E.W.Reese;53;Belle Vernon borough;council and prominent fraternal figure;was found dead in bed this morning by his wife. He had died during the night of a heart attack. Reese attended the meeting of his Odd Fellows lodge last evening and appeared in excellent health. When his wife;Lena;went to call him for work;she discovered that he did not respond and summoned a doctor who pronounced him dead. Reese was president of Belle Vernon Fire Department No.2;a member of the Independence Order of Odd Fellows lodge No.636 and Belle Vernon lodge No.643 of F.& A.M. He came to Belle Vernon in 1903 and served an earlier term as councilman in the borough. Surviving besides his wife;is a daughter;Dorothy;a student nurse at McKeesport Hospital;five brothers and four sisters. They are Charles of Belle Vernon;Jess;Akron;O.;Dr.William Reese;Cuyhoga Falls;Christopher;in Oregon and Albert of Charleston;W.Va.;Mrs.Thomas MacDonald of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Richard Nelson of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Frank Wiedle;New Kensington;Mrs.Robert Adams of New Kensington. Friends are being received at the late home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday;October 17;with Revs.P.E.Mundy and H.F.Pierce officiating. Interment Belle Vernon cemetery. Charles L.and Edwin Melenyzer;funeral directors in charge.

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