Mrs.Mary Rita Melnick;50;of 343 Raleigh Ave.;Weirton;W.Va.;formerly of Monessen;died Thursday;Nov.24;1960;in the Weirton General Hospital. She was born in Monessen;Nov.8;1910;the daughter of Andrew and Mary Kurtak. She moved to Weirton in 1930;and was a member of St.Mary’s Greek Catholic Church;Weirton. She is survived by her husband;Michael Melnick;her parents;Mr.and Mrs.Andrew Kurtak;Monessen;three brothers;Michael;Andrew and Joseph Kurtak of Monessen;two sisters;Mrs.Anna Klawcho and Mrs.Elizabeth Shirley of Pricedale. Friends are being received at the Greco-Hertnick Funeral Home;3219 Main St.;Weirton;Friday and Saturday. The remains will be removed to the Check Home for Funerals;Monessen on Sunday morning. Services there Monday;Nov.28;1960;at 10 a.m.will be followed by additional rites at St.Mary’s Byzantine Rite Catholic Church;Monessen. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Greco-Hertnick Funeral Home is in charge.

A former Monessen merchant;
Albert D. McQuaide; 90; was
found dead in his home at 933 Schoonmaker Ave. in Monessen
Monday;October 24;1960; at 3:25 p.m.
Death was from natural causes;
according to Westmoreland
County Coroner Stephen D. Yoney;
Monessen.
For many vears Mr McQuaide
was associated with the Coughenour
Plumbing and Heating Co.
located next to the State Armory
at Ninth St. and Donner Ave. He
later acquired the business and
named it the McQuaide Plumbing
and Heating Co. He also sold
gasoline and oil at the establishment.
The body was taken to the
Yoney Funeral Home; Monessen.
McQuaide has no known relatives.

Mrs.Maude Madden Miller;for many years a teacher of piano in Monessen;died suddenly Tuesday;Sept.27;1960;at 8:15 a.m.at her home;689 McKee Ave.;Monessen. Mrs.Miller was born in Three Springs;Huntington County;and had resided in Monessen for 50 years. She was a member of the First Methodist Church;Monessen and the Monessen Women’s Club. Surviving are her husband;Clyde W.Miller;two sisters;Mrs.Jane Wilson of Mt.Union and Mrs.Eunice Hoffman of Altoona;a half-sister;Margaret Hockenbery;a teacher in the Monroeville schools and a half-brother;John Hockenbery of LaGrange;Ill. Friends are being received at the H.Denver Rhome Funeral Home;McKee Ave.;Monessen;where funeral services will be held Friday;Sept.;30;at 1:30 p.m. The Rev.Jackson A.Gabany;pastor of the First Methodist Church;Monessen will officiate. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. H.Denver Rhome;funeral director.

Mrs. Mary E.Mclaughlin;a resident at the Arlington Hotel;California;Pa.;was burned to death Sept.5;1960;at 4:30 a.m.in a fire at the hotel. Surviving are two sisters;Mrs.Anna White of Fairless Hills and Mrs.Maggie Abbott of Cleveland;Ohio; a brother;Harry Roley of Arnold City;a step-daughter;Mrs.Grace Tracy of Detroit;Mich. Friends are being received at the McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;where funeral services will be held Thursday;Sept.8;1960;at 1:30 p.m. The Rev.William Bailey will officiate. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. George M.McCrory and Son;funeral director.