Clyde L.Holesapple;61;of Pricedale;died in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital at 4:10 p.m.;Sunday;Sept.29;1968;after a brief illness. He had been foreman at the Clyde mine of Republic Steel Co.in Fredericktown. Surviving are his widow;Julia Contz Holesapple;a daughter;Mrs.Harry Swanson of Pricedale;two sons;Clyde of Fairhope and Henry of Rostraver Twp.;president of the township board of commissioners;four sisters;Mrs.Evelyn Smith of Jackson;Miss.;Mrs.John (Clarise) Macitics of Lynnwood;Mrs.Relda Kipfinger in West Virginia;Mrs.Joseph Yokel of Fitz Henry;seven grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Harold P.Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Service at Pricedale Union Church Wednesday;Oct.2;at 2 p.m. with the Rev.Howard Rodebaugh;pastor;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner is funeral director.

Frank E.Hart;84;of 509 Henry St.;Belle Vernon;died Friday;Aug.30;1968;at 7:45 a.m. in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Mr.Hart was a retired employee of the Allenport plant of Pittsburgh Steel Co.and was a member of St.Sebastian Roman Catholic Church;Belle Vernon. Surviving are his widow;Sara McLaughlin Hart;a daughter;Mrs.Jean Heide at home;a grandson;James Heide Jr.;and a great-grandson;James Heide III;both of Belle Vernon.Friends will be received at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Sept.1. Requiem High Mass will take place Monday;Sept.2;at 10 a.m. in St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon. The Rev.Martin J.O’Toole;pastor;will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner is funeral director.

Edward T.Hixenbaugh;40;of Railroad St.;Elco;died at his home Tuesday;July 16;1968;about 3 a.m.after a brief illness. An employee of the Allenport plant of Pittsburgh Steel Co.;Mr.Hixenbaugh was a veteran of World War II and a member of Charleroi’s American Legion Post. He was born in Belle Vernon on Feb.23;1928;a son of the late Church and Essie Amalong Hixenbaugh. Surviving are his widow;Margaret Kojalsky Hixenbaugh;two sons;Thomas and Michael at home;a brother;Jay of Charleroi;one sister;Mrs.John (Mildred) Dankanich of Roscoe. Friends will be received at the Ruth Ekert Funeral Home;Roscoe;after 7 p.m.July 17;and from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.July 18. Service there Friday;July 19;at 11 a.m.with the Rev.Lynn Chester Edwards;priest in charge of Trinity Episcopal Church;Monessen;and St.John’s;Donora. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Ruth and Emil Eckert are funeral directors.

Mrs. Goldie Mae Hopkins; 66;
of 479 Knox Ave.; Monessen;
was pronounced dead on arrival
at Charleroi – Monessen Hospital
at 12:20 a.m. Saturday;July 6;1968. She
had been in apparently good
health.
Born in Waynesburg; she
came to Monessen from Morgantown;
W. Va.; following her
marriage.
She was a member of the Reed Ave.United Methodist Church and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star No.205. She also belonged to the Bethesda White Shrine No.9 of Donora. She is survived by her husband;Theodore S.Hopkins;two children;Theodore Jr.of Pittsburgh;and Linda Lee at home. Friends are being received at the H.Denver and David P.Rhome Funeral Home;Monessen beginning at 7 p.m.on Saturday. Funeral services will be Monday;July 8;1968;at 1:30 p.m.at the funeral home with the Rev.Donald Lash of the Reed Ave.United Methodist Church in charge. Interment will be in the Belle Vernon Cemetery. Rhome Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Earl W.Haywood;69;of 409 Old Town Road;Carmichaels;lock master at the Elizabeth No.3 Lock;died after a lingering illness at 11:45 a.m.Friday March 22;1968;in Presbyterian Hospital;Pittsburgh. He was born Jan.16;1899 in Vesta;a son of Thomas and Kate Haywood. He had resided in the Carmichaels area for the past 18 years where he had also operated a greenhouse for the past five years. Mr.Haywood was well-known in area baseball circles;having played in his earlier days with the Fairmont and Wheeling professional teams as a second baseman. He had also coached the Mapletown Little League team and the Pony League team at Elizabeth. He was a member of the Carmichaels Methodist Church;the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers and the Moose Lodge in Roscoe. His first wife;Gertrude M.Haywood;died in 1958. Surviving are his widow;Harriett Frederick Haywood;two daughters;Mrs.Willard (Aldena) Usher of Elco and Mrs.John (Delores) Webousie of Roscoe;three sons;the Rev.Earl D.Haywood of Medford;Mass.and Edward A.Haywood and Dennis D.Haywood;both of Carmichaels;two stepchildren;Fred C.Clark of Kent;Ohio and Kathleen Clark of Pittsburgh;ten grandchildren;five great-grandchildren;four brothers;Arthur of Brownsville;Melvin of Allenport;Charles of Vesta and George of Ellsworth. Seven brothers are deceased. Friends will be received at the Michael Lucas Funeral Home;Carmichaels;after 6 p.m.;March 23. Services will be held from the funeral home on Monday;March 25;at 1 p.m.in charge of the Rev.James F.Allen. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Michael Lusas;funeral director.

Mrs.Mary Ciepiela Hood;48;of 202 Meadow Ave.;Charleroi died March 22;1968 at 3 a.m.in Allegheny General Hospital;Pittsburgh. She was born in Monessen March 10;1920;daughter of Edward and Petronella Kranalsky Ciepiela. She had lived in Charleroi for 18 years. Surviving are her husband;James E.Hood;one on;Eugene Sarinski;Charleroi;two brothers;Albert of Speers and Joseph Ciepiela of Charleroi;four sisters;Mrs.Genevieve Lasick and Mrs. Caroline Zabowski;Pittsburgh;Mrs.Lillian Fiffick;Monessen;and Mrs.Adeline Skavarek;Belle Vernon. Friends will be received at the Francis C.Slezak Funeral Home;Charleroi;tonight from 7 to 10 o’clock;and tomorrow;2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held there Monday;March 25;at 10 a.m. and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Francis C.Slezak of Charleroi is the funeral director.