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.

Gretchen G.Lindey of Brownstown;Fayette City R.D.1;died Tuesday;March 9;1982; at 7:15 a.m.in the Mon Valley hospital following a lengthy illness.  She was 64.  Mrs.Lindey was born May 24;1917 in Smithdale;Pa.;a daughter of the late John Lewis and Alverta Gibson Knight.  She was Protestant by faith.  Mrs.Lindey was retired from Corning Glass Works;Charleroi Plant.  Survivors include her husband;Lewis Lindey;three sons;John of Belle Vernon R.D.;William of Orlando;Fla.and Larry of Miami;Fla.;10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren;and three sisters;Mrs.Naomi Novak of Glassport;Mrs.Twyla Bowers of Elizabeth R.D.1 and Mrs.Bernice Shelley of Daisytown R.D.  Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;on Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m.;Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.and Friday until 1:30 p.m.when services will be held at the funeral home with the Rev.George McNeel;pastor of the Christian Missionary Alliance Church of Brownstown;Fayette City;in charge.  Burial will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.  The Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Edith L.Laird;formerly of Speer St.;Belle Vernon;died yesterday at 6:15 p.m. in the Waddington Nursing Home. She was 90. Mrs.Laird was born March 27;1891 in Smithton;a daughter of the late Charles and Gertrude Unger Stemberg. A member of the First Presbyterian Church of Belle Vernon;Mrs. Laird came to Belle Vernon in 1935. She was a former member for many years of the Belle Vernon Women’s Club. Mrs.Laird was preceded in death by her husband;Andrew G.Laird in June of 1975;and a daughter;Ruth A. Ferguson on July 17;1976. Survivors include one son;Col.Paul G.Laird;U.A.Army retired of Trieste;Italy;two daughters;Mrs.James (Bernadean) Vance and Mrs. Maynard (Vivian) Jesick;both of Belle Vernon;one brother;James Stemberg of California;Pa;eight grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.Belle Vernon;today from 7 to 9 p.m. and tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held on Saturday;March 6 at 11 a.m. with the Rev.Charles LaPlaca;pastor of the First Presbyterian Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;is in charge of arrangements.

Edmund (Ted) Lloyd;of 215 Hoffman St.;Fairhope;Belle Vernon;died yesterday at 4:40 p.m. in the South Hills Health System;Jefferson Center;Pittsburgh;following a lengthy illness. He was 71. Mr.Lloyd was born May 8;1910;in Fayette City; a son of the late John and Sarah E.Spencer Lloyd. he was a Protestant by faith. A U.S. Army veteran of World War II;Mr.Lloyd served in the Continental United States and in the Rhineland with the 126th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. He was a retired employee of U.S.Steel Corporation’s Clairton Works. Mr.LLoyd was a member of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) and the American Legion Post 659;Belle Vernon. Survivors include his wife;Mildred Novisel Lloyd;at home;a brother;John Lloyd;of Belle Vernon;a sister;Mrs.Kathryn Lorinchak;of Fayette City; a half-sister;Mrs.Mae Chattaway;of Monongahela;and several nieces and nephews. A private viewing for family members only will be held Thursday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City. Private services will be held in the funeral home at 11 a.m. Friday with the Rev.Mary Howard;pastor;Marion United Presbyterian Church;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Howard W.McCrory Funeral home is in charge of arrangements.