Howard H.Minney;84;and his wife Mary J.Minney;80;of 401 Wood St.;Belle Vernon;both died unexpectedly Thursday May 17;1979 at Mon Valley Hospital;Carroll Twp. Both were lifelong residents of Belle Vernon. They are survived by a son;Howard H.Minney Jr.;Buffalo;N.Y.;a daughter;Mrs.Dolores V.Strange;Washington;D.C.;a daughter-in-law;Mrs.Willean Minney;Buffalo;N.Y.;a grandson;Charles Howard Strange;Washington;D.C.and Mr.Minney’s brother;Fred Johnson of Monessen. Friends will be received at the Beverly C.Draper Funeral Home;608 Sixth St.;Monessen;from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Services will be Monday at the funeral home at 11 a.m. with the Rev.Samuel Greene officiating. Interment will be at the Belle Vernon Cemetery. Draper funeral directors are in charge of arrangements.

Mary J.Minney;80;and her husband;Howard H.Minney;84;of 401 Wood St.;Belle Vernon;both died unexpectedly Thursday;May 17;1979;at Mon Valley Hospital;Carroll Twp. Both were lifelong residents of Belle Vernon. They are survived by a son;Howard H.Minney Jr.;Buffalo;N.Y.;a daughter;Mrs.Dolores V.Strange;Washington;D.C.;a daughter-in-law;Mrs.Willean Minney;Buffalo;N.Y.;a grandson;Charles Howard Strange;Washington;D.C. Friends will be received at the Beverly C.Draper Funeral Home;608 Sixth St.;Monessen;from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Services will be Monday at the funeral home at 11 a.m. with the Rev.Samuel Greene officiating. Interment will be at the Belle Vernon Cemetery. Draper funeral directors are in charge of arrangements.

A former Belle Vernon
resident; Walter F.
McKeever; Sr.; 204 Park Ave.
East; Mansfield; Ohio; died
Saturday;Feb.24;1979 at his residence. He
was 83.
He was born Jan. 11; 1896 in
Gibsontown (Rostraver
Twp.); son of the late Robert
and Elizabeth Fisher
McKeever.
Mr. McKeever was an
employee of the Mansfield
Tire and Rubber Co.; Mansfield; retiring in 1961. He was
an Army veteran of World
War I.
He was preceded in death by
his wife; Freda Shetterly
McKeever; on June 13;1963.
Mr. McKeever is survived
by one son; Dr. Walter F.
McKeever; Jr.; of Bowling
Green; Ohio; one sister; Mrs.
Jeanette Mapel of Coraopolis;
and two grandchildren.
Friends will be received in
the Shelby D Ferguson
Funeral Home; 700 Broad
Ave.; Belle Vernon; on Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held at the funeral home Wednesday at 11 a.m.with Pastor R.Dawson Hopson;of the First United Methodist Church of Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;is in charge of arrangements.

Harry M. MacDonald;73;of 116 Poplar St.;Ellsworth;was dead on arrival at Washington Hospital at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday;Feb.21;1979. Mr.MacDonald was born Feb.5;1906 in Vanderbilt;a son of the late William and Henrietta Spillman MacDonald. For the past 31 years;he lived in Ellsworth. He was a retired miner who had worked for Bethlehem Mines Corp.;Ellsworth. He belonged to United Mineworkers of America Local No.1190 of Ellsworth. Mr.MacDonald is survived by his widow;Irene Fields MacDonald;one son;John K.MacDonald of Garfield Heights;Ohio;one granddaughter;Diane;and one grandson;John;both of Garfield Heights;five brothers;William of West Newton;Russell of youngwood;James of Baltimore;Md.;Ralph of San Jose;Calif.;and Robert MacDonald of Everett;and two sisters;Mrs.Veronica Strauss of Orlando;Fla.;and Gertrude Danner of Youngwood. Friends will be received after 7 p.m. Thursday in the Greenlee Funeral Home;619 Main St.;Bentleyville;where services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m.;with the Rev.S.Miles McConnell officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Greenlee Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.