A Monessen man was killed and another injured Saturday night;April 25;1964;when the car in which they were riding went off a bridge and plunged into a stream near Emporium;Cameron County. Andrew (Pepe) Kurtak Jr.;38;of 704 E.Luce Ave.;was dead on arrival at the Andrew Kaul Memorial Hospital at St.Mary’s;at 8:05 p.m. He died of a broken neck. Mr.Kurtak;John Watson and Edmund Howsky were on a week’s vacation;fishing in the area and staying at Howsky’s cottage;something they had been doing for 20 years. The vacation period was to have ended yesterday. Kurtak and Watson were returning to the cottage after buying supplies when the crash occurred on the narrow one-lane bridge having a sharp turnoff. Howsky had stayed at the cottege. Mr.Kurtak had been employed in the bundling room of the Monessen plant of Pittsburgh Steel Co. He was a member of St.John the Divine R.O.Church of Monessen;the Eagles;Greater Beneficial Union;Polish National Alliance and Turner’s;all of Monessen;and the Charleroi Moose. Surviving are his mother;Mrs.Mary Kurtak at home;two brothers;Michael of Monessen;and Joseph at home;two sisters;Mrs.Adam (Ann) Klawcho and Mrs.Joseph (Elizabeth) Shirley;both of Pricedale. His father;Andrew;Sr.;died March 8;1962. Friends will be recieved at Check’s Home for Funerals;Monessen;after 7 p.m.Monday;April 27. Blessing service there Wednesday;April 29;at 1 p.m.followed by an additional service at 1:30 p.m.in St.Johns the Divine R.O.Church;Monessen;in charge of the Very Rev.John W.Giovrusik;pastor. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. John L.Kravets;funeral director.

Margaret (Peggy) Kobaly;10-year-old daughter of Mr.and Mrs.Milton Kobaly of 911 Washington Road;Belle Vernon;died Monday;March 9;1964;in Children’s Hospital;Pittburgh;after a lengthy illness. She was a member of St.Sebastian R.C.Church of Belle Vernon. Surviving besides her parents are two sisters;Cynthia and Bonita at home;her maternal grandmother;Mrs.Jennie Gohosky of Arnold City;and her paternal grandfather;Wasil Kobaly of Belle Vernon. Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;where a Blessing service will take place Thursday;March 12;at 10:30 a.m.followed by an Angel Mass at 11 a.m.from St.Sebastain R.C.Church;Belle Vernon. The Rev.Martin J.O’Toole;pastor;will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director.

Karol (Karl) Krasula;67;of Gillespie;R.D.1;Fayette city;died at his late home;Thursday;July 11;1962;at 12:15 p.m. He was born in Austria on Nov.2;1895. Mr.Krasula was a retired factory worker and a member of Sr.Edward’s R.C.Church of Fayette City. Surviving are one son;Anthony of Chicago;Ill.;two daughters;Mrs.Rose Maried Barisick of Riverside;Chicago;Ill.;and Mrs.Ruth Heatherington of Chicago;one sister;Josephine Krasula of R.D.1;Fayette City and four grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home in Fayette City where a Prayer service will be held Monday;July 15;1963;at 9:30 a.m.followed by Requiem Mass at 10 a.m. in St.Edward’s R.C.Church of Fayette City. The Rev.William M.Gavron;pastor;will act as celebrant. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director.

Mrs.Martha Keller;75;of 303 Sherman Ave.;Vanderfrift;a former resident of Belle Vernon;died Sunday June 9;1963;at 2:40 p.m. Mrs.Keller was born in Apollo;Oct.22;1887. She was preceded in death by her husband;Clyde;in 1953. Surviving are two sisters;Mrs.Ruby Wishart;Vandergrift and Mrs.Margaret Colatinto;Jersey City;N.J.;one grandchild;two great-grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m. June 10. Funeral services will be held Wednesday;June 12;at 3:30 p.m.from the funeral home. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

Mrs. Mary Krizan; 78; formerly
of Belle Vernon; died at the
home of her daughter; Mrs. Mary
Best; Detroit; Mich.; Sunday;
June 2;1963; at 1 a.m.
She is survived by four daughters;
Mrs. Mary Best; Detroit;
Mrs. Gibson (Helen) Hainsworth;
California State; Mrs.
Harold (Margaret) Williams;
Monongahela; R. D. 2; Mrs. Clifford
(Pauline) Harn; Belle Vernon;
one brother; John Bartek;
Belle Vernon; and five grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Harold R. Toner Funeral
Home in Belle Vernon after 2
p.m. June 4. Visiting hours will then
be 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p m. Requiem
Mass will be sung in St. Sebastian’s
R. C. Church of Belle Vernon on
Thursday; June 6; at 9 a.m. with the
Rev. John Donovan; assistant pastor;
as celebrant. Interment; Belle
Vernon Cemetery. Harold R. Toner;funeral director.