RYAN, GIBSON, BURNS, BOVARD, YOHE Carl Lester, the six months' old son of Mr. and Mrs. James RYAN of Primrose, died at 4:30 o'clock Monday evening, October 10, 1927, of cholera infantum. The funeral services were held Tuesday evening in the home, conducted by the Rev. Mr. STUMPF, a Baptist minister of West Virginia and a brother of Mrs. RYAN. Interment was Wednesday in Slats cemetery in Pughtown, W. Va. Mr. and Mrs. RYAN moved only last April from the Westend, McDonald, to Primrose. George D. GIBSON died at his home in Oakdale at 4:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon, October 8, 1927, after a serious illness of ten months of gangrene. Mr. GIBSON was born in En___ on March 17, 1856, and came to America at the age of 15 years. February 23, 1883, he was united in marriage to Frances BURGER in Bradford. To this union were born two sons and two daughters. While in Bradford Mr. GIBSON worked in the oil field. The family later moved to McDonald, where they lived for about twelve years, later locating in Oakdale, where Mr. GIBSON purchased the Oakdale newsstand. He became acquainted with both old and young, who fondly called him "Dad." He was well loved by those who knew him and his acts of kindness and his happy manner are cherished memories. Besides his wife he leaves these sons and daughters: Mrs. George A. PAUL of the Eastend, Pittsburgh; Edward GIBSON, William GIBSON, and Mrs. Frank O. SHRUM, all of Oakdale. There are eight grandchildren: Mrs. Herbert LYTLE and Howard PAUL of Pittsburgh, Frances and Grace Marie GIBSON, Mary and Helen GIBSON, and Francis and William SHURM of Oakdale, and one great-granddaughter, Alice Mae LYTLE of Pittsburgh. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon in the First Presbyterian church, conducted by the Rev. Dr. J. E. DETWEILER. Interment was in the Oakdale cemetery. Addison F. BURNS, one of the last of McDonald's aged members of the Grand Army of the Republic, died at 5:15 Friday evening, October 7, 1927, at his home at the corner of Third street and Jefferson avenue. Had he lived until November 25th he would have been 81 years old. He had been kept in bed by illness since February 18. His disability extended over a period of twenty years. The past four years he had been confined to his home. Mr. BURNS was born in Trumbull county, Ohio, November 25, 1846, a son of William and Mary Jane (SERGENT) BURNS. The father, William BURNS, was engaged in the lumber business for a number of years but later turned his attention to the oil industry and continued to be associated with that until his death, which occurred in 1893. He married Mary Jane SERGENT, who died in 1889. They had five children, of whom Addison F. was the second. All of them are dead except a sister, Miss Harriet BURNS, and a brother, Charles N. BURNS of Pittsburgh. Addison F. BURNS attended the district schools until he was 14 years of age and then began to be useful to his father on the home place, and worked for him until he went into the army, becoming a member of Captain EASTON's Light Battery A, First Pennsylvania Reserve. He served until the end of the war, taking part in the siege of Petersburg, the Battle of Seven Pines, and was present in Richmond on the day of LEE's surrender. After the war was over he returned home and went into the lumber business with his father, until 1872, and then gave his main attention to dealing in real estate, until 1877, at which time he became interested in oil production and that was actively pursued until physical disabilities compelled him to curtail his activities. He came to McDonald in 1898 and was identified with the producing end of the oil business to some extent until his death. Mr. BURNS was married in 1867 to Miss Sarah E. UNDERCOFF, who died June 15, 1879. They had five children: Harry BURNS, who is a right-of-way man in the Southwestern oil field; Forest E. of Burgettstown, Ora I., who married LeRoy W. GIBBS of Altoona; (Mrs. GIBBS died in Baltimore, Mc., in 1920, while on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. J. L. POTTER. She was brought to McDonald and laid to rest in Robinson's Run cemetery); Cressie, who died in 1881, and Naomi, who died in McDonald in 1907. Mr. BURNS was married July 26, 1881, to Miss Lida PIKE, who survives him. Mrs. BURNS is a daughter of William and Eliza PIKE, who were natives of St. Johns, Newfoundland. William PIKE was a sea captain who lost his life at sea in 1868. Richard PIKE, a cousin of Mrs. BURNS, commanded the ship Kite in the GREELY expedition to search for the North Pole. Mr. MURNS had four children by the second marriage: Charles A. of Beaumont Tex.; Mrs. Lillian HAND at home; Robert of Los Angeles, Calif., and LeRoy at home. There are seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Mr. BURNS was an honored veteran of the Civil War and served for years as secretary and treasurer of the Survivors' Reunion Association of Captain EASTON's Light Battery A., First Pennsylvania Reserves. In politics he was a Republican. He took an intelligent interest in public affairs and those who knew him well valued his good judgment and high sense of equity and justice. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the late home in Third street in charge of the Rev. B. F. HEANY, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of McDonald, who was assisted by the Rev. J. M. BRICELAND of the Sheraden Presbyterian church. Mr. BURNS was given a military funeral by Ernest Phillips Post No. 485, American Legion, of McDonald. Interment was in Robinson's Run cemetery. On Thursday afternoon, September 29, 1927, at 4:20 o'clock, occurred the death of Mrs. BOVARD, wife of W. A. BOVARD of Vincennes avenue, following a serious illness of ten weeks of complications. Mrs. BOVARD was born in Clintonville, Venango county, July 22, 1876. She was united in marriage with Mr. BOVARD September 20, 1899, at Butler. To this union were born two daughters. Mrs. BOVARD was an active member of the First Presbyterian church of Oakdale. Besides her husband she leaves her two daughters, Miss Aline and Miss Mary, both at home. A brother, Austin GREER of Wilkinsburg, also survives. In the past four years three brothers and a sister have died. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, October 2, 1927, in the late home conducted by the Rev. Dr. J. E. DETWEILER. Interment was in the Oakdale cemetery. Mrs. Margaret ABBOTT YOHE, aged 48 years, widow of Warren YOHE, and sister of Sheriff Ody C. ABBOTT of Washington, died Friday, October 7, 1927, at her home in Lincoln street, Monongahela, death being due to a stroke of apoplexy. She was ill two weeks. Mrs. YOHE was a member of one of the well known families of the Monongahela valley. For a number of years Mrs. YOHE had been a teacher in the schools of Carroll township. One son, Lewis YOHE, and one daughter, Miss Betty Ann, survive, with the following sisters and brothers: Miss Mary A. ABBOTT of New Eagle, Sheriff ABBOTT of Washington, James and Ed. ABBOTT of New Eagle, and Joseph ABBOTT of New Kensington. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in the St. Paul's Episcopal church. Interment was in the Monongahela cemetery.