & Cable Co.;Monessen. Surviving are a daughter;Mrs.Michael (Mary Ann) Cunko of Belle Vernon;six grandchildren. Friends are being received at the John L.Kravets Funeral Home;Monessen. A Requiem Mass will be sung Saturday morning at Holy Name R.C.Church;Monessen;with the Rev.Matthew Yanosik in charge. Burial will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.
REV.LEW F JOHNSTON
Rev. Lew F. Johnston; 64;
former Greene County pastor;
died Thursday night;April 8;1971; in Columbia
Hospital in Wilkinsburg.
He had suffered a heart attack
last Sunday; while conducting a
baptismal service in the
McMasters United Methodist
Church at Turtle Creek; where
he had been the minister since
1967. Rev. Mr. Johnston; was pastor
of the Jollytown Methodist
Circuit from 1934 to 1936; the
Carmichaels Methodist Church
from 1936 to 1942; and the
Street Methodist
Waynesburg; from
Washington
Church;in
1942 to 1951.
He then served pastorates in
Donora; Kittanning; and Duquesne before being named
pastor of the Turtle Creek
Church.
Funeral services were held at
2 p.m. Sunday in the McMasters Church with burial in Belle Vernon Cemetery.
ELIZABETH ANN ( PUDD ) JACKSON
An eight-year-old girl lost her life in a fire that leveled her frame home at Pricedale last Saturday morning;aUGUST 23;1962. The victim;Elizabeth Ann Jackson;was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:35 a.m. Westmoreland County Coroner Stephen D.Yoney of Monessen attributed her death to suffocation and third degree burns. The blaze broke out at approximately at 1 a.m.Saturday at the home of Mrs. Beatrice Summers;the girl’s grandmother. The woman-who had reportedly fallen asleep while watching television in a first floor room-was alerted about the fire by neighbors. North Belle Vernon firemen were the first on the scene at House 52 on Ross St.in Pricedale. When firemen arrived;the two-story;four-room house was engulfed in flames. Attempts to reach the child were unsuccessful. An adjoining house was saved from damage. The fire is believed to have been caused by a faulty or overheated furnace. After the flames had subsided;firemen found the victim;s body under her bed. Five fire departments responded to the alarm. Men and equipment were on the scene from North Belle Vernon;Belle Vernon;Washington Twp.(Fairhope);Rostraver Central and Webster. Firemen were forced to obtain water from a fire hydrant a quarter mile from the blaze. The Jackson girl was staying at her grandmother’s home while her mother was in New York. Born Aug.23;1962;at Long Island;N.Y.;she is survived by her mother;Mrs.Irma Lea Jackson;her grandmother and a great-grandmother;Mrs.Lucretia Zales of Dayton;Ohio. Friends will be received after 2 p.m.Sunday in the Howard W.McCrory Funeral home;Main St.;Fayette City;and until Tuesday;March 16;1971; at 1:30 p.m.;the hour of service. Burial will follow in the Belle Vernon Cemetery. Services were held Tuesday;March 16;1971;with burial in Belle Vernon Cemetery.
BABY BOY JOHNSON