Leroy James Milton of 408 Valley Manor;Monessen;died Saturday;June 26;1982;at 4:37 a.m.in the Mon Valley Hospital after a short illness. He was 80. Born in Lynchburg;Va.;May 22;1902;he was the son of the late Lee and Ginny Milton. Mr.Milton was preceded in death by his wife;one brother;Curtis Milton;and a daughter;Jean Milton. Surviving are two sons in New york;seven step-children;a sister;Mrs.Gertrude E.Price of Syracuse;New York;and a host of nephews and nieces. Mr.Milton retired from the American Chain and Cable Co.Inc. Friends are being received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.Monday at the Beverly C.Draper Funeral Home;608 Sixth St.;Monessen;where funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. with the Rev.Wilbur Hubbard of the Fellowship Baptist Church;Monessen;officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Draper Funeral directors are in charge of arrangements.

Flora Madison of 614 Summit Ave.;Monessen;died Wednesday;June 9;1982;in Montefiore Hospital;Pittsburgh. She was 39. Mrs.Madison was born July 11;1942;in Monessen;a daughter of Alton Davis and Thelma Anderson;who survive and both reside in Monessen. She was employed at Corning Glass Works;Charleroi. In addition to her parents;Mrs.Madison is survived by her stepfather;Emanuel Anderson of Monessen;her husband;Norman Madison;three children;Norman A.Madison Jr.;Anthony E.Madison and Kathy Marie Madison;all of Monessen;six brothers;Emanuel Anderson Jr.of San Jose;Calif.;Clarence;Lenny;Darnell;Roscoe and Raven Anderson;all of Monessen;three sisters;Mary Ann;Jo Ann and Carol Ann Anderson;all of Monessen;one stepsister;Stacy Woodson of Monessen;two grandchildren;and several nieces;nephews and other relatives. Friends will be received in the William R.Taylor Funeral Home;645 McMahon Ave.;Monessen;on Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.where services will be held on Saturday;June 12;at 1 p.m.with the Rev.Elder Bass officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The William R.Taylor Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Hilda Como McVicker of 17
Jackson Dr.; Monessen; died
Monday;March 29;1982 at 4 p.m. at her
home. She was 69.
Mrs. McVicker was born
Dec. 20;1912 in Belle Vernon;
a daughter of the late George
W. and Elizabeth Ross
Boston.
She was a member of First
Christian Church and the
Eastern Star Lodge No. 196;
both of Belle Vernon.
Mrs. McVicker had been a
resident of Monessen since
1972. She was preceded in death
by her first husband; Ernest
Como in November of 1967;
her second husband. A. Allan
McVicker in January of 1971;
and a brother; Ross Boston in
October of 1971.
Survivors include one son;
Ross E. Como of Belle Vernon; and one granddaughter;
Sandra Como of Belle Vernon.
Friends will be received in
the Shelby D. Ferguson
Funeral Home; 700 Broad
Ave.; Belle Vernon;on Tuesday
from 7 to 9 p m. and Wednesday until 1 p.m.; the hour of service in the funeral home with the Rev.Lowell Adams of the First Christian Church of Belle Vernon officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Eastern Star Lodge No.196 of Belle Vernon will hold a service on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;is in charge of arrangements.

Maurice H.Mathieu;Sr.;of 500 Third St.;Monessen;died Thursday;March 11;1982 at 8 p.m. in Presbyterian University Hospital;Pittsburgh. He was 72. Mr.Mathieu was born April 28;1909 in France;a son of the late Hypolete and Victoria Rieu Mathieu. A resident of Monessen since 1913;he was a member of St.Cajetan Church. Mr.Mathieu retired in 1965 from Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel’s Monessen Plant;Coke Plant Division. He was also a member of the Mon Valley Association of Retired Steelworkers. Survivors include his widow;Angeline Delamalva Mathieu;three sons;Maurice Jr.of Bentleyville;Donald of Charleroi and Rene Sr.of Monessen;six grandchildren;two great-grandchildren;and one brother;Alphonse of Monessen. Friends will be received in the Raymond D.Dalfonso Funeral Home;441 Reed Ave.;Monessen;on Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A Blessing Service will be held on Monday;March 15;at 9:30 a.m.in the funeral home followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St.Cajetan Church with the Rev. P.Lino Ramellini as celebrant. Burial will be in Belle vernon cemetery. A Parish Rosary will be recited in the funeral home on Sunday at 3 p.m. The Raymond D.Dalfonso Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

The Rev.Clarence L.McCraw of 1846 Lincoln Road;Pittsburgh;a former Monessen resident and pastor of the Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church in Whitsett for the past nine years;died Thursday;Jan.7;1982;in St.Francis General Hospital. Rev.McCraw was born Dec.10;1914;in Dunbar;a son of the late James McCraw and Elmira McCraw Lacy. In 1924 his family moved to Monessen. He graduated from Monesen High School in 1933 and then moved to Youngstown;Ohio. Rev.McCraw returned to Monessen and served in the Medical Corps during World War ll in Europe and the Far East. He graduated from Mount Sinai School of Nursing in Chicago; Ill.; and was head
nurse at Highland Drive VA
Hospital; Pittsburgh; until his
retirement. Rev. McCraw joined the
Union Baptist Church at a
very young age. He served as
director of the Junior Choir;
organized and directed the
Mon Valley Chorale and gave
concerts in Los Angeles;
Calif.; Chicago; Ill.; Atlantic
City; N.J.; and in many Mon
Valley towns.
He was ordanined a deacon
and served in this capacity
until he was ordained to the
ministry alter attending the
Theological Seminary In Pittsburgh.
He became pastor of the
Pilgrim Best Baptist Church; Whitsett in 1972 and served
in that capacity until his
death.
In addition to his parents;Rev. McCraw was preceded
in death by a brother; Harry
K. McCraw; on Dec. 19;1971.
Survivors include two sons;
James Leonard McCraw; the
band master at Fort lluachuca; Ariz.; and Robert Mitchell McCraw a doctoral
candidate at Michigan State
University in East Lansing;
Mich.; four grandsons; Anthony and Jeffrey McCraw of
Arizona and Robert and Michael McCraw of California; a brother; Maurice McCraw of Aquasco; Md.; two
sisters; Mrs. Helen Little and Mrs. Etta Wilson; both of Monessen; a sister-in-law; Mrs. Ruby McCraw; a
brother-in-law; Alfred Little;and numerous nieces;
nephews and other relatives.
Friends will be received Saturday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
in the Draper Funeral Home;608 Sixth St.. Monessen; and Sunday from 2 to 9 p.m. in
the Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church;Whitsett. Service will be held in the church Monday at 11 a.m.with William Calloway of Clairton officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Draper Funeral directors are in charge of arrangements.

Rose Ella Mason of
Smithton R.D.I died Tuesday;Jan.5;1982; at
6:55 a.m. in the H.C. Frick
Community Hospital; Mount
Pleasant. She was 98.
Mrs. Mason was born Jan.
31; 1883 in Salem; New York;
a daughter of the late Thomas
and Clara Shields.
A former member of St.
Leonard Catholic Church;
Monessen; she was preceded
in death by her husband;
William in I948.
Mrs. Mason had lived in the
Smithton area since August
of 1977 when she moved there
from Monessen.
She is survived by one
nephew; Thomas Shields of
South Orange; N.J.
Friends will be received in
the Shelby D. Ferguson
Funeral Home; 700 Broad Ave.; Belle Vernon;on Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. where a Prayer Service will be held on Wednesday at 10 a.m.with the Rev.James Miller of St.Timothy Catholic Church;Smithton;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.