Funeral services were held this morning;Monday;May 24;1937;for Mrs.Mary Jane Shaffer;who died Friday;May 21;1937;at 11:30 a.m.at the home of her son-in-law and daughter;Mr.and Mrs.Edward Driscoll of Fayette street;with whom she had made her home for the past nine months. The deceased was 79 years of age;and has many friends in the vicinities of Belle Vernon;Fayette City and Pricedale. Services were held at the St.Sebastian Church;with Father J.J.O’Connell officiating;and interment being held in the Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Sarah Ellen Smock; aged 12 years;
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Smock of Belle Vernon; died at the
family home Thursday night; January 14;
1937; at 9:10 o’clock following a lingering illness.
Surviving besides the parents are
two sisters; Frances and Cleora and one brother;Frank. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock in the late home. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Mrs.Katie Sazisky;aged 41;wife of Mike Sazisky;died Tuesday;December 27;1936;at 6 p.m.;at her home in California;Pa.; after a short illness of pneumonia. She leaves her husband;three daughters;Mrs.Helen Terwell of Charleroi;Mrs.Nellie Sack of Belle Vernon and Miss Viola Sazisky at home and one grandchild. Her mother;Mrs.Victoria Vorosky;died December 12;1935. Funeral services will be held in the home Tuesday;December 29;1936;at 1 p.m. Burial will be in the Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Elmer C. Cap Sell;41;of 941 Lookout Avenue;took his own life while in a fit of despondency at about 6 o’clock Monday morning;Dec.21;1936. His lifeless body was found hanging from a rafter in the basement of the home at 8:40 o’clock by his wife;Emilie. Mr.Sell had arisen from bed at 6 a.m.;telling his wife he was going to fire the furnace. When he did not return from the basement his wife investigated and made the gruesome discovery. He had taken a clother-line;fixed a noose aroung his neck;stepped up on a bench to fasten the rope to a rafter and stepped off the bench. Police say that Mr.Sell had not been working steadily for the past year and believe this led him to today’s rash act. In addition to his wife;he is survived by two children;Elmer;Jr.;aged 12;and Elvn;aged 8. His parents;Mr.and Mrs.Henry Sell;of Monessen;and one sister;Mrs.Hilda Miller;of Monessen;also survive.