Fred M.Matthews of 223 Dull St.;Belle Vernon (Fairhope);died Friday;Oct.8;1982;at 8:55 a.m.in Mon Valley Hospital. He was 82. Mr.Matthews was born Sept.13;1900;in Cecil;a son of the late Victor and Marie Vandecassi Matthews. A resident of the Belle Vernon area for the past 36 years;Mr.Matthews was Catholic by faith. He retired in 1962 as a roller at the blooming mill of the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation’s Monessen Plant. Mr.Matthews was a member of the Charleroi Homing Pigeon Club. Survivors include his widow;Eva Ruby Matthews;three sons;Fred H.of Martinsburg;W.Va.;Robert F.of Belle Vernon and Bernard P.of Monroeville;two daughters;Mrs.George (Claudia) Rossi of Long Branch and Mrs.Gerald (Donna) Jodon of Monongahela;one brother;Victor Matthews;13 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Friends will be received in the Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;on Saturday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.;where services will be held on Sunday;Oct.10;at 1 p.m.with Allen Hamer;a member of Marion Presbyterian Church in Fairhope;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Elizabeth Marinos;70;of 145 Lynnwood Ave.;Belle Vernon;died Sunday;Oct.3;1982;at 5:20 p.m. in Mon Valley Hospital Inc.;Carroll Twp. Born in Arnold City;March 6;1912;Mrs.Marinos was a lifelong resident of the Belle Vernon area. She was a member of the Lynnwood Lutheran Church. She was preceded in death by her husband;Mike Emanuel Marinos on Nov.8;1964. Surviving are three sons;Robert J.and Samuel M.Marinos;both of Belle Vernon and Louis E.Marinos of New Stanton;one daughter;Mrs.Harvey(Susan) Grimes of Fayette City;three brothers;Steve and Peter Toth;both of Belle Vernon and Louis Toth of Monessen;seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Friends are being received Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;where family and friends will gather Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.before proceeding to the Lynnwood Lutheran Church for services at 11 a.m. The Rev.Jack A.Evert;pastor of the Lynnwood Lutheran Church;will officiate. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. If friends wish;in lieu of flowers;donations may be made to the Lynnwood Lutheran church through the funeral home. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;is in charge of arrangements.

Margaret McLaughlin of Belle Vernon R.D.3 Friday Sept.10;1982;at 1:48 a.m. in Mon Valley Hospital. She was 65. Mrs.McLaughlin was born Sept.1;1917;in Arnold City;a daughter of the late William and Elizabeth Tonks Vance. She was Protestant by faith. She is survived by her husband;Robert McLaughlin of Belle Vernon;a son Walter Beeman of Charleroi;six grandchildren;one great-grandchild;one sister;Mrs.Gus (Anna Mae) Carlson of Perryopolis;one brother;Thomas Vance of Carroll Twp.;and several nieces and nephews. Friends will be received at the ED MELENYZER FUNERAL HOME;CHARLEROI; on Saturday from 7-9 p.m. and Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Services will be held Monday Morning at 11 a.m. at the Funeral Home with the Rev.Lee Dinsel;Pastor of the First United Methodist Church;Belle Vernon;officiatng. Burial will take place in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Ed Melenyzer Funeral Home;Inc;Charleroi;is in charge of the arrangements.

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.