Herald Standard Uniontown, PA May 30, 2001 Merrietta Laws, 91, of Mount Pleasant, died Sunday. She is survived by two daughters, Clarissa R. McElhaney of Niles, Ohio and Shirley Jane Leasure of Normalville; several grandchildren; great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren and several stepchildren. Friends will be received at Vito C. Martucci Funeral Home, 123 S. First St., West Side, Connellsville, today from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.