A resident of Charleroi for 40 years;
Mrs. Rosalie LeClereq; 717 Lincoln
avenue; died in her sleep Friday morning;September;29;1944.
She was found by her husband; Leopold; about 11 o’clock and had been
dead for several hours; it was believed.
Mrs. LeClereq had been ailing for
the past ten years. She was born in
Belgium but came here when a young
woman. Her husband; one son and two
daughters survive. They include Paul;
the son; and Mrs. Jennie Waite; both
of Charleroi and Mrs. Aline Colenso;of
Pittsburgh. Four grandchildren and one great-grandchild survive. She was
a member of St. Jerome’s Church. Friends will be received at the late home. Requiem High Mass will be held in St.Jerome’s Church;Monday;October 2;1944;at 10 a.m. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Francis C.Slezak is the funeral director.

Capt.E.E.Lenhart;86-year-old master of the steamboat Margaret;died Saturday;April 29;1944;at his home;212 Market St.;Belle Vernon;after a three weeks illness. He was the oldest pilot on the three rivers when he retired four years ago upon completion of his sixtieth year in service. The Margaret;owned by the McCrady-Rodgers Co.of Pittsburgh;had been in his continuous command for two decades. Capt.Lenhart is survived by five daughters and two sons;Mrs.Thomas Hewitt of Lincoln Place;Mrs.Earl Hewitt;Pittsburgh;Mrs.Edward Morgan;Belle Vernon;Mrs.Ruth Allen;Monessen;Mrs.Charles Frye;Monongahela;Edward of Monongahela and Walter of Belle Vernon R.D. One sister;Mrs.S.S.Jones of Belle Vernon;21 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren survive. Friends are being received at the Melenyzer Funeral Home in Belle Vernon. Rites will take place Tuesday afternoon;May 2;1944.