John Michaels;Sr.;of Tyrol Pass;died Saturday;Dec.3;1955;at 7:55 a.m.at his late home. Mr.Michaels had lived in Monessen for the past 33 years. Surviving are his wife;Mrs.Anna Michaels;five sons;John;Jr.;Joseph;Frank and Anthony Paul;all at home;and Elmer;of Monessen;four daughters;Mrs.Ann Randall;of Monongahela;Margaret and Dolores;both at home and Mrs.Michael (Helen) Martin of Belle Vernon;and five grandchildren. The family will receive friends at the Check Home for Funerals;100 Schoonmaker avenue;from 2 to 5 and from 7 to 10 p.m. Brief funeral services will be held from the funeral home;Wednesday;Dec.7;at 8:30 a.m.;with additional services to follow at 9 o’clock from the St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;with the Rev.Francis Martin officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. John L.Kravets;funeral director.

Mrs.Martha Steinmiller McBurnie;57;of Charleroi;R.D.1;died in the Charleroi-Monessen hospital;November 16;1955;at 10:30 a.m. She was born in Dubois;Pa.;April 15;1898. She is survived by her husband;Sam McBurnie;one son;William Steinmiller of Speers;two daughters;Mrs.Santino (Mary Louise) Prati of Charleroi;Mrs.William (Isabelle) McLaughlin of Belle Vernon;her father;Daniel Aldous of Long Branch;three brothers;Robert and Richard Aldous of Long Branch and Donald Aldous of Brownstown and nine grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Melinchak Home for Funerals during hours of 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held there Saturday;November 19;1955;at 2 p.m. in charge of Rev.C.J.Patterson. Interment will take place in Belle Vernon cemetery. Chas.L.Melenyzer and Shelby D.Ferguson are the funeral directors.

Mrs. Teadora Micheletti; of 312
Third street; Monessen; died Saturday;
Nov. 12;1955; at 2:40 p. m. at
her late home.
Mrs. Micheletti was born in Trient;
Italy; and was a member of
St. Cajetan’s R. C. Church; Monessen.
She had been a resident of
Monessen for the past 55 years.
She is survived by two sons;
William; of Chicago and Alfred;
of Monessen; three grandchildren;
Tom Micheletti; of California; Joseph
Losco; of Pittsburgh and
Mrs. Paul Immekus; of New York
and three great grandchildren.
The family will receive friends
at the Cozza Funeral Home; 441
Reed avenue; from 1 to 5 and
from 7 to 10 p. m. Brief funeral services will be held Tuesday;Nov.15;at 9 a.m.from the funeral home;with additional services to follow at 9:30 a.m.from the St.Cajetan R.C.Church. Rev.Leonard Sanesi will officiate. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Perry A.Cozza;funeral director.

John Molesky;age 68;of Pricedale;died in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital at 9:45 a.m.Friday;Nov.11;1955. He was born in Austria-Hungary. A member of the United Mineworkers of America;he had lived in Pricedale for 25 years. Survivors include two sisters;Mrs.Michael Andercheck and Mrs. Andrew Hollan;both of Monessen. Friends will be received at the Melenyzer-Ferguson Funeral Home;North Belle Vernon;beginning Saturday;Nov.12;1955. Hours are 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held at the funeral home at 10 a.m.Monday;with Rev.Abner P.Richard Jr.;pastor of the First Presbyterian Church;Monessen;in charge. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Raymond H. Mechem; aged 65
years; of 102 Prospect avenue
Charleroi; died Tuesday; Oct. 4;
at 2 p. m. in West Penn Hospital;
Pittsburgh.
A former resident of Belle Vernon; the deceased had been employed as a welding foreman at the Monessen plant of the Pittsburgh Steel Co.
Surviving are a daughter; Ruth
at home; a son; Raymond; of
Monessen; two brothers; William
H.; of Monessen and Charles; of
Pittsburgh; and three grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Toner Funeral Home;Broad avenue;Belle Vernon;from 1 to 5 and from 7 to 10 p.m. Funeral services will be held Friday;Oct.7;1955;at 2 p.m.from the funeral home;with Rev.John Belleville;pastor of the Christian Church in Charleroi;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner is the funeral director in charge of the arrangements.