Valentine Dietz of 728 Lookout Ave.;Charleroi;died Thursday;Aug.10;1972;at 7 p.m. in West Penn Hospital;Pittsburgh. Born Jan.12;1895 in McDonald;Mrs.Dietz was a daughter of the late Ferdinand and Mathilde Dumas Borne. Mrs.Dietz;who made her home with her niece Mrs.Margaret Batay;was a member of the Lutheran Church;LaPuente;Calif. She was preceded in death by her husband Frank in 1960;and a son Melvin J.in 1967. Surviving are a son;Frank R.of Roscoe;six grandchildren. Friends will be received from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Harold L.Schrock Funeral Home;Charleroi;where services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. with the Rev.James Robbins officiating. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold L.Schrock Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CELINEBERRIOT DELESTIENNE
GABRIEL DELZANGLE
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 JANESMART DEGHILAGE
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
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
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
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. DRIESEN
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.
WILLIAM DILLARD
LILLIE M. DUNKERLY