Mrs.Anna Kornifiel Gordesky;80;of the Knights of St.George Home;Wellsburg;W.Va.;died Sunday;June 10;1973;at 9:45 p.m. in North Wheeling General Hospital;Wheeling;W.Va. She was a former resident of Arnold City. Mrs.Gordesky was born in Poland on April 24;1893 and belonged to the Chapel of the Knights of St.George Home;Wellsburg. Surviving are three sons;Walter of San Diego;Calif.;Edward of Long Beach;Calif.;and Stanley of Pittsburgh;two daughters;Mrs.Frank (Stella) Kroskie of Fairhope and Mrs.Marie Cook of Carnegie;11 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;where prayers will be recited at 9:30 a.m.Wednesday followed by Mass of the Resurrection at 10 a.m.in Holy Spirit R.C.Church;Fayette City with the Rev.Stephen J.Drab;pastor;as celebrant. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m.Tuesday at the funeral home. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director;in charge.

Walter Gillingham;415 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;died suddenly Thursday;May 31;1973;at 7:30 p.m.at Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital. Mr.Gillingham was born Oct.18;1888;in Sunnyside;Allegheny County;a son of the late John W.and Martha Rue Gillingham. He had been a resident of Belle Vernon the past 53 years and retired in 1960 as a locomotive engineer after 43 years of service with Monessen Southwestern Railway of the former Pittsburgh Steel Co. He belonged to United Presbyterian Church;Belle Vernon. He is survived by his widow;Lydia Curl Gillingham;two daughters;Mrs.John (Dorothy) Bell and Mrs.Charles (Eleaner) Stark;both of Belle Vernon;a brother;A.Ross Gillingham of Blairsville;two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Friends received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Saturday and noon to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Sunday at Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;where funeral service will be at 1 p.m.Monday with the Revs.Seth P.Bower and Charles Colas officiating. Burial in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Grayce H.Gaskill;who formerly taught in North Charleroi schools;died Saturday March 3;1973 at 7:40 p.m.in the Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital. She was born in Speers;a daughter of the late Samuel H.and Margaret Foulks Gaskill;and was a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints;Charleroi. She was a retired school teacher from the West Mifflin School District. Surviving are one brother;Samuel H.Gaskill of North Charleroi. Friends will be received at the Harold L.Schrock Funeral Home;Charleroi;from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm.; Monday and Tuesday. Services will be held Wednesday at 1:30 p.m.at the funeral home with Patriarch Clarence Winship of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Edwin Graves;70;of Charleroi;R.D.2;died in Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital on Saturday Feb.17;1973;at 8:50 p.m. He was born in Marksville;Virginia on June 3;1902;a son of John Harris and Elizabeth Ellen Bowers Graves;and was a member of Grace United Methodist Church of Coal Center and Fallowfield Grange No.1382. Mr.Graves retired in 1966 as foreman of the construction department of the Monessen Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. Surviving are his widow;Hazel LaRose Graves;one son;David J.Shaver of Belle Vernon;three daughters;;Mrs.Barbara Lockhart and Mrs.George (Jacqueline) Kiliamy;both of Silver Springs;Md.;and Mrs.Nicholas (Betty) Shannon of Gaithersburg;Md.;one sister;Mrs.Stanford (Mabel) Nauman of Gettysburg;S.D.;eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Friends will be received at the Shelby Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;from 2 to 4 and 7 to p.m. Monday. Services will be held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m.with the Rev.Frank A.Bodnar of First United Methodist Church;Charleroi;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Mrs. Jennie Gohosky of 111 Roskovich St.;Arnold City;died Thursday;Aug.31;1972 at 10 a.m. in her home after a lengthy illness.
Born Nov. 1; 1887; in Austria;
Mrs. Gohosky was a daughter of the late Vincent and Mary Prokop Meig.
She was a member of St. Sebastian R. C. Church; Belle Vernon.
Surviving are three sons; Albert of Belle Vernon; Rudy of
Arnold City; Leon at home;
four daughters; Mrs. Jennie
Brown of Broughton; Pa.; Mrs.
Helen Woziack of Detroit; Mich.;
Mrs. Bernice Santavicca of Arnold City; Mrs. Anna Kobaly of
Bello Vernon; 17 grandchildren;
17 gieat-grandchildren.
Friends will be received after
7 p.m. Friday at the Howard W. McCrory Funeral Home; Fayette City;where prayers will be said Saturday at 9:30 a.m.followed by High Mass at 10 a.m. st St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;with the Rev.Martin O’Toole;pastor;officiating. Rosary will be recited Friday at 8 p.m.in the funeral home. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Laura Gay;68;of Pricedale died Monday;July 24;1972;at 4:35 p.m. She was born Feb.1;1904. Mrs.Gay was preceded in death by her husband Clarence on Nov.14;1966. Surviving are three brothers;Louis Hillard of Oak Hill;W.Va.;and brothers;in Pittsburgh and Youngstown;Ohio;a nephew and a step-granddaughter. Friends will be received from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.Wednesday at the William R.Taylor Funeral Home;Monessen;where services will be held Thursday at 1 p.m.with the Rev.Bertha Sydnor;pastor of the Pleasant Green AME;Pricedale;officiating. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. William R.Taylor Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Thomas C. Griffith; 54; of 132
Phillips St.; Speers Hill; Charleroi;
died suddenly Monday;July 17;1972;at 5 p.m. in Charleroi – Monessen
Hospital.
He was born in Vestaburg Nov.15;1917;and lived in Speers most of his life.
He was a veteran of World
War II; serving in the U. S. Air
Force with the rank of master
sergeant.
He was employed in the laboratory
department of Wheeling-
Pittsburgh Steel’s Allenport
Plant.
He was a member of Speers
United Methodist Church.
Surviving are his widow;Elizabeth (Betsy) Hewitt Griffith;four sons;Arthur Artis of New Eagle;Barry;Thomas and Douglas Griffith;all at home;his mother;Mrs.Pearl Griffith of Speers;one brother;Lewis Griffith of Warren;Ohio;four sisters;Mrs.Gertrude Kissler of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Edna Godfrey of Speers;Mrs.Yvonne Hoffman of Belle Vernon and Mrs.Doris Hall of Speers;and two grandchildren. Friends will be received from 7 to 10 p.m.Wednesday and 3 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.Thursday at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;where a service will be held Friday;July 21;at 1:30 p.m.with the Rev.Robert C.Guffey of the Speers United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

Margaret L.Gray;61;of 214 1/2 Wood St.;Belle Vernon;died Sunday;July 16;1972;at 9:17 a.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. She was born in Ursina;Pa.;March 17;1911. She had been employed at the Corning Plant in Charleroi until her retirement five years ago. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Belle Vernon. Surviving are her husband;Arthur (Ed);three daughters;Mrs.Jack (Tiny) Chalfant of Belle Vernon; Mrs. Fred (Shirley) Gray of Warren; Pa.; and
Mrs. Dale G. (Ruth) Weightman
of Belle Vernon; her mother;
Mrs. Ethel Waller of Kent ;
Ohio; four sisters; Mrs Vesta
Bodenheimer and Mrs. Jane
Moker; both of Fort Lauderdale; Fla. Mrs. Gladys Hansen
of Kent; Ohio; and Mrs. Mona
Lu Hayhurst of Ravenna; Ohio;
two brothers; Robert Waller of
Lakewood; Ohio; and George
Waller of Ravenna; Ohio; and
10 grandchildren. Friends will be received from 7 to 10 p.m.Monday and 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.Tuesday at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;where a service will be held Wednesday;July 19;at 1:30 p.m.with the Rev.Seth Bower of the First United Methodist Church of Belle Vernon officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D .Ferguson;funeral director.

Clyde R.Green;69;of Iron City Hill;Belle Vernon R.D.1;died Saturday;June 10;1972;at 8 a.m.at his home. He was born in Wickhaven;July 4;1902. He was a member of the Smithton Rod and Gun Club and Star Junction Rod and Gun Club. He retired five years ago from Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel’s Monessen Works where he was employed in the Coke Plant. Surviving are his widow;Mildred Popp Green;two sons;Clyde W.of Monessen and William R.of Belle Vernon R.D.1;one daughter;Mrs.Thomas (Doris) Benicky of Belle Vernon R.D.1;five grandchildren;one brother;James Green of Charleroi;three sisters;Mrs.Howard (Viola) Harrison of Belle Vernon R.D.;Mrs.Samuel (Dorothy) Lori of Clarksburg;W.Va.;and Mrs.Lawrence (Emma) Morris of Monongahela. Friends are being received from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.at the Edwin Melenyzer Funeral home;Monessen;where a service will be held Tuesday;June 13;at 1:30 p.m.with the Rev.Maybelle Johnson officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Edwin Melenyzer;funeral director.