Ralph J.Matrozzo;77;of Fredericksburg;Va.;formerly of Belle Vernon;died Saturday;Dec.27;1997;at 6 p.m. in Georgetown University Hospital;Washington;D.C. Friends will be received Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;where a prayer service will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m.;followed by funeral Mass at 11:30 a.m. in St.Sebastian Church;Belle Vernon;with the Rev.John Cindric officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.is in charge of arrangements.

Thomas E.MacDonald;82;of 315 Sheppard Ave.;North Charleroi;died Saturday;Nov.29;1997;at 9:30 a.m.in Cherry Tree Nursing Center;Uniontown.   Born Oct.20;1915;in Belle Vernon;he was a son of the late Thomas and Bertha MacDonald.  He was a member of St.Mary’s Episcopal Church;Charleroi.  A resident of North Charleroi since 1965;Mr.MacDonald had previously lived in Brownsville.  He retired in 1980 after 30 years as a deckhand with Valley Line Barge Co.  In addition to his parents;he was preceded in death by his first wife;Agnes McLaughlin MacDonald;in November 1963 and his second wife;Elsie Morton MacDonald in June 1997.  Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law;James and Betty MacDonald of North Charleroi;three daughters and two sons-in-law;Lennie and William Pocky of Belle Vernon;Elizabeth and Patrick Kelly of Belle Vernon and Gloria Tomer of Royers Ford;10 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.   Friends will be received Monday 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 Tuesday at 1 p.m.with the Rev.Steven J.Kelly;rector of St.Mary’s Episcopal Church of Charleroi;officiating.  Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.  The Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.is in charge of arrangements.

Elsie L.MacDonald;80;of 315 Sheppard Ave.;North Charleroi;died Thursday;June 26;1997;at 8:15 p.m.in Mon Valley Hospital.  She was born in Belle Vernon on July 24;1916;a daughter of the late Samuela nd Elizabeth Warbutton Morton.  Survivors include her husband;Tom MacDonald;one son and daughter-in-lw;James and Betty MacDonald of North Charleroi;three daughters and two sons-in-law;elizabeth and Patrick Kelly of Belle Vernon;Gloria Tomer of Royersford;Pa.;and lennie and William Pocky of belle Vernon;one brother;Robert Morton of Charleroi;two sisters;Vera Herron of Charleroi and Dolores Federer of belle Vernon;10 grandchildren and eight-grandchildren.  Friends will be received Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.in the Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;where funeral services will be held Monday at 1 p.m.with the Rev.Steven J.Kelly;rector of St.Mary’s Episcopal Church;Charleroi;officiating.  Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.  The Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.is in charge of the arrangements.