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.

Funeral services will be held Monday in Charleroi for Armil (Bamie) Gerein;68;of 563 Center Ave.;North Charleroi. Mr.Gerein died suddenly at 4:45 p.m.on Friday;March 31;1972 in his home. A native of Belgium;he was the son of the late Roman and Clemente Berriot Gerein. He was a member of the Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church of Charleroi;the American Citizens Society of North Charleroi;the Italia Unita and the Elks Club;both of Charleroi. Mr.Gerein was a retired electrician from the Monessen plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. He is survived by his widow;Nellie Petrucci Gerein. Friends will be received after 7 p.m.on Saturday;April 1;1972; in the Francis C.Slezak Funeral Home;Third St.and Fallowfied Ave.;Charleroi and again on Sunday;April 2;1972 from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. A Requiem High Mass will be said on Monday;April 3;1972 at 11 a.m.in the Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church of Charleroi with the Rev.J.J.Thomas officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Francis C.Slezak;funeral director.

George Gogones;86;of Perryopolis R.D.2 died Monday;March 6;1972;at 5 p.m. at his home. Born Oct 30;1887;in Doliana;Greece;Mr.Gogones was a retired chef. He was a member of St.Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church;Monessen. A veteran of World War I;he belonged to LaFayette Post 51 of the American Legion;Uniontown. Surviving are his widow;Mrs.Teresa Grabiak Gogones;two daughters;Mrs.Thomas (Theressa) McCrory of Perryopolis and Mrs.Steve (Betty) Rongyos Kmetz of Wickliffe;Ohio;one stepdaughter;Mrs.Ray (Helen) McCrory Bost of Belle Vernon;seven grandchildren;10 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild;and five nieces and nephews in Greece. Friends will be received in the Howard W.McCory Funeral Home;Fayette City;after 3 p.m Tuesday. Trisagion services will be held there Wednesday at 8 p.m. Prayer service on Thursday;March 9;1972;at 12:30 p.m.in the funeral home will be followed by services at 1 p.m.in St.Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church;Monessen;with the Rev.James Stathakios;pastor;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director.

Mary A.Glasser;81;of 226 Perry Ave.;Belle Vernon;died Monday;March 6;1972;at 4:45 p.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. She was born in England Nov.30;1890. She was a member of St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;and L.C.B.A.of Charleroi. She was a resident of Belle Vernon the last four years;formerly residing in Charleroi. Surviving are her husband;Jacob.J.;one son;Thomas Glasser of Rialto;Calif.;six sisters;Mrs.Ann Repine of York;Mrs.Margaret Lambert of Monessen;Mrs.Rachel Barnes of Needles;Calif.;Mrs.Alice Carmello of Fontana;Calif.;Mrs.Phyllis Kruell of Charleroi and Mrs.Betty Lechfeldt of Moreau Bay;Calif.;six grandchildren;one of whom is Mrs.Owen (Pat) Weldon of Belle Vernon;and three great-grandchildren. Friends will be received from 7 to 10 p.m.Tuesday and 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.Wednesday at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;where a prayer service will be Thursday March 9;at 9:30 a.m.followed by Requiem High Mass t 10 a.m.at St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;with Msgr.Martin J. O’Toole officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

Robert Geary;46;of 949 Donner Ave.;Monessen;died Friday;Dec.3;1971;at 2:10 p.m.at his residence. He was born Sept.22;1925;in Monessen;a son of the late Claude Geary Sr.and Marie McClelland Geary. Surviving are two brothers;Cornelius and Claude;both of Monessen;and two sisters;Mrs.Annie Marshall of Ohio and Mrs.Lillian Bronson of Monessen. Friends are being received at the Taylor Funeral Home;Monessen;after 2 p.m.Sunday;where a service will be held Tuesday;Dec.7;at 1 p.m.with the Rev.Kenneth Davis;pastor of the Fellowship Baptist Church;Monessen;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Willian Taylor;funeral director.

A Stockdale man was killed while his passanger escaped uninjured in a one-car accident on Route 201 near Rankin’s Crossroads in Rostraver Twp.;at 2:15 a.m.;Wednesday;Nov.10;1971. Richard Eugene Godfrey;22;of Stockdale;was killed almost instantly;according to James Stump;of Rostraver twp.;deputy Westmoreland County coroner;who investigated.Stump said Godfrey died from shock;a fractured skull and internal injuries. Mr.Godfrey was born in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital March 20;1949. He had served in the U.S.Army in Germany and had been discharged in February. He was a member of the Bentleyville American Legion;Charleroi Veterans of Foreign Wars;Allenport Rod & Gun Club;Stockdale Sokols and Roscoe Slovak Club. He had been employed at the Clairton Plant of U.S.Steel Corp. Surviving are his parents;Mr.and Mrs.Willard A.(Elizabeth Mikita)Godfrey;one brother;Willard of Cleveland;one sister;Mrs.William (Margaret) Laird of Monessen and paternal grandparents;Mr.and Mrs.Joseph Lucy of Ellsworth. Friends are being received in the Shelby Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m.Wednesday. Funeral home visiting hours are from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held in the funeral home Friday at 1:30 p.m.with the Rev.Edward A.Pollock;pastor of the First Baptist Church of Monessen;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;in charge.