John G. (Jack) Frazier;86;of Charleroi;R.D.2;died at the Waddington Convalescent Home;Fayette City;Sunday;June 10;1973;at 10:30 p.m. He formerly lived in the Belle Vernon area and moved to Charleroi during the past year. Mr.Frazier was born in Rostraver Twp.on April 21;1887 and belonged to the First Christian Church of Belle Vernon. Hr retired in 1960 from Allenport Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. His wife Anna Whyte Frazier;preceded him in death on September 22;1970. Surviving are one son;J.R.Frazier of Charleroi;R.D.2;with whom he lived;one daughter;Mrs.Wilfred (Marjorie) Saxe of Dallas;Texas;one brother;Thomas B.Frazier of Fayette City;one sister;Mrs.Ray (Laura) Gray of Hanover;four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.;Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m.Tuesday. Hours on Wednesday will be 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Services will be held Thursday at 10:30 p.m.with the Rev.John Bowers of First Christian Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;in charge.
SHERMAN ( PETE ) FELGAR
WILLIAM JAMES FLEMING
SUSANERDLEY-LOVAS FRANK
JOHN G. ( JACK ) FRAZIER
JEANMILTON FLOYD
Mrs.Jean Floyd Milton;45;of New York;N.Y.;died Wednesday May 30;1973;at 11:50 p.m.in New York City Hospital. Born Jan.11;1928;in Ithaca;N.Y.;she was a daughter of Mr.and Mrs.Leroy Milton of Monessen. Mrs.Milton was a former member of Mt.Calvary Baptist Church;Monessen. Surviving are four daughters;Lucy Jean;Jewel;Rita and Tracy;all at home;three sons;James;Douglas and Richard;all at home;two brothers;James Milton and Richard Milton;both of New York;N.Y. Friends will be received at the Draper Funeral Home;608 Sixth St.;Monessen;from 1 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Sunday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Monday. Service will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m.in the funeral home with the Rev.Archie;pastor of Mt.Calvary Baptist Church;Monessen;officiating. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Beverly C.Draper;funeral director.
MERLE D. ( CUDDY ) FARQUHAR
Merle (Cuddy) Farquhar;66;of Brownstown;Fayette City R.D.1;died Friday;April 13;1973;at 9:45 p.m. at the Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital. Born Feb.17;1907;in Fayette City;he was a son of the late Alonzo and Mary Arison Farquhar. Mr.Farquhar was a retired employee of the Allenport Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. He was a member of the Fayette City United Methodist Church. Surviving are his widow;Margaret Moody Farquhar;one son;Merle Jr.of Fayette City;three daughters;Mrs.Betty Stewart and Mrs.Nancy Williamson;both of Fayette City;and Mrs.Rita Farquhar of Fairhope;three brothers;Stanton of Belle Vernon;Averill of Allenport and Athel of Speers;two sisters;Mrs.Eula McKinley of Monongahela and Mrs.Iva Culmer of Allenport;11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Friends will be received after 6 p.m. Saturday at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;where services will be held Monday at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev.Fred G.Gnatuk;pastor of the Fayette City United Presbyterian Church;officiating. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILLIECAMPBELL CLARK
Mrs.Willie Clark;85;of 929 Summitt Ave.;Monessen;died Saturday March 24;1973;at 4:15 p.m.in Westmoreland Manor. She was born in Campbell County;Va.;on Aug.13;1887;daughter of the late Louis and Jenny Campbell and lived in Monessen the past 43 years. She was a member of the former Triumph Church of God in Christ;Monessen. Surviving are two sons;Bernard Clark of Monessen and Arnold Clark of Pittsburgh;four daughters;Mrs.Mary Warmack of Pittsburgh;Mrs.Dolly Clark;Mrs.Catherine Colbert and Mrs.Nan Clark;all of Washington;D.C.;one sister;Mrs.Anith Stokes of Coatesville;one brother;Clifton Campbell of Detroit;Mich.;11 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Draper Funeral Home;Monessen;after 7 p.m.Monday. Visiting hours at the funeral home will be 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Tuesday. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m.in Mt.Calvary Baptist Church;Monessen;with the Rev.Edgar Archie;pastor;officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Beverly D.Draper;funeral director;in charge.
CHARLES E. FITZGERALD
Charles E.Fitzgerald;54;of Fellsburg;was dead on arrival at the Monongahela Division of Mon Valley Hospital on Saturday;March 24;1973 at 11:52 p.m. He was born in Roanoke;Va.;on Sept.29;1918;a son of the late Charles Firtzgerald and Annie Carter Fitzgerald White. He resided in the area for 40 years and in Fellsburg the past 24 years. A veteran of World War II;Mr.Fitzgerald was a retired employee of the Monessen Works of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. Surviving are one son;Charles E.Fitzgerald Jr.of Braddock;one daughter;Mrs.Barbara Bush of Pittsburgh;one brother;Edward Fitzgerald of Donora;one sister;Mrs.Virginia Brown of Pittsburgh and one grandchild. Friends will be received at the Law Funeral Home;Donora;after 7 p.m.Monday. Services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m.at the funeral home with the Rev.W.E.McBrayer;pastor of St.Paul Baptist Church;Donora;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Percy E.Law Jr.;funeral director;in charge.
RODNEY FREEMAN
A Monessen man was fatally injured in an accident triggered when a car driven by a Charleoi woman went our of control on U.S.Route 22;east of Blairsville;Indiana County;late yesterday afternoon. State Police in Indiana said Rodney E.Freeman;21;of Park Manor;was dead on arrival at Latrobe General Hospital of head and internal injuries at 5:30 p.m. A passanger in his car;William Jones;21;of Houston;was admitted to Latrobe Hospital in serious condition. Police said a car;operated by Stella M.Frantz;49;of 55 Garr St.;Charleroi;was traveling west in the fast-bound lane of Route 22 at an apparent high rate of speed when it went out of control after passing a tractor-trailer;also going west;and crossed the concrete medial barrier into the path of Freeman;traveling east. Freeman was enroute to Iniana University of Pennyslvania to visit a brother;Mark;who is a freshman there;at the time of the accident. Police set the time of the accident at 4:40 p.m. Police said the Freeman car was literally torn apart by the impact of the crash. Troopers are still investigating. It was not known if the Frantz woman of the passanger in her car;Diane Frantz;17;same address;were injured seriously. Freeman was born in Monessen on Nov.17;1951;son of Ernestine and Andrew Freeman;who reside in Monessen;and was graduated from Monessen High School in 1969. He served a short term in the U.S.Navy and is a member of the U.S.Navy Reserve. He has been employed at the Monessen Works of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.;since February;1970;starting as a laborer in the BOF. He became supervisor of scrap inspection in the steelmaking division in July;1972. Prior to his advancement to supervisor;he worked as a craneman in the tripper department from May of 1970. Freeman was also a volunteer member of the Monessen Ambulance Service. Surviving;in addition to his parents;are his widow;Gloria Gaul Freeman;one son;Rodney Ernest Jr.;one sister;Janet Freeman;a member of the faculty at Belle Vernon Area High School;two brothers;Andrew Freeman Jr.;at home;and Mark Freeman;student at Indiana University. Friends will be received at the Beverly Draper Funeral Home;Monessen;from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. in Fellowship Baptist Church;Monessen;and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.