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George R.Sutherland,77,of 505 Charles St.,Speers Hill,died Friday,March 8,1996,at 6:02 p.m.in Mon Valley Hospital. He was born in Speers Hill,June 10,1918,a son of the late Alexander and Sylvia E.Gaskill Sutherland. Mr.Sutherland was Protestant by faith. He was a member of the Charleroi F&AM Lodge 615. A former mayor of Speers borough,he had served a four year term in the 1960s. He was a lifelong resident of Speers Hill and retired in 1958 from the former Esso Standard Oil Company. Mr.Sutherland was an Army veteran of World War II. Surviving are his wife,Marion Marshall Sutherland,whom he married Feb.4,1942,one daughter,Mrs.Ronald (Barbara) Yuss of McMurray,two brothers,Jay Sutherland and Jack Sutherland,both of Speers Hill,three sisters,Doris Sutherland of Speers Hill,Mrs.Ronald (Adele) Rossi of Belle Vernon and Mrs.Ronald (Joyce) Danko of Monesen,and two grandchildren,Meredith and Allyson Yuss. Friends will be received Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.in the Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.,700 Broad Ave.,Belle Vernon,where services will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m.with the Rev.Charles K.Sowden,retired Methodist minister,officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Charleroi F&AM Lodge 615 will conduct services in the funeral home at 7:30 p.m.Monday. Arrangements are being handled by the Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.

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