Joseph F.Ward;aged 78 years;841 Brown street;Belle Vernon;died Tuesday morning;April 19;1949;after a lingering illness;at the home of his son;Thomas;where he resided. He was born December 25;1870;and was a member of St.Sebastian Church. He had been retired from employment at the Monessen plant of the Pittsburgh Steel company for twenty years. He is survived by one son;Thomas Ward of Belle Vernon;with whom he made his home;one daughter;Mrs.Nellie Barton of Chicago;Illinois;one brother and two sisters in Pittsburgh;nine grandchildren and four great-grandchldren. Friends are being received at the Toner Funeral Home in Belle Vernon and services will be held Friday;April 22;with Requiem Mass at 10 a.m.in the St.Sebastian Church in charge of Rev.Fr.Eugene W.Harkins. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.

William Thomas Waite;67;of 113 Water street;Belle Vernon;died Friday;December 10;in the Charleroi-Monessen Hospital at 9:23 p.m. He was born May 17;1881.He was employed by the Pittsburgh Steel Company. Surviving are two sons;Irwin;Tucson;Ariz.;Richard;Monessen;one daughter;Mrs.Elizabeth Yonne;Monessen;five brothers;John;Canonsburg;Bert;Gary;Ind.;Edward;Charleroi;Dr.A.J.;Belle Vernon;Dr.A.H.;Canonsburg;three sisters;Mrs.T.D.Harris;Belle Vernon;Mrs.William Igoe;Belle Vernon;and Mrs.George Gooding;Canton;Ohio. Friends will be received at the Melenyzer Funeral Home in Belle Vernon. Services will be held there Tuesday;December 14;1948;at 3 p.m.;in charge of Rev.George Kress;and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Chas.L.Melenyzer is the funeral director.

The body of Pfc Robert A. West;Co.E.315th Infantry;79th Division;who was killed in France on November 15;1944;will arrive in Charleroi Monday evening;August;23;1948;at 6:43 p.m.and will be taken;with a military escort;to the Toner Funeral Home in Belle Vernon. He is survived by his parents;Rev.Samuel Ellsworth and Alma Gertrude Paulson West of Perryopolis R.D. Reverend West was a former pastor of the Free Methodist Church;Belle Vernon;and Private West attended the Belle Vernon Schools. Surviving besides his parents;are two sisters;Mrs.Sara Jean Wilbraham of Perryopolis and Dorothy West;at home;six brothers;Sam of Gillespie;Oliver of Perryopolis;Ray of Belle Vernon R.D.;and Charles;Howard and David;at home. Friends will be received in the Toner Funeral Home until Wednesday;August 25;1948;at 2 p.m.when funeral services will be held with military honors by the Belle Vernon Post 659;of the American Legion. Interment will be in the Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner is the funeral director.

George B.Walker;age 58 years;of Charleroi;R.D.died Saturday;June 26;1948;at 8:08 a.m.;after a lingering illness. He was a member of the Free Methodist Church of Charleroi. He is survived b his wife;Mrs.Alice Campbell Walker;one son;George V.Walker at home;three daughters;Mrs.John Lindsay of Seattle;Washington;Mrs.William Quigley of Charleroi R.D.and Mrs.Ray Shetterly of Lynnwood;Belle Vernon;R.D.2;two brothers;William of Monessen and John of Dunlevy;seven sisters;Mrs.George Biqunce;Mrs.Joseph Kutinsky and Mrs.William McGinty of Charleroi;Mrs.Eugene Lessman of Charleroi;R.D.;Mrs.Grace Schrader;Monessen;Mrs.Carl Rocco of Corning;New York and Mrs.Walter Kurtz of Detroit;Michigan;and seventeen grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Melinchak Funeral Home;Fallowfield avenue;;Charleroi. Services will be held there Tuesday;June 29;1948;at 2 p.m.and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Rev.G.H.Guisler will be in charge. Chas.L.Melenyzer is the funeral director.