John Humphries Jr.59;of 1733 Buchanan St.;NE;Washington;D.C.;a former Monessen resident;died Monday;Feb 28;1972;at 3 a.m.in the Veterans Hospital;Washington;D.C. Surviving are his mother;Mrs.Alma Humphries of Washington;D.C.;three sisters;Martha Humphries of Monessen;and Mrs.Naomi Fowler and Mrs.Dorcas Glascoe of Washington;D.C.;and two brothers;James Humphries and Samuel Humphries;both of Monessen. Friends will be received at the Beverly C.Draper Funeral Home;608 6th St.;Monessen;after 7 p.m.;Thursday. Services will be held Saturday;March 4;1972;at 11 a.m.in the Wayman AME Church;Monessen;with the Rev.Robert Dye;pastor;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Beverly C.Draper;funeral director.

James W.Hepple;77;of 443 Mckee Ave.;Monessen died Saturday;Feb.12;1972;at 4:35 p.m. in Charleroi Monessen Hospital. Born in Ohio on June 15;1894;Mr.Hepple was a long-time resident of Monessen. He was a member of the First Christian Church. In 1960 he retired from his work as an operator in the central steam department of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp’s Monessen plant. Preceded in death by his wife;Mrs.Fannie Hepple;in January;1957;he is survived by one son;James F.Hepple of Hobart;Ind.;one daughter;Mrs.Robert (Doris) Mclaughlin of Monessen;with whom he resided;three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren;and one sister;Gertrude Hepple of Marion Villa;Arnold city. Friends will be received at the Edwin Melenyzer Funeral Home;262 Donner Ave.;Monessen;Monday from 7 to 10 p.m. and Tuesday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held Wednesday;Feb.16;1972;at 2 p.m. in the funeral home with the Rev.Vernon W.McDormand;pastor of the First Christian Church of Monessen;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Edwin Melenyzer;funeral director.

Mrs.Inez Hewitt;53;of 132 Thompson Ave.;Donora;was pronounced dead on arrival at Charleroi-Monessen Hospital Thursday;Feb.10;1972;at 9:35 p.m.
Mrs.hewitt was born July 25;1918;in Powhatan;Va. She was a member of Mt.Calvary Baptist Church;Monessen. Surviving are a daughter;Mrs.Marie Larkin of Donora;one brother;Early Logan of Powhatan;Va.;one sister;Mrs.Millicent Hopson of New York;one niece;Amanda Hewitt of Rochester;N.Y.;four grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Friends will be received at the Law Funeral Home;1324 Meldon Ave.;Donora;after 4 p.m.Sunday. Funeral services will be held Tuesday;Feb.15;1972;at 1 p.m.at Mt.Calvary Baptist Church;Monessen;with the Rev.E.Archie;pastor;officiating. Percy E.Law;funeral director.

Charles Edward Holler;54;of 905 Amelia Ave.;Belle Vernon;died Thursday;Nov.25;1971;at 8 .m. in Allegheny General Hospital;Pittsburgh. Born May 27;1917;in Gary;Ind.;he was a son of the late F.O.Holler and Grace Mowry Holler. Since 1959 Mr.Holler lived in Belle Vernon;where he was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and an elder of the church. He was employed as a motor inspector at the Monessen plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. He is survived by his widow;Mrs.Annabelle Baird Holler;one son;Ernest Edward Holler of Cleveland;Ohio;one daughter;Mrs.David (Peggy Sue) Zampatti of Elizabeth R.D.;one brother;Ernest Holler of Fallowfield Twp;;two sisters;Mrs.Dale Pugh of New York City and Mrs.Glen Sickles of Belle Vernon R.D.;and one grandchild. Friends will be received at the Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m. Friday and on Saturday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held at the funeral home Sunday;Nov.28;1971;at 2 p.m. with Dr.S.Arthur Talman;pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director in charge.

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.