Melvin L. Greene of 533 Main St.;
Belle Vernon; died Thursday; July 5;
1984; at 7:33 a.m. in Mon Valley
Hospital; Carroll Twp. He was 67.
Mr. Greene was born July 26;1916; in
Belle Vernon; a son of the late Harry
and Sarah Lytle Greene.
He retired in 1978 from employment
with the Bethem Machine Shop in Belle
Vernon.
Mr. Greene was a lifelong resident of
the Belle Vernon area and was a U.S.
Army veteran of World War II.
Surviving are three brothers; Robert
Greene of Okamulgee; Okla.; Dalton
Greene of Belle Vernon; and George
Greene of Charleroi; three sisters; Mrs.
Fred (Dorothy) Liebl; Mrs. Michael
(Marge) Pello and Miss Jean Greene;
all of Belle Vernon; and four friends;
Juanita; Nancy and Barbara Stinogle
and Joyce Livingstone; all of Belle Vernon.
Friends will be received in the Shelby
D. Ferguson Funeral Home; 700 Broad
Ave.; Belle Vernon; Thursday from 7 to
9 p.m. and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. in the funeral home. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Shelby D. Ferguson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Flora Coins of
Fayette City died at 6:42 p.m.
Wednesday; May 2; 1984; at
Jefferson Center Hospital.
She was 81.
Mrs. Coins was married at
the age of 17 to Thomas
Coins; who survives. The couple was married for 63 years.
She was born Sept. 9; 1902;
the daughter of the late Chess
and Rena Burnett.
Mrs. Coins was a resident
of Fayette City for the past 14
years; moving there from
Ocean City; N.J.
She was a member of the
Union Baptist Church of
Monessen; where she was active in all church functions.
Mrs. Coins had served on the
Usher Board; Deaconness
Board and Missionary Board
of the church for many years. In addition to her husband;she is survived by a brother and sister-in-law;Willie and Rebecca Burnett of Fayette City;a niece;Billie J.Hill of Cleveland;Ohio;two great-nephews;Kenneth and Steven Hill;both of Cleveland;one great-great nephew;Paris Hill of Cleveland and a host of friends and relatives. Friends are being received from 2 to 9 p.m.Friday at the Union Baptist Church of Monessen;where funeral services will be held Saturday;May 5;at 11 a.m.with Rev.Wiley of the Mount Rose Baptist Church;Uniontown;officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The William R.Taylor Funeral home of Monessen is in charge of arrangements.

Donald A.Grant of 632 Sixth St.;North Charleroi;died suddenly at 9:30 a.m.Monday;Feb.20;1984;at Mon Valley Hospital. He was 60. Born Oct.21;1923;in Fairhope;he was a son of the late Wilbert and Bertha Grant. Mr.Grant was a World War II veteran;serving with the United States Army. He was a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints;the Belgium Club;Russian Club;Italia-Unita Club;VFW Post 167 and American Legion Post 22;all of Charleroi. Mr.Grant also held memberships in the Slavic Citizens Club and French Club of North Charleroi and the American Legion of Belle Vernon. He was employed at the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.;Monessen plant. Surviving are his wife;Betty Doyle Grant;a son;Donald T.Grant of Belle Vernon;two daughters;Mrs.Paul (Linda) Hazuka of Charleroi and Jane Grant;at home;three brothers;Wilbert Grant of Republic;Raymond Grant of Lohan;Md.;and Thomas Morgan of Elizabeth;two sisters;Elizabeth Hough of Independence;Mo.;and Mrs.Richard (Vivian) Lewis of Fayette City and two grandchildren;Jeffrey Hazuka and Tricia Grant. Friends are being received on Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. and on Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Schrock-Hogan Funeral Home;Inc.;226 Fallowfield Ave.;Charleroi;where a funeral service will be held on Thursday;Feb.23;at 11 a.m.with Elder Cooper officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Schrock-Hogan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

James Daniel Garner of 130
Branthoover St.; Arnold City;
died Wednesday;Dec.28;1983 at 8 a.m. in the Canonsburg Nursing
Home. He was 83.
Mr. Garner was born Aug.
28;1900; in Leisenring No. 2; a
son of the late Thomas and
Mary Garner.
He was a retired coal
miner.
Mr. Garner had been a resident of Arnold City for more
than 50 years.
He was a member of the
Antioch Baptist Church; Belle
Vernon and was a deacon of
the church.
He also was past exalted
ruler of the Okay Elks Lodge
No. 697; Monessen.
Mr. Garner was a former
member of the Golden Agers
and the Retired Mine
Workers of the Yablonski memorial Clinic. A member of the United Mine Workers of America;he was a former financial secretary of the united Mine Workers Local Union in Pricedale. Mr.Garner was preceded in death by three brothers;William;Thomas and Garfield Garner;and by one sister;Carrie Turner. Surviving are his wife;Nancy Lillian Garner of Arnold City;five sons;James w. Sellers of Washington;D.C.;Samuel P.Sellers of Arnold City;Thomas D.Garner of Maryland;Eugene M.Garner of Monessen;and Leon M.Garner of Pittsburgh;five daughters;Retha A.Sellers of Washington;D.C.;Lillian Gordon of Washington;D.C.;Emory Graham of Maryland;Florence Delaine Garner of Washington;D.C.;and Nancy Marie Garner of Maryland;one sister;Alice Bell;of Philadelphia;27 grandchildren;seven great-grandchildren;and a host of other relatives and friends. Friends will be received Thursday from 2 to 7 p.m.and 7 to 9 p.m.at the William R.Taylor Funeral Home;645 McMahon Ave.;Monessen;and Friday;from 2 to 9 p.m.at the Antioch Baptist Church;Belle Vernon;where the body will lie in state until the time of services Saturday at 1 p.m.with the Rev.Luther Wormack;pastor;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The William R.Taylor Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

RALPH AND HIS WIFE OWNED AND OPERATED GRECO’S CLEANERS IN BELLE VERNON; PA. HE DIED IN JEFFERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER. FIRST ENTOMBMENT IN MAUSOLEUM.

Elizabeth M.Igoe Gates of 312 Lenawee Ave.;Monessen;died Thursday;Nov.10;1983;at 1:45 a.m.in the Mon Valley Hospital following a lengthy illness. She was 83. She was born April 2;1900;in Smithton;a daughter of the late Thomas and Lyda Boreland Keifer. A Monessen resident for many years;Mrs.Gates was a member of the First Christian Church. In addition to her parents;she was preceded in death by her first husband;Dave Igoe in 1940;her second husband;Curtis P.Gates in 1966;and a daughter;Mrs.Alice Eschman in 1980. Survivors include five daughters;Mrs.Gloria Hohenberger of Warren;Ohio;Mrs.Ruth Clark of Clarksburg;W.Va.;Mrs.Emma Lou Bellinelli of Donora;Mrs.Elizabeth Igoe Smith of Baldwin and Mary Jane Igoe of Monessen;three sons;Robert and Dave Igoe;both of Belle Vernon;and Alvin R.Gates of Endfield;Conn.;22 grandchildren;19 great-grandchildren;and one sister;Emma Jane Keifer of Donora. Friends will be received Friday 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 Saturday;Nov.12;at 10:30 a.m.with the Rev.Conrad Aurl Jr.;pastor of the First Christian Church of Monessen;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Rhome Funeral Home;Inc.is in charge of arrangements.