James R.Smith Sr.;65;of 219 Hoffman St.;Fairhope;died Monday;Nov.15;1976;at 10:55 p.m. in Presbyterian Hospital;Pittsburgh. Mr.Smith was born May 17;1911;a son of the late Archie and Isabelle Smith. A resident of Fairhope for the past 30 years he was a member of St.Sebastian Catholic Church;Belle Vernon. Mr.Smith has been employed for 44 years at the Monessen Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. He retired in 1973. He was a member of the Federal Credit Union;USW Local 1229 R.and Retired People’s Club of Monessen. Survivors include his widow;Anna Spirko Smith;three sons;James R.Jr.of Uniontown;William Anthony of Monessen;David Michael at home;three daughters;Mrs.Frank (Elizabeth) Bartolozzi of Dunlevy;Mrs.Norman (Patricia) Haywood of Dunlevy;and Mrs.Curtis (Mary Jane) Lessman of Charleroi;and 12 grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. A blessing service will be held at the funeral home at 9 a.m. Friday followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at St.Sebastian Catholic Church;Belle Vernon at 9:30 a.m. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Michael (Pickles) Soroka;
63; of 101 Belle Vernon
Apartments; formerly of 207
Roberts St.; Lynnwood;
Washington Twp.; died Wednesday;Oct.;27;1976;at 6:30 p.m. in
Mercy Hospital; Pittsburgh.
He was a lifelong resident of
the Belle Vernon area; an
employe of Wheeling-
Pittsburgh Steel Corp.’s
Allenport Plant for the past 40
years and a member of the
Fairhope Rod and Gun Club.
Preceding him in death
were his father; John; in 1942;
his mother; Catherine; in 1975;
two sisters; Mrs. Ann Mattia
in 1969 and Mrs. Mary
Dunlevich in 1972; and one
brother; Nick; in 1973.
Surviving are one daughter;
(Barbara) Vance of Carlisle;
Pa.; and one son; Ronald
Soroka of Brooklyn; N.Y.
Friends will be received in
the Leonard J. Parzynski
Funeral Home; 626 Broad
Ave.; Belle Vernon; Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and
Saturday;Oct.30;1976 until 2p.m.; the time if a Blessing service at the funeral home. Burial will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs.Gertrude E.Sherield of 515 Main st.;Belle Vernon;died at her home on Friday;Oct.1;1976 at 11:20 a.m. She was 73. Mrs. Sherield was born Sept.17;1903 in Brownsville and spent most of her life in Belle Vernon. She was a member of Speers St. A.M.E.Church;Belle Vernon. She was preceded in death by her husband;Soloman Sherield on Aug.15;1967;and son;Albert (Skeezix) Sherield;in Nov.1950. Mrs.Sherield is survived by three sisters;Miss Edith Johnson of New York City;Mrs.Orella Osborne of Belle Vernon;and Miss Barbara Johnson of Monessen;a brother;Arthur Johnson of Pittsburgh;and three grandchildren. Friends will be received in the Beverly C.Draper Funeral Home;608 Sixth St.;Monessen;from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Monday. Services will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m.in Speers St. A.M.E.Church;Belle Vernon with Rev.S.W.Chambers;pastor;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Beverly C.Draper is funeral director in charge.

Helen Marie Smoody; 45; of
Belle Vernon R. D. 2; died Monday;Sept.20;1976;at 4 a.m.in Mercy Hospital;Pittsburgh.
Miss Smoody was born in
Vestaburg on Aug. 19;1931 and
had been a resident of the
Belle Vernon area since 1935.
She was employed at the
Corning Glass Works in
Charleroi and had been on sick
leave since October of 1975.
She was a member of St.
Sebastian Catholic Church of
Belle Vernon. She was preceded in death
by two brothers; John Smoody
in 1936 and Frank Smoody in 1963.
Survivors include a
daughter; Lisa Marie Smoody;
at home; her parents; John
and Helen Nagy Smoody; with
whom she made her home in
Belle Vernon R. D. 2. and two
brothers; Alex Smoody of
Louisville; Ky. and Charles
William Smoody of Pricedale.
Friends will be received in
the Shelby D. Ferguson
Funeral Home in Belle Vernon
from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday;Sept.20; and
from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday;Sept.21. A Prayer service will be held Wednesday;Sept.22;at 9:30 a.m.;followed by Mass of Christian Burial in St.Sebastian Catholic Church of Belle Vernon at 10 a.m. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director in charge.

Daniel E.Smith;35;of Rebecca Street;Belle Vernon;was dead on arrival of a gunshot wound of the head at Charleroi Divison of the Mon Valley Hospital at 1:40 a.m.Sunday;Sept.12;1976. He was a former resident of Monessen. Mr.Smith was born Feb.17;1941 in Monessen;where he was a member of the Fellowship Baptist Church. Surviving are his mother;Mrs.Thelma Majors of Monessen;three brothers;Ronald Smith of Belle Vernon;with whom he made his home;Leroy Majors Jr.and Percy Majors;both of Monessen;and nine sisters;Mary Louise Majors of Philadelphia;Elizabeth Ann Majors;Beverly Majors;Susie Majors;Cheryl Majors;Hilda Majors;Alice Jean Majors and Ida Lavina Majors;all of Monessen;and Mmrs.Cora Jones of Richmond;Calif.and his maternal grandmother;Mrs.Cora Smith of Monessen. Friends will be received in the Beverly C.Draper Funeral Home in Monessen from 7 to 9 p.m.Tuesday;Sept.14 and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Wednesday;Sept.15. Services will be held Thursday;Sept.16 at 11 a.m.in Fellowship Baptist Church;Monessen;with the Rev.W.J.Hubbard officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Beverly C.Draper;funeral director in charge.