Herbert J. Mills; 71; of 539
Chestnut St.; Monessen; died
Thursday; June 9; 1994; in Mon
Valley Hospital Inc.; Carroll
Township.
Born March 4; 1923; in
Whitsett; he was the son of the
late Herbert and Bessie Moon
Mills.
Mr. Mills was a resident of
Monessen for many years and
attended the public school
system.
He was a former member of
Antioch Baptist Church; Belle
Vernon.
A veteran of the U.S. Army;
Mr. Mills was a member of the
Monessen American Legion.
He was a former employee of
Jones Frozen Foods and retired
from PennDOT.
In addition to his parents; he
was preceded in death by one
brother; Charles; and four
sisters; Marian; Gertrude; Sherdina and Genevieve.
Surviving are his wife; Vivian
Mills; one son; Thomas Johnson
of Cleveland; Ohio; two stepsons; Haywood Jones; at home;
and Derrick Jones of Upper
Marlboro. Md.; his stepmother-in-law; Bernice Robinson of
Charleroi; two brothers; Robert
Mills of Washington; Pa.; and
Melvin and his wife Clyda Mills
of Uniontown; three sisters and
brothers-in-law; Fannie and
Clarence Reid of Flint; Mich.;
Dorothy and George Linton of
Uniontown and Frances and
Albert Smith of Monessen; two
brothers-in-law; Leon and
Melvin Troop of Maryland;
three sisters-in-law; Rosie and
Ariva Troop and Carmen Cintron; all of Maryland; eight
grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received Sunday from 6 to 9 p.m. in Mt.
Calvary Baptist Church; Reed
Avenue; Monessen;where services will be held Monday at 11 a.m.with the Rev.Griffin E.Mason officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.
Arrangements are being
handled by the Beverly C.
Draper Funeral Home;Monessen.

William P.McGavitt Sr.;71;of 419 Main St.;Belle Vernon;died Tuesday;June 7;1994;at 10:50 p.m.in Mercy Hospital;Pittsburgh. Born Dec.6;1922;in Monongahela;he was the son of the late Harry and Pauline Assel McGavitt. Mr.McGavitt resided in Belle Vernon for 50 years and attended the Char-Belle Free Methodist Church. In 1981;because of ill health;he retired from the Monessen plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.;where he was employed as a millwright. He and his wife;Anna Fike McGavitt;would have celebrated 50 years of marriage in October 1994. In addition to his parents;he was preceded in death by two brothers;Harry and Thomas McGavitt. Surviving;in addition to his wife;are two sons;and one daughter-in-law;William P.McGavitt Jr.;at home;and James M.and Cathy McGavitt of Belle Vernon;three daughters;Mrs.Richard (Joyce) Parks of Belle Vernon;Mrs.William (Linda) Dudeck of Charleroi R.D.and Mrs.Stephen (Donna) Tiernan of Fayette City R.D.;10 grandchildren;three great-grandchildren;and two sisters;Mary Peters of Weirton;W.Va.;and Dorothy Brown of Wellsburg;W.Va. 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 Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;where services will be held Saturday at 11:30 a.m.with the Rev.Eugene Spear;pastor of the Char-Belle Free Methodist Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Members of the North Belle Vernon Volunteer Fire Department will conduct services in the funeral home Thursday at 7 p.m. Arrangements are being handled by the Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.

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Elmer F. Moore; 90; of 506
Bluff St.; Belle Vernon; died
Saturday; Feb. 12;1994; at 8p.m.
at his home.
He was born Aug. 23; 1903; in
Dearth; German Township;
Fayette County; a son of the late
J. Newton and Martha
Maryman Moore.
Mr. Moore was Protestant by
faith.
Formerly of Brownsville; he
had lived in Belle Vernon for
over 60 years.
He retired in 1968 from the
Page Plant in Monessen where
he had worked as a wire drawer.
In addition to his parents; he
was preceded in death by his
first wife; Jean McGraw Moore;
who died May 21; 1938; his second wife; Agnes Vitza Sinclair
Moore; who died Oct. 28;1988; a
stepson; George T. Sinclair; one
brother; George Moore; and two
sisters; Alice Webb and Cella
Brock.
Survivors include two
daughters and sons-in-law; Sue
and John Dunlop of Lynnwood
(Belle Vernon) and Carolyn and
Captain James Batwinis of New
Orleans; La.; five grandchildren; Dr. J. Jeffrey Dunlop
of Youngstown; Ohio; Mrs.
Thomas (Valerie) Radic of Belle
Vernon; Mrs. Clark (Annette)
Necciai of Monongahela; Mrs.
Joseph (Robbie) Stout of Columbia; Md.; and Mrs. Brian (Lori
Ann) Jeffries of Germany; and
four 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 Ferguson Funeral Home; 700
Broad Ave.; Belle Vernon;where services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m.with the Rev.Frank DePolo;pastor Covenant Christian Church of Belle Vernon;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.is in charge of arrangements.

Ida Mazza;83;of 1617 New England Hollow Road;West Mifflin;formerly of Monessen;died Tuesday;Jan.11;1994;at 1 a.m. in McKeesport Hospital. She was born Aug.22;1910;in Belle Vernon;a daughter of the late Vincenzo and Annunziata Spadafore Rizzuto. Mrs.Mazza was a member of Epiphany of Our Lord Roman Catholic Church;Monessen. In addition to her parents;she was preceded in death by her husband;Antonio Mazza;in 1988;two brothers;Dominick and Harold Rizzuto;and one sister;Matilda Palozzo. Survivors include a son;Joseph Mazza of West Mifflin;one granddaughter;Belinda Miller of Dallas;Texas;one great-granddaughter;Tiffany;two brothers;Sam and William Rizzuto;both of Monessen;and one sister;Evelyn Luce of West Newton. Friends will be received Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m.in the Raymond D.Dalfonso Funeral Home;441 Reed Ave.;Monessen;where a blessing service will be held Thursday at 9:30 a.m.;followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m.in Epiphany of Our Lord R.C.Church;Monessen. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Raymond D.Dalfonso Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Alma M. Taylor MacDonald;
47; of 102Highland Terrace;
Donora; died Wednesday; Jan. 5;
1994; at 1:50 p.m. in Mon Valley
Hospital.
She was born Nov. 12; 1946; in
North Charleroi; a daughter of
the late Samuel H. Taylor Sr.;
who died in 1975; and Isabelle
Harnett Taylor; who survives
and resides in Rochester; N.Y.
Mrs. MacDonald had worked
at Children and Youth Services
in Washington; Pa.; until the
time of her illness three years
ago. She was a member of
Bethlehem Temple Church of
God in Christ of Donora.
She is survived by three sons;
Tracy Philip Nathan Taylor;
LeMauel Edwin Vaughn Taylor
and Yancey Darnell James
Taylor; all of Donora; one
daughter; Monique Lovette
Taylor of Donora; two brothers;
Samuel H. Taylor Jr. of Donora
and Donald L. Taylor of
Monessen; five sisters; Helen E.
Taylor of Donora; Sarah
Roberts of Pittsburgh; Lelia
Phelps Benjamin; Debbie Merritt and Sylvia Leslie; all of
Rochester; N.Y.; and six
grandchildren.
In addition to her father; she
was preceded in death by three
sisters; Phylis Scott in 1976 and
Pearl Taylor and Harriet Tyree;
both in 1993.
Friends will be received Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in
the Bethlehem Temple; Allen Avenue;Donora.