Leroy B.Abrams;72;of 115 S.Fifth Ave.;West Reading;a former resident of the Belle Vernon area;died Wednesday;Oct.7;1964;at 3:50 a.m.in Reading Hospital. Mr.Abrams was born in Wilmerding;March 20;1892. He was retired as traffic manager of the American Chain and Cable Co.plant in Reading. He was a member of St.James United Church of Christ of West Reading;American Lodge 132 Free and Accepted Masons;Stratford;Conn.;Creig Council 16;R.S.M.;Excelsior R.A.Chapter 237;Reading Commandery 47;Knights Templar of Reading;Reading Traffic Club;North Belle Vernon Council 78;Junior Order of United American Mechanics;Industrial Management Club of Reading;West Reading Fire Department. Surviving are his widow;Mattie Haught Abrams;two brothers;Harry of Salem;Ohio and Walter of Alliance;Ohio;three sisters;Mrs.Helen Ruecroft;Washington;D.C.;Mrs.R.J.(Hazel) Waite;Belle Vernon and Mrs.Howard (Dorothy) Allen;Gelendale;W.Va.Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m.;Oct.9. Funeral services will be held from the funeral home on Sunday;Oct.11;at 2 p.m.with the Rev.J.David Barclay officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

Tony Altier;73;of Belle Vernon R.D.2;died at his late home Friday;May 29;1964;at 6:45 a.m. He was a member of the Italian Society of Mutual Aid;American Legion Post 28 and veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1190;all of Monessen. Mr.Altier lived in Monessen until 1942 when he moved to his present address. He was a World War I veteran and a retired welder of the Monessen plant of Pittsburgh Steel Co.;retiring July 8;1958. He was born in Italy April 7;1891. Surviving are his widow;Eva Rapp Alter;one son;Norman of Belle Vernon;two daughters;Mrs.William (Florence) Callaway of Belle Vernon R.D.2;and Mrs.Perry (Dorothy) Cloherty of Charleroi;ten grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Edwin Melenyzer Funeral Home;Monessen;during hours of 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.beginning May 30. Service there Monday;June 1;at 2 p.m.in charge of Rehoboth Presbyterian Church;Belle Vernon R.D. Interment Belle Vernon Cemetery;with military graveside service. Edwin Melenyzer;funeral director.

Ladislav Adamec (Adametz);73;of 139 Nagy Ave.;Arnold City;died in Brownsville General Hospital on Saturday at 10:15 a.m. Mr.Adamec was a retired coal miner and a member of St.Edward’s R.C.Church in Fayette City. He was born in Czechoslovakia on June 27;1890. Surviving are his widow;Anna;seven sons;Andrew at home;John Adamec of Fairhope;Charles Adametz of Sunnyvale;Calif.;Joseph Adametz of Niles;Ohio;George and Paul Adametz of Belle Vernon;and Michael Adametz of Arnold City;one daughter;Mrs.Chester (Margaret) Ludwick of Lynnwood;thirteen grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home in Fayette City;where Prayer will take place Tuesday;April 7;at 9:30 a.m.followed by Requiem Mass at 10 a.m.in St.Edward’s R.C.Church;Fayette City;in charge of the Rev.William Gavron;pastor. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director.

Flora M.Adams;a former Belle Vernon resident;died at the home of her daughter;Mrs.James (Rachel)Mclaughlin of 430 Locust St.Stockdale on Thursday;March 26;1964 at 11:30 p.m. Surviving besides her daughter are one son;George K.of Belle Vernon;eight grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren on the Adams relationship;and five grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren on the McLaughlin relationship. Her husband;John M.;preceded her in death. Friends will be received at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;during hours of 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. beginning Saturday. Funeral service will be held on Monday;March 30;1964 and interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.