Amos Dauvin of Wayne;Mich.;and formerly of Monessen;died at his late home Wednesday morning;September 5;1962;of an apparent heart attack. He was born in MacDonald;Pa.;in 1897;and while a resident of Monessen was employed at the tin mill. Surviving are his widow;Florence Newman Dauvin;three daughters;Mrs.Charles McGlone of Wayne;Mich.;Mrs.Jerry Young and Mrs.Mainard Sparks of Denver;Colo. Also surviving are two brothers;Clem of Monessen and Alfred of St.Petersburg;Fla.;one sister;Mrs.Dena Brewer of Monterey Park;Calif. and seven grandchildren. The remains were brought to the Willock Funeral Home in McKeesport.
ALEX DERDA
AMOS DAUVIN
DENNIS DALE DAYNER
Funeral services will be held Saturday;Aug.18;1962;for Dennis Dayner;19;of 445 Hill St.;Belle Vernon;who sustained fatal injuries in a 70-foot fall from a church steeple Tuesday;Aug.15;1962. The popular youth was helping
his father paint the Centerville
Methodist Church on old Route 40
when he apparently slipped from a scaffold.
The young man plunged 70 feet
to the ground; striking an aluminum canopy over the front entrance of the church and landing
on the cement walk. The canopy
was only slightly damaged.
Fellow workmen rushed to
young Dayner’s aid. He was taken to Browvnsville General Hospital where he was pronounced
dead at 10:03 a.m. of multiple
injuries.
Employed by his father; a
painting contractor; the youth was
engaged in painting the frame
superstructure of the steeple.
What caused the fall has not been ascertained. The scaffold; itself;
was intact.
Young Dayner was a 1960 graduate of Bellmar High School. During the past summer;he has worked with his father. He was a member of the North Belle Vernon Volunteer Fire Dept.and Auxiliary Police;and was an assistant scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 541. He belonged to St.Sebastian R.C.Church. Surviving are his parents;Mr.and Mrs.Howard Dayner;a brother;Dean;his grandparents;Mr.and Mrs.Frank Dayner of Belle Vernon;and Mr.and Mrs.Charles Bush of Bentleyville. Friends will be received at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;after 3 p.m.Thursday.Visiting hours will then be from 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Requiem Mass at St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;Saturday;August 18;at 9:30 a.m.in charge of The Rev.Andrew King;pastor. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.
JOHN M. (GIOVANNI) DANESI
MAUDE DAVIS
VIOLA M. DEITCH
RENAMcKEEVER DAUGHERTY
Mrs. Rena McKeever Daugherty Of 419 Graham St.; Belle Vernon; died in the Charleroi Monessen Hospital; Saturday March 31;1962;at 6:40 p.m.
She was born in Rostraver Township; Jan.11; 1893; and had resided In Belle Vernon over 30 years.
She is survived by two sons; William R. of Fontana; Calif.; Charles E.; Monessen; one daughter; Mrs. Bernadine Fitzgerald; Detroit; Mich.; three brothers; Lewis of Belle Vernon; Walter of Mansfield; Ohio; and Robert McKeever; Belle Vernon; three sisters; Mrs. George (Martha) Sauers; Monrovia; Calif.; Mrs. Adam (Inez) Walters; Arlington; Va.; and Mrs. Irwin (Janet) Maple; Coraopolis. Nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren also survive.
Friends will be received at the Shelby D. Ferguson Funeral Home; Belle Vernon;from 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held there Wednesday;April 4 at 1:30 p.m.in charge of the Rev.E.W.Lighthall. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;Belle Vernon;funeral director in charge.
JOSEPH R. DAVENPORT
Joseph R.Davenport of 121 Speer St.;Speers;died at his home on Friday March 30;1962;at 8:30 a.m. He was a member of the Speers Methodist Church;the IOOF Lodge of Belle Vernon;and the Royal Arcanim Lodge;Charleroi. Survivors are one daughter;Mrs.Mattie Hickey at home;one brother;Andrew Davenport of Roscoe;one sister;Mrs.Belle Smith of Dugger;Ind.;two foster sons;Clyde of Speers Hill and Elmer of Indianapolis;Ind.;one foster daughter;Mrs.John Hanchin of Lynnwood;three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;during hours of 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held there Monday;April 2;1962;at 2 p.m.;in charge of the Rev.Charles Sowden. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner of Belle Vernon is the funeral director.
RICHARD DAWSON
Richard Dawson;70;of 927 Fallowfield Ave.;Charleroi;died in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital from a heart attack on Wednesday;March 14;1962 at 3:55 a.m. He was born in Nelsonville;Ohio;May 18;1891. He is survived by his widow;Mary Tolan Dawson;a son;Clarence of Monongahela;a daughter;Charlotte at home;a sister;Mrs.Anna Lax of Brilliant;Ohio;four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home in Fayette City where services will take place on Saturday;March 17;at 1:30 p.m. in charge of the Rev.Leslie Papp;pastor of Fayette City’s Presbyterian Church. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director.
