Clarence B.(Clark) Glotfelty;53;of Lowber;Fayette City R.D.1 was dead on arrival at McKeesport Hospital Wednesday;Nov.1;1967;at 3:30 a.m. Mr.Glotfelty was employed as a furnace operator at the U.S.Steel Christy Park Works in McKeesport. He was a veteran of World War II;having served with the U.S.Air Force. Born in Washington Twp.;Fayette County on March 12;1914;he was a son of the late Clark and Stella Swoger Glotfelty. Surviving are his widow;Sylvia Smith Glotfelty;two brothers;Lewis of Belle Vernon and Elmer of Brownsville;a stepbrother;Robert Duncan of Raleigh;N.C.;two sisters;Mrs.Harry (Beulah) Roberts of Morgantown;W.Va.;and Mrs.Frank (Martha) Tallerico of Gaithersburg;Md.;one stepsister;Mrs.Walter (Mary Alice) Smith of Newell. Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City. Service there Saturday;Nov.4;at 1:30 p.m.with the pastor of Little Redstone Presbyterian Church at Fayette City officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory is funeral director.
GEORGE ALBERT GRANT
George A.Grant;58;of Trenton;N.J.;formerly of Belle Vernon;died Sunday;Oct.29;1967;at 12:45 p.m.in the U.S.Veterans Hospital in Butler;Pa. Mr.Grant;a veteran of World War II and a member of Belle Vernon Post 659;American Legion;was employed as a guard for Lit Brothers Department Store in Trenton. Survivors include his mother;Mrs.Harry (Ada) Grant of Belle Vernon;three brothers;Aramus of Donora;Gerald of Bristol and Carlisle of Belle Vernon;and one sister;Doris Grant Rusniak of Morrisville;Pa. Friends will be received at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;beginning at 7 p.m.Oct.30 and from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.Oct.31. Services will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday;Nov.1;at 2 p.m.with the Rev.Charles Colas of the First Baptist Church of Belle Vernon in charge. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.
BLAINE F. GROVE
Blaine F.Grove;71;of 1007 Henry St.;Belle Vernon;died Wednesday;Oct.25;1967;at 9 a.m. in Veterans Administration Hospital;Oakland;Pittsburgh. Mr.Grove;a bricklayer;had lived in the Valley most of his life. A World War I veteran;he attended the Free Methodist Church of Belle Vernon. He was born in Mendon;Pa.;Dec.31;1896. Surviving are his widow;Mary Hough Grove;a son;Robert B.of Belle Vernon R.D.2;a sister;Blanche Grove in the Presbyterian Home at Oakmont;five grandchildren. Friends will be received after 7 p.m.Oct.26 at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon. Service ther Saturday;Oct.28.at 2:00 p.m.with the Rev.Eugene Spear;pastor of Belle Vernon’s Free Methodist Church;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director.
JAMES P. GARGAN SR.
James P.Gargan Sr.;74;of Brownstown;Fayette City R.D.1;died Saturday;Sept.9;1967;at 4:45 a.m.in the Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Mr.Gargan was born in Washington Twp.on March 17;1893;the son of the late James and Elizabeth Lafferty Gargan. A retired steelworker of the Allenport Works of the Pittsburgh Steel Co.;he was a member of the Holy Spirit R.C.Church in Fayette City. Survivors include his widow;Mildred Reynolds Gargan;two sons;James of Morrisville and John of Fayette City;two daughters;Mrs.William (Elizabeth) Croushore of Levittown and Mrs.Joseph (Peggy) Kosanko of Fayette City R.D.1;11 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;where services will be held on Tuesday;Sept.12;at 9:30 a.m.followed by Requiem High Mass at 10 a.m.at the Holy Spirit R.C.Church;Fayette City;with Rev.Joseph Tamilovski;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold W.McCrory is funeral director.
JOHN GARDNER
MARTIN L. ( CHICK ) GARGAN
Martin L.(Chick) Gargan;67;of 1008 Adaline St.;Detroit;Mich.;formerly of Fayette City;died Tuesday;April 18;1967;at 4 a.m. in North Detroit General Hospital after a lengthy illness. Mr.Gargan was a retired office clerk from the Dodge Truck Div.of Chrysler Corp;in Detroit. Born in Washington Twp.;Fayette County;on April 9;1900;he was a son of the late James and Elizabeth Lafferty Gargan. Surviving is a brother;James P.of Fayette City R.D.1. Friends will be received after 1 p.m.Wednesday;April 19 at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City. Prayers there Friday;April 21;at 9:30 a.m.followed by Requiem High Mass in Holy Spirit R.C.Church;Fayette City;at 10 a.m. The Rev.William M.Gavron;pastor;will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory is funeral director.
BERTHAWATKINS GESS
JAMES ERNEST GOE
James Ernest Goe. 87; of 328
Graham St.; Belle Vernon; died
Wednesday;Jan.11;1967; at 10 p.m. in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital after a
lingering illness.
Mr. Goe; a retired employee
from the now defunct Belle Vernon Glass Factory; had lived in
Belle Vernon 60 years.
He was a member of Speers
St. A. M. E. Church in Belle
Vernon; where he was a former
steward.
Mr. Goe was born in Brownsville on Dec. 28; 1879.
Surviving are his widow; Mattie Lockley Goe; a daughter;
Mrs. Ernestine Bedford of Donora; two sons; Kenneth A. of
Detroit; Mich.; and Lawrence P.
of Pittsburgh; one sister; Mrs.
Edna Thompson of Detroit; seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildrern.
Friends will be received at
the late home after 11 a.m. Jan.13. Service on Saturday;Jan.14;at 2 p.m.from Speers St.A.M.E.Church;Belle Vernon. The Rev.James Cox;pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Pittsburgh;will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Percy Law Jr.of Donora is funeral director.
ETHEL MAE GREENE
CHARLES W. GILMER