Rhuel A.Lunt;69;of 1100 Brown St.;Belle Vernon;died Thursday;Feb.3;1983;at 7:22 p.m. in Montefiore Hospital;Pittsburgh. He was 69. Mr.Lunt was born Jan.28;1914;in Barnsburg;Pa.;a son of the late Arthur and Samantha Wells Lunt. A member of the Naomi Athletic Club;he spent most of his life in the Belle Vernon area. Mr. Lunt retired in 1963 from Baning No.1;where he had worked as a miner. In addition to his parents;he was preceded in death by his wife;Gertrude;on April 16;1975;and a son;Arthur;in 1976. Survivors include four sons;Donald;Dennis and John Dale;all of Belle Vernon;and William of Phoenix;Ariz.;six daughters;Mrs.Carey (Vivian) Hoover of Dunlevy;Mrs.Dale (Sarah) Byrne and Mrs.Robert (Darlene) Smalley;both of California;Pa.;Mrs.Homer (Ellen) Smith of Webster;Mrs.Frank (Suzanne) Duda of Fayette City and Mrs.Warren (Elaine) Ambler;with whom he made his home;two brothers;James Smith of Charleroi and Earl Lunt of Denbo;four sisters;Mrs.Vivian Bachenski;Mrs.Vernice Howard and Mrs.Helen Jadik;all of Monessen;and Mrs.Anna Mae Baumgardner of Denbo;37 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;on Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.;where services will be held on Sunday;Feb.6;at 1 p.m. with the Rev.Kenneth Neiderhiser;pastor of the Belle Vernon Church of the Nazarene;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;in in charge of arrangements.

Ralph I.Lewis of 13918 Bermuda Drive;Largo;Fla.;formerly of Fallowfield Twp.;died Wednesday;Nov.3;1982;at 8:58 a.m.in Brownsville Hospital. Mr.Lewis was 83. He was born Oct.9;1897;in Charleroi;a son of the late Charles C.and Mayme Gamble Lewis. He was a member of Seminole Christian Church in Seminole;Fla. He also was a 41 year member pf BPOF;Lodge No.494 in Charleroi and a member of the Florida Sheriff’s Association. Mr.Lewis was a retired superintendent of maintenance of the Allenport Plant of Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corp. His wife;Ellen Bezy;died Jan.1;1981. Survivors include a son James J.Lewis of Hemingway;S.C.;a daughter;Mrs.Jack (Patricia) Schwartz of Midway;a sister;Mrs.Ruth McCain of Elyra;Ohio;eight grandchildren;and 14 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received in the Schrock-Hogan Funeral Home;Inc.;226 Fallowfield Ave.;Charleroi;from 7 to 9 p.m.Thursday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Friday. Services will be held in the funeral home Saturday at 11 a.m.;with the Rev.Keith Dovenspike;pastor of Midway Methodist Church;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Schrock-Hogan Funeral Home;Inc.;is in charge of arrangements.

Arthur J. LaPointe of 115
Orchard Ave.; Belle Vernon;
died Sunday;Sept.12;1982 at 10:30 p.m.
in McKeesport Hospital. He
was 73. Mr. LaPolnte was born
Feb. 26; 1909; In Marshfield; Wisc.; a son of the late Alexander and Mary LaPointe.
A resident of Belle Vernon
since 1941; he was a member
of St. Sebastian Church and
the Eagles Lodge.
Mr. LaPointe retired in
1978 from Ell-Bent Supply Co.
as a bookkeeper.
He was preceded In death
by his wife; Esther Marie
Kurtzheim; on July 10;1978.
Survivors Include one son;
Norman LaPointe of Los
Gatos; Calif.; one daughter;
Mrs. Joseph (Annett)
Schwendeman of Belle Vernon; two brothers; Raymond
of Marshfield; Wisc; and Edward of Stone Lake; Wisc.;
one sister; Mrs. James
(Philomen) Berg of Wisconsin Rapids; Wisc.; and four
grandchildren.
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 from 2 to 4 and 7 p.m. A Prayer service will be held on Thursday;Sept.16;at 9:30 a.m.in the funeral home followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m.in St.Sebastian Church;Belle Vernon. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;is in charge of arrangements.

Paul Edward Loines;of 3234 E.Overlook Ave.;Cleveland;Ohio;and formerly of Monessen;died Saturday;Aug.28;1982;at noon in the Kaiser Health Foundation;Cleveland. He was 41. Mr.Loines was born Aug.8;1941;in Monessen;a son of James and Katherine Cunningham who survive and reside in Laurelton;N.Y. He was employed as a busdriver with RTA Transit in Cleveland. A 1960 graduate of Monessen High School;Mr.Loines had served with the U.S. Marine Corps. Survivors include his widow;Mary Frances Payne Loines;two sons;Paul Jr.and Brian;both of Cleveland;one daughter;Sherry of Cleveland;one brother;Robert Cunningham of Laurelton;N.Y.;three sisters;Mrs.Louis (Barbara) Woodson of Monessen;Mrs.Milton (Phyllis) Dupree of Monessen and Audrey Cunningham of Laurelton;N.Y.;and several nieces and nephews.Friends will be received in the Mount Calvary Baptist Church;Monessen;Wednesday from 4 to 9 p.m. Services will be held in the church Thursday;Sept.2 at 11 a.m.;with the Rev.Richard Bass;associate minister of the Gate of Heaven Church of God in Christ of Monessen;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Percy E.Law Jr Funeral Home;Donora;is in charge of arrangements.