WILLIAM J. HOEY, 79, of 733 School St., Indiana, died Friday, Nov. 2, 1973 at Presbyterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh. A son of John and Mary Vorlage Hoey, he was born Sept. 9, 1894 at Wilkinsburg. He had been a resident of Indiana for more than 30 years and was a former mayor, past president of the Indiana County Fair Association and a retired custodian of the Guests Funds at Indian Haven. Mr. Hoey was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church, Indiana; Acacia Lodge No. 355, F and AM, Blairsville; William S. Daugherty Royal Arch Chapter, No. 313; United Commercial Travelers, Council No. 598, Kiwanis Club, and a life member of The Salvation Army Advisory Board, all of Indiana. Surviving are his widow, Cordelia McClelland Hoey; two daughters: Mrs. James (Dorothy) Davis, Indiana; Miss Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Hoey, Torrance, Calif.; two sisters: Mrs. James (Marie) Morgan, Harrisburg; Mrs. Foster (Margaret) Keller, Halifax; two granddaughters and two great-grandsons. Friends are being received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today (Saturday) at Robinson-Lytle's in Indiana where services will be held Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Pastor Elwood L. Stark will officiate and interment will be made in the Blairsville Cemetery.