Donald W.Van Dyke of 509 Eighth St.;Charleroi;died Friday;Nov.23;1984;at 12:38 p.m. in his home. He was 72. Mr.Van Dyke was born Aug.1;1912;in Donora;a son of the late William Randol Van Dyke and Virginia Corey Van Dyke. He was a retired employee of the Armco Plant in Butler;Pa. Mr.Van Dyke was preceded in death by his wife;Bertha Chevalier Van Dyke. Surviving are several nieces and nephews. There will be no public viewing. Graveside services will be held Monday at 10 a.m. in Belle Vernon Cemetery;with the Rev.Francis M.Blair;pastor;Presbyterian Church of Charleroi;officiating. The Schrock-Hogan Funeral Home;Inc.;Charleroi;is in charge of arrangements.
FRANK A. VANNUCCI
SAMUEL VITZA
Sameul Vitza of 511 Bluff St.Belle Vernon;formerly of Banning;Pa.;died Wednesday;Aug.8;1984;at 1 a.m.in Mon Valley Hospital;Carroll Twp. He was 89. Mr.Vitza was born May 2;1895;in North Belle Vernon;a son of the late Thomas and Ann Wilson Vitza. He retired in 1965 from employment with the Monessen plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation. A Catholic by faith;Mr.Vitza was a life member of the North Belle Vernon Fire Department. Surviving are one brother;James of Canoga Park;Calif.;two sisters;Mrs.Elmer (Agnes) Moore of Belle Vernon and Mrs.Ella Rade of Ohio. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held Saturday at 10 a.m.in the funeral home. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
ALEATHA T.TAYLOR VOLKER
Aleatha T.Volker of 325 Washington Ave.;Charleroi;died Monday;June 18;1984;at 9:30 a.m.in her home. She was 84. She was born in Charleroi on May 8;1900;the daughter of the late Joseph and Leefa Taylor. She was a member of the First Christian Church of Charleroi and OES Chapter 122 of Charleroi. Survivivng are her husband;Fred A.Volker Sr.;stepdaughter;Letty Roth of Falls Church;Va.;stepson;Fred A.Volker Jr.of Grenada Hills;cousin;Bessie Erwin of Charleroi;five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Schrock-Hogan Funeral Home;226 Fallowfield Ave.;Charleroi;Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1:30 p.m.with the Rev.Stephen Hurnyak officiating. Interment will be in the Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Schrock-Hogan Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.
FRANK EDMUND VESELY
Frank Edmund Vesely of Dunlevy died Wednesday;May 9;1984;in the Mon Valley Hospital. He was 75. Mr.Vesely was born Nov.8;1908;in Fayette City;a son of the late Frank Sr.and Mary Pinksa Vesely. He was retired from the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.;Allenport Plant. Mr.Vesely was a member of St.Joseph Roman Catholic Church;Roscoe;and REAP. Survivors include his wife;Margaret (Marge) Vesely;one daughter;Lois Vesely Domres of Denver;Colo.;two sons;Kenneth F.Vesely of Roscoe and Donald D.Vesley of Pittsburgh;two sisters;Marguerite Roucroft of Fayette City and Florence DeLeo of New York City;N.Y.;two brothers;Raymond Vesely of Rodgersville;Tenn.;and Clarence Vesely of Brownsville;eight grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Friends will be received Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.in the Ed Melenyzer Funeral Homes;Inc.;1008 Furlong Ave.;Roscoe;where a Blessing service will be held Saturday;May 12;at 9:30 a.m.;followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in St.Joseph Roman Catholic Church with the Rev.Robert Kohuch;pastor;as celebrant. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Rosary will be recited on Thursday at 7 p.m.in the funeral home. Ed Melenyzer Funeral Homes;Inc.is in charge of arrangements.
BATISTE VIVIANI
WILLIAM P. VIVIAN
MARY SUSANO’BRIEN VANDERNITTE
Mary Susan Vandernitte of 146 California St.;Fayette City;died Saturday Dec.3;1983;at 9:52 a.m.in her home. She was 59. Mrs.Vandernitte was born in Fayette City on Sept.17;1924;a daughter of the late James and Fannie Livingstone O’Brien. She was Protestant by faith. Survivors include her husband;Henry Vandernitte;a daughter;Mrs.Larry (Sandra) Solomon of Elizabeth;a stepson;Henry Keith Vandernitte of Spartansburg;S.C.;a stepdaughter;Mrs.Joseph (Nancy) Harone of Elkhart;Ind.;six grandchildren;a brother;Charles O’Brien of Fayette City;and a sister;Elizabeth Speck of Pittsburgh. Friends will be received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home in Fayette City on Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.and on Tuesday until 1 p.m. Services will be held at the funeral home on Tuesday at 1 p.m.;with the Rev.Norman C.Hunt officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
ARTHUR M. VAN DIVNER
Arthur M.Van Divner of 434 Bluff St.;Belle Vernon;died Sunday;Sept.11;1983;at 8:30 p.m.in the Waddington Nursing Home. He was 45. Mr.Van Divner was born May 12;1938;in Belle Vernon;a son of Thelma Headley Van Divner;with whom he made his home;and the late James Van Divner;who died in 1981. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Belle Vernon and the Belle Vernon American Legion. Mr.Van Divner retired on disability in June;1982;as a hooker at the Allenport Plant of the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corp. Survivors include two daughters;Candace and Julianne;both of Fayette City;one brother;Bill L.Van Divner of Belle Vernon;and one sister;Janice Faye Van Divner of McKeesport. Friends will be received on Monday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;where services will be held Wednesday;Sept.14;at 1:30 p.m.with the Rev.Earl Lehman;pastor of the First Baptist Church of Monessen;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;is in charge of arrangements.
ELIZABETH VACCARO