True to his promise that he would some day end it all John Kiefer;58;car inspector at the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie railroad yards at Monessen;hanged himself last night. His body was found suspended from a rope in the blacksmith shop at 6 a.m. He had been dead only a short time. Kiefer had been under medical care for a heart condition and had told his wife several times that he might end his life. Kiefer lived at 9 East Schoonmaker avenue. He had been a car inspector for 20 years and was a veteran of World War One. Surviving are his wife Mrs.Lavurn Worley Kiefer;the following sons and daughters; Ray;Rodney Lee and Larry J.and Olive Mae at home;Mrs.John Maudron;Mrs.Robert Lowe and Mrs.Robert Helon;Monessen;and the following sisters Mrs.Elizabeth Gates and Mrs.John DelBarre;Monessen;Mrs.Emma Kiefer;Webster;Mrs.Clyde Mosier;Uniontown. Five grandchildren also survive. Friends will be received at the Melenyzer Funeral Home;262 Donner avenue;Monessen. Services will be held there Thursday;July 3;1952;at 2 p.m.;in charge of Rev.LLoyd Erb. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Edwin Melenyzer is the funeral director.

Mrs.Agnes Kulka;aged 28 years;15 Broad street;Belle Vernon;died Monday;May 5;1952;in Charleroi-Monessen hospital. She is survived by her husband;Henry Kulka;two children;Carol Ann and Barry Lee;her mother;Mrs.Mae Mitchell of Belle Vernon;and the following brothers and sisters;Curtis Mitchell;Belle Vernon;Mrs.George Fagan;Pittsburgh;Mrs.George Kistler;R.D.1 Charleroi;Roy Mitchell;R.D.1 Charleroi;and Raymond;Donald and Dorthy Mitchell of Belle Vernon. Friends are being received at the home of her mother;Mrs.Mitchell;101 Cherry Alley;Belle Vernon. Funeral services will be held from there on Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock with Rev.S.B.Ray;minister of the Free Methodist Church of Belle Vernon officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Joseph R.Check;funeral director.

Franklin Dennis Kostelac;of Fairhope;who would have been 13 years old next week;died suddenly on Wednesday;December 6;1951;at 8:10 p.m. from an accidental gunshot wound.  Survivors include his parents;Mr.and Mrs.Frank Kostelac;two sisters;Rosemay and Diana;both at home;his maternal grandparents;Mr.and Mrs.John Bezego;of Fayette City and his paternal grandfather;Joseph Kostelac of Fairhope.  He was a member of St.Edwards Church of Fayette City and a student in the Marion Junior High School.  He was also a member of Fairhope Boy Scout Troop One.   Friends will be received at the Melenyzer Funeral Home.  Requiem High Mass will be sung in St.Edward’s Church;Monday;December 10;1951;at 9:30 a.m.by Rev.Charles W.Ribick.  Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.  Chas.L.Melenyzer is the funeral director.

Mrs.Lyda Kiefer;81;died at the home of her daughter;Mrs.John Delbarre of Webster;Wednesday;October 3;1951;at 3:20 p.m. She was the widow of Henry T.Kiefer. She is survived by two sons;James of Mather and John of Monessen;four daughters;Mrs.Elizabeth Gates of Monessen;Mrs.John Delbarre;Webster;Miss Emma Kiefer at home and Mrs.Alvin Mosier;Uniontown;one brother;Samuel Boland of McKeesport. Friends will be received at the Melenyzer Funeral Home;262 Donner avenue;Monessen. Services will be held there Saturday;October 6;1951;at 2 p.m.;in charge of Rev.George Guest. Interment will follow in the Belle Vernon Cemetery. Edwin F.Melanyzer is the funeral director.