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.

Mrs.Agnes C.Nole;aged 68 years;of 626 Broad avenue;Belle Vernon;died Sunday;January 3;1943;at 8 a.m.in Charleroi-Monessen hospital;following an illness of nine days. She is survived by three sons;Edward F.Nole of Belle Vernon;John T.Nole of Belle Vernon and Carl J.Wolfe of Detroit;Michigan.  Fifteen grandchildren also survive.  Friends will be received at the Toner Funeral Home until time of services Wednesday morning;January 6 at 10 o’clock;in St.Sebastian Church.  Father Dennis Boyle is the priest in charge of the services;and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.  Harold R.Toner is the funeral director.

Edward P.Nole;68;of 1005 Hill street;Belle Vernon;died Saturday;July 4;1942; at 9 p.m.at his home following an illness of two weeks.  He is survived by his wife;Mrs.Agnes C.Nole;two sons;Edward F.Nole and John P.Nole;of Belle Vernon and one stepson;Carl Wolfe;of Detroit;Mich.  One sister;Mrs.Annie Hammitt;of St.Mary’s W.Va.;also survives.  Friends will be received at the Toner Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;until Tuesday;at 10 a.m.when funeral services will be held in charge of a visiting priest.  Interment will follow in the Belle Vernon Cemetery.