Mrs.Mary Kobosky;62;of Dinsmore street;Belle Vernon;R.D.3;died in the Charleroi-Monessen hospital;July 20;1956;at 9:06 p.m. She was born in Scranton;Pa.;August 20;1893;and was a member of St.Edward’s Church;Fayette City;and the Polish National Lodge of Arnold City. She is survived by her husband;Walter Kobosky;Sr.;three sons;Walter;Jr.;of Belle Vernon;R.D.2;Stanley;Belle Vernon R.D.3;and Carl of Wichita;Kansas;five daughters;Mrs.Roy (Helen) Vollmar of Belle Vernon;R.D.3;Mrs.John (Catherine) Olesko and Mrs.Ray (Ann) Moyers of Bergenfield;New Jersey;Mrs.Robert (Alma) McLaughlin and Mrs.Francis (Sara) Farkos of Monessen;two brothers;John Sleyzak of Greensboro;Pa.;and Mike Sleyzak of DuMont;New Jersey;one sister;Mrs.Elizabeth Movacick of Long Island;New Jersey;and twelve grandchildren. Friends will be received at the late home. Requiem High Mass will be sung in St.Edward’s Church;Fayette City;Tuesday;July 24;1956;at 9:30 a.m.;following prayer at the home at 9 a.m. Rev.Charles W.Ribick will be in charge;and interment will follow in Belle Vernon cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is the funeral director.

Mrs.Mary Kurtak;83;formerly of Belle Vernon R.D.;where she lived for forty years;died in the Mercy hospital;Friday;July 20;1956.  She had been living with a son;Michael Kurtak of West Mifflin Borough;Pittsburgh.  Preceded in death by her husband;Joseph Kurtak;she is survived by two sons;Michael of West Mifflin and Albert of Pittsburgh;three daughters;Mrs.Anna Sarnosky of Charleroi;Mrs.Mary G.Lefko of Conneaut Lake;R.D.1;Pa.;and Elizabeth K.Perry of Pittsburgh;one sister;Mrs. Elizabeth Stefanko of Windber;thirteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.  Friends will be received at the Walter Griffith Funeral Home;Broughton Saturday and Sunday the remains will be brought to the Toner Funeral Home;where visiting hours will be from 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.  Requiem High Mass will be sung in St.Sebastian Church;Tuesday;July 24;1956;at 9:30 a.m.;and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.  Rev.Henry Hanse will be in charge of Mass.  Harold R.Toner is the funeral director.

Frederick R.Kuhn;13;of 108 State St.;Belle Vernon;died May 13;1956. He was the only son of Mrs.Florence Kuhn. Friends will be received at the Toner Funeral Home during visiting hours of 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held there Saturday;May 19;1956;at 2 p.m.;in charge of Rev.James Puz;pastor of the Belle Vernon Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner is the funeral director.

Mrs. Mary Kerekes;58; of Ohio street; Pricedale;died in the Charleroi-Monessen hospital;Saturday;January 28;1956;at 1:10 a.m. She was born on Hungary;June 26;1896;and was a member of St.Sebastian Church;Belle Vernon. She is survived by her husband;John;three sons;Steve and Julius of Pricedale and John of Charleroi;one sister;Mrs.Sophia Krupe of Toronto;Canada;and three grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Melenyzer-Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon. Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at 9:30 o’clock from St.Sebastian’s R.C.Church in Belle Vernon;with Rev.Francis Martin officiating at Requiem High Mass. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Charles l. Melenyzer and Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral directors.

William P.Kirk;one of Monessen’s oldest businessmen;died of a heart attack at his home;218 Fourth street;Sunday morning;Jan.8;1956. Death came at 10:45 a.m.as Mr.Kirk was sweeping snow from the front porch. He
was 84 years old.
Mr. Kirk; who would have celebrated his 85th birthday on April
6; came to Monessen in 1903 and
purchased the Avenue Drug Store
from A. C. Saltzer.
The pharmacy was operated as the Avenue Drug Store for a
year; when its name was changed to Kirk’s Avenue Drug Store. The
Avenue was dropped in 1905; establishing a title; Kirk’s Drug
Store; which still survives 50 years
later. Mr Kirk was born in Ohio in
1871. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 1893 and
was licensed by the state as a
pharmacist in 1897. He worked in
Pittsburgh pharmacies for six
more years before coming to Monessen.
For 52 years; Mr. Kirk was active in business; retiring in August; 1955. Full operation of the drug store was assumed by Mr. Kirk’s son and partner; James A.Kirk.
The deceased also was active
in other business affairs and civic projects for many years. He was the first president of
what is now the First Federal Savings & Loan Assn.; holding the office for 25 years. He also served a term as president of the Board of Trade;forerunner of the Chamber of Commerce;in 1920-1921. Mr.Kirk was one of the founders of the Park Development Co.;which initiated real estate activity in the City Park area; and the Monessen Improvement Co.;which promoted the development of the Graham avenue area of the City. The deceased was the oldest living past master of Monessen Lodge 638;Free and Accepted Masons. He was a member of other Masonic orders;including the Monessen Royal Arch Chapter 290;McKean Commandery 80 in Charleroi;A.A.S.R. Valley of Pittsburgh Consistory;and was a life member of Syria Temple;Pittsburgh. He was one of the oldest active members of the National Association of Retail Druggists and the Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association. He was a past president of the Western Pennsylvania Retail Druggists Association. A member of the First Methodist Church;he was also a charter member of the Monessen Rotary Club. Survivors include his son;James;a daughter;Mrs.George B. (Ruth) Saylor;of Squirrel Hill and three grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Edwin Melenyzer Funeral Home;262 Donner avenue;Monessen from 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home;with Dr.Leroy Cass;Methodist Church pastor;in charge. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Edwin F.Melenyzer;funeral director in charge.