Antonio Checchi;76;of Dunlevy;died suddenly on Wednesday;January 8;1958;at 10 a.m. Mr.Checchi was born in Italy July 17;1881. He was a member of the Mother of Sorrows Church;Charleroi. He is survived by his wife;Mrs.Rose Cheechi;three sons;Elio;Belle Vernon;Elmo;Charleroi;and Edward Checchi;Norfolk;Virginia;five daughters;Mrs.Guido (Elonar) Bucchianeri;Dunlevy;Mrs.Ray (Ella) Haywood;Weirton;West Virginia;Mrs.Clair (Essilda) Bussard;New Bethlehem;Pa.;Mrs.Robert (Edna) Jacobs;Dunlevy;and Mrs.Kenneth (Emma) Goldy;Pensacola;Florida;fourteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Friends will be received at the Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;during hours of 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.Requiem High Mass will be sung in the Mother of Sorrows Church by Rev.J.J.Thomas;Saturday;January 11;at 10 a.m.and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is the funeral director.

Mrs.Bess J.Collins;60;of 1522 Wareman Ave.;Brookline;died suddenly at her home on Aug.20;1957;at 11:45 a.m. She was born in Fayette City on April 6;1897;the daughter of the late Thomas and Martha Planton Johnson. Her religious affiliation was with the United Presbyterian Church;of Brookline. She was also an active member of the Order of the Eastern Star;of Charleroi. She has made her home in Brookline for the past four years;having moved there from Charleroi. Her survivors include her husband;Fred G.Collins;two sons;Robert J.Collins;of Monessen;and Fred J.Collins;at home;a daughter;Mrs.William (Jane) Kibler;Jr.;of Charleroi;R.D.;a brother;C.N.Johnson;of St.Petersburg;Fla.;a sister;Mrs.C.L.Shoaf;of Belle Vernon;and three grandchildren. Friends will be received by the family during the hours 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. at the Harold L.Schrock Funeral Home;where services will be held on Friday;Aug.23;at 1:30 p.m. Dr.Stillman Foster will be in charge of the services;with interment at Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold L.Schrock is the funeral director.

William Caskie;75;of Fairhope;Fayette City;R.D.1;died Sunday;June 16;1957;at 2:20 a.m.at his home. Mr.Caskie was a retired coal miner. Surviving a
re two daughters;Mrs.August (Fannie) Becken of Fairhope and Mrs.Joseph (Viola) Savarino of Monessen;two sons;William Jr.;of Charleroi and Elmer of Elmira;New York;six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Toner Funeral Home;Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;from 1 to 5 and from 7 to 10 p.m. Funeral services will be held from the funeral home on Tuesday;June 18;1957;at 3:30 p.m.with the Rev.Carl Wilkman of Monessen officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner is the funeral director.

Mrs.Mary Grace Colelli;78;of 401 Main St.;Belle Vernon;died at the home of her daughter;Mrs. Ben (Leona) Lavigna;Jeannette;Tuesday;June 11;1957;at 5:45 p.m. Born in Italy;Sept.15;1880;she had been a resident of Belle Vernon for 54 years. She was a member of the St.Sebastian R.C.Church. Surviving besides her daughter are her husband;Antonio;four sons;Amerigo Colelli and Ernest Colelli;both of Belle Vernon;Albert Colelli;at home;and John Clement;with the U.S.Air Force in Chicago;a sister;Mrs.Josephine Fronaelio of Donora and one sister and one brother in Italy. Fourteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren also survive. Friends will be received at the Ferguson Funeral Home during hours of 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Requiem High Mass will be sung in Sr.Sebastian Chruch;Saturday;June 15;at 10 a.m.;by Rev.Henry Hanse;and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is the funeral director.