John M.Bevan;Sr.;50;of 465 Conrad avenue;North Charleroi;was electrocuted Friday afternoon;September 21;1945;by 25;000 volts of electricity while working in the West Penn Power Company Substation at Monessen. Mr.Bevan;an employee of the company for 24 years;was painting a high pole at the station;when he was electrocuted at 3:07 p.m. He hung on to the pole until rescued by men working nearby. His clothing caught fire and his body was burned. He died at 3:28 o’clock enroute to the Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Mr.Bevan was a veteran of World War I and had lived in Charleroi 25 years;coming here from Frostburg;Md. He was a member of the Charleroi Methodist Church and of the American Citizens Club of North Charleroi. He was born in Frostburg;Md.;Sept.29;1895;a son of the late Daniel and Harriet Richards Bevan. He leaves his wife;Phillis Murray;a son;Ensign John M.Bevan;Jr.;U.S.Merchant Marines;in the Pacific;and the following sons and daughters;Mrs.Raymond Jones;Marilyn;Priscilla;Doris;Marvin and Jane Gray Bevan;all at home;four brothers;Reese;Thomas and Daniel of Frostburg;Md.;and Stanley of Pittsburgh and three sisters;Mrs.George Reese;Bridgeport;Conn.;and Mrs.Evan Evans and Mrs.George Hartig;both of Akron;Ohio. Friends will be received at the Lawrence B.Frye Funeral Home. Military services will be held there Monday;September 24;1945;at 2:30 p.m.;with Rev.Joseph C.Brown in charge. Flag escort will be provided by Charleroi Post No.22;American Legion. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Lawrence B.Frye is the funeral director.