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.