Robert G.Sphar;78;of 1512 Marion Ave.;Monessen;manager of the Monessen office of the Authority of the Borough of Charleroi until his retirement in 1953;died Friday;June 2;1961;at 7 p.m.in the Waddington Rest Home;Gillespie;Fayette City R.D. He had been in declining health for some time. Mr.Sphar had been with the Authority for 45 years. He was assistant superintendent of the former Tri-Cities Water Co.;Monessen. He had served as a director and treasurer of First Federal Savings and Loan Assn.;Monessen;for many years;until May 1960. He was a former school director in Speers Borough. A member of the First Methodist Church;Charleroi;he held life memberships in the Free and Accepted Masonic Lodge 615;Charleroi;Coudersport Consistery;Coudersport and Monessen Rotary Club. Surviving are his widow;Nelle Conrad Sphar and a brother;George of Long Branch. Friends are being received at the H.Denver Rhome Funeral Home;Monessen;where funeral services will be held Monday;June 5;1961;at 2 p.m. Interment will be in Howe Cemetery. H.Denver Rhome;funeral director. ((He was removed to Belle Vernon Cemetery on June 29;1965)