Mrs.Sara Speer Gilmore;62;a former registered nurse at Monongahela Memorial Hospital;of 1032 Balmoral Drive;North Hills;Pittsburgh;died suddenly Monday;Dec.19;1966;at 8:50 p.m.in North Hills Passavant Hospital. Mrs.Gilmore was born July 12;1904;in Webster and lived in Webster 54 years. Her parents were the late Samuel and Bessie Lange Speer. She was graduated from the Braddock Nursing School. Her husband William;died in 1940. Surviving are one daughter;Mrs.Carl H.(Carmen) Martin of North Hills;two sisters;Mrs.William T.(Nellie) Overand of Route 51;Belle Vernon R.D.1 and Mrs.George (Mildred) Hughes of Clairton;and two grandchildren;William and Joan Martin. Friends will be received at the Lawson-Rabe Funeral Home in Donora after 7 p.m.;Dec.20. Service there Thursday;Dec.22;at 2 p.m.with the Rev.Luther E.Fackler;pastor of St.John of the Highland Lutheran Church of North Hills;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Lawson-Rabe Funeral Home is in charge.
CLARENCE GAY
MARCUS GRANT
CHARLES GAROFALO
Charles Garofalo (Garfola);
85; of 71 Sampson St.; Belle Vernon; died Tuesday;Oct.25;1966 at 1:10 p.m.
in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital.
Born in Italy on Nov. 14;1880;
he had lived in Belle Vernon 69 years.
Mr. Garofalo was a member
of St .Sebastian’s Roman Catholic Church; Italia Unita Society
of Charleroi and Italian Beneficial Society of Belle Vernon.
He had been a United Mineworker; retiring 20 years ago.
Surviving are two daughters;
Mrs. Emma Cappelli and Dena;
both at home; one sister in Italy.
Friends wffl be received at
the Shelby D. Ferguson Funeral Home in Belle Vernon after 7 p.m.Wednesday;Oct.26;1966.
Blessing service there Friday;Oct.28;1966;at 9:30 a.m.followed by Requiem High Mass in St.Sebastian R.C.Church at 10 a.m. The Rev.Martin J. O’Toole;pastor;will officiate. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.
CURTIS PORTER GATES JR.
Curtis P.Gates Jr.;51;died at 3 a.m.Sunday;Sept.18;1966;at the home of his mother;Mrs.Hulda (Smock) Gates of 801 Rostraver St.;Monessen. He had been in ill health since April. Mr.Gates was employed at the open hearth lab of the Monessen plant of Pittsburgh Steel Co. He was a member of the Slovak Club;No.2 Fireman’s Club and Hungarian Club;all of Monessen. He was born in Monessen and attended Monessen schools. His father;Curtis Sr.;died in 1958. Surviving besides his mother are his widow;Elizabeth (Igoe) Gates;a son;Alvin R.of Monessen;six step-daughters;Mrs.Gloria Hoenberger and Mrs.Alice Eishman of Warren;Ohio;Mrs.Ruth Clark and Mrs.Emma Lou Bettinelli of Donora;Mrs.Elizabeth Lengel and Mary Jane Igoe of Monessen;two step-sons;David and Robert Igoe of Belle Vernon;two brothers;Earl and Roy of Belle Vernon. Friends will be received after 7 p.m. Sept 19 at the at the H.Denver Rhome Funeral Home;Monessen. Visiting hours will then be 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Service there Wednesday;Sept.21;at 1:30 p.m.with the Rev.Joseph C.Rial;pastor of Monessen’s First Methodist Church;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. H.Denver Rhome;funeral director.
NELLIE GIBSON
BURIED IN SOUTHWEST CORNER GRAVE BORN IN 1889 NAME IS ON SAME MARKER AS GEORGE;ALICE & MARY GIBSON.
PROXY GREGORY
HOWARD GOLLICK
Howard Gollick;71;of Charleroi R.D.1;died Friday;Aug.26;1966;at 1:50 a.m.at his home. He was born in Roscoe;March 11;1895;the son of William and Drusilla Abbott Gollick. He was a veteran of World War I and was a retired coal miner. He is survived by one brother;William Gollick of Dearborn;Mich.;and two sisters;Mrs.Ella Pomerson of Sandusky;Ohio;and Mrs.Emma McCusker of Charleroi. Friends are being received at the Ruth Eckert Funeral Home;Roscoe;from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held Sunday;Aug.28;at 2 p.m.from the funeral home;with the Rev.Chester Parchars of the Church of Christ;Lover;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Ruth Eckert;funeral director.
DENNIS RAYMOND GLOVER
Dennis Raymond Glover;22;of 128 Homewood Ave.;Belle Vernon;was pronounced dead at 8 a.m.Thursday moring;July 28;1966;at Charleroi-Monessen Hospital following an auto accident earlier in the morning on Route 70 near Trocadero Motor Lodge in Rostraver Twp. Glover;who married Patricia Matrosky on June 11;was employed at Combustion Engineering Co.in Indiana;Pa.;and was enroute to work. He was a passenger in a car with Nick Chomko;driver;and David Grunick;both of Monessen;who were also killed in the crash. Andrew Latkanic of Monessen;also in the car;was injured. Mr.Glover was a member of Evangelical United Brethren Church of Monessen. He had served in the United States Navy for three years. Surviving besides his widow are his parents;Mr.and Mrs.Warren Zaph of Belle Vernon;a sister;Garnet Glover of New York City;and a brother;Karol W.Glover of Belle Vernon. Friends will be received at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m.;July 29. Service there Monday;Aug.1;at 2 p.m.with the Rev.William M.West;pastor of Evangelical United Brethren Church of Monessen;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Funeral home visiting hours will be 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.
GEORGIA W. GUILER
Mrs.Georgia W.Guiler;100;one of Belle Vernon’s oldest residents;died Sunday;June 26;1966;at 2:30 a.m. in Haven Crest Nursing and Convalescent Home;Monongahela R.D. Mrs.Guiler is the widow of Dr.Andrew Guiler who preceded her in death 59 years ago. Born in Fayette City;the youngest of six children;Mrs.Guiler moved with her family to Belle Vernon when she was three years old. She moved to 251 Main St. with her husband 64 years ago where he practiced medicine until his death in 1907. Mrs.Guiler attended Belle Vernon schools and was graduated from California State College with a teaching certificate. She did not teach after graduation;however. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Belle Vernon since her family moved from Fayette City. Friends are being received at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;from 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 p.m. Service there at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday;June 28;with Dr.S.Arthur Talman;pastor of Belle Vernon’s First Presbyterian Church;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.