Friends of the family were shocked this morning when word was passed around that John Richard Sherwin;familiarly known as Jackie ;a son of Mr.and Mrs.Robert Sherwin;had died at the family home on Reed avenue. The lad;who was seven years old in January of this year;was taken ill of diptheria Thursday of last week and although he was given every attention possible;he steadily grew worse until the end came at 9 o’clock this morning;Wednesday; Oct.26;1927. He was a bright;lovable boy and was a student at the McKinley school. He gained considerable popularity this month when he modeled for Fisher Bros.;at the annual Fashion Show;staged in the Star theatre. Besides the parents;three brothers and three sisters survive as follows;Robert;Martha;Claude;Mary Ellen;Betty Jean and Curtis Lee. Private funeral services will be held from the home;481 Reed avenue at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon;Oct.27;1927;in charge of Rev.M.M.Houser;pastor of the United Brethren Church;where the family holds membership. Interment will follow in the Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Mrs. Herman Steinmiller; aged 40;
of Dunlevy shot and instantly killed
herself at her home at 7 o’clock Thursday morning;October 4;1927. Despondent over a lingering illness;
Mrs. Steinmiller arose this morning
before the other members of the family and going to the kitchen of the
home secured a 32 calibre revolver
and fired a shot in her left breast;
the bullet piercing her heart and
causing instant death.
The husband; and four children
ranging in age from 2 to 14 were awakened from their slumbers by the sound of the shot;and rushing downstairs found the wife and mother lying on the floor of the kitchen home with life extinct. According to other members of the family;Mrs.Steinmiller has been ill for the past year;and showing no signs of improvement she has grown despondant and evidently decided to end it all Thursday morning. Deputy Coroner M.Crowley of Charleroi was notified and viewed the body which was then turned over to Meleynzer’s mortuary in Belle Vernon.

Winfield Shank;aged 59 years;for years a resident of Monessen;died at his home near the Mount Vernon school house in Jefferson township;Monday;May 9;1924. He leaves his widow;Mary Elizabeth Shunk and one son;Earl of Canton;Ohio. Burial took place Thursday afternoon in Belle Vernon Cemetery.