Mrs.Mary Ann Failey;age 95 years;formerly of 12 Schoonmaker Avenue;Monessen;died Monday;April 3;1944;at 9 a.m.;after a lingering illness. She was born in England July 20;1848;and was the widow of the late Albert H.Fairley;former paymaster at the Monessen plant of the Pittsburgh Steel Company. She is survived by one son;Frank of Belle Vernon;seven grandchildren;nine great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Friends will be received at the home of her son;Frank Fairley;925 Broad Avenue;Belle Vernon;and services will be held there Thursday;April 6;1944;at 2 p.m. Rev.Shaw;pastor of the Episcopal Church of Monessen;will have charge of services and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner is the funeral director.

Italo Frediana;a resident of Monessen for the past 41 years;died suddenly this morning;Friday;Dec.31;1943;at the home of his brother;Joseph Frediana;240 Schoonmaker avenue where he made his home. He was employed for 38 years at the Carnegie-Illinois Co.;being pensioned at the time of the dismantling of the local plant. He has been employed for some time at the Veterans of Foreign Wars home on Schoonmaker avenue. Surviving are his brother;Joseph;with whom he resided;another brother August Frediana;of Lock Four and three sisters;Mrs.Katie Ginglardi;Monessen;Mrs.Anna Lauze;Canonsburg;and Mrs.Evelyn Magganetti;Youngstown;Ohio. Friends are being received at the Woodward Home for Funerals where services will be hld Sunday afternoon;January 2;at 2 o’clock;with Rev.S.Kenneth Johnson;of the Presbyterian church.officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Dave H.Woodward;funeral director;in charge.

Margaret Marie Frycke;age 31 years;of 742 Speer street;Belle Vernon;died in Magee hospital;Pittsburgh;Sunday;November 28;1943;at 6:10 p.m.;after an illness of twelve days. She was a member of the St.Sebastian Church of Belle Vernon and is survived by her husband;Francis Frycke;her parents;Mr.and Mrs.Victor Petras of Belle Vernon;one brother;Frank L.of Belle Vernon;three sisters;Mrs.Helen Balog of Newell;Erma Ann Bonner of Pittsburgh and Dolores of Belle Vernon. Friends will be received at the Toner Funeral Home and services will be held Thursday;December 2;1943;at 9 a.m.in St.Sebastian Church. Father Dennis Boyle will have charge of services and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner is the funeral director.

Mrs.Lela Frye;age 65 years;died at her home at 24 Linden avenue;Monessen;Sunday morning;November 14;1943 at 9:30 a.m. She was a member of the Methodist Church of Monessen;the Dames of Malta Sisterhood;No.44 of Charleroi;the Iris Rebekah lodge;No.299 of Charleroi;and the Daughters of America of Belle Vernon. She is survived by her husband;Ira Frye;one daughter;Mrs.Dorothy Glasser at home;three sons;Audley of Monessen and Beryl and Donovan of Indiana and a number of brothers and sisters.

WILLIAM L. Leithold; 76; of Henry Street; Belle Vernon; passed away Wednesday; May 22; 2002; after a lengthy illness. He was preceded in death by his father; Paul; his mother; Ella Chambers Leithold; two brothers; Wilbur and Fred; and two sisters; Dorothy Leithold and Ruth Tiernan Horning. Mr. Leithold was the last surviving member of his family. He was born May 21; 1926; graduated from Marion High School in 1944; and immediately enlisted in the U.S. Navy; where he served for two years. Mr. Leithold was retired from the Allenport plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Co. He is survived by three nieces; Lois Jean Tiernan Varga of Monroeville; Shirley Staranko of Palmdale; Calif.; and Janice Heiner of Butler; two nephews; James Leithold of Ocala; Fla.; and Wayne Tiernan of Roseville; Calif.; two great-nieces; Valerie Kelsey of Clovis; Calif.; and Geri Lynn Sande of Eugene; Ore.; three great-nephews; Jeffrey Heiner of Arizona; Michael J. Varga of Ocean City; Md.; and Jeffrey M. Varga; M.D.; of Monroeville. Mr. Leithold was an avid sports fan and fund-raiser. He loved the Pittsburgh Steelers; Pitt Panthers; and the Belle Vernon Leopards. He lived for the University of Pittsburgh football and basketball teams; having been a fan for over 50 years. His football seat was in section 9 of the end zone. He traveled all over the country to see them play; never missing a game. On April 27; 2002; he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Mon Valley Chapter Team Pittsburgh; an organization of which he was one of the founders. He also was very much involved with the Belle Vernon Leopards football program; always raising funds for their benefit. Mr. Leithold was an asset to the Belle Vernon community; always putting everyone else first. He was a member of F&AM Lodge 643 of Belle Vernon; American Legion Post 659; Charleroi VFW Post 167; a member and past president of the Belle Vernon Lions Club; the Belle Vernon Booster Club; and the Belle Vernon Area Quarterback Club; from which the Belle Vernon Hall of Fame was instituted and where he served as treasurer and was an honorary inductee. Friends will be received in the FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME INC.; a Golden Rule Member Firm; 700 Broad Ave.; Belle Vernon; Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held in the funeral home Saturday; May 25; at noon with the Rev. William Lawson; pastor of Marion Presbyterian Church; officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The following organizations will meet in the funeral home to hold services: Belle Vernon American Legion; Friday at 7 p.m.; F&AM Lodge; Belle Vernon; Friday at 7:30 p.m.; and Charleroi VFW; Friday at 7:45 p.m.

Caroline Farquhar;eight week old daughter of Mr.and Mrs.James Farquhar of Fairhope;died Thursday;February 25;1943;at 8 p.m.after an illness of ten days. She is survived by her parents;one sister;Charlotte and one brother;James Jr.;both at home. Friends will be received at the Toner Funeral Home until time for services on Sunday;February 28;1943 at 4 p.m. Harold R.Toner is the funeral director.