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    1. [PALAWREN] New Castle News - Nov. 1, 1935
    2. The following were taken from the Friday, November 1, 1935 issue of the New Castle News: Deaths of the Day: Mrs. Charles F. Porath Mrs. Wilhelmina Porath, aged 79 years, wife of Charles F. Porath, of 1611 Morris street, passed away at her home this forenoon at 10:50 o'clock, after an illness of some time. She was born in Germany December 25, 1855 but had been a resident of New Castle for the last 48 years. She was a member of the St. Pauls Lutheran church. Surviving are her husband, two daughters, Mrs. Otto Bergener, of Massillon, O., and Mrs. William Ralph of Beaver, Pa., three sons, Harry of Oil City, Maxwell of Canton, O., and Carl, at home; fifteen grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted from the home Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, with Rev. A. M. Stump of St. Paul's Lutheran church and Rev. Charles Warren Johnston of the Central Christian church, in charge. Interment will be made in Greenwood cemetery. DeAngelis Funeral Time. Funeral mass for Faverio DeAngelis, of 115 West Lawrence street, will be celebrated at 10 o'clock Saturday morning in St. Vitus church and interment will be made in St. Vitus cemetery. Hancock Funeral Funeral services for William Hancock, Sr. Volant, R. D. 1, were conducted on Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the residence, with Rev. William A. Lloyd, pastor of the Leesburg Presbyterian church. Five cousins of the deceased served as flowerbearers. The pallbearers were James Wright, Burdell Wright, Harry Burgess, Dick Burgess, Harold Orr and Arthur Lewis. Interment was made in Carpenter cemetery, William A. Johns Funeral The Emmanuel Baptist church was filled to capacity on Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock when hundreds of friends gathered to give final public tribute to one of New Castle's best known Welsh residents, the late William A. Johns, Brython, of South Mercer street. Rev. Rees T. Williams, pastor of the First Congregational church, was in charge assisted by Rev. D. L. Ferguson, pastor of the Highland U.P. church, and Griff Thomas, well known lay leader. The congregation sang three beautiful songs, "Disgwyl R-wys Rar Hyd Yr Wyrnos, " "Jesus Lover of My Soul" and "O Fryniau Caersalem: during the church service, accopmanied by Edwin Lewis, organist of the First M.E. church. There was congregational singing at the grave site, also. The True Ivorites Lodge, of which Brython was a faithful member, attended in a body and was in charge of the service at the grave in Oak Park cemetery. Benediction was give by Rev. Thomas Francis of this city. Honorary pallbearers were David Rees, John Harvard, William Pritchard, David T. Evans, Thomas Hopkins and Thomas Francis. Active pallbearers were William Phillips,, Llewellyn Thomas, Brinley Hughes, W. R. Thomas, Griffith Phillips and George Marshall.

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