Pauline A. Harn; 54; of Belle
Vernon; died Friday;Oct.20;1972; at 6:30
p m; at Torrance State Hospital.
She is survived by three sisters;
Mrs. Margaret Best of
Detroit; Mich ; Mrs. Gibson
(Helen) Harnsworth of the state
of California and Mrs Harold
(Margaret) Williams of Monongahela
R. D 2.
Friends will be received from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.Sunday and Monday at
the Harold R. Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday;Oct.24;1972;at St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon with Msgr.Martin J.O’Toole;officiating. Interment will be made in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.

Fred Hixenbaugh;a resident of the Charleroi Hotel;died unexpectedly Monday;September 4;1972;at 12:30 p.m.in the Uniontown Hospital. Born Oct.10;1915;in Morgantown;W.Va.;he was a resident of the Monessen area most of his life. Mr.Hixenbaugh was on disability retirement from the shipping department of the Monessen Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Surviving are a brother;Osburn of Lake Lynn;Pa;;three sisters;Mrs.Mary Parkins of Ravenna;Ohio;Mrs.Frances Ardis of Toledo;Ohio;Mrs.Mertle Homan of Gary;Ind.;several nieces and nephews. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m.Tuesday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Wednesday at the Robert A.Billick Funeral Home;Monessen;where services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m.with the Rev.Joseph C.Rial;pastor of the First Methodist Church;Monessen;officiating. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Robert A.Billick Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Freederick E.Hauser;44;of 112 Second St.;Belle Vernon;was killed Saturday morning;Aug.26;1972;when a 10-ton road roller which he had been operating rolled over him. Hauser;an employee of Metz Construction Company;Bentleyville;was working on Riggs Road in the Piney Fork Village Plan of South Park Twp.when he slipped off the back of the machine. The accident happened at 9:30 a.m. Hauser was born in Germany Sept.18;1927. He was a veteran of World War II;having served with the U.S.Navy. He was a member of the G.B.U.Club of Monessen. Surviving are his widow;Dolores Matrozzo Hauser;step-children;Robert;Ronald;Karen and Linda Drudal at home;stepfather;Joseph Kroeschel of Monessen;brothers;Gus of Van Weert;Ohio;two sisters;Mrs.Anna Celaschi of Elizabeth and Mrs.Hilda Laatu of Monessen. Friends are being received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;where a service will be held Tuesday;Aug.29;at 11 a.m. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

Mrs.Nellie B.Harper of Allenport died at 6:30 p.m.Thursday;Aug.3;1972;at Haven Crest Nursing Home;Carroll Township. Mrs.Harper was born in Allenport June 25;1876;the daughter of the late Theopolis and Alvira Nicholas Jones. Mrs.Harper was a member of the United Methodist Church of Allenport. She is survived by several nieces and nephews. Her husband;Clinton;died in 1965. Friends will be received after 7 p.m.Friday at Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home in Fayette City where funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m.Saturday with the Rev.Frank A.Bodnar of Charleroi United Methodist Church and the Rev.Marcus G.Yohe of New Hope Parish of United Methodist Church of Allenport officiating. Burial in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Harry E.Harvey;77;of Oakland;Calif.;a former Belle Vernon resident;died Tuesday;July 4;1972 in an Oakland area hospital. Mr.Harvey was the son of the late D.F.(Frank) and Mell Ammon Harvey. He had lived in the Belle Vernon area most of his life and had worked for the Belle Vernon and Charleroi water companies. He had lived in the state of California for about 30 years. He was preceded in death by his wife;Margaret;in January;1971. Surviving are two sisters;Mrs.Leo T.(Gladys) Hendrick of Saginaw;Mich.;and Mrs.J.E.(Margaret) Armentrout of Belle Vernon R.D.2;and one niece. A private graveside services will be held at the family’s convenience at Belle Vernon Cemetery;Rostraver Twp. Funeral director James C.Stump is in charge of arrangements.

Buford R.Hoffman;73;of 1428 Harrison Ave.;Monessen;died Sunday;May 21;1972;at 5:20 p.m. in Allegheny General Hospital;Pittsburgh. He had been in declining health. Born In Huntington County;Pa.;he was a Monessen resident since 1920. He had been employed as an engineer for the Monessen Southwestern Railroad at the Monessen Works of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel until his retirement in 1963. He was preceded in death by a daughter;Mrs.Evelyn Michalski;in October of 1962. Surviving are his widow;Beulah Brown Hoffman;two daughters;Mrs.Donald (Marion) Isaho of Monessen and Mrs.Russell (Gloria) Mace of Tampa;Fla.;three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Friends are being received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.at the Rhome Funeral Home;Monessen;where a service will be held in the chapel Wednesday;May 24;at 1:30 p.m.with the Rev.Joseph C.Rial officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Rhome funeral directors.

John Humphries Jr.59;of 1733 Buchanan St.;NE;Washington;D.C.;a former Monessen resident;died Monday;Feb 28;1972;at 3 a.m.in the Veterans Hospital;Washington;D.C. Surviving are his mother;Mrs.Alma Humphries of Washington;D.C.;three sisters;Martha Humphries of Monessen;and Mrs.Naomi Fowler and Mrs.Dorcas Glascoe of Washington;D.C.;and two brothers;James Humphries and Samuel Humphries;both of Monessen. Friends will be received at the Beverly C.Draper Funeral Home;608 6th St.;Monessen;after 7 p.m.;Thursday. Services will be held Saturday;March 4;1972;at 11 a.m.in the Wayman AME Church;Monessen;with the Rev.Robert Dye;pastor;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Beverly C.Draper;funeral director.

James W.Hepple;77;of 443 Mckee Ave.;Monessen died Saturday;Feb.12;1972;at 4:35 p.m. in Charleroi Monessen Hospital. Born in Ohio on June 15;1894;Mr.Hepple was a long-time resident of Monessen. He was a member of the First Christian Church. In 1960 he retired from his work as an operator in the central steam department of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp’s Monessen plant. Preceded in death by his wife;Mrs.Fannie Hepple;in January;1957;he is survived by one son;James F.Hepple of Hobart;Ind.;one daughter;Mrs.Robert (Doris) Mclaughlin of Monessen;with whom he resided;three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren;and one sister;Gertrude Hepple of Marion Villa;Arnold city. Friends will be received at the Edwin Melenyzer Funeral Home;262 Donner Ave.;Monessen;Monday from 7 to 10 p.m. and Tuesday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held Wednesday;Feb.16;1972;at 2 p.m. in the funeral home with the Rev.Vernon W.McDormand;pastor of the First Christian Church of Monessen;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Edwin Melenyzer;funeral director.