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.

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.

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.

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 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.