John Simko;aged 48;of Pricedale;died Saturday January 13;1940;in Belle Vernon. He was a coal miner and a steward of the Hungarian Club of Pricedale. He is survived by his wife;Barbara;daughters;Elizabeth;at home and Mrs.William Colewell of Washington;D.C.and son;Stephen. Friends will be received at the Melenyzer Funeral Home;Broad avenue;Belle Vernon;until 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon when services will be held. Interment will be made in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Charles L.Melenyzer;funeral director in charge.

Frederick Steinmiller; Sr.; aged 81 years died in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital at 4 p m. Tuesday; February 20;1940. Death followed a long illness. Surviving are four daughters; Mrs. R.G.Ganz of Hendersonville;Mrs.Ernest Reese of Belle Vernon; Mrs. Steve Nichols of Eighty-Four; and Mrs. Margaret Briggs of Charleroi; four sons; Jacob of Belle Vernon; Herman of Library; Philip of Charleroi; and Frederick; Jr.; of Dunlevy; thirty-eight grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren. Mr. Steinmiller had been a resident of this community for many years. He made his home with a
daughter; Mrs. Margaret Briggs of 802 Meadow Avenue. Friends will be received at the home of his daughter;Mrs.Margaret Briggs;802 Meadow Avenue where funeral services will be conducted Friday afternoon;February 23;1940; at 2 p.m. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. C.L.Melenyzer is the funeral director in charge.

Robert Stanley;aged 88 years;died suddenly Friday;February 16;1940;at the home of his daughter;Mrs.Alice Hammitt;319 Short street;Belle Vernon. Surviving are six daughters;Mrs.Henry Wilson;Muse;Pa.;Mrs.Eliza Lewis;Steubenville;Mrs.Hannah Usher;Fayette City;Mrs.Elizabeth Webster;California;Pa.;Mrs.Martha Corsuch;Steubenville;Mrs.Alice Hammitt;Belle Vernon;two sons;Samuel Stanley;Brownsville;and Robert Stanley;Canonsburg. Twenty-eight grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren also survive. Friends will be received at the Toner Funeral Home;Broad avenue;Belle Vernon. Funeral services will be held from the funeral home Sunday afternoon;February 18;1940;at 2 o’clock with Rev.James M.Rainey;pastor of the Belle Vernon Christian Church;officiating. Interment will follow in the Belle Vernon cemetery.

Charles C.Smock;aged 84 years;one of the oldest residents of this town;died Wednesday;February 14;1940 at his home on Rostraver street. He was born and reared in the immediate vicinity. Had he lived until February 24;he and his wife would have observed their wedding anniversary. Surviving is his wife;Mrs.Mary Smock;two sons;Russell and Grover Smock;and a daughter;Mrs.Curtis Gates;all of this city;three grandchildren and one great-grandchild and his brother;Nesley Smock of McKeesport. Funeral services will be held Friday;February 16;1940 at 2 o’clock at the late home;801 Rostraver street with Rev.Edward L.Boetticher;pastor of the Methodist Church;officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon cemetery.