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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