Virginia L.Houseman;72;of Henry Street;Belle Vernon;died Saturday;Dec.4;1999;in Mon Valley Hospital;Carroll Township. Born Dec.17;1926;in Charleroi;she was a daughter of the late George and Lulu Perkins Gillen. A lifelong resident of Belle Vernon;she was a member of Metro Baptist Temple;Belle Vernon. She had been employed as an operator for Bell Telephone Company. Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law;Vicki and Clement Ludwick of Belle Vernon;four grandchildren;John W.Popelas II of Jacksonville;Fla.;Rob Popelas;Jillian Clegg and Jennifer Popelas;all of Belle Vernon;and two great-grandchildren;Jasmine Popelas and Jenne Popelas. In addition to her parents;she was preceded in death by three sisters;Elizabeth Young;Ella Speers and Edna Dubansky;and one brother;George Gillen. Friends will be received Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. in the FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME INC.;a Golden Rule Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. in the funeral home wth the Rev.Stephen Dobosh officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Hanna Ann Horner;74;of Upper Sandusky;Ohio;formerly of the Belle Vernon area;died Friday;Sept.3;1999;in the Wyandot Manor Nursing Home;Upper Sandusky;Ohio. Mrs.Horner was born Oct.2;1924;in Perry Township;a daughter of the late Clarence and Bessie (Hileman) Hoffman. She was a homemaker and a member of Harmony Presbyterian Church;Belle Vernon. She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law;Charles A.;Jr.;and Candace Novak of Herndon;Va.;and Michael D.and Susan Novak of Cleveland;Ohio;two daughters and sons-in-law;Pam and Francis Andrew of West Palm Beach;Fla.;and Deborah and Ron Bailey of Upper Sandusky;Ohio;three brothers and sisters-in-law;Clarence;Jr.and Lois Hoffman;David and Hazel Hoffman and Ray and Patricia Hoffman;all of Belle Vernon;two sisters and brothers-in-law;Mae and William Sadosky of Coal Center and Virginia and George Andrako of Charleroi;seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. In addtion to her parents;she was preceded in death by her husband;Bernard Horner;in 1985. Friends will be received Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.in the JAMES C.STUMP FUNERAL HOME INC.;580 Circle Drive;Sweeney Plan/Rostraver Township. Funeral services will be held in the funeral home Wednesday at 11 a.m.with the Rev.John C.Park;pastor of Harmony Presbyterian Church;officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery;Rostraver Township.

Beulah O.Brown Hoffman;of Monessen;died in her home Sunday;June 13;1999. Mrs.Hoffman was born in Three Springs;the daughter of the late Samuel and Louise Hershy Brown. A Methodist by faith;she was a resident of Monessen for 79 years. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law;Gloria and Russell Mace of Monessen;two brothers and a sister-in-law;Samuel and Ethel Brown of Longfellow and Vincent Brown of Three Springs;a granddaughter;Gayle E.Shetterly of Vanderbilt;a grandson;Dennis Michalski of Fairhope;five great-grandchildren;Dawn Wolford of Somerset;Raymond Shetterly of Kansas;Craig Shetterly of Monessen;Michele Shetterly of Vanderbilt and Shawn Shetterly of Uniontown;and five great-great-grandchildren;Mark Cupper;Ryan Shetterly;David Pierce;Raymond Shetterly and Miles Shetterly. Besides her parents;she was also preceded in death by her husband;Buford R.Hoffman;two daughters;Marion Isaho and Evelyn Michalski;a brother;Velve Brown;two sisters;Edna Crano and Dorothy Thomas;and a granddaughter;Lynda Eror. Friends will be received on Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the Rhome Funeral Home;Inc.;1209 Grand Blvd.;Monessen;where funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 11 a.m. with the Rev.William Gawlas officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.The Rhome Funeral Home Inc.is in charge of arrangements.