Mrs. Mary E. Dayner; 74; of
346 Hill St.; Belle Vernon; died Thursday;Jan.19;1967; at 4 p.m. in Charleroi – Monessen Hospital.
Mrs. Dayner; a resident of
Belle Vernon 52 years; was a
member of St. Sebastian’s Roman Catholic Church; Belle Vernon; and its Confraternity of
Christian Mothers.
She was born Aug. 12; 1892; at
Lincoln Place; Allegheny County.
Her husband; Frank R.; died
Feb. 17; 1966.
She is survived by two sons;
Howard A of Belle Vernon and
Clarence of Warren; Ohio; one
daughter; Mrs. Albert (Thelma M.) Catrino of Belle Vernon; three brothers; Benjamin
Flading of Lincoln Place; Paul
Flading of McKeesport and Ambrose Flading of Lincoln Place;
one sister; Mrs. Thomas Herron of Bethel Park: five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Friends will be received at
the Shelby D. Ferguson Funeral Home; Belle Vernon; beginning at 2 p.m.Jan.21. Blessing service there Monday;Jan.23;at 9:30 a.m.followed by Requiem High Mass in the St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;at 10 a.m. The Rev.Martin J.O’Toole;pastor;will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

William R. Dawson; Sr.; 79; of 128 Jean St.; Belle Vernon; died Friday;Jan.6;1967;at 6:31 a.m. in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital.
Mr. Dawson had lived in Belle Vernon 17 years; coming to Belle Vernon from Monessen.
He was a conductor for the P. & L. E. Railroad; retiring in 1955.
Mr. Dawson; who was born at New Salem Sept. 13; 1887; was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Belle Vernon.
Surviving are his widow; Margaret Monks Dawson; three sons; Gerald Lee Dawson of Detroit; Mich.; Ralph B. Dawson of Rialto; Calif.; William R. Dawson Jr. ; staff sergeant with the U.S. Air Force in Vietnam; two daughters; Mrs. Orlando (Arlene) FOREMAN and Mrs. Frank (Margaret) CAMPBELL of Monessen; a step-son; James R. FURGESON of Belle Vernon; three step-daughters; Mrs. Dorothy ROACH of Willowick; Ohio; Mrs. Theodore (Eunice) HORTON of Camp Hill; Pa.; Mrs. Michael (Marilyn) RUSNAK of Belle Vernon; two sisters; Mrs. George HUEY of Belle Vernon and Mrs. Myrtle STEEL of St. Petersburg; Fla.; twenty-six grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.
Friends will be received after 7 p.m. Jan.7 at the Shelby D. Ferguson Funeral Home; Belle Vernon. Service there Monday;Jan.91967;at 1:30 p.m. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

Fernand Dindal;58;of Belle Vernon R.D.3;died Sunday;Dec.4;1966;at 9:15 a.m. in Charleroi-Monessen hospital after an illness of five weeks. Mr.Dindal worked in the electrical department of the Allenport plant of Pittsburgh Steel Co. He was born on May 1;1908. Surviving are his widow;Maude;two sons;Donald of Waynesburg and Edward at home;a daughter;Mrs.Robert (Kay) Wilson of Bentleyville;two step-sons;Benjamin Roberts Jr.of Pricedale and William Roberts of Long Beach;Calif.;a step-daughter;Mrs.Loretta Truran of Bentleyville;four sisters;Mrs.Hortense Dantinne of West Mifflin;Mrs.Joseph Noel of North Charleroi;Mrs.Maria Harris of Charleroi and Mrs.Blanche Leone of New York City and eleven grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m.Monday;Dec.5. Service there Wednesday Dec.7;at 3 p.m.with the Rev.Garret Ackinclose;pastor of Belle Vernon’s Church of the Nazarene;officiating. interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

Sarita Dawkins;two years old;of 1430 Schoonmaker Ave.;Monessen;died of suffocation in a fire at her home on Friday;Dec.2;1966;at 3 p.m.  Survivors are her parents;Mr.and Mrs.Paul Dawkins;three brothers;Julius;William and Anthony;one sister;Gloria Ann;maternal grandmother;Mrs.Nellie Davis of Monessen and paternal grandmother;Mrs.Ida White;of Monessen.  Friends will be received at the Beverly C. Draper Funeral Home;Monessen;after 1 p.m.on Sunday.  Services will be held there Tuesday;Dec.6;at 11 a.m.;in charge of the Rev.Phillip L.Green;pastor of the Macedonia Baptist Church;Connellsville.  Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery.  Beverly C. Draper of Monessen is the funeral director. 

Larel Dawkins;three and a half years old;of 1430 Schoonmaker Ave.;Monessen;died of suffocation in a fire at his home Friday Dec.2;1966;at 3 p.m.  Survivors are his parents;Mr.and Mrs.Paul Dawson;three brothers;Julius;William and Anthony;one sister;Gloria Ann;maternal grandmother;Mrs.Nellie Davis of Monessen;and paternal grandmother;Mrs.Ida White;of Monessen.  Friends will be received at the Beverly C.Draper Funeral Home;Monessen;after 1 p.m. on Sunday.  Services will be held there Tuesday;Dec.6;at 11 a.m.;in charge of the Rev.Phillip L.Green;pastor of the Macedonia Baptist Church;Connellsville. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Beverly D.Draper of Monessen is the funeral director.

James F.DeSellems;74;of 364 Pennsylvania Ave.;North Charleroi;died Saturday;July 9;1966;at 7 p.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Mr.DeSellems is survived by a daughter;Mrs.Dorothy Gidick of Philadelphia;one son;Benjamin Nichols of Richmond;Va.;five sisters;Mrs.Sarah McCreary of Washington;D.C.;Mrs.Evan (Murie) Lewis of North Charleroi;Mrs.William (Eva) Fleming of Baltimore;Mrs.William (Evelyn) Miller of Lock Four and Mrs.Aline Torres of Charleroi R.D.1;five brothers;Russell of Detroit;Mich.;Fred of North Charlerio;Robert of Tampa;Fla.;Owen of Saxonburg;Pa.;and Henry of Baltimore;three granddaughters including Mrs.Val (Linda) Seidel of Bentleyville;three grandsons and one great-grandson. Friends will be received at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home in Belle Vernon ater 7 p.m. July 11. Visiting hours will then be 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Service there Wednesday;July 13;at 2 p.m.with the Rev.W.S.VanArsdale;pastor of Charleroi’s First Christian Church.officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.

Mrs. Ethel G. Derby; a former Monessen resident; died yesterday at 6:45 p.m. in Waddington Rest
Home at Fayette City R. D. 1.
Mrs. Derby; who was born at Eaton Rapids; Mich.; came to Monessen in 1903 where she was an active
member of First Methodist Church. She was a past regent of the DAR; Monongahela Valley Chapter.
Mrs. Derby left Monessen in 1943 for Battle Creek; Mich.; where she worked at practical nursing;
retiring from this profession eight years ago.
Surviving are the following children: Carroll and Mrs. George (Dorothy) Curry of Belle Vernon; Mrs
William G. (June) Wiley of Tampa; Fla.; and Harvey of Penrose; Colo.; nine grandchildren and nine
great-grandchildren; a brother; Herbert Logan of Eaton Rapids; Mich.
A son; Dwight; died in January of 1964.
Friends will be received at the H. Denver Rhome Funeral Home in Monessen after 2 p.m. tomorrow.

>Valley Independent; Thursday; July 7; 1966