Frank R. Dayner;78;of 346
Hill St.;Belle Vernon; a retired
painter-contractor; died Thursday;Feb.17;1966;at 9:20 a.m. in Charleroi
– Monessen Hospital.
He was a member of St. Sebastian
R. C.Church;Belle Vernon.
Surviving are his widow;
Mary Flading Dayner; a
daughter;Mrs. Albert (Thelma)
Catrino of Belle Vernon;two
sons; Howard of Belle Vernon and
Clarence of Warren;Ohio;five
grandchildren; a sister; Mrs.
Frank (Wilma) Dolinar of Detroit;
Mich.;six brothers;Joseph of
Vestaburg;Stephen of Bristolville;
Ohio; Louis of Tampa;
Fla.; William of Birmingham;
Mich.;George of Detroit and Harold of
Pontiac;Mich.
Friends will be received at
the Harold R. Toner Funeral
Home;Belle Vernon;after 7
p.m. Friday. Visiting hours are 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Brief Prayer services will be held from the funeral home on Monday;Feb.21;1966;at 9:30 a.m.with additional services of Requiem High Mass to follow at 10 a.m.from St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon. The Rev.Martin J.O’Toole will officiate. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.

A retired tavern proprietor of Belle Vernon;Joseph DeSimone;74;of 1231 Fayette Ave.;died suddenly in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital Friday;Feb.11;1966 at 2:40 a.m. Mr.DeSimone had owned and operated the Factory Lunch in Belle Vernon for many years. He was a member of St.Sebastian’s Roman Catholic Church;Sons of Italy Lodge and Italian Beneficial Society;all of Belle Vernon. Surviving are his widow;Mary;two daughters;Mrs.leo (Rose) Traversari and Mrs.Roger (Theresa) Checchi of Belle vernon;three sons;Samuel of Versailles Borough;Ernest of Alameda.Calif.;and Anthony of Belle Vernon;twelve grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Friends will be received at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;after 2 p.m.Feb.12. Requiem High Mass will take place in St.Sebastian’s R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;on Monday;Feb.14 at 10 a.m.with the Rev.Martin J.O’Toole;pastor;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.

A former Belle Vernon resident;Mrs.Ines Dolfi;of Tiltonsville;Ohio;died early yesterday morning in Martins Ferry Hospital;Martins Ferry;Ohio. She had been in ill health. Mrs.Dolfi is survived by her husband;Nello;two sisters;Mrs.Albina Mattei of St.Louis.Mo.;and Renata Dolfi in Italy;one brother;Urbano Dolfi of New York City. Friends are being received at the Franklin Van Hover Funeral Home in Tiltonsville. Requiem high mass will take place at 9 a.m. Thursday in St.Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church at Tiltonsville. The body will then be returned for burial the same day in Belle Vernon Cemetery where the Rev.Martin J.O’Toole;pastor of St.Sebastian’s R.C.Church of Belle Vernon will officiate at a graveside blessing service.

Eleanor DeiCas (Johns);51;of Charleroi R.D.2;died at her home Thursday;Dec.23;1965;at 1:20 p.m.  Born in Charleroi;July 29;1914;she was the daughter of the late Richard and Elizbeth Dean Johns. Mrs.DeiCas was a member of Assembly of God Church in North Charleroi. Surviving are her husband;Leonard; son;Bradley;and daughter;Ronaele; brother;William Johns of New Canaan;Conn.; sister;Dolores Sukel  (Johns) of Charleroi. Friends will be received at the Francis C.Slezak Funeral Home;Charleroi;after 7 p.m.Dec.25;and from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.Dec.26. Service there Monday;Dec.27 at 11 a.m.with the Rev.Douglas Taylor;pastor of Assembly of God Church in North Charleroi;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Francis C.Slezak;funeral director.

George F.Diethorn;72;of 204 Otto St.;Belle Vernon;died at his home Saturday;Oct.23;1965;at 2:45 p.m. Mr.Diethorn had been chief clerk of Peoples Natural Gas Co. in Monessen until 1944. He then worked for Belle-Price Lumber Co. in Belle Vernon until retirement in 1958. Born in Pittsburgh on Sept. 27;1893;he had lived in the Belle Vernon area the past 50 years;coming to Belle Vernon from Pittsburgh. Mr.Diethorn was a member of St.Sebastian’s Roman Catholic Church;Belle Vernon;Loyal Order of Moose Lodge 209;Belle Vernon;and was a past secretary of the Moose. Surviving are his widow;Teresa Funk Diethorn;four sons;George;Lionel;Walter;all of Belle Vernon and Dennis of Charleroi;three daughters;Mrs.James (Evelyn) McManus and Mrs.Joseph (Phyllis) Sabol;both of Belle Vernon;and Mrs.Joseph (Mildred) Allfree of Speers;three brothers;Joseph of Chicago;Ill.;Bernard of Monessen and Vincent of Belle Vernon;R.D.;five sisters;Mrs.Bernadette Kern of Pittsburgh;Mrs.Gladys Carney of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Margaret Reed of Clarksburg;W.Va.;Mrs.Mercedes Gann of Long Beach;Calif.;and Mrs. Mary Board of Monessen;twenty-two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Shelby D.ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;until time of service Tuesday;Oct.26;at 9:30 a.m. followed at 10 a.m. with requeim high mass in St.Sebastian’s R.C.Church;Belle Vernon. The Rev.Martin J.O’Toole;pastor;will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

Carmine Shorty DeVoni;84;of 615 Rear Speer St.;Belle Vernon;died Sunday;Sept.19;1965;at 7:15 p.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. A resident of Belle Vernon for 60 years;he had made his home with the Peter Guiliano family for many years. He was a custodian for St.Sebastian R.C.Church for many years prior to his retirement. He was a member of St.Sebastian’s;the North Belle Vernon Fire Dept.;Westmoreland County Firemen’s Association and Sons of Italy Lodge. Friends will be received at the Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;Tuesday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Requiem High Mass will be said Thursday;Sept;23;1965;at 10 a.m.in St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;with the Rev.Martin J. O’Toole officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold Toner;funeral director.