Mrs.Margaret Gottke;75;died at her home in Allenport at 5 o’clock Sunday morning;October 1;1939. Death came after a brief illness. Mrs.Gottke is survived by daughters;Mrs.William Summers;Gore;Ohio;Mrs.Porter Nixon;Wanchese;North Carolina;Mrs.Elizabeth Baxter;Roscoe;Mrs.Flossie Taylor;of Nelsonville;Ohio;sons;Lewis Gottke at home;and Selby Gottke of Allenport;also survive. Friends will be received at the late home in Allenport until 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon when services will be held;the Reverand Zaldivar officiating. Interment will be made in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Charles L.Melenyzer;funeral director in charge.

One of the district’s oldest residents;Biaso A.Giordanelli;aged 96 years;died at his home in 114 Vine street;Belle Vernon;Wednesday;August 16;1939;at 10:45 p.m.following an illness of one week. He leaves two daughters;Mrs.Mary Costello of Belle Vernon and Mrs.Katherine Trunzo of New Eagle;one son;Frank Giordanelli of Colorado;twenty-four grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the late home until 2:30 the afternoon of Friday;August 18;when services will be held;the Rev.G.Meade Daugherty officiating. Interment will be made in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director in charge.

Bryan Croushore Guiler;38;well known in the upper Monongahela Valley;and up until two years ago;a resident of Belle Vernon;died at his home;251 South Berendo street;Los Angeles;Calif.on Friday Aug.5;1938;at 5:30 p.m.as the result of being severly gassed by acetylene fumes while in the aviation service during the World War. Born in Belle Vernon; the son of
the late Edwin S. Guiler and Mrs
Elizabeth Guiler McKean; now of
Washington; he attended the public
schools of Belle Vernon and the Monessen
High School. On January 25;1918; when but 18 years of age he
enlisted in the aviation service and after
receiving training was assigned
to the 379th Aero Squadron; Carruthers
Field; Fort Worth; Texas.
He was advanced to corporal July 10;
1918 and transferred to Kelly Field;
Texas. His outfit was preparing to
leave for overseas when the Armistice
was signed. Mr. Guiler was a
former member of Post 659; American
Legion and the First Methodist
Episcopal Church of Belle Vernon.
He is survived by his wife; Mrs.
Margaret McGraw Guiler; of Los Angeles;
his mother; Mrs. Elizabeth
McKean and a sister; Mrs. H. W.
Steinman; East Washington and one
brother; Karl E. Guiler; of East. Williston; Long Island. Funeral services were held Monday;August;8;1938;at Los Angeles;followed by cremation. The ashes were mailed to the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home in Belle Vernon. Private funeral services will be held at the Toner Funeral Home at 5 o’clock on August 12;1938;with Rev.J.Meade Daugherty;pastor of the Belle Vernon M.E.Church officiating. Interment will follow in the Belle Vernon Cemetery.