Mrs.Estella Henry Bowers;wife of the late John Henry Bowers of Fallowfield avenue;died at 10 p.m.Wednesday;Sept.27;1944 at the Charleroi-Monessen hospital where she had been a patient for two months. Mrs.Bowers;a member of the esteemed Henry family;formerly of Henry street;Belle Vernon;came here with her husband in the early years of her marriage. The Bowers property;still standing today;was the first to be settled in the borough of Charleroi. She was active with her husband in the early history of the town;and has spent her entire life in this section of the valley. She was a member of the First Methodist Church and its various organizations;and of the Athene Club. Surviving are her son;Lloyd H.Bowers and her daughter;Mrs.Russell L.Carl of Pittsburgh;and one brother I.F.Henry of Okmulgee;Okla. Friends will be received at the Frye Funeral Home and services will be held there Saturday;September 30;1944;at 2:30 p.m. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Lawrence B.Frye is the funeral director.

Mrs. Laura Bindi; aaged 71 years;
died Friday morning; July 7;1944; at 1:30
a. m. at her home; 930 Knox avenue. The deceased was born in
Italy and came here in 1906.
Surviving are her husband; Dominic Bindi; two children; Harry and
George Bindi of Monessen; three
grandchildren; three brothers and
a sister in Italy. Services will be held from the late home on Monday;July 10;1944;at 9 a.m.;followed by Rites in the St.Cajetan Church;with Rev.Nuncio Pirulli in charge. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Friends are being received at the late home. Joseph R.Check;funeral director;in charge.

Noah Grant Behanna;Jr.;aged 29 years;died Friday;July 14;1944 at the St.Joseph Hospital;Baltimore;Md. He had been a resident of Monessen for the past eight years;and before his illness was in the employ of the open hearth department of the Pittsburgh Steel Company. Surviving are his wife;Mrs.Elizabeth Joseph Behanna and three children;Joyce Mae;Cecelia Anne and Gerald;his parents;Mr.and Mrs.Noah Behanna of Donora;two brothers;James Behanna;Monessen and Sergeant Richard Behanna;with the Marines;two sisters;Mrs.Virginia Carney;Monessen and Mrs.Violet Bachisim;Donora. Friends are being received at the Woodward Home for Funerals where services will be held July 17 at 2 p.m.with Dr.R.F.Steininger officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Dave H.Woodward;funeral director;in charge.