Edith A.Shives;65;of 7586 Morningside Drive;Northfield Center;Ohio;died Tuesday;Sept.2;1975;at 4 a.m.at her home. She was born in Whitehouse;Pa.on March 6;1910;a daughter of Elmer and Alma Baldwin Finley. Mrs.Shives had lived in Ohio the past 18 years and prior to that had resided in Fredericktown. She is survived by her husband;Chauncey Shives;two daughters;Mrs.Chloe Roule of Sagamore Hills;Ohio and Mrs.Sally Ramseck of Centerville;Ohio;one brother;Willard Finley of Finleyville;one sister;Mrs.Thomas (Ruth) Gilchrist Sr.of Belle Vernon;and four grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Johnson Funeral Home in Northfield;Ohio;from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.Wednesday and then at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;from 7 to 9 p.m.on Thursday. Graveside services will be held at Belle Vernon Cemetery on Friday at 9:30 a.m.with Pastor R.Dawson Hopson of the First United Methodist Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director in charge.

Alfaretta Todd Smith;74;of 503 Mikula Road;Arnold City;Belle Vernon;died Monday;Sept.1;1975 at 5 a.m.in Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital;after a lengthy illness. She was born in Rostraver Twp.on June 10;1901;daughter of the late George and Elizabeth Porter Todd. A former school teacher;Mrs.Smith had taught in the Monessen and Belle Vernon area schools for over 35 years. She was a member of the Pennsylvania State Education Association;Olive Branch Baptist Church and Fayette City Woman’s Club. Surviving are her husband;Allen F.Smith;one brother;William Todd of Belle Vernon R.D.4;one sister;Mrs.Ray (Martha) Stephens of Belle Vernon R.D.3 and several nieces and nephews. Friends will be received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;after 7 p.m.Tuesday. Services will be held Thursday at 1 p.m.at the funeral home with the Rev.Albert D.Bolster of Olive Branch Baptist Church;Rostraver Twp.;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory is funeral director in charge.

Barbara Simko;84;of 400 Berry St.;Hackensack;N.J.;formerly of the Pricedale-Belle Vernon area;died Monday;Aug.25;1975;at 5:55 a.m.in Holy Name Hospital;Teaneck;N.J. Mrs.Simko was born in Hungary and lived for many years in Pricedale. She lived in Kensington;Md.for 20 years and in Hackensack the past six years. She was preceded in death by her husband;John Sinko;in 1940;and by a son;Stephen Simko;in 1975. Surviving are two daughters;Mrs.Helen Lee of Hackensack;N.J.and Mrs.Elizabeth Davison of Kensington;Md.;10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Wednesday. Prayers will be recited at the funeral home on Thursday at 9:30 a.m.;followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m.in St.Sebastian Catholic Church;Belle Vernon. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director in charge.

Marcella Strumbus; 82; of
416 Bluff St.; Belle Vernon;
died Tuesday;Aufg.12;1975;at 4 p.m. in
Charleroi Division of Mon
Valley Hospital.
She was born in Luthuania.
Mrs. Strumbus was a
member of St. Sebastian
Catholic Church; Belle Vernon.
She was preceded in death
by her husband; August
Strumbus; in 1943.
Surviving are one son;
August Joseph Strumbus of
Speers Hill; three daughters;
Mrs. Ann Wozniak; Mrs.
Albert (Marian) Neil; with
whom she resided; and Mrs.
Val (Helen) Venneri; all of
Belle Vernon; 10 grandchildren;
and six greatgrandchildren.
Friends are being received at the Shelby D.
Ferguson Funeral Home; Belle
Vernon; where prayers will be
recited on Thursday at 9:30 a.m.
Mass of Christian burial will
follow in St. Sebastian Catholic
Church; Belle Vernon; and interment
will be in Belle Vernon
Cemetery. Shelby D. Ferguson is funeral director in charge.

Funeral Home; Belle Vernon.

Raymond E.Shultz Sr.;67;of 940 Athalia Ave.;Monessen;died Tuesday;July 29;1975;at 7:45 p.m.in Charleroi Division of Mon Valley hospital after being stricken ill at his home. Born Oct.1;1907;in Belle Vernon;he was a son of the late Harry and Mary Osborne Shultz and had resided in Monessen for a number of years. He retired in 1965 as a pipefitter in the blooming mill at the Monessen Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. He had been active for many years in Monessen No.1Fire Department and was a member of the Western Pennsylvania Firemen’s Association. He was also a member of the Mon Valley Retired Steelworkers. Surviving are his widow;Mrs.Lempi Nyrhinen Shultz;two sons;Raymond Jr.and Sheldon;both of Columbus;Ohio;three daughters;Mrs.Joyce Eckenroad;with whom he resided; Shirley Shultz and Mrs.Cecil (Sheila) Camden;both of Columbus;Ohio;nine grandchildren;two brothersJohn Shultz of Charleroi R.D. and George Shultz of Monongahela and one sister;Mrs.Hilda Gaugh of Monongahela R.D.1. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m.Wednesday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Thursday in Rhome Funeral Home;Inc.1209 Grand Blvd.;Monessen;where services will be held in the chapel at 10 a.m.Friday;with the Rev.Howard E.Kennedy of the First United Methodist Church of Monessen in charge. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Rhome funeral directors in charge.

Catherine Soroka; 89; of 207
Roberts St.; Lynnwood;;
Washington Twp.; died Thursday;June 26;1975;at 2:45 a.m. in Westmoreland
Manor; Greensburg.
She was born in Austria-
Hungary on June 3; 1886 and
had lived in Belle Vernon most
of her life.
Mrs. Soroka was a member
of Holy Resurrection
Orthodox Church in Lynnwood.
She was preceded in death
by her husband; John; in 1942;
two daughters; Mrs. Ann
Mattia; in 1969; and Mrs.
Mary Dunlevich; in 1972; and
by a son; Nick; in 1973.
Surviving are four sons;
Mike Soroka of Belle Vernon;
Pete Soroka of Finleyville;
Steve Soroka of Sayre; and
Paul Soroka of Brownsville;
and 16 grandchildren.
Friends will be received at
the Gerald R. Essey Funeral
Home; 626 Broad Ave.; Belle
Vernon; from 7 to 9 p.m.
Thursday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Friday. Family and friends will meet at Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church;Lynnwood;on Saturday at 1 p.m.for services to be conducted by the Rev.John Kluchko;pastor. Burial will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Gerald R.Essey is funeral director in charge.

Edith Singley Szerszen;55;of 952 Leeds Ave.;Monessen;died suddenly of a heart attack on Sunday;June 22;1975;at 9 p.m.in her home. She was born in Monessen on March 17;1920;a daughter of the late William Harry and Nellie Hoyes Singley. Mrs.Szerszen was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Monessen. She was preceded in death by a sister;Maude Singley Szerszen in June of 1960. Surviving are her husband;Theodore J.Szerszen;and two sons;Willian HHrrison Singley of State College and Robert T.Szerszen;at home. Friends will be received at the Ed Melenyzer Funeral Home;Monessen;from 7 to 9 p.m.Monday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Tuesday. Services will be held Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.at the funeral home with the Rev.Howard E.Kennedy;pastor of First United Methodist Church of Monessen;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Ed Melenyzer is funeral director in charge.

Mrs.Mary Sellaro;66;of 80 Pacific Blvd.;Monessen;died Thursday;June 12;1975;at 7:30 a.m.in the University Hospital in Morgantown;W.Va.;from injuries sustained in an automobile accident on Route 51 on June 1. Mrs.Sellaro was born Oct.18;1908;in Shinnston;W.Va.;the daughter of the late Benjamin and Mary Laurie and had been a resident of the Belle Vernon-Monessen area for the past 48 years. She was preceded in death by two brothers;Joseph and Samuel Laurie and one sister;Catherine Gumont. Mrs.Sellaro was a member of St.Sebastian Catholic Church of Belle Vernon and the Anita Garibaldi Lodge of Belle Vernon. Survivors include her husband;William Sellaro;one son;Samuel Sellaro of Fellsburg;one daughter;Mrs.George L.(Babe) Fleming Jr.of Monongahela R.D.2;three grandchildren;four sisters;Mrs.Edward (Sue) Thomas;Mrs.William (Eva) Smith;Mrs.Virginia Johnson and Mrs.Herald (Lucille) Edmonds;all of Morgantown;W.VA.;and four brothers;Tony;Frank;John and Louis Laurie;all of Morgantown;W.Va.Friends will be received in the Toner-Essey Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;from 2 until 4 p.m.and 7 until 9 p.m.on Saturday and Sunday;June 14 and 15;1975 where a blessing service will be held on Monday June 16;1975 at 10:30 a.m.followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m.in St.Sebstian Catholic Church of Belle Vernon. Interment will be in the Belle Vernon Cemetery. Toner-Essey funeral directors in charge.

Alfred Stallsworth;19;of 44 S.McKean Ave.;Donora;died about 7:40 p.m.Wednesday;June 4;1975;in a fall from the Donora-Monessen Bridge into the Monongahela River. Rescue teams recovered the body about 3 p.m.;Thursday. He was born Dec.21;1955;in Brownsville;a son of Carlson and Valerice Stallsworth Groomes. He resided with his mother in Donora. His father resides in Los Angeles;Calif. In addition to his parents;he is survived by five brothers;Carlson;Thomas;Bruce;John and Sylvern;all at home;two sisters;Marcella and Shawn;also at home;and a number of uncles;aunts and other relatives in the area. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m.Saturday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Sunday in the Percy E.Law Funeral Home;1324 Meldon Ave.;Donora. Services will be held Monday at 11 a.m.in St.Paul’s Baptist Church of Donora;with the Rev.W.R.McBrayer in charge. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Percy E.Law is the funeral director in charge.