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.

(FROM DEC.2;1943 CHARLEROI MAIL-NEWSPAPER) On Sunday;December 5;a Memorial service will be held in the Free Methodist Church of Spear Street;for Staff Sergeant Samuel M.Wilkinson;who was killed in action several months ago. The Memorial will begin at 11 a.m.;and will be in charge of the church pastor;Rev.Zenas Miner. The evening service will be held at 7:30.
(FROM MARCH 16;1948 CHARLEROI MAIL-NEWSPAPER) Staff Sergeant Samuel M.Wilkinson;age 22 years;of Belle Vernon;who served with the A.A.F..with the 406rd Bomb Squadron;43rd Bomb Group;died in the Southwest Pacific area;September 7;1943. His body will arrive in Charleroi;Wednesday;March 17;1948 at 9:56 a.m. and friends will be received at the home of his parents;Mr.and Mrs.Russell Wilkinson;Grove Avenue;Lynnwood. Services will be held Friday;March 19;1948;at 2:30 p.m. in the Free Methodist church;with Rev.John Lee in charge. Military rites will be conducted by American Legion Post 659;and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Turner is the funeral director.