Charles E.Smith;aged 70 years;died suddenly Sunday afternoon;January 29;1939;at his home on Ontario street in Monessen. He had been ailing for several days but his condition was not considered serious. He had been a resident of Monessen for the past forty years;coming here from Lunaconing;Md.;when Monessen was first incorporated as a borough. He had been employed as a weightmaster at the Page mill. Surviving are his wife;Josephine Coleman Smith;and the following children;Anna Coleman Smith of Johnstown;Robert Smith; Mrs.Claire Pritchard;William;Rose and Harry;all of Monessen. Three grandchildren also survive;along with two sisters;Mrs.Harry Miller of Derry and Mrs.Bertha Schaffer of Johnstown. Funeral services are announced for Wednesday afternoon February 1;1939;at 2 o’clock from his home;with Rev.J.R.McFarland;pastor of the Presbyterian Church;officiating. Interment will follow in the Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Mrs.Mary Sisley (nee McDonough) wife of the late George W.Sisley;died yesterday;September 25;1938;at 3:20 p.m.;at the family residence in Sampson Street;Belle Vernon. Mrs.Sisley was in her 56th year and was well known in the Belle Vernon district. She leaves two sons;Austin of Belle Vernon and Mark of Stockdale and one daughter;Martha;at home;four sisters and four brothers. The remains are at the C.L.Melenyzer Funeral home where they may be viewed until time for funeral services Wednesday morning at 9:30 o’clock in St.Sebastian Catholic Church;.Belle Vernon. Burial will be in Belle Vernon cemetery.

Mrs.Mary Sadar of House 366 Colonial No.3;died in the Connellsville State Hospital;Tuesday afternoon;September 20;1938;at 3:05 o’clock following a five months illness of a complication of diseases. She is survived by her husband Anton;her mother;Mrs.Mary Kozlevcar of Orwell;Ohio;four children;Mrs.Nick Dinard of Colonial No.3;Catherine;Edward and Victoria at home;two grandsons;Nicky and Tommy Dinard;a sister;Mrs.Thomas Plesh of Masontown and four brothers;John;Frank;Joseph and Ralph Kozlevcar of Orwell;Ohio. Funeral services will be held at the family home Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock;with Rev.Richard Purnell of the Rowes Run Primitive Methodist Church;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Van L. Speers; 75; member of the
second generation of the widely
known family from which the borough
of Speers takes its name; died
Tuesday night;September 20;1938; at 7:50 o’clock after an
illness of six weeks. Unable to take
adequate nourishment for five weeks and suffering from complications his
death was not entirely unexpected.
Several years ago he underwent an
operation for amputation of a foot
and has been declining since that
time. In the multiple of burdens
which fell upon him; he suffered the
loss of his wife who died on May 11. They would have celebraed their fiftieth wedding anniversary next December. A dual cast of tragedy interposed too;for Mr.Speers was preceded in death by his brother-in-law;Robert E.McClain;63;of Belle Vernon;early Tuesday;September 20;1938. Born September 27;1863;Van Speers lived in the community which bore his name all of his life. His father was Noah Speers who founded the Speers community and today the progeny is in its fifth generation. Surviving are five sons and two daughters;Mrs.Roy (Sarah) Lorimer of Painesville;Ohio;Dr.Stephen Speers of Belle Vernon;Roy of Sandusky;John L.of Cleveland;Alden and S.Ward Speers of Speers and Mrs.Douglas A.(Rebecca) Schoerke of Petrolia. Two children are dead. A brother Fred Speers of Belle Vernon;18 grandchildren and one great-grandchild also survive. Mr.Speers was a member of Washngton Avenue Presbyterian Church in Charleroi and served for a while on Speers council. Funeral services will be held at the home of a son;Ward Speers;in Speers borough;at 2:30 o’clock;Friday afternoon;September 23;1938. Rev. Frank Montgomery;pastor of the Washington Avenue Presbyterian Church and Rev.John R.Bursol;a fromer pastor of the church will be in charge. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Clyde Lee Shephard;three year old son of Mr.and Mrs.Ross Shephard of 513 Speers Street;North Belle Vernon;died Friday morning;Sept.2;1938;at 7:30 o’clock in the Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh. Surviving in addition to his parents is one brother. Funeral services will be held at the Melenuzer Funeral Home in Belle Vernon;Monday;Sept.5;at 2 p.m. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.