James R.Springer;70;of Belle Vernon R.D.2;died Sunday;March 21;1976;at 5:05 a.m.in Frick Community Hospital in Mt.Pleasant. Mr.Springer was born in Brownsville on Sept.8;1905;a son of the late John and Mary (Mayme) Watkins Springer. He was a retired employee of the Fisher Body plant in West Mifflin. Mr.Springer was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Brownsville and the F&AM Blythe Lodge 593 of West Newton. Mr.Springer is survived by one son;Richard L.Springer of Morrisville;Pa.;one daughter;Mrs.Fred (Ruth Ann) Folmer of Ponca City;Okla.;two brothers;J.Paul Springer of Brownsville and Charles Springer of Boca Raton;Fla.;and one grandchild. Friends will be recieved in the James C.Stump Funeral Home;Inc.;in Rostraver Twp.;on Monday;March 22;from 7 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday;March 23;from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held Wednesday;March 24 at 11 a.m.;with the Rev.William D.Morgan officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society. James C.Stump;funeral director in charge.

George shultz;75;of 111 Wall St.;Monongahela;died Thursday;Feb.19;1976;at 7 p.m.in Washington Hospital. He was born in Carmichaels on Aug.6;1900. Mr.Shultz was a retired heavy equipment operator. He belonged to Grace Lutheran Church;Monongahela. His wife;Katherine Ruth Hazelbaker Shultz;died in 1957. Surviving are two sons;Rollin P.of New Eagle and Roy of Monongahela;one daughter;Mrs.Arthur (Frances) Dickie of Hagerstown;Md.;one brother;John Shultz of Charleroi;one sister;Mrs.Hilda Gaugh of Monongahela;13 grandchildren;and one great-grandchild. Friends will be received at the Philip L.DeRienzo Funeral Home;Monongahela;after 7 p.m.Saturday. Services will be held on Monday at 11 a.m.at the funeral home with the Rev.James Neal of Grace Lutheran Church;Monongahela;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Philip L.DeRienzo is funeral director in charge.

Fred Stringhill ; 61; of 914
Broad Ave. Belle Vernon;
died at 1:20 a.m. Thursday;Feb.19;1976;in West
Penn Hospital; Pittsburgh.
He was born in Fayette City
on July 15; 1914 and had lived
in Belle Vernon the past 55
years.
Mr. Stringhill was a painting
contractor.
He was a member of St.
Sebastian Catholic Church;
Belle Vernon; where he served
as an usher. He also belonged
to the Belle Vernon American
Legion Post 659.He had served as a sergeant
with the 841st Engineers
during World War I I .
Preceding him in death
were his father;Joseph
Stringhill; in 1968;his mother;
Josephine Mazzei Stringhill
in 1955;a sister; Innis; in 1971;
and the following brothers:
Orlando; in 1969; Charles in
1954; Frank in 1969; Rudolph; in
January;1974; and James; in
June of 1974. Surviving are the following
brothers and sisters; Tony F.
Stringhill and Samuel S.
Stringhill; both of Belle
Vernon; and Louis Stringhill;
Lena S. Stringhill and Mrs.
Janie Mitchell; with whom he
resided.
Friends w i l l be received at
the Shelby D. Ferguson
Funeral Home; Belle Vernon;
from 7 in 9 p.m. Thursday
and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Friday. Prayers will be recited at
the funeral home on Saturday at
10:30 a.m.; followed by Mass of
Christian Burial at 11 a.m. in St.
Sebastian Catholic Church; Belle
Vernon. Interment will be in Belle
Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.
Ferguson is funeral director in charge.

Harriet E.Stewart;78;of Apt.13;Marion Villa;Arnold City;died Monday;Nov.10;1975;at 12:15 a.m.in St.Francis Hospital;Pittsburgh. Mrs.Stewart was born in Waltersburg;Pa.;on May 3;1897;and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Flatwoods. She was a resident of Gibsonton for many years before coming to Marion Villa in March of this year. She was preceded in death by her husbnad;Earl Stewart on July 18;1964. Survivors include two sons;James R.Stewart of Belle Vernon and Donald R.Stewart of Donora;three daughters;Mrs.Steve (Goldie) Dubinsky of Monessen;Mrs.Edward (Gladys) Halinka of Arnold City;with whom she made her home;and Mrs.Arthur (Edith) Dubinsky of Fairhope;13 grandchildren;and 10 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;from 7 to 9 p.m.Monday;Nov.10;and 2 to 4 p.m.and 7 to 9 p.m.Tuesday;Nov.11. Services will be held Wednesday;Nov.12;at 1 p.m.with the Rev.Larry Ross;pastor of the First Baptist Church of Monessen;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director in charge.

Mildred C.Smith;who had taught in the former North Belle Vernon High School;died Tuesday;Oct.28;1975;at 6:25 p.m.in Johns Hopkins Hospital;Baltimore;Md. Mrs.Smith;65;resided at 5207 Nuth Ave.;Baltimore;Md. Born in Gibsonton on Sept.29;1910;she was a daughter of the late Harry and Ella Coughenour Cowher. In addition to teaching at NBV High;she formerly taught Sunday School for many years at First Baptist Church;Belle Vernon;where she belonged. She had graduated from Belle Vernon High School and California State Teachers College. A resident of Baltimore since 1940;she had also been a teacher in the Baltimore Area School District;retiring in 1972. Surviving are her husband;Herbert U.Smith;one brother;Laird G.Cowher of Pittsburgh;and two sisters;Mrs.Leslie (Bernice) Bowman and Mrs.Eugene (Ethel) Randall;both of Belle Vernon. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;from 7 to 9 p.m.Friday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Saturday. Services will be held at the funeral home on Sunday at 2 p.m.with the Rev.Charles Colas of First Baptist Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director in charge.

Constantinos (Greek) Strubakis;27;of Houston;Tex.;formerly of Fallowfield Twp.;died Friday;Oct.17;1975;at 3:03 a.m. at the Ben-Taub Hospital;Houston;Tex. Born Dec.18;1947;in North Charleroi;he was a son of Julia Kalinsky Strubakis of Fallowfield Twp.and the late Evangelos Strubakis. Mr.Strubakis was a truck driver. He was a member of St.Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church;Monessen;and the Lions Club in Houston. Surviving;in addition to his mother;are one brother;Michael of Fallowfield Twp.;two sisters;Catherine Louis of Alaska;and Mrs.Connie Helton of Belle Vernon;and his maternal grandfather;Joseph Kalinsky of Belle Vernon. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m.on Wednesday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.on Thursday at Harold L.Schrock Funeral Home;226 Fallowfield Ave.;Charleroi. Funeral services will be held Friday at 12 o’clock noon at St.Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church;Monessen;with the Rev.George C.Bratiotis;pastor;officiating. Trisagion services will be held Thursday at 8 p.m.at the funeral home. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold L.Schrock Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Kenneth Frederick Smith;63;of the Washington Hotel;Charleroi;died Monday;Sept.15;1975 at 6:30 p.m. in the Veterans Hospital;Oakland;Pittsburgh;after a prolonged illness. Born in Everson on Feb.17;1912;he was a son of the late James Carson and Elizabeth Serena Smith. Mr.Smith lived in Charleroi the past 35 years and was formerly employed as a clerk in the storeroom at the Allenport Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. He was a former member of the United Brethern Church of Everson. A veteran of World War II;he served in the European Theater of Operations with the U.S.Army. Surviving are his widow;Virginia Price Smith;two sons;Donald Smith of Speers and Reld Smith of Charleroi;one sister;Mrs.Madeline Lind of Youngwood;five grandchildren;two nieces and one nephew. Friends will be received at the Gerald R.Essey Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m. Wednesday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Services will be held at the funeral home on Friday at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev.Joseph Rial of the United Methodist Church of Monongahela officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Gerald R.Essey is funeral director in charge.

Arleather Sloan;55;of Allenport;formerly of Donora;died Sunday;Sept.14;1975 at 9:55 a.m. at her home. Mrs.Sloan was a former member of Mt.Calvary Baptist Church;Monessen. She is survived by her husband;Whitt Sloan of Donora;one son;Jerome Sloan of Donora;one brother;Albert Green;with the U.S.Army in Frankfurt;Germany;and several nieces and nephews. Friends are being received at the William T.Taylor Funeral Home;Monessen;from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Tuesday. Services will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church;Monessen;with the Rev.P.L.Greene of Union Baptist Church;New Salem;officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. William R.Taylor is funeral director in charge.