Peter Grabania;80;of 340 Indiana avenue;Monessen;died at his home;February 23;1959;at 12:30 a.m. He had been a Monessen resident for sixty years;and was a member of St.John The Divine R.O.Church. He was a retired miner. He is survived by one son;William of Monessen;six daughters;Mrs.Peter (Anna) McKosky;Belle Vernon;Mrs.Mary Evans;Charleroi;Mrs.George (Rose) Kostura of Charleroi;Mrs.Robert (Pauline) Sypolt;Monessen;Mrs.Michael (Nellie) Pobok;Monessen;and Miss Amelia Grabania;at home;one sister;Mrs.Daisy Yadlosky;Detroit;Michigan;one brother;Daniel Grabania of Wrightstown;New Jersey;fourteen grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren. His wife;Mary Grabania;died April 13;1946. Friends will be received at the Check Home for Funerals;Monessen. Blessing service there Wednesday;February 25;at 8:30 a.m. will be followed by additional rites in St.John The Divine R.O.Church;Monessen;with Rev.John Govrusik in charge. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon cemetery. John Kravats is the funeral director.

Samuel Grabania of 23 Brown St.;Pricedale;died Sunday;January 11;1959;at 8:10 a.m. He was born March 15;1887;in Austria. He was a member of the Russian Lodge of Pricedale and the Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church;Charleroi. He is survived by his wife;Mrs.Nellie Grabania;one son;Nick of Pricedale;one daughter;Mary Crampo of Pricedale;and two grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Toner Funeral Home during hours of 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held in the Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church;Wednesday;Jan.14;1959;at 2 p.m.;in charge of Rev.Gregory Soroka. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner is the funeral director.

William St.Clair Gaskill of Coal Center;R.D.1;Long Branch Borough;died in the Charleroi-Monessen Hospital;January 9;1959;at 6 a.m. Mr Gaskill was born in Naomi;August 5;1902;and had been a life-long resident of this area. He is survived by his wife;Dorothy Spang Gaskill;four sons;William of Elco;Arthur and Robert;both stationed at Fort Jackson;South Carolina;Donald at home;two daughters;Mrs.Richard (Dorene)Wright of Belle Vernon;and Joan at home;one brother;John Gaskill of Speers;four sisters;Mrs.Alec Sutherland;Speers;Mrs.Fred Moyer;Etna;Mrs.Thornton Douthitt;Atwater;Ohio;and Mrs. Bruce McDonald of Speers;and three grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Ferguson Funeral Home after 1 p.m. Saturday. Services will be held there January 12;at 1:30 p.m. in charge of Rev.Clair Hess of the Free Methodist Church;and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is the funeral director.

Victor E.Gelotti (Gigliotti);58;of 12 Speers street;Speers;died in the Charleroi-Monessen hospital;December 28;1958. He was born in Italy;September 9;1900;and had resided in Speers for twenty years. He was a former resident of Belle Vernon;and was self-employed as a trucker. He is survived by his wife;Mrs.Evelyn Vitz Gelotti;two daughters;Theresa at home and Mrs.John (Mary Jane) Selelyo of Elco;his father;Antonio;Speers;five brothers;Samuel;Belle Vernon;Silvio;Brownsville;John;Gillespie;Mickey;Belle Vernon;and Alexander;Charleroi;four sisters;Mrs.Mike (Millie) Russo;Monessen;Mrs.Jennie DeFazio;Monessen;Mrs.Martin (Rose) Niccolai;Speers;and Mrs.Evo (Margaret) Mencarelli;Speers;and four grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Ferguson Funeral Home. Services will be held there December 31;1958;at 10 a.m. and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is the funeral director.

Curtis Porter Gates Sr.;78;801 Rostraver St.;Monessen;died Nov.5;1958 at 1:45 p.m.at his home after a long illness. Born in Clarion County in 1879;he came to Monessen in 1902;operating a blacksmith shop here for a number of years. He was a member of the Lutheran Church of Knox;Pa. Surviving are his wife;Mrs.Hulda Smock Gates;three sons;Earl;Belle Vernon;Roy;Bentleyville and Curtis Jr.at home;four grandchildren;a sister;Mrs.Thina Cook of Okmulgee;Okla. Friends are being received at the H.Denver Rhome Funeral Home;McKee Ave.;Monessen;from 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Funeral services will be held Saturday;Nov.8 at 1:30 p.m.;with the Rev.T.D.Stewart;pastor of the First Methodist Church;Monessen officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. H.Denver Rhome;funeral director.

Chauncey M.Grier;78;of Allenport;died in the Charleroi-Monessen hospital;Thursday;October 30;1958;at 9:05 p.m. He was born in Mercersburg;Pa.;December 5;1879;and had been a resident of Allenport for thirty years. Until eleven years ago;he was employed in the bench room of the Allenport plant of the Pittsburgh Steel Company. He is survived by his wife;Ethel Allinder Grier;one son;Otto L.Grier of Vesta;a daughter;Mrs.Charles (Mavin) Feick;Allenport;and five grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Ferguson Funeral Home. Services will be held there Monday;November 3;1958;at 2 p.m.;in charge of Rev.R.D.McClure of the Roscoe Presbyterian Church. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is the funeral director.

Conway J.Guder;46;of 1106 Graham street;Belle Vernon;died suddenly Tuesday;September 2;1958;at 1:30 p.m. He was employed at the Allenport plant of the Pittsburgh Steel Company;and was a member of the Belle Vernon Moose Lodge and the Legion of the Moose. He is survived by his wife;Virginia;and one daughter;Virginia Ann;who is eight years old. Friends will be received at the Toner Funeral Home during hours of 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held there Friday;September 5;at 2 p.m.in charge of Rev.Frederick Burchell and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner is the funeral director.