Wilford W.Stedman of 108 State St.;(Speers Hill);Charleroi;died suddenly yesterday at 8:15 p.m. in the Mon Valley Hospital. He was 74. Mr.Stedman was born Aug.9;1907 in Nelsonville;Ohio;a son of the late William and Catherine Zephfuss Stedman. A resident of Speers most of his life;Mr.Stedman was a member of Speers United Methodist Church;the Charleroi Elks Club and F&AM Lodge;Charleroi. He was a retired garage foreman at the Allenport Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. In addition to his parents;Mr.Stedman was preceded in death by his wife;Edith Mertens Stedman who died Nov.4;1981;a brother George and a sister;Florence Smith. Survivors include two brothers;Samuel G. Stedman of Orlando;Fla.;and James M.Stedman of Speers Hill;one niece;Mrs.Sandra North of Media;Pa.;and three nephews;Dr.Jeffrey W.Mertens of McMurray;Kim Mertens of Bluefield;W.Va.;and Wayne Mertens of Cambridge;Ohio. Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;on Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.;where services will be held Friday;March 12;at 11 a.m. with the Rev.Dennis M.Henley;pastor of Speers United Methodist Church;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;is in charge of arrangements.