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.

Joseph Hutchinson;age 66 years;of R.D.1;Perryopolis;formerly of Belle Vernon;died in the Presbyterain University Hospital;Pittsburgh on Thursday April 8;1971 at 5 a.m. Surviving are his wife;Mrs.Emma Lane Hutchison;one daughter;Mrs.Ralph (Carol) Clark of Star Junction;one nephew;Jack Harrison of Marion Villa;Belle Vernon and five grandchildren. He was an assistant mine foreman of the Banning Mines of Republic Steel. Friends will be received at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;beginning at 7 p.m.Friday evening. Visiting from 2 to 4 and 7 to 10. Services at the funeral home on Sunday;April 11;1971;at 2 p.m.with Rev.Howard Rodebaugh of the Pricedale Union Church officiating. Interment in the Belle Vernon Cemetery.