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    1. BARCLAY, KELSO, KELSO, KELLY, LIENARD, HILL, KRESS, JOHNS, WEIR, JUDSON Jan. 17, 1929 McDonald PA Record
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    3. BARCLAY, KELSO, KELSO, KELLY, LIENARD, HILL, KRESS, JOHNS, WEIR, JUDSON William S. BARCLAY, aged 74 years, was found dead Wednesday morning about 11 o'clock at his home in Sturgeon. Mr. BARCLAY was last seen on Saturday evening, and his neighbors became curious and entered the home yesterday where they found him dead in bed. A gas stove was burning in his room, and it is thought that he had asphyxiated and that he had probably been dead for several days. Mr. BARCLAY is survived by his wife, Mrs. Martha BARCLAY of Lincoln avenue, and two sisters, Miss Margaret BARCLAY of McDonald, and Mrs. Harvey BOYCE of Bridgeville. Funeral arrangements have not been made. W. G. KELSO died Saturday morning, January 5, at eight o'clock, at his home on a farm near Shaw Mine. Mr. KELSO was ill only a few days, death being due to a paralytic stroke. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. William BRIDGE, who lives on an adjoining farm, and Miss Rhoda KELSO, at home; and one son, James KELSO, at home. Funeral services were held from his late home Monday afternoon at two o' clock. Interment was in the Candor cemetery. Mrs. Sara TAYLOR KELSO, aged 56, wife of W. G. KELSO who died Saturday, January 5, died Wednesday evening, January 9, at 9:30 o'clock, after a short illness of pneumonia. Mrs. KELSO is survived by two daughters, Mrs. William BRIDGE and Miss RHODA KELSO, and one son, James. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at two o'clock, at her late home. Interment will be in the Candor cemetery. Mrs. Matthew B. KELLY, aged 53, died in a Columbus hospital Thursday evening, January 3. Mrs. KELLY, who is a sister of Mrs. J. J. HORTY of North street, resides in Parkersburg, W. Va. She had gone to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Don BOWERS in Columbus to spend the holidays, where she became ill. Pneumonia was the cause of her death. Mrs. KELLY is survived by her husband; a daughter, Mrs. BOWERS of Columbus, O., as son, Glen KELLY of Parkersburg; and three sisters, Mrs. J. D. CASE of Parkersburg, Mrs. Louis PAUL of Bradford, and Mrs. J. J. HORTY of McDonald. Funeral services were held at her late home in Parkersburg Monday morning at nine o'clock. Interment in Parkersburg. Nicholas LIENARD, aged 66 years, died suddenly at his home Thursday evening, January 3, at 8:30 o'clock of heart disease. Mr. LIENARD was born in Belgium, February 12, 1862 and came to this country when twenty years of age. He has resided in McDonald 45 years. Mr. LIENARD had great musical ability and has been an instructor practically his entire life. He was a member of the La Solidarite association. Besides his wife, Mrs. Elmira MOTTE LIENARD, Mr. LIENARD is survived by the following sons and daughters: Charles, Columbus, Ohio; Nicholas, Jr., Sturgeon; Alphonse, Louis, Adele, at home; Mrs. Emile SILHOL, Hays, Pa.; Mrs. Harry MASQUELIER, McDonald; Miss Vivian, at home, Mrs. William LYONS, Carrick, and Miss Madeline, at home. Funeral services were held in his late home on Center avenue, Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, in charge of the Revs. Auguste DEVOS and B. F. HEANY. Interment was in the Robinson's Run cemetery. Mrs. Odessa May HILL, 43, wife of Dr. John S. HILL, died Thursday evening, January 3, at 9 o'clock at her home in Bishop. Mrs. HILL was ill but four days, pneumonia causing her death. She was born at Connellsville and until her marriage lived with her parents on a farm near Candor. Dr. and Mrs. HILL made their home in Cherry Valley until April of last year, when they moved to Bishop. Besides her husband, she is survived by two children, Odessa May and John S. HILL, Jr.; also her mother, Mrs. W. S. WORK of McDonald, and one sister and three brothers: Mrs. R. V. MCCARTY and Donald WORK, McDonald, and Earl S. WORK of Dormont. Funeral services were held in her late home Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mrs. John KRESS, aged 72 years, died Sunday morning, January 6, at 8:15 o' clock in the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. C. GERDES of Carrick. Mrs. KRESS had been ill for some time having suffered a stroke. She was born in Germany, May 1, 1856 and was 13 years old when she came to this country. Mr. KRESS died March 16, 1918. Mrs. KRESS was a resident here for many years, leaving about three years ago to make her home with her daughter in Carrick. She is survived by one brother, Herman GARBE of Tyre, Pa., and nine children. They are: Mrs. George DAVIS, Canada; Mrs. W. C. GERDES, Carrick, Mrs. James WILSON, Tyre; Mrs. W. J. HARKINS, Alliance, Ohio; Mrs. John KRESS, Fanny street, McDonald; Mrs. J. E. MCFARLANE, Carrick, John KRESS Tyre, and Henry and George KRESS, McDonald. S short service was held at the GERDES home in Carrick on Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock by MEZNER and Rev. TARNEDDE of Carrick, after which the remains were brought to the First Presbyterian church, McDonald where funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock by the Rev. B. F. HEANY and Rev. TARNEDDE. Interment was in the Robinson's Run cemetery. Alexander JOHNS, aged 81, died at his home in North street Friday evening, January 4th, at 11:55 o'clock, after an illness of pneumonia for eight days. Mr. JOHNS came to McDonald from Saltsburg thirty years ago. He followed the glass business until five years ago, when he retired. Mr. JOHNS and his wife, Mrs. Margaret Jane STIFFEY JOHNS had been married 56 years. Mrs. JOHNS survives with the following sons and daughters: Edward, Saltsburg; Roy and Harvey, McDonald; Mrs. Walter KNEPSHIELD, McDonald, and Mrs. Henry KLINGELSMITH of Leechburg. Funeral services were held at his late home Sunday afternoon at four o' clock, in charge of the Rev. Mr. RITCHIE, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church of this place, of which Mr. JOHNS was a member. The body was taken to Saltsburg Monday, where it was laid to rest. David M. WEIR, vice president and one of the founders of the Weirton Steel company, and president of the West Virginia Manufacturer's association, died at his home at Steubenville on Sunday night, of pneumonia. He was 48. With his brother, Edwin T. WEIR, president of the Weirton Steel, he established the steel concern, which has plants at Weirton and Clarksburg, W. Va., and at Steubenville. As a young man he became connected with steel interests in Pittsburgh, and 20 years ago went to Steubenville, where he had resided most of the time since. He began his career in Pittsburgh as a clerk in the office of the OLIVER interests there. Frank H. JUDSON, well-known printer and life-long resident of Washington, passed away at the home of his niece, Mrs. George LAFBURY, Baum boulevard, Pittsburg Wednesday evening, January 9, 1929 at eight o'clock. He had gone to his niece's home to spend Christmas and that day was taken ill with pneumonia. After seeming to improve, in the last few days he slowly declined under the ravages of the disease until death came Mr. JUDSON is survived by a brother, former Senator J. Carter JUDSON of Washington; a sister, Mrs. L. S. COTTON, of Pittsburgh, and several nieces and nephews. A sister, Mrs. Ella BYERS of Columbus, died a number of years ago. Funeral services will he held on Saturday.

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