Louis L.Mastronicola;Jr.;25;of 14 Third street;Charleroi was dead on arrival in the Charleroi-Monessen hospital;August 4;1949;at 12:25 p.m. following a truck crash on Route 71;near Bentleyville. Mr.Mastronicola;driver for Marsh Tire Co.;of Charleroi;was hurled from behind the wheel of the machine;when it struck an embankment and upset near the Gibson road cut-off. He received a skull fracture and multiple head and neck injuries. The truck;enroute to Charleroi;was apparently thrown out of control when it passed over a hump in the road at a driveway. This seemed to have deflected the truck toward the bank where the front nosed in. The machine went for a distance of about 50 feet;rutted into another driveway and overturned. The driver was hurled thru the windshield and struck his head on the highway. The accident occurred about an eighth of a mile;east of Cappy’s Service Station;Gibson road intersection. State ploice received the call to the accident at 12:05 p.m.;indicating it had occurred after 11:30 a.m. Friends will be received at the Francis C.Slezak Funeral Home. Services will be held there Monday;August 8;1949;at 2 p.m.;and interment will follow in Belle Vernon cemetery. American Legion Post 22 will have charge of military rites. Francis C.Slezak is the funeral director.

Mrs.Nellie H.Murphy;54;of 516 Lincoln avenue;Charleroi;died Friday;July 22;1949;at 12:05 a.m. She is survived by one son;Raymond Murphy of Clairton;two sisters;Mrs.Olive Stone of Charleroi R.D and Mrs.Sarah Ackard of Charleroi;two brothers;Richard Harger of Belle Vernon and H.S.Harger of Greensburg. Friends are being received at the Toner Funeral Home in Belle Vernon where funeral services will be held Monday;July 25;at 2:30 p.m.with Rev.Rodger Winger of the Christian Church;Charleroi;officiating. Interment in the Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.

Mrs.Mary Hoffman Miller;aged 70 years;wife of Louis Miller;Sr.;of Weirton;W.Va.;died this morning;Saturday;July 2;1949;at 4:40 a.m.in the Ohio Valley hospital;Steubenville;Ohio. She was a former resident of Monessen. Surviving are her husband;two sons;Louis Miller;Jr.;of Monessen;Martin Miller of Belle Vernon;five daughters;Mrs.Marie Mincks of Donora;Mrs.Elsie Purks of Weirton;Mrs.Jess Curnow;Mrs.Ruth Johannesmeyer of Meadville;Mrs.Dorothy Dickerson of Monongahela;also five grandchildren survive. A son;Paul;preceded her in death in 1927. Friends will be received at the Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;where services will be held Tuesday;July 5;1949;at 2 p.m. Interment in Belle Vernon cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.

Pfc.Louis Mazzei;23;who made his home with Mr.and Mrs.Carlo Peso;of East Belle Vernon;died of wounds received in action in Germany on April 22;1945. The news of his death arrived Sunday;May 6;1945;on the eve of the surrender of the German forces in Europe. On Thursday of last week Mr.and Mrs.Pesi were notified that Private Mazzei was wounded in action in Germany on April 15. His death came seven days later. Private Mazzei was born on April 26;1922 in Daisytown;but later went to Italy with his parents. He returned to the United States in 1940 and lived in Belle Vernon;working at the Belle Vernon plant of the American Window Glass Company. He entered the armes forces on Nov.28;1942;and trained in Oregon;Arizona and Colorado;going overseas in August 1944. He was with the 104th Timberwolf Division. He is survived by his parents;Mr.and Mrs.Joseph Mazzei;and one sister;Louise;in Italy. He was a cousin of Mrs.Pesi.