Raymond P.Vasquez;87;of 817 Lookout Ave.;Charleroi;died on Thursday;Jan.12;1989;in Jefferson Center Hospital. He was born in Saragossa;Mexico;on Sept.16;1901;a son of the late Gitran and Italia Vasquez. Mr.Vasquez was a retired coal miner and member of the United Mine Workers of America. He was a U.S.Army veteran and member of SS.Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church of Charleroi. Mr.Vasquez is survived by two sons;Adolph and Raymond;one daughter;Irene;and several grandchildren. Friends will be received on Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m.at the Carl J.Spallino Funeral Home;819 Fallowfield Ave.;Charleroi. A Blessing service will be held in the funeral home on Friday at 10 a.m.with Rev.Pierre Sodini officiating. Interment will be at Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Carl J. Spallino Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Rosaria Mendicino Vaccaro;89;of Westmoreland Manor;Greensburg;formerly of Belle Vernon;died Saturday;March 26;1988;at 9:45 a.m.in Westmoreland Hospital;Greensburg. Mrs.Vaccaro was born Oct.16;1898;in Italy;a daughter of the late Mike and Ann Mendicino. In addition to her parents;she was also preceded in death by her husband;John Vaccaro;who died Aug.27;1957;by three sons;Anthony;Eugene and Gasper Vaccaro;by two daughters;Mary Vaccaro and Julia DiNardo;and by one brother;D.A.Mendicino. A life-long resident of the Belle Vernon area;Mrs.Vaccaro was a member of St.Sebastian Roman Catholic Church;Belle Vernon. Surviving are one son;Joseph Vaccaro;and a daughter-in-law;Patricia Devers Vaccaro;both of Belle Vernon;15 grandchildren;15 great-grandchildren;and one great-great-grandchild. Friends were received Sunday and will be received Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.in the Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon. A Prayer Service will be held Tuesday at 9:30 a.m.in the funeral home;followed by a 10 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial in St.Sebastian Roman Catholic Church;Belle Vernon. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Frances Sopsic Vernaccini; 70; of
the Belle Vernon Apartments; Belle
Vernon; died Thursday; March 17;
1987; at 12:33 p.m. in Mon Valley
Hospital; Carroll Township; following
a lengthy illness.
Mrs. Vernaccini was born Jan. 25;
1918; in Washington Township;
Fayette County; a daughter of the
late Peter Sopsic Sr. and Ella
Stepkovich Sopsic.
She was Catholic by faith.
Her husband; Roland (Ronnie)
Vernaccini; died in 1981. Surviving are several nieces and nephews;

one stepbrother; George
Kowasic Sr.; of Naomi; Fayette City
R.D.I; and one stepsister; Mrs.
Steve (Katheryn) Misher; of
Fairhope; Belle Vernon.
Friends will be received Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.in the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City. A Prayer Service will be held Saturday at 9:30 a.m.in the funeral home;followed b a 10 a.m.Mass of Christian Burial in St.Sebastian Roman Catholic Church;Belle Vernon. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Thelma L.VanDivner of 434 Bluff St.;Belle Vernon;died Saturday;Nov.28;1987;in Mon Valley Hospital. She was 76. Mrs.VanDivner was born Nov.11;1911;a daughter of the late Curtis R.and Bertha Anderson Headley. She was a member of Olive Branch Baptist Church;Rostraver Township;and the Rostraver AARP. She was also a member of the Fayette City Golden Agers. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband;James VanDivner;a son;Arthur M.VanDivner;and by a sister;Marguerite Milalic. Survivors include a son;Billie L.VanDivner of Belle Vernon;a daughter;Janice F.VanDivner of Phoenix;Ariz.;one sister;Mrs.Mario (Lillian) Pesi of Belle Vernon;four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Friends will be received Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the James C.Stump Funeral Home;Sweeney Plan;Rostraver Township. Family and friends will gather at the Olive Branch Baptist Church;Rostraver Twp.;on Wednesday;Dec.2;at 11 a.m.;at which time services will be held with the Rev.D.W.Norton;pastor;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The James C.Stump Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Lucretia Vales of Pricedale died
Thursday; Nov. 5;1987; at 3:23 p.m.
in her home following a lengthy illness. She was 88.
Mrs. Vales was born Jan. 27;1899;
in Pricedale; a daughter of the late
John and Mary Lee Harris.
She was a member of the Pleasant
Green A.M.E. Church in Pricedale.
In addition to her parents; Mrs.
Vales was also preceded in death by
her husband; Dunmore Vales; by a
son; George Vales; and by a granddaughter; Elizabeth Jackson.
Surviving are one son; Edward
Vales; of Pricedale; two daughters;
Mrs. Beatrice Summers and Mrs.
Lenora Shaw; both of Pricedale;
nine grandchildren; and eight greatgrandchildren.
Friends will be received in the
Howard W. McCrory Funeral Home;
Fayette City; on Saturday from 6 to 9
p.m.; and at the Pleasant Green
A.M.E. Church on Sunday from 3 to 9
p.m. and again on Monday until 2 p.m.;the hour of services in the church;with the Rev.Luther N.Wormack;pastor;Antioch Baptist Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery;Belle Vernon. The Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Peter D. (Pete);64;of Fayette City R.D.1;died Saturday;Aug.15;1987;at 5:41 p.m.in Allegheny General Hospital;Pittsburgh. Friends will be received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;on Tuesday from 2 to 4 p.m.and 7 to 9 p.m. Prayer services will be held at the funeral home Wednesday at 9:30 a.m.;followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m.in St.Sebastian Roman Catholic Church;Belle Vernon. Burial will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home is handling the arrangements/