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.

Mrs.Pauline Horner Dix;73;of 280 State St.;Clairton;died Saturday;April 24;1971;at her residence. She was born June 24;1897;in Manassas;Va.;a daughter of the late Archie Gaskins and Mary Johnson Gaskins. Prior to moving to Clairton 20 years ago;she lived in Charleroi. She was a member of Morning Star Baptist Church in Clairton. Surviving are her husband;James Albert Dix;one son;Clarence Slu Horner of Charleroi R.D.1;seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Friends will be received beginning Wednesday afternoon at the Mt.Sinai Baptist Church;Charleroi;where services will be held Thursday;April 29;1971;at noon with the Rev.E.W.Demps officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Walter S.Waters Funeral Home;Clairton;in charge of arrangements.

Mrs.Martha Carson Donnell;75;of Pricedale;died Thursday March 11;1971 in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Survivors include her husband;Robert;two sons;Albert of Pricedale and Samuel of North Charleroi;a brother;William Fields of Pricedale;14 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Services were held Saturday March 13;1971 with burial in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Mrs.Florence T.Davis;46;of Monessen;died Wednesday March 10;1971;in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Survivors include her father;Theodore Walters of Monessen;four sons;Gregory;at home;Joseph and Bruce;boh of Monessen and Maurice in the U.S.Marine Corps in South Carolina;four daughters;Deborah;Maxine and Sarah Davis;at home;and Irene Bass of Monessen;two brothers;Theodore Walters Jr.of Wheeling;W.Va.;and Robert Walters of Monessen;seven sisters;Helen Walters;Mildred Humphries;Doris Lee and Shirley Taylor;all of Monessen;Hilda Simmons of Pittsburgh;Dolly Smith of Masontown;Pa.and Evelyn Mason of Cleveland;Ohio;and 16 grandchildren. Services were held Saturday March 13;1971 with burial in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Mrs. Hannah Davis;48;of Monessen;died March 3 in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Surviving are her husband;Alton Davis;a son;James Thomas of Monessen;a daughter;Mrs.Flora Madison of Monessen;two sisters;Mrs.Nadine Johnson of Republic and Mrs.Irene Smith of Isabell;and two grandchildren. Services were held March 6 with burial in Belle Vernon Cemetery.