Biography

08/15/1909 - 08/02/1973

CHECK, John G., Jr., a Representative from Westmoreland County; born, August 15, 1909 in Monessen, Westmoreland County, Pa.; graduated, Monessen High School; attended, University of Pittsburgh; engaged in the retail furniture business; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1938; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1940); unsuccessful campaign, mayor of Monessen (1941); director, Monessen Public Library; died, August 2, 1973 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interred, Holy Name Cemetery, Monessen, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.