Thomas Presley Dent;99;of 1340 Fayette Ave.;Belle Vernon (Fairhope);died at his home Monday;Oct.7;1968 at 440 a.m. He would have been 100 years old in January. Had Mr.Dent lived he and his wife;Eva; would have celebrtated their 75th wedding anniversary on Dec.26 of this year. He had been an engineer at the Naomi mine of Hilman Coal Co.;having been employed by Hillman until he retired a the age of 77. Mr.Dent was a member of Marion Presbyterian Presbyterain Church in Fairhope and Modern Woodmen of America. Born in Grandville;W.Va.;Jan.23;1869;he was a son of the late Dr.George W.and Caroline Scott Dent. Surviving are his widow;Eva Beeler Dent;two sons;Charles L.of Detroit;Mich.;and Dr.Aland C.of Fayette City;two daughters;Mrs.Virginia Ferguson of Belle Vernon and Mrs. Harold R.(Hester) Humphries of Maple View;nine grandchildren; twenty-three great-grandchildren;and great-great-granddaughter. Mr.Dent was the last survivor in a family of nine. Friends will be received after 7 p.m. Oct.8;at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon. Service there Thursday;Oct.10;at 1:30 p.m. with Dr.S.Arthur Talman;pastor of Belle Vernon’s First Presbyterian Church;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery.

John R.Delbarre;76;of Webster;died in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital at 3:10 p.m.Sunday;July 21;1968. Mr.Delbarre was a millwright in the Monessen plant of Pittsburgh Steel Co.until retirement in 1959. He was born in California;Pa.;Feb.5;1892. Surviving are his widow;Maude Kiefer Delbarre;a son;Donald of Monessen;three daughters;Mrs.John (Thelma) Feil of Camarillo;Calif.;Mrs.George (Elsie) Sherwin of McKeesport and Mrs.Paul (Lydie) Breakwell of Masontown;a brother;Alfred of Charleroi;four sisters;Mrs.Frank (Kate) Remy of California;Pa.;Mrs.Henry (Sophia) Kissler of Monessen;Mrs.Jules (Mary) Lamie and Mrs.Pete (Louise) Celaschi;both of Charleroi;six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Edwin Melenyzer Funeral Home;Monessen;after 7 p.m.July 22. Service there Wednesday;July 24;at 1:30 p.m.with the Rev.Glen H.Burrows;pastor of Monessen’s First Presbyterian Church;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Funeral home visiting hours are 3 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Edwin Melenyzer is funeral director.

Mrs.Irma Deprez;82;of 509 Eighth St.;Charleroi;died Saturday;June 29;1968;at 11 p.m. in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Born in Belgium on May 8;1886;she was a daughter of the late Leopold and Pauline Ansciaux Michaux. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church;Charleroi. Surviving are her husband;Victor;three daughters;Mrs.Donald W.(Bertha) Van Dyke of Butler;Mrs.Jack R.(Jeanne) West of Leola;Pa.;Mrs.Joseph E.(Martha) McGuire of Charleroi R.D.2;ten grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Harold L.Schrock Funeral Home;Charleroi;from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Service there Wednesday;July 3;at 11 a.m. with the Rev.Joseph Ducoeur;formerly of Charleroi;who is pastor of the First United Presbyterian Church of Manor. Interment;Belle Venon Cemetery. Harold L.Schrock is funeral director.

A former Belle Vernon resident;Mary Irene Duwall;51;was killed instantly when the car she wsa driving collided with a truck at a crossroads on the Tamiami Trail highway in Florida. Miss Duwall;who was alone in the car;was traveling to Miami;Fla.;so spend the Christmas holidays with friends. She was killed only 17 miles from her destination. Miss Duwall lived at 316 Devon Drive;Birmingham;Ala.;and was a member of the staff of the University of Alabama;where she was associate profesor of psychology. She was graduated from Belle Vernon High School in 1934;Mt.Sinai School of Nursing at New York City and Peabody College at Nashville;Tenn. At the latter she received a Ph.D.in psychology. Miss Duwall was born in Rostraver Twp.;on Sept.21;1916. Surviving are her mother;Mrs.Sarah Rankin Vaughn;and her step-father;William E.Vaughn of Belle Vernon;four sisters;Jean Duwall of Pittsburgh;Mrs.Thomas (Phyllis) Smith of St.Louis;Mo.;Mrs.Alex (June) Sanders of North Royalton;Ohio;and Mrs.William (Peggy) Jolly of Fayette City;two brothers;John and James of Belle Vernon R.D.2. Friends are being received at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home in Belle Vernon from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Service there Thursday;Dec.28;at 2 p.m. with the Rev.Allie Clayton;pastor of Rehoboth Church at Belle Vernon R.D.;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner is funeral director.

Mrs.Alice V.Huber Delp;69;of Monongahala R.D.2;died at 4:45 a.m.Saturday;April 20;1968;in Ankrom’s Nursing Home;Washington;Pa. Mrs.Delp was born in Barbour County;W.Va.;and for many years was a member of Belle Vernon’s Women’s Christian Temperance Union. She belonged to Pricedale Union Church. Surviving are her mother;Mrs.Alma Lee Layman Huber of Belle Vernon;four daughters;Mrs.David (Ursaline) MacDonald of Perryopolis;Mrs.Michael (Pauline) Kuzman of Monessen;Agnes E.Delp of Connellsville;Mrs.Roland (Jean) Coulter of Monongahela;a sister;Mrs.John (Pansy) Kelloway of Russelton;three brothers;Troy Huber of Fairchance;Barrick Huber of Belle Vernon;Daniel Huber of Barberton;Ohio;nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Friends will be received at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;beginning at 2 p.m.April 21. Funeral home visiting hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held Tuesday;April 23;at 2 p.m.from the funeral home with the Rev.Howard Rodebaugh;pastor of Pricedale Union Church;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.