Mrs.Jean Balliard Theys;65;of 13 Round St.;Charleroi;died in the Charleroi-Monessen Hospital;Saturday;April 24;1965;at 6:55 a.m.after a week’s illness. She was born in Mingo;Aug.12;1899;the daughter of Bennett and Anna DeLattre. In 1925 she moved from Mingo to Charleroi. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Charleroi. Surviving are her husband;Florient Theys;one son;George of Charleroi;one daughter;Mrs.Michael (Lois) Brudnak of Charleroi;two brothers;George of Finleyville;Henry of New Eagle;one sister;Mrs.Anna Delattre;New Eagle;and six grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Francis C.Slezak Funeral Home;Charleroi;from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Service there Tuesday;April 27;at 2 p.m.in charge of the Rev.Francis M.Blair;pastor of the First Presbyterian Church;Charleroi. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Francis C.Slezak;funeral director.

Margaret M. Trader; of 210
Perry Ave. (Fairhope); Belle
Vernon; died Thursday;June 25;1964; at 8:43
p.m. in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital.
She was a member of Marion
Presbyterian Church; Fairhope;
Washington Twp. Volunteer Fire
Dept Auxiliary; Rebekah Lodge
of Belle Vernon and Auxiliary
of Charieroi-Monessen Hospital.
Surviving are her husband;
Lloyd; one daughter; Mrs. Joseph (Frances) Oliver of Belle
Vernon; two sons; Thomas at
home and Herman; of Fayette
City; four grandchildren; three
sisters; Mrs. Horace (Frances)
Ardis of Toledo; Ohio; Mrs. Emmett (Mary) Parkins and Mrs.
John (Myrtle) Homan of Ravena; Ohio; two brothers; Osborne
Hixenbaugh in the state of New
York and Fred Hixenbaugh of
Monessen.
Friends will be received at
the Harold R. Toner Funeral
Home in Belle Vernon after 7 p.m.June 26. Service there Sunday;June 28;1964;at 2 p.m.in charge of the Rev.Abner Richards;pastor of Marion Presbyterian Church in Fairhope. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.

Carlton Lee Tansmore;four-year-old son of Mr.and Mrs.Merriell Tansmore;220 Ninth St.;Monessen;died Friday night;April 17;1964 in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital ;apparently of injuries suffered when struck by an automobile last Monday afternoon;April 13. Young Tansmore was struck near Ninth St. and Schoonmaker Ave. He was rushed to Charleroi-Monessen Hospital where he remained on the critical list with head injuries until his death. The Tansmore boy received a skull fracture when police said he darted from a parked vehicle into the path of an auto driven by Michael Abraham;128 Pennsylvania Blvd.Monessen. Abraham took the victim to the hospital. An autopsy was to be performed today. Stephen Yoney;Westmoreland County coroner;said he would make a further investigation into the case. Surviving in addition to his parents;Mr.and Mrs. Merriell Tansmore;are two brothers;Timothy and Dale;and four sisters;Merle Denise;Sabrina;Arlene;and Donna Ruth;all at home;his paternal grandparents;Mr.and Mrs. Millford Tansmore of Monessen;his maternal grandfather;Daniel Smith of Pittsburgh;his great-grandmother;Mrs.Pearl Phillips of McKeesport;ten uncles and twelve aunts. Friends are being received at the DuBoise H.Carter Funeral Home in Monessen. Service Tuesday;April 21 at 11 a.m. in Union Baptist Church;Monessen;with the Rev.D.Chatman;pastor;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. DuBoise H.Carter;funeral director.

Mrs. Manila Turner; widow of
former Westmoreland County
Detective Arthur (Buddy) Turner;
died suddenly in Pittsburgh’s
Mercy Hospital at 6:50 p.m. She was 65.
On New Year’s Day; Mrs.
Turner and two grandchildren
were routed from her home in
the Sweeney Plan of Rostraver
Twp. when the roof caught fire.
She and the children escaped
unhurt; but she became ill yesterday
and was rushed to the
hospital.
Her husband was generally
acknowledged as the political
leader of the county’s powerful
Democratic Party.
For 44 years; Mrs.Turner
lived in Pricedale. Three years
ago she moved to the Sweeney
Plan.
Mrs. Turner was born in McKeesport on Aug. 15; 1898. She
was a member of the Belle Vernon
American Legion Auxiliary.
Surviving are three sons; Raymond
H. of Greensburg; James
F. of San Diego; Calif.; and
George P. of Pricedale; two
daughters; Mrs. Chester (Uba)
Dale of West Newton; and Mrs
James (Eileen) Huber of Pricedale;
two brothers; Fred Tauber of Fort Smith; Ark.; and
Otto Tauber of East McKeesport;
three sisters; Mrs. Emma
Soles of East Pittsburgh; Mrs
Helen Felt of Turtle Creek; and
Mrs.Thelma Hitchens of North
Braddock and nine grandchildren.
Friends will be received
the Shelby D. Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m.Jan.3. Service there Monday;Jan.6;1964;at 11 a.m.in charge of the Rev.Frederick C.Burchell. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shleby D;Ferguson;funeral director.