Mrs.Harriet B.Kirk;wife of W.P.Kirk;local druggist;died Monday;June 9;1947;at 9:05 a.m.;at the family home;218 Fourth street;following a lingering illness;during which she was hospitalized several times. Mrs.Kirk was a member of the Methodist Church;where she was active in the various departments during her younger days. She was a member of the Monessen Woman’s club and a past matron of Monessen Chapter 203 Order of the Eastern Star. The family has resided here since 1902. Surviving are her husband;a daughter;Mrs.George B.Saylor of Monessen;a son;James A.Kirk of Monessen and Hollywood;Florida;three grandchildren;Kirk Saylor;Billy and Judy Kirk;two sisters;Mrs.W.H.Bell of PIttsburgh;and Mrs.H.G.Schwartz of Lockport;N.Y.;and a brother;Clyde Hesser of Pittsburgh. Friends are being received at the Harper Memorial Chapel;where funeral services will be held Thursday;June 12;1947;at 2 p.m.with Rev.Edward L.Boetticher;a former pastor of the local Methodist Church;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harry R.Harper;funeral director.

Joseph Kurtak;Jr.;of Snowden; formerly of Belle Vernon;died suddenly in a rock fall at work on Sunday;October 6;1946.  Surviving are his widow;Mrs. Anna Shimchick Kurtak;three children;Joseph III;Mary Ellen and David at home;his parents;Mr.and Mrs.Joseph Kurtak of Belle Vernon;two brothers;Michael of Belle Vernon and Albert of Charleroi;and three sisters;Mrs.Anna Samosky of Charleroi;Mrs.Mary Lefko of Nashville City;Cal.;and Mrs.Elizabeth Perry of Pittsburgh.  The body has been removed to the parental home near the old Monessen Airport at Belle Vernon;R.D.2 The Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 9 a.m.Thursday;October 10;1946;at the Russian Orthodox Church at Monessen.  Burial will be made in Belle Vernon Cemetery.