Gabriel Delzangle;77;of 326 Knox Ave.;Monessen;died Wednesday;June 28;1972;at 10:05 p.m. in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. He retired in 1959 from the rod mill of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel’s Monessen Plant. He was a member of St.Leonard R.C.Church;Monessen;Mon Valley Association of Retired Steelworkers;Franco-Belgium Club of Monessen and French Club of Cecil;Pa. Surviving are his widow;Lena Bonini Delzangle;one daughter;Mrs.Harry (Dorothy) Johnston of Smithton;one son;Edward P.of Lincoln Park;N.J.;seven grandchildren;two brothers;Leon of Monessen and Jules of Belle Vernon. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Raymond D.Dalfonso Funeral Home;Monessen;where a Rosary will be recited Friday at 8 p.m. and a blessing service will be held Saturday;July 1;at 9:30 a.m. followed by a funeral mass at 10 a.m. at St.Leonard R.C.Church;Monessen;with the Rev.Henry Dinicco officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Raymond D.Dalfonso;funeral director.

Clara J.Deghilage;76;of 3708 Noyes Ave.s.e.;Charleston;W.Va.;died Tuesday;June 27;1972;in Charleston General Hospital. She was born in England Jan.27;1896. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Charleston and World War Veterans Auxiliary. Surviving are her husband;Leroy B.;two daughters;Mrs.James P.Ullum of Charleston and Mrs.E.J.McCullough Jr.of Tucson;Ariz.;and five grandchildren. Friends will be received from 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;where a service will be held Friday;June 30;at 10 a.m. with Dr.S.Arthur Talman of the First Presbyterian Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

Robert H.Donnell;88 of 8 Reed Ave.;Monessen;died Thursday;June 15;1972 in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. He was born Jan.4;1884;in Versailles Twp.;a son of Abraham and Lena Holmes Donnell. He was a retired cement finisher. He was a member of Speers St. A.M.E. Church;Belle Vernon. Surviving are four daughters;Marjorie Woodson of Belle Vernon;Alice Mines of San Bernadino;Calif.;Elizabeth Smith and Bertha Gloster of Pittsburgh;three sons;Robert of Monessen;Derwood and Paul of Pittsburgh;21 grandchildren;42 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. Friends are being received at the George A.Warden Funeral Home;1100 N.Homewood Ave.;Pittsburgh;until Sunday at 1 p.m. After 6 p.m.;they will be received at the Speers St. A.M.E. Church;Belle Vernon;where a Masonic service will be held at 8 p.m. The funeral service will be Monday;June 19;at 2 p.m.at the church with the Rev.Major Parrish officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. George A.Warden;funeral director.

Frank Deboe;89;of 217 Oakland Ave.;Charleroi;died Monday;May 1;1972;at 11 p.m.in Brownsville Hospital after a lengthy illnes. He was born in Belgium April 3;1883. He was a retired coal miner. His wife;Albertine;died in 1967. He is survived by two sisters;Mrs.Rose Bouguignow and Mrs.Gustine Chabasal;both of Cecil;Pa. Among the nieces and nephews surviving are Mariette and William Dury;with whom he made his home. Friends will be received after 7 p.m.Wednesday;May 3;at the Michael A.Melinchak Funeral Home In Charleroi where services will be held at 2 p.m.Friday;May 5;with the Rev.W.S.Van Arsdale of First Christian Church of Charleroi officiating. Burial in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

A.Edward Dreyer;84;of 1228 Fayette Ave.;Belle Vernon died Friday;April 21;1972 at 1:55 p.m.in the Somerset State Hospital;Somerset;Pa. Mr.Dreyer;a retired meat cutter who operated his own business in Belle Vernon for many years;was born in Fayette City on Aug.13;1887;the son of the late Frederick and Anne E.Winklevoss Dreyer. He was a member of the Belle Vernon United Presbyterian Church;past master of the Gummert Lodge No.252;F&AM of Fayette City;and a member of the Royal Arch Chapter of Monessen;the Knights Templer of Charleroi;Lodge of Perfection of Uniontown and the Scottish Rite and Syria Shrine of Pittsburgh. Survivors include his widow;Edna L.Hough Dreyer and two brothers;Herman C.Dreyer of Los Angeles;Calif.;and Christian W.Dreyer of Fayette City. Friends will be received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;334 Main St.;Fayette City beginning at noon on Sunday;April 23;1972 where Masonic services will be held on Monday;April 24;1972 at 7:30 p.m.with the Rev.H.D.Hough;pastor of the Leechburg United Presbyterian Church;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director in charge.

George P.Driesin;63;of 102 Wilson St.;Belle Vernon;died suddenly Wednesday;Feb.23;1972;at 11:30 a.m.in Livingstone;Zambia;Africa;where he and his wife were vacationing. Born in Charleroi on May 21;1908;he was the son of the late Frank A.and Marie Schruers Driesen. Mr.Driesen had lived in Belle Vernon for 58 years. He retired in 1971 from his work as a machinist for Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal Co.;Library. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Belle Vernon;the National Rifle Association;the Pennsylvania Gun Collectors Association and the Numismatic Association. Preceded in death by a sister and two brothers;he is survived by his widow;Mrs.Myrellia Hicks Driesen;a daughter;Mrs.Gust (Judith) Avrakotos of Annandale;Va.;one grandson and a sister;Mrs.Christine Driesen Dobas of Belle Vernon. Friends will be received from 7 to 10 p.m.Thursday at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon. Services will be held at the funeral home Friday;March 3;1972;at 1:30 p.m.;with the Rev.Seth P.Bower;pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Belle Vernon;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

A former Belle Vernon woman;Wilma Jean Venneri Dudgeon;was fatally injured in an auto accident Saturday morning;January 15;1972;in Warren;Ohio. Mrs.Dudgeon;22;is the daughter of Mr.and Mrs.William N.Venneri of Belle Vernon.Venneri is a former Belle Vernon Borugh mayor and presently a councilman. She was dead on arrival Saturday morning at 2:15 a.m.in Trumbull Memorial Hospital;Warren;following the crash. She was in a car with two girl companions;both of whom were seriously injured. The girls were working companions at the Anchor Transportation Corp.at Lordstown;Ohio. Mrs.Dudgeon was born Feb. 11;1949 and was a graduate of the Class of 1967 of Belle Vernon Area High School. She had worked as a teller in the Belle Vernon branch of Western Pennsylvania National Bank. Surviving are a daughter;Michele Renee;at home;her parents;brothers;William Jr.;at home and Arthur Baumgardner of Detroit and a sister;Vickie;at home. Also surviving are her paternal grandparents;Mr.and Mrs.Charles Venneri of Belle Vernon and maternal grandparents;Mr.and Mrs.Harry Sethman Sr.of Elks Place;Belle Vernon. Friends will be received at the Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m.Sunday. Services will be held at 10 a.m.Tuesday from the funeral home with Msgr.Martin J.O’Toole;pastor of St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;in charge.

Anthony DeFazio;64; of 434 Green St.;Belle Vernon; died Saturday;November 13;1971 at 9:30 p.m. in Charleroi- Monessen Hospital. Born in Fayette City on Nov. 14;1906;Mr.DeFazlo lived most of his life in Belle Vernon and was a member of the Sons of Italy lodge there. He had retired as a welder at the Pillsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad’s Glassport yards.
Surviving are his widow;Mrs. Mary Falbo DeFazio;two sons; DonaId A. of Munhall and Thomas A. of North Versailles;one daughter;Mrs.Edward (Betty) Blacka of Plum Borough;two sisters;Mrs. Henry Evans and Mrs.Guido Simboli;both of Belle Vernon;and five grandchildren.
Friends are being received from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Monday at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;where services will be held Tuesday;Nov.16;1971;at 1:30 p.m. The Rev.R.O. Broekhuizen;pastor of the Christian Reformed Church of Washington;will officiate. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director in charge.