Clarence V.Neil;51;Speer street;Belle Vernon;died Monday;November 13;1944;at 8:45 in the Veterans Hospital at Aspinwall following an illness of five weeks. He was a member of the 319th Inf.;;80th Division in World War One and served overseas. Surviving are his wife;Mrs.Harriet Neil;a daughter;Gladys Rihaly;Belle Vernon;a son;Technical Sergeant James Neil serving in Italy;two brothers;Earl of Belle Vernon;and Harry of Bristolville;Ohio;three sisters;Mrs.Cora Mills;Belle Vernon;Mrs.Lorena Godissart;Belle Vernon;and Mrs.Margaret Acre;Smithport;Pa. Three grandchildren also survive. Friends are being received at the late home where funeral services will be held Thursday;November 16;1944;at 2:30 p.m.with Rev.Percy Mundy;of Altoona;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director;in charge.

John J.Nevins; 34; of 608 Ninth Street;Charleroi;died Thursday afternoon;May 25;1944 at 3:30 from injuries sustained in an accident at the Monessen plant of the Pittsburgh Steel Company.    The victim died of a broken back 45 minutes after his admission to the Charleroi-Monessen hospital.  He was working in the blooming mill when the accident occurred.  He was a native of belle Vernon and educated in the schools there.  Surviving are his wife;Mrs.Isabelle Bendock Nevins;three children;Dolores;James and Thomas;his mother;Mrs.Elizabeth Nevins;of Belle Vernon;two brothers;Cpl.Robert Nevins in Italy;and William;of Belle Vernon;two sisters;Mrs.Ellen Newlon;of McKeesport;and Margaret Nevins;of Belle Vernon.  Friends will be received at the late home until Monday;May 29;1944; at 9 a.m.;when funeral services will be held with Requiem High Mass at St.Jerome’s Church;Charleroi;with Father William Maher in charge.  Interment will follow at the Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner is the funeral director.

Run down by an automobile as he walked with two companions to U.S.Navy quarters at Quonset Point;Rhode Island;early Sunday morning Feb.20;1944;Ensign William E.Nicoden;aged 20 years of 210 Rostraver St.;Monessen;was killed. His companions were struck but escaped bad injury. Informtion reaching the family indicated that Ensigh Nicoden had evidently been thrown against an obstacle at the side of the road and received fatal head injuries. Ensign Nicoden;member of a prominent Monessen family;was a graduate of Monessen High School and Penn State. He left Penn State October 21 and went to Notre Dame for U.S.Navy training where he was commissioned January 20. Surviving are his parents;Mr.and Mrs.Thomas J.Nicoden;two brothers;Paul of Belle Vernon and Walter of Pittsburgh and two sisters;Mrs.Marie Gordon of Allentown and Pfc.Jeanne Nicoden of Camp Lejeune;N.C.

Mrs.Kathryn Nicholas;aged 64 years;died Monday night;November 22;1943;at 6 o’clock in the Charleroi-Monessen hospital;following a short illness. Surviving are her husband;John Nicholas and seven children;Mary Jane Nicholas;at home;Mrs.Sam Mabesolina and Mrs.Ethel Nolland;of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Kathryn Dolan of Brownsville;Mrs.Helen Garner of Ft.Mathilda;Pa.;Pfc.Benjamin F.Nicholas;South Pacific area;and Carl Nicholas;at home. Ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren also survive. Friends are being received at the Toner Funeral Home;where services will be held Friday;November 26;at 2 p.m.;in charge of Rev.Herbert Mountain;pastor of the Belle Vernon Baptist Church. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director in charge.