Robert G.Fowler;61;of Third and River St.;Elco;a former police chief of the borough;died Friday;March 24;1972 at 2:15 p.m. at his home after a lingering illness. He was born in Fayette City Nov.26;1910;a son of the late James and Amanda Husher Fowler. He was a retired employee of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel’s Allenport Works. A veteran of World War II;he was a member of the Roscoe American Legion Post 801 and was a life member of the Fraternal Order of Police;Mon Valley Lodge 87. He also belonged to United Steelworkers Local 1187 and was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Roscoe. Surviving are his widow;Thais Gollick Fowler;two sons;Robert G.Jr.of California and Robert Lee of Tacoma;Wash.;one daughter;Wendy Joe at home;four brothers;James of Cleveland;Ohio;Thomas of Philadelphia;Alex of Canton;Ohio;and Carl of Auburn;Calif.;two sisters;Mrs.Sarah Geer of Charleroi and Mrs.Bessie Means of Fayette City;and five grandchildren. Friends will be received fter 7 p.m. Saturday at the Ruth Eckert Funeral Home;Roscoe;where a service will be held Monday;March 27;at 1 p.m. with the Rev.Lloyd Tennies of the United Methodist Church of Roscoe officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Ruth and Emil Eckert;funeral directors.

John Fundy;78;of 904 Graham St.;Belle Vernon;died Tuesday;Dec.28;1971;at 8:30 a.m. in Montefiore Hospital;Pittsburgh;after a short illness. He retired in 1959 from Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel’s Monessen Plant where he was employed as a craneman in the electrical dept. He was a member of St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;Italian Society of Mutual Aid;Monessen;and Golder Agers of Belle Vernon. Surviving are his widow;Assunta (Susie) Santoro Fundy;four daughters;Mrs.Louis (Delilah) Stipoli of Monessen;Mrs.Vincent (Eleanor) Marcuso of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Mike (Loretta) Hadjantoni of Detroit;Mich.;Mrs.Walter (Mary) Praskavich of Queens;N.Y.;three sons;Frank of Belle Vernon;Attilio of Novato;Calif.;and Fred of Belle Vernon;20 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received from 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday and 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;where a Rosary will be said Thursday at 8 p.m. Requiem High Mass will be at St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;Friday;Dec.31;at 10 a.m. with the Rev.Martin J.O’Toole officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.

Booker T.Farmer;64;of 320 Rostraver St.;Monessen;died Thursday;Nov.4;1971;in Monongahela Memorial Hospital. Mr.Farmer had been employed as a custodian at California State College. He was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church of Monessen. Surviving are his widow;Mrs.Beatrice Farmer;three sons;Robert of Monessen;Staff Sgt.William with the U.S.Air Force in Sumpter;S.C. and Sgt.1st C.Thomas L.with the Army at Ft.Pierce;Md.;one daughter;Mrs.Ida Mae Allum of Monessen;12 grandchildren;three sisters;Mrs.Ida Killings of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Katie Gardner of Cedar Hill;Tenn. and Mrs.Novella Coleman of Evansville;Ind.;and two brothers;Frank and Dudley Farmer of Springfield;Tenn. Friends are being received at the William R.Taylor Funeral Home;645 McMahon Ave.;Monessen. Services will be held Monday;Nov.8 in the Fellowship Baptist Church;Monessen;with the Rev.P.L.Greene officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Mrs.Virginia Ferguson;76;of 133 State St.;Belle Vernon;died suddenly at her home at 5 p.m.;Monday;Oct.4;1971. She was born in Webster May 3;1895;the daughter of Thomas P.and Eva Beeler Dent. Mrs.Ferguson was a member of the Mon Valley Chapter of the Daughters of the Americas Revolution;a member of the United Methodist Church of Belle Vernon and had been superintendent of the primary department of the Methodist Sunday School for more than 25 years. Her husband;Malcolm;died in 1949 and a daughter;Mrs.Jean Melenyzer;died April 10;1970. Surviving are two sons; Malcolm C.of Tullytown;Pa.and Shelby D.of Belle Vernon;her mother;Eva Dent of Fairhope;two brothers;Charles Dent of Detroit and Dr.Aland C.Dent of Fayette City;one sister;Mrs.Harold Humphries of St.Petersburg;Fla.;13 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Friends are being received in the Shelby D.Ferguosn Funeral Home after 7 p.m. Tuesday. Services will be held Thursday;Oct.7 at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev.Seth Bower;pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Mrs.Francis (Erma) Frycke;56;of Pricedale;died Tuesday;March 9;1971;in Monongahela Memorial Hospital. Survivors include her husband;Francis;four daughters;Mrs.Frank (Erna) Geiger of Los Angeles;Calif.;Miss Crystal Broderek of San Francisco;Calif.;Carolyn and Heidi;at home;one son;S.Sgt.William W.Broderek;Mathers AFB Base;San Francisco. Services were held Friday;March 12 with burial in Belle Vernon Cemetery.