An 18-year-old Monessen man was stabbed to death early Wednesday morning;March 12;1980;in a theater in downtown Pittsburgh. The victim;Ronald Wells of 203 Schoonmaker Ave.;Monessen;was stabbed in the heart about 3 a.m.at the Sneak-A-Peek theater;803 Liberty Ave.;according to city police. He was pronounced dead at 4:16 a.m.Wednesday at Allegheny General Hospital after nearly two hours of emergency treatment at the hospital. Wells was born Jan.5;1962;in Monessen;the son of Charles Wells;Sr.of 203 Schoonmaker Ave.and the late Mona Allen Wells. He attended Monessen High School. Surviving;in addition to his father;are three brothers;Charles Jr.;and Dale;both at home and Stephen;who is in the United States Air Force in England;three sisters;Diane Frost of Donora and Karen and Carol Wells;both of Pittsburgh;and many cousins. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Friday at the William R.Taylor Funeral Home in Monessen. Services will be held at 11 a.m.Saturday at the funeral home;with the Rev.E.E.Davis officaiting. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Effie Wagner; 81; of
Westmoreland Manor;
Greensburg; died Friday;
March 7; 1980; at the manor;where she had lived
for the past six years.
A former Belle Vernon resident;
Mrs. Wagner was of the
Baptist faith.
She was born Nov. 7;1898; in
Belle Vernon.
Her husband; William; died
Nov. 11; 1972.
Surviving are three sons;
William C.; of Youngwood;
Pa.; Robert of Denver; Colo.;
and Larry of Englishtown; N.
J.; one daughter; Mrs. George
(Marion) Krivda of
Donora; five sisters; Mrs. Ann
Moore of Arnold City; Mrs.
Helen Boyce and Mrs.
Florence Sismondo of; both of
Donora and Mrs. Bessie
Howard and Mrs. Edith Lenphant;
both of Charleroi; two
brothers; William Hartzell of
Greensburg and John Hartzell
of Arnold City; nine grandchildren
and 14 great-grandchildren.
Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m.
Saturday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
p.m. Sunday in the Shelby D.
Ferguson Funeral Home in
Belle Vernon.
Service will be held at 11:30
a.m. Monday in the funeral
home with Rev. Charles
LaPlaca of First Presbyterian
Church; Belle Vernon; officiating.
Burial will be in
Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Sadie Williams;93;of Monessen;died Thursday;Jan.24;1980;at Westmoreland Manor in Greensburg. She was known to her friends as Aunt Sally. Mrs.Williams was born in Alabama in 1886;a daughter of the late Henry and Caroline (Digens) Adams. She was a member of the Wayman AME Church of Monessen. Mrs.Williams is survived by several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Monday;Jan.28;1980;at the Wayman A.M.E.Church in Monessen. The Rev.E.E.Davis officiated and burial was in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Beverly C.Draper Funeral Home of Monessen was in charge of arrangements.