Theodore Sheldon Hopkins Sr.;69;of 479 Knox Ave.;Monessen;died Thursday;Nov.11;1971;at 7:15 p.m.in Monongahela Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. A son of Joseph J.Hopkins and Nancy J.Martin Hopkins;he was born in Monessen on May 25;1902. He was a Monessen resident his entire lifetime. He was employed as an electrician at Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel’s Monessen Plant until his retirement in 1967. He was a member of Grace United Methodist Church;F&AM Lodge 629;Royal Arch Chapter;all of Monessen;and McKean Commandery of Charleroi. He was preceded in death by his wife;Goldie Chapman Hopkins;in July;1968;and by his daughter;Linda Lee Hopkins;in March;1969. Surviving are one son;Theodore S.Hopkins Jr.of Squirrel Hill;Pittsburgh;one sister;Mrs;Ethel Cosil of Elizabeth;and one brother;Kenneth Hopkins of Wyandotte;Mich. Friends are being received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.at the Rhome Funeral Home;Monessen;where a service will be held in the chapel Saturday;Nov.13;1971;at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev.Jospeh C.Rial;pastor of Grace United Methodist Church;Monessen;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Rhome funeral directors in charge of arrangements.

Mrs.Tressa Muzina Hudock;49;of Bentleyville R.D.1 died Saturday Oct.9;1971;at 8:45 a.m.in Brownsville Hospital after an illness of nearly a year. Born in Fayette City on April 15;1922;Mrs.Hudock had been a resident of Bentleyville for the last 27 years. She was a member of St.Clement Roman Catholic Church;Ellsworth. Surviving are her husband;John;four sons;John Jr.of Eighty-Four;Charles of Bentleyville;Bernard of Rockville;Md.and George at home;three brothers;Jack Muzina of Connellsville;Charles of Roscoe;and John of Monongahela;three sisters;Mrs.Ann Ferencz of Monessen;Helen Muzina of Fayette City and Mrs.Stephanie Barber of Roscoe and four grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Greenlee Funeral Home;619 Main St.;Bentleyville.

George Edward Hall;50;of 130 Jerusalem Ave.;Hempstead;Long Island;N.Y.;died suddenly Monday night;Sept.13;1971. He was born in Searights May 13;1921. He was a veteran of World War II and had lived in Long Island for the past 10 years. He was a former resident of Belle Vernon. When he died he was a manager of a gas service center on Long Island. Surviving are hiw widow;Dorothy Louise Bankerd Hall;his parents;Mr.and Mrs.John Hall of Allenport;three brothers;John and Clell of Wantaga;N.Y.and Howard of Tallmage;Ohio;three sisters;Mrs.Carol Lazar of Allenport;Mrs.Anna Kent of Stockdale and Mrs.Thelma Lazar of Charleroi. Friends are being received after 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Shelby Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon. Funeral home visiting hours are from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held at the funeral home Friday at 2 p.m. with the Rev.Charles Colas;pastor of the First Baptist Church of Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby Ferguson;funeral director;in charge.

Edgar C.Houseman;77;of 126 Prospect Ave.;Charleroi;died Wednesday;Sept.8;1971;at 6:10 p.m. in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital after a lingering illness. He was employed as a conductor by the Penn Central Railroad until his retirement in 1965 and was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen;Monongahela. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth. Surviving are his widow;Theresa Thomas Houseman;two daughters;Mrs.Thelma Gobert at home and Mrs.Woodrow (Wilhmina) Hughes of Fellsburg;two sons;Edgar A.Houseman of Brussels;Belgium;and Norman W.Houseman of Belle Vernon;four grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m.Thursday and from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;where a service will be held Saturday;Sept.11;at 2:30 p.m. with the Rev.Francis Blair of the Charleroi Presbyterian Church in charge. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Hrold R.Toner;funeral director.

Ruth Kulow Hopton;72; of
7100 Freda St.; Dearborn;
Mich.;was pronounced dead on
arrival Sunday;Aug.1;1971;at 8 a.m.at Charleroi – Monessen
Hospital.She had been visiting her son-in-law
and daughter;Mr. and Mrs.John Stieska of 21 Montraver
Drive;Monessen;for the
past three weeks.
Born in Port Royal;Pa.; she
was a former resident of Monessen.
She was preceded hi death
by her husband; Edwin Hopton;
in 1937.
Surviving;in addition to her
daughter;Mrs. John (June)
Stieska;are two other daughters;
Mrs. Leona Kelly of Dearborn;
Mich.;and Mrs. Steven
(Betty Lola) Sweda of Garden
City;Mich.; one son; William
Edwin Hopton;also of Garden
City;Mich.;14 grandchildren;
five great – grandchildren; one
brother;John Kulow of Weirton
Heights. W. Va.; and one sister;
Henrietta Kulow of Uniontown.
Friends will be received after
7 p.m. Monday at the Rhome Funeral Home;Monessen;where a service will be held in the chapel Wednesday;Aug.4;1971;at 1:30 p.m.with the Rev.Thomas R.Stennett of St.Paul’s Lutheran Church;Monessen;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Rhome funeral directors in charge of arrangements.

Steve Hayduk;51;commander of Charleroi Arden Calvert Post 167;Veterans of Foreign Wars;died at 1:30 p.m.Tuesday;July 13;1971;while vacationing in Atlantic City;N.J. Mr.Hayduk;who was born in Belle Vernon June 20;1920;was a resident of 412 Jones St.;Belle Vernon. He was the son of Mrs.Mary and the late Steve Hayduk. He was a member of St.Cyril & Methodius R.C.Church;Charleroi. He was department manager at Mon-Valley Provision Co.;Charleroi. Besides his mother;he is survived by his widow;Carol Davenport Hayduk;two brothers;John of Belle Vernon and Cyril of Arizona;and three sisters;Mrs.John (Ann) Gadus of Pricedale;Mrs.Mary Walkush of Willowick;Ohio;and Mrs.John (Virginia) Horvath of Belle Vernon. Friends are being received at the Michael A.Melinchak Funeral Home;825 Fallowfield Ave.;Charleroi;where a prayer service will be held at 9:30 a.m.Saturday followed by a Requiem High Mass at 10 a.m.in Sts.Cyril & Methodius R.C.Church of Charleroi;with the Rev.Andrew Bjalebak;the celebrant. Burial will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Michael A.Melinchak is the funeral director.

William Haten;75;of Pricedale died Sunday;June 27;1971;at 10:50 p.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. He was born in Seneca;Ga.;and was a retired coal miner. Surviving are his widow;Katie;four sons;Reginald of Rochester;N.Y.;Phillip of New Haven;Conn.;Leonard and Ronald;both at home;two daughters;Eugenia of Akron;Ohio and Margaret at home and four grandchildren. Friends are being received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.at the William R.Taylor Funeral Home;Monessen;where a funeral service will be held Thurssday;July 1;at 1 p.m.in the chapel with the Rev. A.C.Morris officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. William R.Taylor;funeral director.