Sgt.Melvin Spiker;22;former Marion High School athlete and honor student;was killed in action in France on July 8;1944;his parents;Mr.and Mrs.Emerson Spiker of Fairhope;were notified in a telegram from the War Department. Sergeant Spiker;who was class president for his four high school years and valedictorian of his graduating class;had been in service two years and overseas four months. Before entering the armed forces he was employed at the Macbeth Division of the Corning Glass Works in Charleroi. He was assistant Boy Scout Master of Fairhope Troop One before entering the service. Surviving are his parents;two brothers;Elmer and Emerson;Jr.;two sisters;Marion and Gladys and two cousins who made their home with his parents;Genevieve Philp and Connie Carr. His body will arrive in Charleroi Thursday morning;June 3;1948;at 11 a.m.;and will be taken immediately to the McCrory Funeral Home;and later to the home of his parents in Fairhope. Services will be held there Saturday;June;1948;at 2 p.m.;in charge of Rev.George Guess and Major Neil Hood;the latter of the Salvation Army at Allentown. Interment will take place in Belle Vernon Cemetery;where the Belle Vernon American Legion Post will have charge of military rites. George M.McCrory and Son are the funeral directors.

Phillip L.Steinmiller;age 54 years;of Fifth street extension;Charleroi;died at his home;Friday;May 21;1948;at 3:55 a.m. He was a member of the Eagles;the Charleroi Presbyterian Church;and was employed for twenty-nine years by the Pittsburgh Steel company. He is survived by his wife;Martha Steinmiller;two daughters;Mrs.Mary Louise Reconnu;at home;Mrs.William McLaughlin of Monessen;one son;William C.Steinmiller at home;two brothers;Herman of Library and Fred of Dunlevy;four sisters;Mrs.Emma Janz of Washington;Pa.;Mrs.Lena Reese of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Louise Nichols of Eighty-Four;Mrs.Margaret Briggs of Charleroi;and four grandchildren. Friends will be received at the new Michael A.Melinchak Home for Funerals;825 Fallowfield avenue. Services will be held there Sunday;May 23;1948;at 2:30 p.m.;in charge of Rev.Warrinton McCracken;pastor of the Charleroi Presbyterian Church. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon cemetery. Chas.L.and Edwin Melenyzer are the funeral directors.

Jacob G. Steinmiller; Sr.; aged 60 years; 919 Graham street; Belle Vernon; died at his home Thursday; March 4;1948; at 4:44 p. m. Surviving are his wife; Bertha;
two sons; Jacob Steinmiller; Jr.and Herman of Belle Vernon; two daughters; Mrs. Kenneth Clifford of Braddock and Mrs. John Brandon of
Belle Vernon; three brothers; Herman of Library; Philip of Charleroi and Frederick of Dunlevy; four sisters;Mrs. Rudolph Janz of Washington;Pa.; Mrs. Lena Reese of Belle Vernon; Mrs. Steve Nichols of Ontario;Pa. and Mrs. Margaret Briggs of Ellsworth. Eight grandchildren also survive. Friends will be received at the Melenyzer Funeral Home. Services will be held there Sunday;March 7;1948;at 2 p.m.;in charge of Rev.Archie Wymore and Rev.Frederick Burchell. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Chas.L. and Edwin Melenyzer are the funeral directors.

Mrs.Maude Eisley Sweitzer;aged 53 years;died Wednesday;February 18;1948 at 7:50 p.m.at her home;50 Donner avenue. Surviving are five sisters;Mrs.Elsie Gilmour;Mrs.Lucille Shaw;Mrs.Caroline Boord;Mrs.Ora Stone;and Mrs.Viva Watson;all of Monessen;also six brothers;Clyde;Leroy;Ralph and LLoyd of Monessen;Walter of Beaver;and Albert of Clairton. Friends are being received at the Kelly-Rhome Funeral Home;from where funeral services will be held Saturday;February 21 at 2 p.m.with Rev.Harry B.Rhine;pastor of the United Presbyterian Church;in charge. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. R.S.Kelly and H.Denver Rhome;funeral directors in charge.

Louis Allen Saunders;1000 Nash avenue;Monessen;died Monday;January 26;1948;at 5:45 p.m.in the McKeesport Hospital of a broken neck suffered Saturday;when an automobile in which he was riding overturned and slid down an embankment near Donora. He was born in Belle Vernon January 13;1915 and had resided in Monessen for the past 20 years. He was a member of the Wayman A.M.E.Church. He was a World War II veteran;having served in the U.S.Army. He is survived by his mother;Mrs.Lillian Saunders McGrain;step-father;Morris McGrain;two brothers;Orvell and Harold;four sisters;Mrs.Helen Richards of Pittsburgh;Mrs.Louise Felder of New York;Miss Elizabeth Saunders of Monessen;and Mrs.Prudence Whitlock of New York. Friends will be received at the Edith M.Whitaker Funeral Home;645 McMahon avenue until Monday;February 2;when funeral services will be held at 1 p.m.in the Wayman A.M.E.Church;in charge of Rev.L.A.Cousin. Edith M.Whitaker;funeral director.