Mattie H.Abrams;87;of 115 South Fifth Ave.;Reading;Pa.;formerly of Belle Vernon;died Wednesday;Sept.24;1986;at 10:16 a.m.in Reading Hospital;Reading;Pa. Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;Friday from 3 p.m.to 9 p.m.and on Saturday until one hour before 10:30 a.m.services in the funeral home;with the Rev.Thomas St.Clair;pastor;First United Methodist Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Clair E.Anderson of 1031 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;died Sunday;July 27;1986;at 7:30 a.m. in Mon Valley Hospital. He was 86. Mr.Anderson was born Oct.27;1899;in Sewickley Township;a son of the late William and Elizabeth Wilson Anderson. He attended Pricedale Union Church. Mr. Anderson and his wife;the former Mary Miller;had celebrated 59 years of marriage on July 21;1986. A resident of Belle Vernon for 75 years;he retired in 1954 from the Somers Mine in Pricedale;and worked for Admiral Homes from 1956 to 1965. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by three brothers;Arnold;Percy and Bernard;and by a sister;Jessie Williams. He is survived by his wife;Mary Miller Anderson;a brother;John Anderson of Belle Vernon;and several nieces and nephews.Friends will be received Monday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;where services will be held Wednesday;July 30;at 10 a.m.with the Rev. David Reeves;pastor of the Pricedale Union Church;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;is in charge of arrangements.

James Edward Armentrout of Belle Vernon R.D.2;died Sunday;March 9;1986;in Mon Valley Hospital;Carroll Twp. He was 81. Mr.Armentrout was born Feb.14;1905;in Davis;W.Va.;a son of the late E.Baxter and May Green Armentrout. He was a retired employee of Monongahela Power Co.;Elkins;W.Va. Mr.Armentrout was a U.S.Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Char-Belle Free Methodist Church;Belle Vernon. In addition to his parents;Mr.Armentrout was also preceded in death by a son;Edward James Armmentrout;in 1966. Surviving are his wife;Margaret Harvey Armentrout;two brothers;Robert C.Armentrout of Waverly;Ohio;and Charles H.Armentrout of Fayette City R.D.1;and four sisters;Mrs.Beulah Hickle and Mrs.Frances Kagey;both of Keyer;W.Va.;Mrs.Louise Martin of Nemacolin;Pa.;and Mrs.Irene Morris of Greenville;Tex. 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 James C.Stump Funeral Home;Sweeney plan;Rostraver Twp. Services will be held Thursday at 1 p.m.in the funeral home;with the message being offered by the Rev.Walter Kirkland;pastor;Char-Belle Free Methodist Church;Belle Vernon;assisted by Eugene Spear;lay pastor. Burial will be n Belle Vernon Cemetery;Belle Vernon;Pa. The James C.Stump Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Irene Agnolucci of 1193 Graham Ave.;Monessen died Thursday;Feb.13;1986;at 7:30 a.m. in Westmoreland Manor;Greensburg. She was 94. Mrs.Agnolucci was born April 25;1891;in Italy;a daughter of the late Angelo and Gilda Ricci. She was a member of St.Cajetan Church and the Rosary Altar Society of the church. Mrs.Agnolucci had lived in Monessen the past 78 years. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband;Andrea Agnolucci;1960;and by two brothers and a sister;Frank and George Reach and Laura Carini. Survivors include two sons;Clarence Agnolucci of Belle Vernon and Raymond Agnolucci of Florida;two daughters;Clara Pettko of Monesssen and Mrs.Joseph (Juliette) DeLuca of Monessen;seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren;two brothers;Harry Reach of Belle Vernon and Joseph Reach of Stockdale;and one sister;Mary Bonchi of Aliquippa. Friends will be received Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the Raymond D.Dalfonso Funeral Home;441 Reed Ave.;Monessen;where a blessing service will be held Saturday;Feb.15;at 9:30 a.m.;followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m.at St.Cajetan Church with the Rev.P.Lino Ramellini officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The parish rosary will be recited Friday at 8 p.m. in the funeral home. The Raymond D.Dalfonso Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Vera Mae Aldridge;of 8079 Elm Lawn Ave.;N.E.;Louisville;Ohio;died Monday;Oct.14;1985;in Altman Hospital;Canton;Ohio. She was 65. Mrs.Aldridge was born March 30;1920;in Stockdale;a daughter of the late Charles and Rosetta Lanham Kerr. She was a member of the Faith Nazarene Church;Bay City;Mich.;and was actively involved in children’s ministry up until the time of her death. She and her husband had served Nazarene churches in Sharon and Smithton;Pa.;in Mineral City and Richmond Heights;Ohio;and in Bay City;Mich. Mrs.Aldridge retired to make her home in Louisville;Ohio;in May of this year. On April 8;1985;she and her husband;the Rev.David J.Aldridge;who survives;celebrated the 46th anniversary of their marriage. Surviving;in addition to her husband;are one son;David B.Aldridge;of Columbus;Ohio;one daughter;Charlene Aldridge;of Louisville;Ky;;one brother;Charles Kerr of New Kensington;Pa.;and three sisters;Mrs.Alberta Knaell of Largo;Fla.;Mrs.Margie Kies of North Lauderdale;Fla.;and Mrs.Frank (Cassie) Ruschak of Stockdale. Friends will be received Thursday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the Formet-Clevenger & Gordon Funeral Home;1803 N.Cleveland Ave.;Canton;Ohio;and on Saturday from 12 noon until 2 p.m. at the Belle Vernon Church of The nazarene. Services will be held at the First Church of the Nazarene;Canton;Ohio;on Friday at 11 a.m. and again at the Belle Vernon Church of The Nazarene;at 2 p.m.;Saturday;with the Rev.Kenneth Neiderheiser;pastor of the Belle Vernon Church of The Nazarene;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery;Belle Vernon;Pa. The Formet-Clevenger & Gordon Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

John Adomaitis of Charleroi R.D.2;Fllowfield Township;died Wednesday;March 27;1985;in the Mon Valley Hospital. He was 70. Mr.Adomaitis was born Oct.21;1914;in Shire Oaks;a son of the late John and Rose Pavalitis Adomaitis. He was a member of Calvary Bible Church;North Charleroi. Mr. Adomaitis was retired from the Allenport Plant of the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.where he had worked as an electrician and crane repair foreman. Survivors include his wife;Dorothy Reese Adomaitis;a son;John Reese Adomaitis of Charleroi;a sister;Anna Devore of Monongahela;and several nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents;he was preceded in death by two brothers. There will be no public visitation. A committal service will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. in the Belle Vernon Cemetery Chapel;immediately followed by a memorial service at the Calvary Bible Church in North Charleroi witth the Rev.James Worstell officiating. In lieu of flowers;the family requests memorial donations to the American Heart Association. Ed Melenyzer Funeral Homes Inc.;is in charge of arrangements.

Funeral services were held Monday morning;Jan.28;1985 for Gladys Isabelle Alvey of 34 Main St.;Belle Vernon;who died Saturday;Jan.26;1985;at 4:38 a.m. in the Uniontown Hospital. She was 79. Mrs.Alvey was born Feb.22;1905;in Norwich;Conn.;and had lived in the Belle Vernon area the past 30 years. She was Protestant by faith. Survivors include one son;Philip L.Randall of Belle Vernon;three grandchildren;Philip L.Randall Jr.of Boca Raton;Fla.;Mrs.Bruce (Deborah) Cope of North Charleroi and Mrs.Ed (Bonnie) Fuller of West Newton;and three great-grandchildren. Friends were received Sunday in the Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;where services were held Monday morning;Jan.28;1985;at 10 a.m. with the Rev.L.C.Sickles Sr.of Uniontown officiating. Burial followed in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

John Ambrose of Ellsworth died at 6:10 p.m.Tuesday;March 27;1984;in Washington Hospital. Mr.Ambrose was 66. He was born March 20;1918;in Shoaf;a son of the late Charles and Mary Medvitz Ambrose. He was a retired coal miner who was employed by Bethlehem Mines Corp.;Ellsworth Division;and was a member of united Mine Workers of America Local 1197 in Ellsworth. Mr.Ambrose was a Catholic and a lifelong resident of the Bentleyville-Ellsworth area. He was a member of
Fraternal Order of Eagles
No. 1809; the Independent
Club; the Lithuanian Club;
and Polish National Alliance
No. 1930; all of Bentleyville.
He also was a U.S. Army
veteran of World War II and a
member of Bentleyville
American Legion Post 165
and Bentleyville Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post 5454.
He is survived by two
daughters; Mrs. Barry
(Carolyn) Baltich of
Ellsworth and Mrs. August
(Colleen) Marios Jr. of
Eighty Four R.D. 2; six
grandchildren; Barry; David
and Sarah Baltich; and
Michele; Kimberly and
Daniel August Marios; six
sisters; Mrs. Agnes
McMenimen of Alexandria;
Va.; Mrs. Peter (Anna May)
Bosnak of Warren; N.J.; Mrs.
Lebert (Helen) Pierallini of
Belle Vernon; Mrs. Frank
(Betty) Gagus of Van
Voorhis; Mrs. John (Irene)
Murray of Eaton; Colo.; and
Mrs. Doroth Griffin of Norfolk; Va.; and several nieces
and nephews.
One sister; Mrs. Margaret
Shaw; is deceased.
Friends will be received
Thursday from 1 to 9 p.m. in
the Kenneth V. Thompson
Funeral Home; 809 Main St.;Bentleyville;where a Blessing service will be held Friday;March 30;at 2 p.m.with the Rev.Michael T.Gubanich;pastor of St.Clement Church;Ellsworth;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Kenneth V.Thompson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.