Russell Edwin Piper;Jr.;aged 13 years;son of Mr.and Mrs.Russell E.Piper;of 1158 Dennis avenue;died Wednesday afternoon;January 12;1944;at his home;following a brief illness. He was a student in the Junior high school. Surviving are his parents and four brothers;Charles;in the Navy;and James;John Alvin and Joseph Thomas;at home. Friends are being received at the home where services will be held Saturday;January 15;1944;at 2 p.m.;in charge of Rev.C.W.Swope of the Christian Church. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Dave H.Woodward;funeral director;in charge.

Mrs.Mary Pasturick;aged 62 years;died Thursday morning;May 20;1943;at her home 937 Graham avenue;Belle Vernon;at 1:35 o’clock;following a lingering illness. Surviving are her husband;Michael and six children;Michael Pasturick;Jr.;of Monessen;Pvt.Andrew Pasturick;somewhere in Africa;Mrs.Anne Karlick and Mrs.Mary Holtis;both of Belle Vernon;and Mrs.Elizabeth Hussar and Mrs.Sue Cyrnek;both of Monessen. Five grandchildren also survive. Friends are being received at the home. Funeral services will be held on Sunday;May 23;1943;at 2 p.m.from the residence with additional rites to follow at St.Mary’s Greek Catholic Church;with Father John Bovankovich officiating. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Stephen D.Yoney;funeral director;in charge.

A victim of pneumonia;Mrs.Mary M.Pascoe;aged 89 years;possibly one of the oldest residents of this section;died Thursday;March 11;1943;at 3:15 p.m.at her home;432 Speers street;Belle Vernon.  She had been ill for the past week.  Children to the fifth generation survive;including a son;four daughters;fourteen grandchildren;twenty-three great grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.  Twice a victim of pneumonia;her excellent physical stamina made it possible for her to fight off the disease and until stricken one week ago;Mrs.Pascoe was active in the pursuit of her household duties in addition to sewing and handicraft.She was born June 24;1854 at Syracuse;Ohio;a daughter of Alexander and Eliza Quillin.  Subsequently she was married in Syracuse to William Pascoe.  Mrs.Pascoe was the eldest of eleven daughters.  She was a member of the Free Methodist Church of Belle Vernon.  The family located in Belle Vernon in 1907;going there from New Kensington where Mr.Pascoe conducted a butter and farm produce market.  He died in 1905.  Surviving are a son;John A. Pascoe;of Arnold;Pa.;four daughters;Mrs.James F.Culler and Mrs.Mattie Spang;of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Olive King;of Pittsburgh;and Mrs.R.B.Campbell;of Greenville;Illinois.  Four sisters all residing in New haven;W.Va.also survive. Arthur R.Culler and J.Arlie Culler; Charleroi business men are her grandsons. Friends are being received at the home of Mrs.Culler;440 Spear street.  Funeral services will be held Monday;March 15;at 2:30 p.m.;from the Free Methodist Church;with Rev.Zenas Niver officiating.  Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery.  Charles L.and Edwin F.Melenyzer;funeral directors in charge.