William H.Searles;of Graham avenue;died Wednesday morning;June 14;1933;at 6 o’clock in the McKeesport hospital following an operation he underwent a week ago. Deceased;who was 52 years;had been a resident of this city for the past twenty-seven years and was employed in the wire mill of the Pittsburgh Steel company. Surviving are his wife;Mrs.Gertrude Searles and two sons;Howard and Kenneth;and one daughter;Wilma. Two grandchildren;William Howard Searles and Gertrude Marie Searles also survive. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock from the home. Burial will be made in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Frank Hall Steen;54;prominent real estate operator;bank director and Sunday school association leader;died suddenly at his home;112 Fayette Street;Belle Vernon;Saturday morning;April 22;1933;at 9:30 o’cock. He arose about 8 a.m.and went to the kitchen. Feeling ill he returned to his room. His condition turned immediately serious and a physician was called. Death resulted after an illness of less than an hour. Frank Steen was one of Belle Vernon’s best known citizens. Born in Rostraver township;he later took up business activities in Belle Vernon and has been identified as a lifelong resident there. He was a director of the People’s National Bank and Trust Co.;of Monessen for 23 years;was secretary of the Fayette County Sunday School Association and a director of the Pennsylvania State Sunday School Association. As a partner in the firm of Steen & Dils Real Estate Agency in Monessen he successfully operated this business for 33 years. He was Thirty-Second Degree Mason;Belle Vernon Lodge and a member of the Odd Fellows. He is survived by his widow;Mrs.Ada G.Steen;two sons Leighty;of Belle Vernon;John W.;a student at the University of Michigan and one daughter Martha R.;a student at the same institution;Earl Steen;a brother;of New Castle and one sister;Mrs.Frances E.Phillips of Belle Vernon. The information of Mr.Steen’s death came as a distinct shock in Charleroi. He has many friends and close business associates here and in Monessen who greeted the news with startling appraisal. Belle Vernon has indeed lost an importnat business leader. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon;April 25;1933;at 2:30 o’clock at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Belle Vernon;in charge of the pastor;Rev.J.J.Buhl. Services will also be held by Charleroi Lodge No.615;Free and Accepted Masons.