Walter R.Colvin Sr.;83;died Thursday morning June 17;1965;at 8:15 o’clock at his home;Belle Vernon R.D.4 after a long illness. Mr.Colvin was born in Fayette City;Sept.7;1881;and had lived in the Belle Vernon area the past 53 years. He was retired in 1953 from the railroad department of the Allenport Plant of Pittsburgh Steel Co. He was a member of Rehoboth Presbyterian Church. Surviving are his widow;Bertha McEwen Colvin;a son;Walter R.Jr.of Belle Vernon R.D.4;a daughter;Mrs.Richard (Viola) Weightman of Belle Vernon R.D.4;four grandchildren;five great-grandchildren;two sisters;Mrs.Mary Jane Russell;Monongahela and Mrs.Alfred (Sue) Phillips;Homer City. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m.June 18. Funeral services will be held from the funeral home on Sunday;June 20;at 2 p.m.;with the Rev.Jesse Houk;pastor of Rehoboth Presbyterian Church;and the Rev.Charles Colas;pastor of First Baptist Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

Mrs.Elma D.Connoley;72;of West Newton R.D.1;died at her late home Monday;March 29;1965;at 9 p.m. after a lingering illness. Mrs.Connoley had lived in Webster 55 years before moving to West Newton eight years ago. She was a mamber of Webster Methodist Church;the Woman’s Society of Christian Service of the church;Donora Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star No.94 and the Dames of Malta of Donora. Born Aug.29;1892;in Minersville;Ohio;she was the daughter of the late James and Elizabeth Mainwaring Price. Surviving are her husband;James H.;one son;J.Robert Connoley of Warren;Ohio;three daughters;Mrs.Stanley (Dorothy E.) Mazura of Riverhead;Long Island;N.Y.Mrs.Albert (Ruth) Gamble of Elizabeth R.D.3;and Mrs.Robert O.(Betty) Allen of Belle Vernon R.D.2;two brothers;Carl O.Price of Poland;Ohio;and J.Edward Price of Gibsonia;ten grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Lawson-Rabe Funeral Home;Donora;after 7 p.m. March 30. Service there Thursday;April 1;at 2 p.m. in charge of Dr.L.I.Snyder;pastor of Webster Methodist church;and the Rev.Hengust Robinson;pastor of Donora’s First Methodist Church. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Lawson-Rabe Funeral Home in charge.