Mrs.Saka Helmken;46;of Milford;Del.;died in Milford Memorial hospital at 3:30 a.m.Friday;Aug.14;1970. She was born in Japan. She is the daughter-in-law of Mrs.Jean helmken of fayette city;and the late Henry Helmken. Surviving are her husband;William;a former Fayette City resident. Her parents and several brothers and sisters survive in Japan. Friends will be received at Howard W.McCrory funeral home;Fayette city;after 4 p.m.Saturday;Aug. 15. Service there Monday;Aug.17;at 1:30 p.m. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory is funeral director.

Eliazbeth H.Howarth;70;of 76 Main St.;Pricedale;died Tuesday;Aug.4;1970 at 9:20 p.m. of a heart attack. Mrs.Howarth was born in Belle Vernon;March 23;1900. She was a member of the Pricedale Union Church. Survivors include her husband;Charles;two sons;John J.;of Monessen and George P.;of Pricedale;one daughter;Mrs.Margaret Lisser;of Cleveland;Ohio;one brother;John Morgan;of Belle Vernon;seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Friends are being received at Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon after 7 p.m. on Wednesday;2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. on Thursday where funeral services will be held on Friday at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev.Donald Dilley of Marion Presbyterian Church officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director in charge.

R.Allen Hillman;8;of Gibsonton;who was struck by a car on June 25;died Tuesday;June 30;1970;at 6:30 p.m.in Mercy Hospital;Pittsburgh. The boy was hit by an auto operated by Lawrence Victoria;39;of Monessen;who was driving on Route 906;between Monessen and Belle Vernon. He was thrown 39 feet to the berm. The youth was born in North Charleroi. Surviving are his mother;Margaret Wagner Hillman;four brothers;Gary;David;Thomas and Eric;and four sisters;Janice;Maxine;Phyllis and Denise;all at home;maternal grandparents;Mr.and Mrs.Frank Wagner of Belle Vernon. His father;Raymond Hillman;died on July 11;1964. Friends will be received at Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m. on Wednesday;July 1. Service there Friday;July 3;at 1:30 p.m.with the Rev.Dr.S.Talman;pastor of Belle Vernon’s First Presbyterian Church;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director.

William Hammerash;57;of 617 Bluff St.;Belle Vernon died suddenly in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital at 11:15 p.m.Sunday;May 24;1970. Born in Gillespie;he was a member of St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;and had served in the U.S.Army during World War II. A Belle Vernon resident 26 years;Mr.Hammerash had lived in Monessen. He retired this year as a rigger in the Monessen Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. Surviving are his widow;Laura Howski Hammerash;two sons;William J.of Perryopolis R.D.2 and Daniel W.at home;four brothers;Joseph Hammerash of Charleroi;Michael Pudish of Fayette City;John Pudish of Belle Vernon;and George Pudish of Gillespie;six sisters;Barbara Hammerash and Mrs.George (Marion) Murphy of Atlantic City;Mrs.Samuel (Ann) Buruso of New York City;Mrs.William (Helen) Whalen of Falls Church;Va.;Mrs.Joseph (Margaret) Scalzo of Newark;N.J.;Mrs.Daniel (Betty) Condasta of Long Island;N.Y.;three grandchildren. Freinds will be received at Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;after 2 p.m. May 26. Prayers there Thursday;May 28;at 10:30 a.m.followed by Requiem High Mass in St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;at 11 a.m. The Very Rev.Martin J.O’Toole;pastor;will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

Mrs.Nina C.Hamilton;76;of 100 First St.;Charleroi;died in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital Tuesday;May 12;1970;at 2:55 a.m. Mrs.Hamilton was a member of Charleroi’s First United Methodist Church. Born in Somerset;she was a daughter of the late Fabian and Mary Merringer. Her husband;David W.Hamilton;died in 1950. Surviving are two sons;Ernest Gardner of Star Junction and Emery Hamilton of Pittsburgh;three daughters;Mrs.George (Rose) Urick of Smithton R.D.;Mrs.Pauline Wheeler and Mary Hamilton at home;five grandchildren and one great-granddaughter;a sister;Mrs.Bradey Johnson of Jeannette. Friends are being received at Harold L.Schrock Funeral Home;Charleroi;from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Service there Thursday;May 14;at 1:30 p.m.with the Rev.Frank A.Bodnar;pastor of Charleroi’s First United Methodist Church;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold L.Schrock is funeral director.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday;March 10;1970 for Mary J.Hotz;62;of 115 Queen Ave.;Wheeling;W.Va.;who died on Saturday March 7;1970;in the Ohio Valley General Hospital. Miss Hotz was born Sept.7;1907 in Duquesne. Survivors include;three cousins;Chester Hotz;of Monessen;Herman Hotz;of Roscoe and Donald Hotz;with whom she made her home;an aunt;Catherine Saunders;of Homestead. Friends are being received at the Kepner Funeral Home;National Road at Bethany Pike;Wheeling;W.Va.