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.
EDITH FLORENCEBOYD FEIGHTNER
LENORA ELIZABETHPHILLIPS FOULKS
Lenora Elizabeth Foulks;of 608 Fourth St.;North Charleroi;died Wednesday;Nov.1;at 9:30 p.m. at her home. She was the daughter of the late Charles J.and Harriet Risbeck Phillips. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Charleroi and past president of the Home and Hospital Club of North Charleroi. She was preceded in death by her husband;William J.;in 1941 and a son;Olan W.;in 1969. Surviving are one daughter;Mrs.Ruth Langlais at home;two brothers;Frank C.Phillips of Belle Vernon and Olan C.Phillips of New Salem;two sisters;Mrs.Helen Beck of Mt.Lebanon and Mrs.Hazel Carroll of New Salem. Friends will be received from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Harold L.Schrock Funeral Home;Charleroi;where a service will be held Saturday;Nov.4 at 11 a.m. with the Rev.Francis M.Blair officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold L.Schrock;funeral director.
FRANK A. FOWKES
CLARA MAYKREPPS FLEMING
Clara May Fleming;91;of 323 Ohio St.;Belle Vernon;died Saturday;Aug.12;1972;at 11:51 a.m.in the Charleroi division of Mon Valley Hospital;Inc. She was born Oct.28;1880;in Belle Vernon and was a resident of that community her entire lifetime. She was a member of Union Church of Pricedale. Her husband;William;preceded her in death in 1957. Surviving are two sons;George of Lehigh Acres;Fla.;and James of San Jose;Cafif.;two daughters;Mrs.Theodore(Cora) Simon of West Newton and Mrs.Elvina Jackah of Youngstown;Ohio;21 grandchildren;65 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren. Friends are being received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 p.m.at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;where a funeral service will be held Tuesday;Aug.15;at 11 a.m.with the Rev.Howard Rodebaugh of Union Church;Pricedale;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.
RENO J. FERRARI
Reno J.Ferrari;66;of 816 Jane Ave.;Speers Hill;died Friday;June 30;1972. He was born May 13;1906;in Twilight;a son of Domonico Ferrari;who survives;and the late Assunta Arsucci Ferrari. He was a retired employee of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel’s Allenport Works. He was a member of Mother of Sorrows R.C.Church;Charleroi. Surviving are his widow;Angelina Nesti Ferrari;two daughters;Mrs.Warren (Esther) Wright of Speers and Mrs.James (Verona) Lambert of Lititz;Pa.;his father;Domonico Ferrari of Charleroi;brothers;Nello V.of Belle Vernon;William A.of San Antonio;Tex.;Albert of Fayette City and Alfred A.of Speers Hill;sisters;Mrs.Carobina Niccolai of Charleroi;Mrs.Philip (Charlotte) Pardiny of Charleroi;Mrs.Alfred (Minnie) Mazzei of Dunlevy;Mrs.Ray (Lena) Mazzei of St.Louis and Mrs.Sam (Jean) Pantaleo of Monessen. Friends are being received at the Francis C.Slezak Funeral Home;Third St.and Fallowfield Ave.;Charleroi. A Requiem High Mass will be sung Monday;July 3;at 11 a.m.at Mother of Sorrows R.C.Church;Charleroi with the Rev.J.J.Thomas officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Francis C.Slezak;funeral director.
ROBERT G. FORSYTHE
Robert G.Forsythe;216 Wood St.;Belle Vernon;died Sunday;May 21;1972;at 2:30 a.m.in Mercy Hospital;Pittsburgh. He was retired in 1963 as yardmaster of the Monessen Southwestern Railroad of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel. He was a member of the United Methodist Church of Belle Vernon and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainman. Surviving are his widow;Della Rose;one son;James H.of Belle Vernon;one granddaughter and two great-grandchildren;two sisters;Mrs.William (Viola) Lytle of Ingram;Pa.;and Mrs. Carl (Fern) Richter of Browns Mills;N.J. Friends are being received from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;where a service will be held Wednesday;May 24;at 2 p.m.in charge of the Rev.Seth Bower of the First United Methodist Church;Belle Vernon. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.
ANNPHILLIPS FRANTZ
Ann Phillips Frantz;52;died Friday;April 7;1972;at her residence;211 North Second St.;Harrisburg. She was born in Belle Vernon March 3;1920;a daughter of Dr.E.C.Phillips and Harriet Steen Phillips. She was employed by the State Department of Transporation in Harrisburg. She was a member of St.Stephen’s Episcopal Church;Harrisburg. She was preceded in death by her husband;Daniel J.Frantz;on Aug.3;1971. Surviving are one son;Sgt.John Loesel stationed at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho;and her mother;Mrs.Harriet Phillips of Belle Vernon. Friends will be received tomorrow at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon. A funeral service will be held Monday;April 10;1972;at 2:30 p.m.at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;with the Rev.Seth Bower of the First United Methodist Church of Belle Vernon officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.