Gertrude N.Coatsworth of Fallowfield Township;Charleroi R.D.3;died Sunday;Feb.16;1986;in Mon Valley Hospital. She was 75. Mrs.Coatsworth was born June 17;1911;in Pittsburgh;a daughter of the late George and Henrietta Spiker McGavitt. She was Protestant by faith. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her first husband;George Smith. Survivors include her husband;Virgil Coatsworth;a son;K.Arthur Smith;stationed with the U.S.Navy in Virginia Beach;Va.;two brothers;Kenneth and Bob McGavitt.both of Coal Center;seven sisters;Mrs.Michael (Ethel) Hustava and Mrs.Joseph (Alma) Pigeon;both of Bentleyville;Marie Cherocci of Fallowfield Township;Mrs.Carl (Helen) Ditta and Mrs.Charles (Thelma) Pigeon;both of Charleroi;Mrs.Anthony (Marion) Bitonti of Coal Center and Mrs.Nick (Mabel) Petro of Belle Vernon;three grandchildren;Dan;Bruce and Elizabeth;one great-granddaughter;Sandi;and several nieces and nephews. Friends will be received Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the Schrock-Hogan Funeral Home;Inc.;226 Fallowfield Ave.;Charleroi;where services will be held Thursday;Feb.20;at 11 a.m. with the Rev.Gerald McCormick;pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Charleoi;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Schrock-Hogan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Willa B.Cribbs of 906 Ninth St.;Monessen;died Friday;Jan.17;1986;at 8:45 a.m. in the Washington County Health Center;Washington;Pa. She was 74. Mrs.Cribbs was born (Oct.11;1911 or Dec.10;1911);in Randolph;Ala.;a daughter of the late Brown Goodson and Unice Garner. She was a Monessen resident for eight years and had previously lived in Belle Vernon. She was a member of Antioch Baptist Church;Belle Vernon;for over 50 years and was a dedicated worker in civic and church affairs all of her adult life as long as her health permitted. Surviving are her step-mother;Maggie Goodson;of Monongahela;two friends;Norman Pete and Dorothy Branche;both of Monessen and with whom she made her home;one sister;Johnny Mae Armstrong;of Detroit;Mich.;two sisters-in-law;Lucille Cribbs of Belle Vernon and Hallie Goodson of Monongahela;and many nieces and nephews. Friends will be received Monday from 2 to 9 p.m. at the Antioch Baptist Church;Belle Vernon. Services will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the church;with the Rev.Luther Wormack;pastor;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery;Belle Vernon. The William R.Taylor Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Anna Mae Carson of 80 McKinley Ave.;Charleroi;died Tuesday;Dec.3;1985;at the Fayette Health Center;Uniontown. She was 66. Born Oct.19;1919;in Rhine;Ga.;she was a daughter of the late Robert Wilcox and Leila Wilcox Barkley. Mrs.Carson came to Pennsylvania at an early age and spent most of her childhood and adult life in the mid-Mon Valley area. She was a former member of the Mount Calvary Baptist Church of Monessen and when she moved to Pricedale;Mrs.Carson became a member of the Pleasant Green A.M.E.Church. In addition to her parents;she was preceded in death by three brothers;Raby;Walter and Cortez Wilcox and a sister;Alyce Wilcox. Surviving are her husband;Samuel Carson;four sons;Donald R.Warfield of Vacaville;Calif.;Norman (Bob) Carson;Samuel R.Carson and Larry Carson;all of New York;four daughters;Patricia Henderson of Uniontown;and Leila Cooper;Martha Delain and Ella Gourdine;all of New York;a brother;Stephen Barkley of Carroll Township;19 grandchildren;two great-grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews. Friends will be received Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Draper Funeral Home;608 Sixth St.;Monessen. Funeral services will be held Saturday;Dec.7;at 11 a.m. at Mount Calvary Baptist Church;Monessen;with Rev.Marguerite Henderson offering the eulogy and Rev.Griffin Mason;pastor;officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Draper Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Charles D.Couser of Webster died Tuesday;Sept.17;1985;at Jefferson Hospital. He was 76. Born in Braddock;March 26;1909;he was a son of the late Arch and Mary Couser. Mr.Couser was a Protestant by faith. He retired from the former U.S.Steel Works in Donora. In addition to his parents;he was preceded in death by a daughter;Barbara Tomcanin in 1975. He married the former Harriett Staff;who survives;on June 28;1930;and the couple recently celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary. In addition to his wife;he is survived by a son;Barry Couser of Webster;a sister;Mrs.Helen Thomson of Wayne;Mich;10 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the James C.Stump Funeral Home;Rostraver Township;where funeral services will be held Friday at 11 a.m. with Rev.Kent Lighthall officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The James C.Stump Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Virginia Dodd Cooper of 1821 Black Gap Road;Fayetteville;died Wednesday;Aug.21;1985;at 1:45 p.m. in the Chambersburg Hospital. She was 81. Mrs.Cooper was born May 25;1904;in Belle Vernon;a daughter of George L.Dodd who died in 1954 and Sara Etheridge Dodd who died in 1948. A graduate of Wilson College in Chambersburg;she had taught school in Belle Vernon fro several years. From 1932 until 1967 Mrs.Cooper was a professor at Wilson College;retiring as head of the French Department. She is survived by one cousin. There will be no public visitation. Funeral services will be held Friday;Aug.23;1985;at 1:30 p.m. in the chapel at Belle Vernon Cemetery with the Rev.Charles Lalaca;pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Belle Vernon;officiating. Burial will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;is in charge of arrangements.

Victor A.Cannoni of Dunlevy died Sunday;Aug.4;1985;at 6:30 a.m. in the Waddington Convalescent Home;Fayette City R.D.1. He was 60. Mr.Cannoni was born June 30;1925;in Charleroi;a son of the late Antonio and Marguerite Gatti Cannoni. A resident of the Charleroi area his entire life;he was a member of Mother of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church;Charleroi. Mr.Cannoni was employed as a cement mason and was a member of Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons Union Local 526 of Pittsburgh. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by three sisters;Amelia Arnold;Antoinette Sherman and Angeline;and by three brothers;Macco;John and Pete Cannoni. Survivors include one brother;Joseph Cannoni of Monongahela;two sisters;Madeline Barger of Merritt island;Fla.;and Mrs.Sam (Marie) Zabawsky of Belle Vernon;several nieces and nephews;and very good friends;Mr.and Mrs.Charles Swaney;Mr.and Mrs.Jack Ramusivich and Don Lundy. Friends will be received Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the Carl J.Spallino Funeral Home;819 Fallowfield Ave.;Charleroi. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Tuesday;Aug.6;at 10 a.m. in Mother of Sorrows R.C.Church;Charleroi;with the Rev.Pierre Sodini;pastor;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Rosary will be recited Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the funeral home. The Carl J.Spallino Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Helen Ciepiela of Fellsburg;Belle Vernon R.D.1;died at 9:30 p.m. Sunday;July 7;1985;in her home. She was 66. Mrs.Ciepiela was born Aug.13;1918;in Monessen;a daughter of the late Peter and Teresa Pfeister Eory. Her husbnad;Charles Ciepiela;died in 1964. Mrs.Ciepiela was a member of the Fells United Methodist Church;Fellsburg;and the Good Samaritan Club of the church. Surviving are one son;Charles E.Ciepiela of Belle Vernon R.D.1;one daughter;Patricia Semancik of Belle Vernon R.D.4;four sisters;Mrs.Teresa Basko of Arizona;Mrs.Margaret Harger of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Julia Perisco of Monessen and Mrs.Nicholas (Ethel) Spirko of Charleroi;five grandchildren;and one great-grandchild. Friends will be received in the James C.Stump Funeral Home;Sweeney Plan;Rostraver Township;Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. in the funeral home;with the Rev.Martin Miller;pastor;Fells United Methodist Church;Fellsburg;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery;Belle Vernon. The James C.Stump Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Funeral services were held Tuesday morning;June 18;1985;for Mary Jane Carlson of Main Street;McKean;Pa.;who died Saturday;June 15;1985;at St.Vincent Health Center;Erie. She was 84. Mrs.Carlson was born Nov.10;1900;in Westland;Pa.a daughter of the late Ernest and Ida Wilczynski. Raised and educated in the Belle Vernon area;she moved to McKean about five years ago. Mrs.Carlson was a member of the Sterrettania Christian Alliance Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband;Charles Carlson;in 1964;and by a son;George Carlson;1980. Survivors include two sons;Kenneth Carlson of Attloboro;Mass.;and Charles J.Carlson;with whom she made her home in McKean;one brother;Edward Wilczynski of Saddlebrook;N.J.;four grandchildren;and ten great-grandchildren. Friends were received Monday at the Harry D.Glunt Funeral Home in Edinboro. Services were held;with the Rev.Richard Harter officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

James H.Connoley of Elizabeth R.D.3;formerly of the Webster area;died Friday;May 31;1985;t 5:30 a.m. in the Waddington Convalescent Home. He was 95. Born Aug.17;1889;in Blythedale;Pa.;he was a son of the late James and Sarah Walker Connoley. Mr.Connoley retired from the former U.S.Steel Works in Donora after 43 years of service in the blast furnace utilities. Mr.Connoley was a member of the Webster United Methodist Church. In addition to his parents;he was preceded in death by his wife;Elma Price Connoley;and a daughter;Dorothy E.Mazura. Surviving are a son;James Robert Connoley of Warren;Ohio;two daughters;Mrs.Albert (Ruth) Gamble of Elizabeth R.D.3 and Mrs.Robert (Betty) Allen of Belle Vernon R.D.2;two brothers;William B.Connoley of Frederick;Md.and Dr.J.Vincent Connoley of Fort Lauderdale;Fla.;a sister;Mrs.Annie Hamilton of Washington;Pa.;10 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Friends are being received on Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the James A.Rabe Funeral Home;701 Thompson Ave.;Donora;where funeral services will be held Monday;June 3;at 11 a.m. with Rev.Pat Ellis officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Rabe Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.