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.

Andrew W.Davenport;81;of Roscoe died this morning at 6 o’clock in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital after a brief illness. He was born in Coalvale;Tenn.;a son of the late Stephen and Amanda Smith Davenport. He was a retired millwright of the Charleroi plant of Corning Glass Works. He was a member of Loyal Order of Moose 338;Roscoe; Slovak Club of Roscoe;Allenport Rod and Gun Club;Turkeyfoot Rod and Gun Club of Confluence. Surviving are three sons;George of Roscoe;with whom he made his home;Clyde of Speers and Elmer of Worthington;Ind.;one daughter;Mrs.John (Karthryn) Hanchin of Belle Vernon;two stepsons;John A.Gibson of Coal Center R.D.1 and Charles Neilson of Baltimore;Md.;one stepdaughter;Mrs.Alfred (Audrey) Malmgren of Coal Center R.D.1;four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Friends will be received after 7 p.m. Tuesday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Ruth Eckert Funeral Home;Roscoe;where a service will be held Thursday;May 27;at 1 p.m. with the Rev.James Cuppert of United Presbyterain Church of Roscoe officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Ruth Eckert;funeral director.