Obit: JOHN G. GAAL, SR, 76 yrs, Dec 3, 1926:  Connellsville Courier, Fayette Co, PA

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 JOHN G. GAAL, SR, 76 years, died on Thursday afternoon at 4:45 o'clock
 in his home in West Newton.  He had been in ill health for about a year
 and bedfast for the past three years.  His wife is in Mercy Hospital,
 Pittsburgh where she was admitted four weeks ago today for treatment.
 Although Mrs. Gaal is convalescing, it was deemed advisable not to tell
 her of her husband's death until today.  Mr. Gaal was born in Germany on
 October 23, 1850 and came to this country 53 years ago, locating first
 in Cleveland.  From there he came to West Newton where he had been a
 resident for the past 51 years.  He had been employed as a miner for
 many years in that section by the Pittsburgh Coal Company and was
 pensioned three years ago.  Mr. Gaal was a member of Holy Family
 Catholic Church and also the Loyal Order of Moose in West Newton.
 Mr. and Mrs. Gaal celebrated their golden wedding anniversary two years
 ago.  Besides his widow, Mrs. Mary Gaal, Mr. Gaal is survived by four
 sons, John G., Jr., and Frank of Connellsville; Charles J., Dawson and
 James of Youngstown, Ohio; six daughters, Mrs. Hannah Fitzpatrick,
 Elizabeth, wife of Victor Lauerman and Margaret, wife of Abraham Taylor,
 West Newton, and Miss Josephine Gaal, at home.  Frances, wife of Albert
 Cerutti, of New Castle, and Mary wife of E.G. Wadsworth of Glassport; 17
 grandchildren, one great grandson and one brother, Samuel, last heard
 from in Nebraska.  John G. Gaal, Jr., left this morning on No. 7 and
 Mrs. John G. Gaal and Mrs. Charles J. Gaal, the latter of Dawson will
 leave later today for West Newton. (Dec 3, 1926)