Army vet worked 40 years for Cooper Bessemer Corp.

Archie LaVern Watt, 745 Greenville Road, Mercer, died at 11:10 a.m. Saturday (1-13-96) in the hospital of Sharon Regional Health System after a brief illness. He was 76.
Mr. Watt was born Feb. 24, 1919, in Butler County to Lawrence and Carrie Mae Ritenour Watt.
He was a graduate of the former Harrisville High School, Harrisville and a World War II Army veteran.
He worked for 40 years as a record clerk in the stock room of the former Cooper Bessemer Corp., Grove City.
He was a member of the First Church of God, Grove City.
Surviving are: two daughters, Mrs. Gary (Betty E.) Fleming, and Mrs. Larry Reagle, both Mercer; a son, robert L. Watt, Pemberton, N.J.; two sisters, Geraldine Rohe, Rimersburg; and Mrs. Lloyd (Marjorie) Hale , Slippery Rock, PA; 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchilden.
He was proceded in death by his wife, the former Esther M. Rihel, whom he married Feb. 24, 1945 and who died May 31, 1994.

WATT
Arhcie LaVerne, 76, of 745 Greenville Road, Mercer
CALLING HOURS  : 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in Cunnungham Fauneral Home, Inc. 144 S. Pitt St. Mercer
SERVICE: 1:30 p.m. Tuesday (1-16-96) in the funeral home with the Rev. David W. Burret, pastor of first Church of God Church, Grove City, offciating.
BURIAL: Prairie Cemetery, Harrisville