Howard J. Babs Stark; 76; of Roscoe; died Monday; March 26; 1990 in Mon Valley Hospital.

He was born August 22; 1913; in Roscoe; a son of the late Robert and Clementine Gollick Stark Sr.

Mr. Stark was Protestant by faith; and a member of the Roscoe Volunteer Fire Department for many years and a life member of the Slovak Beneficial Society of Roscoe.

He retired as a millwright from the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Company; Allenport Plant.

Mr. Stark was preceded in death by three sisters; Margaret Brewer in 1972; Drusilla Leonetti in 1979 and Irene Atkinson in 1987; five brothers; George William in 1965; Robert Jr. in 1981; Myron Butch in 1983; John Jack in 1984 and Thomas in 1988.

He is survived by his wife; Dorothy Stark of Elco; two sons; Herman of Yorba Linda; CA and Roy of Marietta; OH; one daughter; Linda Swails of Fort Lauderdale; FL; seven grand-children; two sisters; Mrs. Russell (Marybelle) Neudorfer of Fort Lauderdale; FL and Mrs. Bessie Flaherty of Elco; and many nieces and nephews.

Friends will be received Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Ed Melenyzer Funeral Homes Inc.; 1008 Furlong Ave.; Roscoe. Interment will be at Belle Vernon Cemetery.