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.

Samuel Sergi;87;of 414 Oneida St.Monessen;died Monday;Aug.9;1976 at 7:15 p.m. in the Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital. He was born May 8;1889 in Callabria;Italy;and moved to Monessen in 1959 after living in Belle Vernon. Mr.Sergi was a U.S.Army veteran of World War I;a retired employee of the former American Window Glass Co.in Belle Vernon;and a member of Monessen American Legion Post 28 and G.B.U.of Monessen. Surviving are his widow;Lillian Dugan Sergi;six sons;Samuel V.Jr.of Belle Vernon;John L.and David P.;both of Monessen;James D.of Lynn;Mass.;Domenick of Bangor;Maine and Frank of the state of Missouri;seven daughters;Mrs.James (Lena) Jampetro of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Michael (Catherine) Uhor;of Arnold City;Margaret Acton of Charleroi;Mrs.Ralph (Frances) Caputo and Mrs.Marvin (Loretta) Cooper;both of Pontiac;Mich.;Mrs.William (Jean) Neinhause of Columbus;Ohio and Mrs.Kenneth (Pauline) Woddering of Mount Vernon;Ohio;43 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Shirley D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held Thursday;Aug.12;1976 at 10 a.m. at the funeral home;conducted by a Priest from St.Sebastian Catholic Church;Belle Vernon. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Frank Spazak; 57; of 311
Glister St.; Fairhope; Belle Vernon; died suddenly Sunday;Aug.8;1976; at 9 a.m. at his
residence. Born June 19; 1919; in Youngstown; Ohio; he was a
son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
John P. Spazak.
A coal miner; Mr. Spazak
was employed at Banning
Mine; Republic Steel Corp. He
was a member of the United
Mine Workers of America.
A U.S. Army veteran of
World War II; he served
overseas in the European
Theater of Operations.
He was a member of the
Polish National Church of
Fairhope and the Fairhope
Rod and Gun Club.
He was predeceased by his
wife; Mrs. Mildred
Strychalski Spazak; in 1970.
Surviving are one son;
Frank Jr.; at home; two
daughters; Mrs. James
(Kathleen) Oleniacz of
Pittsburgh and Marlene
Spazak; also at home;one
brother; Theodore of Belle
Vernon; one sister; Mrs.
Stanley (Norma) Brazzon of
Fairhope.
Friends are being received
after 2:30 p.m. Monday;Aug.9; in the
Howard W. McCrory Funeral
Home; Main St.; Fayette City;where a Blessing service will take place at 11 a.m.Wednesday;Aug.11;with the Rev.Felix Pyzowski of Polish National Church of Washington;Pa.;in charge. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory is the funeral director in charge.

Martha K. Stevenson; 67; of
334 Washington Ave.;
Charleroi; died Wednesday;Aug.4;1976 at
8:30 p.m. in the South Hills
Convalescent Home.
She was born in Blairsville
on March 6;1909; a daughter of
the late C.M. and Cora Hosack
Kennedy.
Mrs. Stevenson was a
retired employe of the
Charleroi office of Pittsburgh
National Bank.
She belonged to the
Charleroi Presbyterian
Church.
Her husband; John F.
Stevenson; died in 1972.
Surviving are two brothers;
James C. Kennedy and
Chester M. Kennedy; both of
Washington; Pa.; and two
sisters; Mrs. Harry J. (Sally)
Kedwards of Santa Clara;
Calif.; and Mrs. James
(Betty) McGuffie of
Charleroi. Friends will be
received at the Harold L. Schrock
Funeral Home; Charleroi; from 7
to 9 p.m. Thursday and from 2 to 4
and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. Services
will be held at the funeral home on
Saturday at 11 a.m. with the Rev.
Francis M. Blair of the Charleroi
Presbyterian Church officiating.
Interment will be in Belle Vernon
Cemetery. Harold L. Schrock is funeral director in charge.

An 11-year-old Rostraver
Twp. youth was electrocuted
Monday;July 19;1976; when he came in
contact with a high tension
wire while climbing an
evergreen tree on an uncle’s
property; adjoining his own
residence.
Rostraver Twp. Police Chief
Carl A. Jones said Keith
Roger Soltis of Belle Vernon
R. D. 1 was with a brother;
Shawn; 15; and two other
companions; Mark
Stangroom; 12; and Raymond
Mathews; 15; and all four had
climbed a giant evergreen
tree on the property of the
victim’s uncle; Albert Forgas;
Lenity Road; early Monday
afternoon.
According to Jones; the
other three boys had climbed
down and Keith apparently
went to the very top.
The boys told police they
heard what sounded like a
group of locusts which
Jones said was apparently the
power line in the trees after
Keith’s right leg had touched
the wire.
Westmoreland County
Coroner Stephen D. Yoney
said the accident occurred at 1:45 p.m.and the victim was pronounced dead on arrival at Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital at 2:14 p.m. Yoney said death was due to electrocution and Keith was burned below the right knee and on the right ankle. According to Yoney;the branch the boy was on gave way to his weight and his foot came in contact with the high tension wire. Yoney said the branch did not break. Jones reported that after the three boys were back on the ground and heard the sound like Locusts they called out to Keith and when he didn’t respond;Shawn and Mark climbed back up into the tree and found Keith laying on a top branch with his face down. They ran home to get help;Jones said;and a brother-in-law;David Caldwell;quickly climbed up into the tree and by the time Rostraver police arrived;was on his way down carrying the victim. Police assisted him for the remaining 10 or 12 feet to the ground. Jones said firemen from Rostraver Central;Webster;Fellsburg;North Belle Vernon and Belle Vernon departments arrived at the scene also. Keith was born in North Charleroi on Jan.10;1965;son of Andrew and Lorraine Ritchie Soltis. He had completed the sixth grade and was graduated to the seventh grade in the Belle Vernon Area School District. He was a member of the Fellsburg Little League baseball team and St.Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church;Monessen. Surviving;in addition to his parents and his brother;Shawn;is another brother;Kevin;also at home;two sisters;Mrs.David (Lorryli) Caldwell of Belle Vernon R.D.1 and Mrs.Wayne (Denise) Hite of Belle Vernon;his paternal grandmother;Mrs.Mary Soltis of Monessen and his maternal grandmother;Mrs.Mary Ritchie of Donora. Friends will be received at the Ed Melenyzer Funeral Home;262 Donner Ave.;Monessen;from 7 to 9 P.M. Tuesday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. Wednesday. Services will be held Thursday at 11 A.M.at the funeral home with Pastor James M. Robbins of the Christ Lutheran Church;Charleroi;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Ed Melenyzer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Wilbur D. Steele; 72; of 703
Speers St.; Belle Vernon; died
at 1:20 a.m. Sunday;July 18;1976 in
Charleroi Division of Mon
Valley Hospital.
He was born in Speers on
Sept 14; 1903; son of the late
William and Nora Jackman
Steele.
Mr Steele had resided in
Belle Vernon the past 41
years; formerly having lived
in Speers.
He belonged to the Belle
Vernon F&AM Lodge 643;
Consistory at Coudersport and
the Shrine of Pittsburgh.
He formerly owned and
operated his own heavy
equipment company and more
recently was employed by the
Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation (PennDOT);
retiring in 1972.
Surviving is his widow;
Loretto Flick Steele.
Friends will be received at
the Shelby D. Ferguson
Funeral Home; Belle Vernon;from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Tuesday. Services will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday at 11 a.m.with the Rev.Charles K.Sowden of the Fredericktown United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Masonic Services will be held by Belle Vernon Lodge 643 on Tuesday at 7 p.m.at the funeral home. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director in charge.

William Sellaro; 70; of 80
Pacific Blvd.; Monessen; died
Friday;July 16;1976; at 1:30 p.m. in his
home.
Mr. Sellaro; a resident of
Belle Vernon until 1959 when
he moved to Monessen; was
born Sept. 27;1905 in Gillespie;
a son of the late Sam and
Sarah Sellaro. He was also
preceded in death by his wife;
Mary Laurie Seliaro in 1975.
He was a member of St.
Sebastian Catholic Church of
Belle Vernon; the
Pennsylvania Association of
Older Persons; the Belle
Vernon Golden Age Assembly
and the Mon Valley
Association of Retired
Steelworkers.
Survivors include one son;
Samuel Sellaro of Fellsburg;
one daughter; Mrs. George L.
(Babe) Fleming Jr. of
Monongahela R.D. 2; and
three grandchildren.
Friends will be received
in the Leonard J.
Parzynski Funeral Home; 626
Broad Ave.; Belle Vernon; from 7 to 9 p.m. on Saturday;July 17;and from 2 to 4 p.m.and 7 to 9 p.m.on Sunday;July 18. A Blessing service will be held Monday;July 19 at 10:30 a.m.in the funeral home followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m.in St.Sebastian Catholic Church of Belle Vernon. A parish Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m.Sunday in the funeral home. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Leonard J. Parzynski;funeral director in charge.