John J.Gartland of 913 Lincoln avenue;Charleroi;died July 29;1949;at 5:45 p.m. of a heart attack while at work in the Allenport mill. He was born January 22;1881;and was a member of St.Jerome’s church and the Knights of Columbus. He is survived by his wife;Margaret McHenry Gartland;four sons;Edward at home;James of Columbus;Ohio;and Thomas and John Gartland of Youngstown;Ohio;three daughters;Mrs.Arthur Cochenour of West Newton;Mrs.Edward Burns and Mrs.Lester Gales of Speers;and one brother;Thomas of Youngstown;and eleven grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Melinchak Home for Funerals. Requiem mass will be held in St.Jerome’s church;Tuesday;August 2;1949;at 9 a.m.;in charge of Rev.James F.McKeever. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon cemetery. Chas.L.Melenyzer is the funeral director.

Mrs.Mathilda Governor;(nee Pauwels);of 807 Crest avenue;Charleroi;wife of Emil Governor;died at the home of her daughter;Mrs.John G.Gaskill of Speers Hill;Tuesday;April 12;1949;at 8 p.m. She is survived by her husband;Emil;two daughters;Miss Lois Governor at home and Mrs.John G.Gaskill of Speers Hill;one brother;John Pauwels of Charleroi;R.D.;and five sisters;Mrs.Joel Berton of Charleroi;R.D.;Mrs.Tony Costello of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Wilbur Downer;Mrs.Allie H.Plants and Mrs Walter Behrendt of Charleroi. Friends will be received at the Melinchak Home For Funerals. Services will be held there Friday;April 15;1949;at 2 p.m.;in charge of Rev.W.P.Blackhurst of the Speers Methodist Church. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Chas.L.Melenyzer is the funeral director.

A roaming hunter;Steve Gorcheck;yesterday found the body of Harry Grant;65;of Belle Vernon;a retired steel worker who disappeared last May;in a wooded section of Gibsonton cemetery between Monessen and Belle Vernon. Authorities said Grant identified through clothing by a son;George;had been missing since last May when he left his home in poor health to visit a relative. Westmoreland County Coroner;Joseph Check;added that a .38 caliber revolver was found beside the remains. There was a bullet hole in the head;he said. Surviving are his wife;Ada;four sons;George;Charleroi;Aramus;Donora;and Gerald and Carlyle at home;one daughter Doris;at home;also one brother;Alex Grant of Struthers;Ohio;one sister;Mrs.Myrtle Makinson;Youngstown;Ohio;and one grandchild.

Thomas Graham;age 86 years;of 405 Vernon street;Belle Vernon;where he had lived for 55 years;died Tuesday;August 10;1948;at 2:02 a.m. at his home. He formerly was an engineer for the American Window Glass Company there;retiring in 1941. Five daughters;one son;nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren survive. Friends will be received at the Toner Funeral Home. Services will be held there Thursday;August 12;1948;at 2 p.m. in charge of Rev.George L.Kress. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner is the funeral director.