Mrs.Essie Hixenbaugh;70;of 407 Cherry St.;Roscoe;died in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital on Saturday;Oct.16;1965 at 11:30 a.m. Born in Belle Vernon Aug.26;1895;she was the daughter of the late Wade and Florence Lehew Amalong. Surviving are two sons;Jay of Charleroi R.D.and Edward of Elco;a daughter;Mrs.Mildred Dankanick of Roscoe;ten grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Ruth Eckert Funeral Home;Roscoe;from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Service there Tuesday;Oct.19;at 1 p.m.in charge of Canon Joseph Wittkofski;pastor of St.Mary’s Church;Charleroi. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Ruth and Emil Eckert;funeral director.

Mrs.Magdalen (Margaret) Halkowitz;62;of 116 Price St.;Belle Vernon;died in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital on Saturday;Oct.16;1965;at 11 a.m. Born in Hungary on Oct.24;1902;she had lived in the Belle Vernon area 58 years. Mrs.Halkowitz was a member of St.Sebastian’s Roman Catholic Church;Belle Vernon;Catholic Daughters of America and Confraternity of Christian Mothers;both of the church. Surviving are her husband;Mike;a son;Alex of Belle Vernon;three daughters;Mrs.Regis (Magdalene) Greenway of Pittsburgh;Margaret Halkowitz of Cincinnati;Ohio;and Mrs.James (Frances) Whittaker of Belle Vernon and seven grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;where prayers will be recited Tuesday;Oct.19;1965;at 9:30 a.m.followed by Requiem High Mass at 10 a.m. in St.Sebastian’s R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;with the Rev.Martin J.O’Toole;pastor;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

Funeral services were held today;Monday August 23;1965;in Westfield;N.J.for Edward L.Hewitt;55;of Westfield;N.J. Mr.Hewitt who was born in Belle Vernon;died Thursday;August 19;1965 in Westfield. A veteran of World War II;Mr.Hewitt was territory manager of the Quaker Oats Co. He was a member of the Scotch Plains Church of Christ. Son of the late Thomas A.and Elsie A.Lenhart Hewitt;he was born June 5;1910;in Belle Vernon. Survivors include his widow;Dorothy Deckler Hewitt;a daughter;Shirley A.Hewitt;a son;Thomas D.;both at home;and a sister;Mrs.Elsie I.Cole of West Mifflin.

BURIED IN 2ND NORTHWEST CORNER GRAVE BORN IN 1887 HER NAME IS ON THE SAME MARKER AS THOMAS A.HEWITT.

Mrs. Nell A. (Roberts) Hess
58;formerly of York;Pa.;died
suddenly Tuesday;June 8;1965; at 2 a.m. at
the home of her sister; Mrs.Leo
(Loretta) Rice of 483 McKee
Ave.;Monessen.
Mrs. Hess had worked 36
years as an industrial nurse for
the Monessen and Allenport
plants of Pittsburgh Steel Co.
A graduate of the West Penn
Hospital School of Nursing;
Pittsburgh;she was a member
of St. Leonard’s Roman
Catholic Church of Monessen.
Mrs. Hess was born in Rochester;
Pa.;Nov.17;1906.
Surviving are her husband;
Samuel of York; five sisters;
Mrs. Roy (Laverne) Hixenbaugh
of Belle Vernon R. D. 2;
Mrs. Frank (Betty) Maund of
Lynnwood; Mrs. Harry (Mary
Ann) Kreuter of Monessen; Mrs.
Rice of Monessen;with whom
she had been making her home;
and Mrs. Thomas (Coletta)
Brooks of Belle Vernon R. D.;
three brothers;Alvin L. Roberts
of Monessen; a printer at
the Valley Independent; James
E. Roberts of Detroit;Mich.;
and George (Jack) Roberts of Pricedale. Friends are being received at the R.A.Billick Funeral Home;Monessen;where a Blessing service will take place Thursday;June 10;1965;at 10:30 a.m.followed by Requiem High Mass at 11 a.m.in St.Leonard’s R.C.Church;Monessen. The Rev. Regis M.Hickey;pastor;will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. R.A. Billick;funeral director.

Steve H. Hoffman; 55;of 111
LeightyAve.;BelleVernon; was
dead on arrival at Charleroi-
Monessen Hospital Tuesday;May 25;1965; at
1:30 p.m. He had been in
failing health for the past
month.
Born in Pricedale;March 4
1910;he had lived his entire lifetime
in the Belle Vernon area.
He had been employed in the
electrical division of No. 5
automatic finish department
Allenport plant of Pittsburgh
Steel Co. since 1954. Prior to
that he had worked for 27 years
at the Monessen plant of
Pittsburgh Steel. He was a
member of St. Sebastian R.C.
Church; Belle Vernon.
Surviving are his widow
Yvonne Griffith Hoffman; a son;
Thomas(Tim);Belle Vernon; a
daughter; Mrs. Benjamin (Karen) Greenwood;Belle Vernon
R. D. 4; his parents; Mr. and
Mrs. John Hoffman;Belle Vernon;
a brother;Joseph; Belle
Vernon; three sisters; Mrs. Julia
Hogue;Coraopolis;Mrs
Irene Ferencz;Belle Vernon and
Mrs. Elizabeth Pritchau;Boulder; Colo. and four grandchildren.
Friends will be received at
the Shelby D. Ferguson Funeral
Home;Broad Ave.;Belle
Vernon after 7 p.m.Wednesday;May 26. Funeral services will be held Friday;May 28;1965;at 9:30 a.m.from the funeral home;with additional services of Requiem High Mass to follow at 10 a.m.from St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon. The Rev.Martin J.O’Toole will officiate. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.