George W.Edwards;47;of Washington Township;died Thursday;December 16;1943 at 7:50 a.m.;in the Municipal hospital;Pittsburgh;after a short illness. He was a member of the Church of the Nazarene;Belle Vernon;and had resided in this immediate section during his entire life. For some time he had been employed as janitor at the Marion school. Surviving are his wife;Mrs.Virginia Edwards and a son;Vance Edwards. Two sisters;Mrs.Anna Johnson;Belle Vernon;and Mrs.Hugh Brown;Monessen;also survive. Strictly private funeral services Friday;December 17;1943;at 3 p.m.from the Melenyzer Funeral Home;Belle Vernon. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Charles L.Melenyzar and Edwin F.Melenyzer;funeral directors;in charge.

George T.Etheridge;prominent Belle Vernon resident;died Saturday morning;May 29;1943;at 5:30 a.m.;in the Allegheny General hospital;following a short illness. He was 56 years of age. For many years he has been a contract plumber in Belle Vernon. A member of the Presbyterian Church;he served as a deacon. He was a past matron of Belle Vernon Lodge 642;F.& A.M.;affiliated with the Syria Temple;Pittsburgh;the Uniontown Lodge of Perfection;Monongahela Royal Arch Chapter 290 and the McKean Commandery Knights Templar;Charleroi. Surviving are his wife;Mrs.Flora Etheridge;a son;Thomas Etheridge of Pittsburgh;a brother;Joseph Etheridge;of Bridgeville and a sister;Mrs.Sara Dodd of Belle Vernon. Friends are bieng received at the late home;407 Fayette street;where services will be held Tuesday;June 1st;at 2:30 with Rev.Edwin G.Sloan;pastor of the Presbyterian Church officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director;in charge.

June Rose Eggers;wife of Benjamin Eggers;died Wednesday;November 30;1942;at 3 a.m.at her home in Jackson;Ohio;following a lingering illness.  She spent her childhod in Monessen and attended grade and high school here.  She later moved to Belle Vernon;where she was a member of the Methodist Church and the Eastern Star.  She is survived by her husband;her father;James D.Adams;of Belle Vernon;and an aunt;Miss Sara Adams;of Belle Vernon.  Friends are being received at the Melenyzer Funeral Home in Belle Vernon until Wednesday at 3 p.m.when funeral services will be held with Rev.H.F.Pierce;of the Methodist Church;in charge.  Interment will follow at the Belle Vernon Cemetery.  Charles L.Melenyzer and Edwin F.Melenyzer;funeral directors in charge.