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    1. [PA-SW-OBITS] Feb. 11, 1944 Obits McDonald Record-0utlook
    2. Victoria Hospodar Valentine
    3. STEVENSON, ROHNER, HIRT, MEACCI Mrs. Alpharetta BURTNER STEVENSON, 62, wife of Dr. E. W. STEVENSON of Thompson Run road, Shaler township, died at 6:00 a.m. Monday, February 7, 1944, in the West Penn hospital after a prolonged illness. Born in Saxonburg, Butler county, she had lived in the Eastend district for 20 years before moving to Shaler township seven years ago. She was a member of the Third Presbyterian church, Pittsburgh. Mrs. STEVENSON leaves a son, Pfc. E. Wallace STEVENSON, Jr., in the Army air corps at Princeton, N. J.; and four sisters: Mrs. Fred SCOTT of Los Angeles, Calif., Miss Anna BURTNER and Mrs. Noah WAGNER of Tulsa, Okla., and Mrs. Elsie SPARKS of Detroit, Mich. The BURTNER family thirty-five or forty years ago resided in Oakdale. Dr. E. W. STEVENSON is an uncle of Mrs. Margretta BYERS MURRAY of Grant street, McDonald. Funeral services were held Wednesday evening. Burial, which was private, took place Thursday morning. Mrs. Katherine A. TAYLOR ROHNER, 78, died at 6:30 p.m. Monday, February 7, 1944, in her home, Center street, Midway, following a lingering illness. A daughter of the late John and Frances TAYLOR, she was born in 1865 at Becks Run, now the Westend, Pittsburgh. She resided in Chicago, where she was a social worker with the Boys' club, before moving to Midway seventeen years ago. She was a member of the Midway Baptist church. Mrs. ROHNER is survived by one brother, John A. TAYLOR of Cleveland, Ohio, and three sisters: Mrs. Annie DOWNEY and Mrs. Elizabeth BROWN, both of Midway, and Mrs. Margaret Jane MCCULLIN of Pittsburgh. Her husband, John URBAN ROHNER, died April 12, 1937. Funeral services were held Wednesday evening in Wilson's funeral home, Midway, conducted by the Rev. Philip W. HORNE, pastor of the Midway Baptist church, assisted by Mrs. Ella BOGER, pastor of the Christian Alliance Gospel tabernacle, McDonald. Burial was Thursday morning in Center cemetery, Midway. Mrs. Cora HIRT, 84, died February 4, 1944, of injuries sustained when she fell I her home in the Valentour apartments January 25. A daughter of the late William H. and Mary A. JONES, she was born I Belle Vernon. Her husband, William H. HIRT, died 28 years ago. A daughter, Edith died at the age of six years and a son, aged three months. For the past fifty years she had been associated with her sister, Evangelist Ella BOGER, in religious work, " the girls" as they were better known, serving as preachers and song-evangelists. Their ministry covered the States of Michigan, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, New York and Pennsylvania. For the past 24 years she had been with Mrs. BOGER in McDonald, where the latter has served continuously as pastor of the Christian Missionary and Alliance church. Another sister, Mrs. Levenia DEPEW of Pittsburgh survives. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon in the Pettit Funeral home, conducted by the Rev. E. C. ANDERSON, superintendent of the Western District of the Alliance, and the Rev. J. R. SWAUGER of Sandy Lake. Burial was in the Homewood cemetery, Pittsburgh. Mrs. Charles MEACCI, Sr., died Sunday, February 6, 1944, in her home in Imperial of a stroke and pneumonia. Besides her husband, she leaves four sons and six daughters. There are 11 grandchildren. A son lost his life in an accident several years ago. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning in St. Columbkille's church, Imperial. Burial was in St. Columbkille's cemetery.

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