A.Pearle Tressler of Price Avenue;Belle Vernon;died Tuesday;Aug.18;1998;in Mon Valley Hospital;Carroll Township. Friends will be received Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;where services will be held Friday at 10:30 a.m.with the Rev.Conrad G.Auel;pastor;First Christian Church;Monessen;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.is in charge of arrangements.

Joan M.Tucci;84;of Monessen;died Friday;Aug.14;1998;in Mon Valley Hospital. She was born on June 12;1914;in Boston;Mass.;a daughter of the late Peter and Nellie Cichowski Kurowski. Mrs.Tucci had been a resident of Monessen most of her adult life. She was Catholic by faith. In addition to her parents;she was preceded in death by her husband;Dr.Frank Tucci;a sister;Stephanie Kurowski;and two brothers;Walter and Siegmond Kurowski. Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law;Virginia and Ralph Dolfi of Belle Vernon;and a sister;Sophie Popov of Cranberry;N.J. Friends will be received in the Robert A.Billick Funeral Home Inc.;Grand Boulevard and Marion Avenue;Monessen;on Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. in the funeral home. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Robert A.Billick Funeral Home Inc.is in charge of arrangements.