Samuel Ellison (Al) Githens;60;of Fisher Heights;Monongahela R.D.;formerly of Belle Vernon;died Sunday Jan.3;1965;at 5:30 a.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Mr.Githens was employed as a shipping foreman in the seamless tube division of the Allenport Plant of Pittsburgh Steel Co. He was a member of Gumbert Lodge 252;Free and Accepted Masons;Fayette City;Uniontown Lodge of Perfection and Consisory;32nd degree;of Pittsburgh. He was a past president and life member of the North Belle Vernon Volunteer Fire Department. Survivors include his widow;Rosalyn Nagy Githens;a daughter;Mrs.Donald (Barbara) Klochak;Perth Amboy;N.J.;a son;Samuel E.Jr.of Downey;Calif.;four grandchildren;his mother;Mrs.Elma Githens;Belle Vernon;three sisters;Mrs.Harold (Edna) Lambert;Belle Vernon;Mrs.A.J.(Elizabeth) McSteen;Greensburg;Mrs.James (Grace) Chalfant;Fairless Hills;four brothers;William S.;Lloyd K.;Robert T.and Albert W.;all of Belle Vernon. Friends re being received at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Service there Wednesday;Jan.6 at 2 p.m.in charge of Dr.S.Arthur Talman;pastor of the First Presbyterain Church;Belle Vernon. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.

Louis Gottke Sr.; 67; of Railroad
St.; Allenport; died in
Charleroi – Monessen Hospital
Thursday morning;Dec.10;1964; at 8:30 a.m.
Mr. Gottke retired from the
Allenport plant of Pittsburgh
Steel Co. in December; 1962.
He was born in New Straitsville;
Ohio; on May 25; 1897.
Surviving are his widow;
Minnie Russell Gottke; two
sons; Louis Jr. of Charleroi R.
D. 1; and Delbert R. of San
Diego; Calif.; one daughter;
Mrs. Charles (Elizabeth)
Bloom of Miami; Fla.; two
brothers; Selby Gottke of Cleveland;
Ohio; and Porter Nixon
of Elizabeth City; N. C.and four
grandchildren.
Friends will be received at
the Shelby D. Ferguson Funeral
Home in Belle Vernon Saturday 7 to 9 p.m. Service there Sunday;Dec.13;1964;at 2 p.m.in charge of the Rev.Charles K.Sowden;pastor of the Methodist Church in Speers. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

Joseph A.Gnoth;72;of 126 Prospect Ave.;Charleroi;died Sunday;Sept.27;1964;at 2:10 p.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital after an illness of three weeks. Born July 15;1892;Mr.Gnoth was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Charleroi. A retired coal miner;he was a member of United Mine Workers of America Local 2244;District 5. Preceded in death by his wife;Anna Buhrie Gnoth in 1952;he is survived by two sons;Edward J.;Charleroi and Walter Gnoth;Chicago;two daughters;Mrs;Raymond (Betty) Sitkowski of Belle Vernon R.D.4 and Martha E.Gnoth;at home;four grandchildren;one great-grandson;three sisters;Mrs.Louis Sichelstiel;Pittsburgh;Mrs.William Norton and Mrs.Clarence Bryce;both of McKeesport. Friends ae being received at the Harold L.Schrock Funeral Home;226 Fallowfield Ave.;Charleroi;from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held from the funeral home on Wednesday;Sept.30;at 1:30 p.m. The Rev.Francis M.Blair will officiate. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold L.Schrock;funeral director.

Tyrone Gallmore;19-months-old;died July 15;1964;in the bathtub of his home. He was the son of Mr.and Mrs. Willie Gallmore;341 Eleventh St.;Donora. He apparently drowned in the tub after he turned on the water while left alone for about 10 minutes. Besides his mother and father;the boy is survived by four brothers;Lewis;Harold;Eric and Roscoe;and three sisters;Arlene;Sandra and Betty Jane;all at home. Friends are being received at the Percy Law Funeral Home;Donora;after 7 p.m.today;July 16;1964. Funeral services will be held tomorrow;July 17;1964 at 1 p.m. at the funeral home with the Rev.S.B.Bass officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.