Pfc.Louis G.Preston;24;formerly of Lynnwood;was killed in Frankfurt;Germany;March of 1945. He is survived by his mother;Mrs.Hannah P.Grados;Brier Hill;three sisters;Mrs.Alice Bitonti of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Mary Lyons of Brownsville and Mrs.Emma Rockwell of Brownsville;one brother;Charles of Palmer;and his maternal grandmother;Mrs.Elizabeth Petregro of Jefferson. Friends will be received at the Toner Funeral Home in Belle Vernon until Saturday;July 23;at 2 p.m.when funeral services will be held with military rites by the Belle Vernon Post 659;American Legion. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.

Staff Sergeant Nick Pehote;a 23-year-old radio operator on a glider-towing C-47 plane was killed in action;in a flight over Eindhoven;Holland;last year;the War Department has notified his mother;Mrs.Rose Pehote of Pricedale. Previously;Sergeant Pehote had been reported missing in action as of September 17;1944. The letter from the War Derpartment follows: Since your son;Staff Sergeant Nick Pehote;was reported missing in action 17 September 1944;the War Department has entertained the hope that he survived and that information would be revealed dispelling the uncertainty surrounding his absence. However;as in many cases the conditions of warfare deny us such information. The record concernng your son shows that he was a crew member of a C-4 (Skytrain) airplane that was hit by enemy anti-aircraft force and seen to crash in the vicinity of Eindhoven;Holland while on a combat mission. In recognition of his outstanding courage;Sergeant Pehote had been awarded the Air Medal. He was among the first to go in as a C-47 radio operator after D-Day. His remains will arrive in Charleroi Friday morning Feb.4;1949;at 10:04 a.m.and will be taken to the Toner Funeral Home in Belle Vernon. Sergeant Pehote was graduated from Rostraver High School and prior to entering the service was employed in Detroit;Mich. Survivors are his mother;Mrs.Rose Pehote of Pricedale;three brothers;Mike Pehote of 1120 Dennis avenue;Monessen; Sgt.John Pehote;overseas and Third Class Gunner’s Mate Harry Pehote in the Pacific. Friends will be received until Sunday;Feb.6;when the body will be taken to the Holy Trinity Russian Orthodiox Church in Charleroi for services at 2 p.m.with Rev.Fr.Gregory Soroka officiating. Military rites by Belle Vernon Post 659;American Legion. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.

BURIED IN WINSTONE LOT -2ND GRAVE NORTHEAST CORNER DAUGHTER OR RAYMOND DAY & FLORENCE WINSTONE POPP.

Eugene Pierallini;Sr.of 602 Blind Lane;Belle Vernon;died in the Charleroi-Monessen hospital;Sunday;November 21;1948;at 11:57 p.m.;after a brief illness. He was born May 25;1876;and was a charter member of the Italian Beneficial Lodge of Belle Vernon;and the Belle Vernon Musical Society. He is survived by his wife;Mrs.Mary Pierallini;five daughters;Mrs.Adam Lebboroni of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Itala Pieri of Dunlevy;Mrs.Armand Troiano of Charleroi;Mrs.Innocent Polochek of Charleroi;R.D.;Mrs.Michael Galiffa of Donora;four sons;Frank of Belle Vernon;Fred of Clairton;Lebert of Belle Vernon and Eugene Jr.;of Belle Vernon;one brother;Louis of Monessen;seventeen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Melenyzer Funeral Home. Services will be held there Wednesday;November 24;1948;at 2 p.m. and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Chas.L.Melenyzer is the funeral director.