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    1. [PA-SW-OBITS] KRISTOFF, BELL, MITCHELL, LITHGOW, WALKER, LOWER May 13, 1927 McDonald PA Record
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    3. KRISTOFF, BELL, MITCHELL, LITHGOW, WALKER, LOWER Christina KRISTOFF, aged 2, of Cecil, was drowned Tuesday, May 10, 1927, when she fell into a tub of water in the kitchen of her home. The child fell into the tub while her mother was hanging clothes in the yard, she said. A. F. BELL died at his home in Alvy, W. Va., at four o'clock Saturday, May 7, 1927, after an illness of three months of heart trouble. He leaves his wife and four daughters and one son. John T. BELL of McDonald is a brother and Mrs. C. I. MYERS of McDonald is a sister-in-law of the deceased. The funeral was held from the Bebout funeral home in Washington Monday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. John H. DEBOLT and the Rev. Mr. LOVE of Washington. Jack MITCHELL of Barr street left Tuesday for Roanoke, Va., where he had been called by the death of his brother. Miss Mary MCMAHON attended the funeral of her aunt, Mrs. Anna LITHGOW, in the Northside, Pittsburgh, Thursday of last week. *Oakdale column Mr. and Mrs. A. H. KRESS and children were called home owing to the death of Mrs. KRESS's mother, Mrs. J. Scott WALKER, returned on Tuesday to Pitman, N. J. The funeral was held at Walkers Mills on Sunday. *Oakdale column Arthur LeVerne LOWER, aged 2 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. LOWER of Ingram, former residents of Oakdale, died at his home Tuesday noon, May 10, 1927, of pneumonia. Services were held Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Mary Isabelle MCCONNELL WALKER, aged 66 years, wife of J. Scott WALKER, died in her home in Walkers Mills at 8:15 p.m. Friday, May 6, 1927. Mrs. WALKER was born near Oakdale and had lived in this vicinity all her life. She had been in ill health the past 4 years, and the past several months she suffered intensely. Last November she went to Pitman, N. J., to her daughter's, Mrs. A. H. KRESS. She was brought back home April 18. She was anxious to return, knowing the end was near. She was a faithful member of Carnegie U. P. church, a member of the Rennerdale hospital guild, the Woman's club, the Legion auxiliary, and the W. C. T. U. of Carnegie. She is survived by her husband, J. Scott WALKER, to whom she was married in 1886, two daughters: Mrs. A. H. KRESS of Pitman, N. J., and Mrs. J. HARRY HERRON of Chicago, Ill., and two sons: William M. and Joseph D., both at home. There are three grandchildren and these five sisters and three brothers: Mrs. James E. CLARK of McDonald, Mrs. Miller FLEMMING and Mrs. J. G. TAYLOR of Pittsburgh, Miss Nettie MCCONNELL of Mars, Mrs. Christy SHAW of Irwin, Joseph R. MCCONNELL of Clinton, F. H. MCCONNELL of Crafton, and W. G. MCCONNELL of Denver, Colo. The funeral services were held Sunday at her late home, conducted by the Rev. Dr. MCQUILKIN of Carnegie. Interment in Chartiers cemetery on Monday morning.

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