Mrs.Anna Axton;aged 87 years;107 Water street;Belle Vernon;died Saturday;Nov.11;1950;at 8 a.m.  She was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Belle Vernon.  Surviving are four daughters;Mrs.Edward Layton;of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Helen Miles;of San Diego;Calif.;Mrs.John Churbock;of Monongahela;and Mrs.Roscoe Harding;of Belle Vernon;11 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.  Friends will be received at the Melenyzer Funeral Home.  Services will be held there Tuesday;November 14;1950;at 2 p.m.;and interment will follow in the Belle Vernon Cemetery.  Chas.L.Melenyzer is the funeral director.

Mrs. Sophia Adam; 50; wife of
Frank Adam; 312 Wood street;
California; died Saturday; Sept.
30; 1950 at 6:20 p. m. in the
Weimer and Turner Nursing
Home; Uniontown; following a
lingering illness.
She was born in Hungary; July
7; 1894; and came to the United
States 29 years ago; residing in
Daisytown and Richeyville before
moving to California.
Mrs. Adam was a member of
the Presbyterian Church of Crescent Heights.
She is survived by her husband;
a daughter; Mrs. Yolan Turdea
and a son; Tibor Adam; both of
Belle Vernon and five grandchildren. A brother and sister live in Hungary.

Roland J.Allen of Rostraver Township;died in the Charleroi-Monessen hospital;Thursday;April 6;1950;at 11:45 a.m. He was employed at the Irwin Works at Dravosburg. He is survived by his wife;Mrs.Jennie Allen;two sons;John and Robert of Belle Vernon R.D.2;three daughters;Mrs.Elizabeth Hamilton of Webster;Mrs.Ruth Homa of Belle Vernon R.D.2;and Mrs.Doris Elswick at home;and six grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Toner Funeral home. Services will be held there Monday;April 10;1950;at 2:30 p.m.;in charge of Rev.J.Nelson Jackaway. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner is the funeral director.

Belle Vernon soldier;Staff Sgt.George P.Amoroso of 515 Washington Ave.;Belle Vernon;member of the Army Air Force;died of wounds received in an air battle while on a bombing mission over Germany January 11;1944. He was first reported missing as of January 11;but later is was reported he had died of his injuries the same day. The Staff Sergeant was 19 years of age. He enlisted in November;1942;and had been overseas but a short time when he was sent on the fatal mission. He graduated from Belle Vernon High School with the class of 1942 and was later employed by the American Steel and Wire Company of Donora. He is survived by his parents;Gregory & Filomena Amoroso;seven brothers and four sisters. He has two brothers in service;Dominick;somewhere in England;and Attilio in California. Another brother is to enter service within a few days. High Mass was said Sunday;April 23;1944;at 8 o’clock for the war victim. Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;is in charge of arrangements.