John William Stewart Gaul;a former Belle Vernon fire chief and Legion commander;died in Shadyside Hospital;Pittsburgh;Tuesday;Feb.18;1964 at 8:45 a.m. Mr.Gaul who lived at 704 Fayette Road;Lynnwood;Belle Vernon;had been a hospital patient for the past three weeks. He was 69 years of age. He was a past commander and charter member of Belle Vernon American Legion Post 659 and a past chief of the Belle Vernon Volunteer Fire Dept. No.2. He was also a member of the Belle Vernon Christian Church. He retired from the Monessen Southwestern Railroad;Pittsburgh Steel Co.;in 1961. Surviving are his widow;Mrs.Myrtle Van Riper Gaul;two daughters;Mrs.Robert (Jacqueline) Baldwin;Massawados;Va.;and Mrs.Louis (Constance) Ceccarelli of Belle Vernon. Five grandchildren also survive. Friends will be received at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home in Belle Vernon after 7 p.m.;Feb.19. Service there at 2 p.m. Friday;Feb.21;in charge of the Rev.J.David Barkley;pastor of the First Methodist Church in Belle Vernon. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.

William Frederick Guder;83;of 204 Third St.;California;Pa.;died in Brownsville General Hospital on Sunday;Jan.12;1964 in Brownsville General Hospital. He was born in Germany Nov.12;1880;a son of the late Henry and Amanda Lobeck Guder. He was a member of the California Methodist Church and United Mine Workers of America Local 1787. He retired as a coal miner in November;1946. Surviving are his widow;Mrs.Effie Guder;California;two sons;Walter Guder of Brownsville;and William Guder of Cleveland;Ohio;one brother;Charles Guder of Zanesville;Ohio;one sister;Mrs.Tillie Lehew;Belle Vernon;nine grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Caleffie and Greenlief Funeral Home;Fourth and Wood St.;California;Pa.;where a service will be held Wednesday;Jan.15;at 1 p.m. The Rev.William Garland;pastor of California Methodist Church;will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Caleffie and Greenlief Funeral home in charge.

Maurice H.Gerard;66;of Woodward Heights;Charleroi R.D. 1 died Friday night;Nov.22;1963 at 9:30 o’clock in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. A retired millworker;Mr.Gerard was taken to the hospital Friday morning with second and third degree burns he received in an accident in his home. He was burned about the face;chest;arms and legs his physician said.
According to Fire Chief Joseph Huscroft; Mr. Gerard was
siphoning gasoline from the tank
of his car in a closed garage
when the fumes apparently
came into contact with a furnace or hot water heater in the
basement and caused a mild
explosion.
Mr. Gerard was born Oct. 3;
1897; in France and lived for
many years in the Charleroi area. Survivors include his wife;Ida Brassart Gerard; and three daughters; Mrs. Cleo (Helen)
Yeager and Mrs. Earl (Margaret) Brutout; both of Carroll
Twp.; and Mrs. Roger (Eileen)
Nesti of Fairfield; Calif. Four
grandchildren also survive.
Friends are being received at the Harold L; Schrock Funeral
Home; 226 Fallowfield Ave.;
Charleroi; Saturday;Nov.23 from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.and Sunday;Nov.24;from noon to 4 p.m.and 7 to 10 p.m. Funeral services will be held Monday;Nov.25;at 1 p.m.from the funeral home;with the Rev.W.S.VanArdale Jr.officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold L.Schrock;funeral director.

Frederick A.Goroncy;75;of Main St.;Pricedale;died in Brownsville General Hospital Sunday;Aug.11;1963;at 8:30 a.m. He retired in 1950 from the Victoria Coal Co. Surviving are his widow;Martha Stein Goroncy;one son;William of Pricedale;two daughters;Mrs.Freda Maund of Pricedale;and Mrs.Robert (Thelma) Venneri of Belle Vernon;six grandchildren;three brothers;William of Transfer;Pa.;Clarence and Robert of Los Angeles;Calif.;four sisters;Mrs.Michael (Marie) Turner of Irwin;Mrs.Clyde (Jewel) Horseman of Sharon;Mrs.Irvin (Augusta) Swaezey of Plainfield;N.J.;and Mrs.Carl (Edith) Veley of Washington;D.C. Friends are being received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home in Belle Vernon during hours of 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Service there Wednesday;Aug.14;1963;at 1:30 p.m.in charge of the Rev.Ronald N.Johnson;pastor of Lynnwood Lutheran Church. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

Funeral services will be held Monday;August 12;1963;for Lowman Guder;57;of 35 E.Madison St.;Phoenix;Ariz.;who died Thursday;August 8;1963;in Phoenix.  He was born in Pricedale;Feb.24;1906;a son of William and Effie Evans Guder;who surviveand live in California  He served in the Merchant Marines during World War Two as a lieutenant commander and captain of mari-time vessels;and at the time of his death was employed by a hotel firm.  In addition to his parents;he is survived by his widow;Mrs.Gertrude Guder of Bronx;N.Y.;one son;Robert;of Cleveland;Ohio;and two brothers;William;of Cleveland and Walter;of Brownsville.  Friends are being received at the Caleffie-Greenlief Funeral Home;Brownsville;where services will be held Monday at 1 p.m. with the Rev.William T.Garland officiating.  Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.