Mrs.Genevieve Hays;aged 45 years;died at her home;563 Main Street;Belle Vernon;Sunday;July 19;1953;at 6 a.m. She is survived by one daughter;Mrs.Clyde Ray;of Belle Vernon;one brother;Raymond Jacobs;of Long Island;New York;and one grandchild. She was preceded in death by her husband;Wilbur Hays;who died in 1951. Friends will be received in the Melenyzer-Ferguson Funeral Home. Services will be held there Wednesday;July 22;1953;at 2 p.m. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Chas.L.Melenyzer and Shelby D.Ferguson are the funeral directors.

William M.Hoffman;aged 76 years;211 Broad avenue;Belle Vernon;died Friday;July 17;1953;at 7:15 a.m.at his late home. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church;Belle Vernon. Surviving are his wife;Mrs.Irene Hoffman;a daughter;Rachel;at home;and a brother;Frank Hoffman;of Brockway. Friends are being received at the Melenyzer-Ferguson Funeral Home;Broad avenue;Belle Vernon;where funeral services will be held Monday;July 20;at 2 p.m.with Rev.Herbert Mountain;of the Baptist Church;West Newton;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Charles L.Melenyzer and Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral directors.

Curtis Headley;64;of Belle Vernon;died in the Charleroi-Monessen hospital;Friday;June 5;1953;at 8:50 p.m. Mr.Headley was a member of the First Baptist Church of Belle Vernon. He is survived by his wife;Bertha;three daughters;Mrs.James Van Divner and Mrs.Joseph Mihalic of Belle Vernon and Mrs.Mario Pesi of Smock;one brother;T.C.Headley of Vesta Five;and seven grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Melenyzer-Ferguson Funeral Home. Services will be held there Tuesday;June 9;1953;at 2 p.m. in charge of Rev.James Puz. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Chas.L.Melenyzer and Shelby D.Ferguson are the funeral directors.

John Helmken of 109 Lincoln avenue;Charleroi;died at Cresson;Pa.;April 8;1953;at 7:10 p.m.;following an illness of several years. Mr.Helmken was born in Fairhope;December 28;1906;the son of Joseph and Bridget Roach Helmken. He came to Charleroi in 1945 from Fairhope;and was a member of the Moose and Eagles lodges. He is survived by his wife;Louise Fredrick Helmken;one son;Anthony J.Helmken at home;one daughter;Mrs.Elma Weckoski of Charleroi;two brothers;Henry of Fayette City;and William of Okmulgee;Oklahoma;and one sister;Mrs.Gertrude Williams of Donora. Friends will be received at the Francis C.Slezak Funeral Home. Services will be held in the Mother of Sorrows Church;Saturday;April 11;1953;at 9 a.m.;in charge of Rev.J.J.Thomas. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon cemetery. Francis C.Slezak is the funeral director.

Robert B.Hewitt;aged 56 years;of 25 Carson street;Speers;died in the Presbyterian hospital;Pittsburgh;Wednesday;March 4;1953;at 6:28 p.m. The deceased was a member of the American Legion Post 659;Belle Vernon;and had been employed as an engineer for the Monessen-Southwestern Railroad of the Pittsburgh Steel Co. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Surviving are his wife;Mrs.Mary Ann Hewitt;two sons;Robert W.;Greensburg;and Jacob Thomas;with the U.S.Navy;three daughters;Mrs.Thomas Griffith;Speers;Mrs.Dale Crouch;N.Charleroi;and Mrs.Charles McKevitt;California;his mother;Mrs.Elizabeth Hewitt;Southern Pines;N.C.;five sisters;Mrs.Lenore Mulholland;Mrs.Emma Warren;and Luella Hewitt;all of Southern Pines;N.C.;Mrs.Mary Gaydas;Ravenna;Ohio;and Mrs. Elsie Haskel;Presque Isle;Maine;four brothers;Thomas;Homestead;Earl;Florida;Ollie;Clarksville;and Charles H.;Belle Vernon;and six grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Toner Funeral Home;beginning tomorrow morning;March 6;and services will be held there Monday;March 9;1953;at 2 p.m.;in charge of Rev.Allan Howes. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon cemetery. Harold R.Toner is the funeral director.

Arthur Edward Gordon; age 80 of Pricedale died on Tuesday;December 13; 1977 at the Brownville Golden Age Nursing Home after succumbing to a long illness. Born in the West Indies; Mr. Gordon moved to Victoria Tennesse with his family when he was a small child. A retired coal miner; Mr. Gordon lived in Pricedale for 60 years. He was a member of Pleasant Green AME church; a member of the United Mine Workers of America and a member of the Masonic Temple in Pricedale. He was proceeded in death by his wife; Mabel Calloway Gordon in 1955; a sister Emma Zora Gordon in 1959; a brother Clarence Gordon in 1973; and a brother Alyous Gordon in 1954. Mr. Gordon leaves to cherish his memory two sons; Oscar Gordon of Pricedale and William Junie Gordon of Long Beach California;one daughter; April LaVonne Bizzelle of Pricedale;6 grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. Friends will be received in the Pleasant Green AME Church in Pricedale from 4 p.m.to 9 p.m.Thursday and Friday and until the time of the service on Saturday at 1 p.m.;with the Rev.Bertha Sydnor;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. William R.Taylor;funeral director in charge.

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