DUNCAN --- Mrs. Ella Belle, 77, 365 Ohio Street, formerly of Vintondale, died at 9:15 a.m. Jan. 7, 1961, in Mercy Hospital. Born Apr. 16, 1883, Strongstown, Pa., daughter of Joseph and Mary Jane (McGee) Stiles. Preceeded in death by husband, George, in 1936 and these brothers: Frank, Harry, George, John and Thomas. Survived by these children: Jane, wife of Robert O'Palka, 365 Ohio Street; Charles, 361 Ohio Street, and Ella Rhea, wife of Carl Carney, Seward; also four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Member of Christ EUB Church and Ideal Bible Class. Friends received after 2 p.m. Monday in Meek Funeral Home, Ohio Street, where service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Rev. Harold L. Loveless. Interment, Pineland Cemetery, Strongstown.

Source: THE TRIBUNE-DEMOCRAT (Johnstown, Cambria Co., Pa.) Monday, 9 January 1961, "Obituaries and Funerals," page 16, col. 2; Cambria County Library, Johnstown, Pa. Microfilm: JOHNSTOWN TRIBUNE DEMOCRAT, January 1961.