Died. Isabel Townsend Pell. 51, New York socialite and a heroine of the French underground during World War II; of a heart attack; in Manhattan. After brief flings at real estate, the stage and auto racing, she joined the Maquis in 1940 at her summer home, in Auribeau on the Riviera. Known as "Fredericka" and la fille aa la meche blonde (because of a lock of white hair on her forehead), she served the Resistance movement for four years, once rescued 16 U.S. paratroopers stranded behind enemy lines.

Died. Lewis P. ("Lew") Reese, 59, granite-jawed Scio, Ohio (pop. 1,152) pottery manufacturer who turned an abandoned mill into a multimillion-dollar small-town bonanza; of a kidney ailment; in Pittsburgh. A West Virginia pottery worker, Reese scraped together $8,000 in 1932 to buy Scio's plant, mass-produced 5-c- teacups, saucers and plates to become the world's biggest producer of whiteware.

Died. William Harold Hoover, 63, president (since 1949) of Anaconda Copper Mining Co., the world's largest copper producer, who last year launched Anaconda into the aluminum business, making it fourth in the field (after Alcoa, Reynolds, Kaiser); of cancer; in Butte, Mont.

Died. The Right Rev. Cameron J. Davis, 78, retired bishop (1931-47) of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Western New York; of a heart ailment; in Buffalo.

Died. Archbishop Thomas Joseph Walsh, 78, spiritual leader of 1,077,935 New Jersey Catholics in the Archdiocese of Newark (fifth largest in the U.S.); of a heart ailment; in South Orange, N.J.

Died. John C. Crockett, 88, trumpet-voiced reading clerk of the U.S. Senate for 40 years (until he retired in 1947); in Washington, D.C. Onetime Iowa farm boy and stock-company actor, big, rawboned "Uncle John" was said to be able to read faster than any man in decades of Senate history. Knowing when to skip or when to pause during controversial parts of a bill so that a Senator could break in, Crockett could riffle through bills at the rate of 60 pages in 20 minutes (his record: 300 bills in less than two hours). To keep his voice in condition, he ate no meat, went to bed at 9:30 during sessions, lived in country air 16 miles from Washington.

Died. Dr. Bertha Van Hoosen, 89, author (Petticoat Surgeon) and (until she retired last year) outstanding Chicago gynecologist and obstetrician; in Romeo, Mich. Born on a farm near Rochester, Mich., tiny (5 ft. 1 in.) Dr. Van Hoosen was still operating several days a week in her 80s, had gained fame by making the world's smallest appendix incisions--half an inch.

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