Mrs.Beatrice B.Simpson;80;of 405 Webster N.E.;Canton;Ohio;died Saturday April 21;1973;at the Aultman Hospital;Canton;Ohio;after a brief illness. Born Dec.3;1892;in Brownsville;she was a daughter of the late William and Luella May Fuester Hixenbaugh. Mrs.Simpson had been a resident of Canton for the past 24 years. She was a member of the Canton First Christian Church. Mrs.Simpson was preceded in death by her husband;Harry;on July 21;1949. Surviving are one son;George of Canton;Ohio;one brother;Harold Hixenbaugh of Omaha;Neb.;five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m.Monday at the Reed Funeral Home;705 Raff Road S.W.;Canton;Ohio;where services will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m.with the Rev.E.Richard Crabtree;pastor of the First Christian Church of Canton;Ohio;officiating. Graveside services will be held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m.at the North Belle Vernon Cemetery with the Rev.John Bowers;pastor of the First Christian Church;Charleroi;officiating. Reed Funeral Home;Inc.in charge of arrangements.

Mrs.Elizabeth Semancik;84;of 135 Greenwood St.;Lynnwood;died on Monday;April 9;1973 at 12:30 a.m.in Connellsville State Hospital. Born in Austria-Hungary on May 10;1888;she was a member of Holy Spirit R.C.Church;Fayette City and the first Catholic Slovak Ladies Association;Penna;Slovak Union and First Catholic Slovak Union;all of Wickhaven. Her husband;Michael S.;died in 1964 and a son;Albert;died in 1942. Surviving are seven sons;John of Van Voorhis;Anthony of Fayette City;Michael J.;Andrew;Steve and Frank;all of Belle Vernon;and Joseph;at home;two daughters;Mrs.Lloyd (Mary) Miller of Belle Vernon and Ms.Oscar (Julia) Kluh of Obeverly Manor;Md.;one sister;Mrs.Katherine Komacko of Star Junction;29 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;after 6 p.m.Monday. Funeral services will be held Wednesday with Prayers at the funeral home at 10:30 a.m.and Solemn Requiem High Mass at 11 a.m.in Holy Spirit R.C.Church;Fayette City;with the Rev.Stephen Drab as celebrant. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Rosary will be recited Tuesday at 8 p.m.at the funeral home. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director;in charge.

Peter Sopsic Sr.; 89; of 213
Charles St.; Fairhope; died on
Sunday at 5:30 p.m. in Brownsville
General Hospital.
He was born in Yugoslavia
on June 29;1883. He was a member
of Holy Spirit R. C. Church
in Fayette City; Fairhope Rod
and Gun Club; Naomi A. C.
Club and was a retired coal
miner.
Surviving are one daughter;
Frances Vernaccini; at home;
one son; Peter Sopsic Jr. of
Belle Vernon; two stepdaughters;
Mrs. Kathryn Misher and
Mrs. Mary Jarsulic; both of
Fayette City; one stepson
George Kowasic of Fayette
City; R. D. 1; 17 grandchildren
and 29 great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received at
the Howard W. McCrory Funeral
Home; Fayette City; after 7 p.m.Monday. Prayer services will be held there Wednesday at 8:30 a.m.;followed by Mass of the Resurrection at 9 a.m.in Holy Spirit R.C.Church;Fayette City;with the Rev.Stephen Drab as celebrant. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Rosary will be recited Tuesday at 8 p.m.at the funeral home. Howard W.McCrory is funeral director in charge.

Samuel Stamper;85;of 452 Motheral Ave.;Monessen;died on Saturday April 7;1973;at Oakland Veterans Administration Hospital;Pittsburgh;after a short illness. He was born June 9;1887 in Chattanooga;Tenn.;son of the late Samuel and Elizabeth Stamper. He lived in Monessen the past 63 years and was retired from Monessen Works of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.;where he had been a wire drawer. He was a member of World War I Veterans Post No.350;Charleroi;and the Joseph H.Ford American Legion Post;Monessen. His wife;Etta Stamper;preceded him in death on November 2;1971. Surviving are one son;Robert Samuel Stamper of Indianapolis;Ind.;one granddaughter;Bobbie Jean Stamper;and the following nieces and nephews;Mrs.Harry McCraw of Monessen;Beverly C.Draper of Monessen;Deenie Draper of Inkster;Mich.;Leroy Stamper of Detroit;Mich.;Carl Payne of Monessen and Marcus Stamper of Nashville;Tenn. Friends will be received at the Draper Funeral Home;Monessen;from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Monday. American Legion will conduct services Monday at 8 p.m.at the funeral home. Funeral services will take place Tuesday at 11 a.m.with the Rev.Clarence McCraw officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Beverly C.Draper;funeral director;in charge.

Edward L.Smith;80;of 131 Southgate Drive;Juniper;Fla.;died Sunday;March 11;1973;in St.Mary’s Hospital;West Palm Beach;Fla. He was a former Monessen resident. Mr.Smith was a retired superintendent of the bloomng mill of Monessen Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. and was a veteran of World War I;having served with the Rainbow Division. He moved to Florida in 1960. He was a member of St.Jude’s R.C.Church and the Elks Lodge;both of Jupiter;Fla.;Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8182 and Sterling McClellian American Legion Post 142;both of Pompano Beach;Fla. He was preceded in death by his wife;Mrs.Thelma Lochrie Smith;in 1965. Surviving are two daughters;Mrs.Jack (Charlotte) Sonafelt of Monessen and Mrs.John (Nova) Nole of Genova;Neb.;two sons;Lionel E.Smith;with whom he made his home;in Juniper;and Donn Smith of Fisher Heights;Carroll Twp.;18 grandchildren and three great–grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Rhome Funeral Home;Monessen from 7 to 9 p.m.Tuesday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Wednesday. Services will be held in the chapel of the funeral home at 1 p.m.Thursday with the Rev.Joseph Laboon;pastor of St.Charles Church;Donora;in charge. Graveside military services will be held during interment at Belle Vernon Cemetery. Rhome funeral directors in charge.

Nicholas Slavina;67;of 39 Pacific Blvd.;Monessen;died Saturday;Feb.17;1973;at 6:40 p.m. in Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital. Mr.Slavina was born in Brinton on Nov.22;1905. He retired in 1970 from the blast furnace department of the Monessen Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of American Legion Post 28;Monessen. Surviving are his widow;Lila Popp Slavina;two stepchildren;Robert Foulks of Monessen and Mrs.John (Irene) Chambers of Belle Vernon;four grandchildren;one sister;Mrs.Barbara Gazica of Turtle Creek;his mother;and two sisters;in Europe. Friends are being received at the Edwin Melenyzer Funeral Home;Monessen;from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Monday and Tuesday. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m.at the funeral home with the Rev.William Carney of Monongahela Baptist Church officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

William I.R.Stewart;75;Belle Vernon R.D.2;died Monday;Feb.5;1973;at 8:05 a.m.in Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital. He was born in Carluke;Scotland on May 25;1897 and retired in 1950 from the American Steel and Wire Division of U.S.Steel;Donora;where he worked as a machinst. Son of the late James and Jenne Russell Stewart;he had lived in this vicicnity since 1920. Mr.Stewart was a member of the F&AM Lodge of Bo’ness;Scotland and Douglas Lodge 409. He served with the British Army in World War I. Surviving are his widow;Florence;one son;Vernon of San Gabriel;Calif.;one daughter;Mrs.Frank (Sandy) Lanou;Oak Park;Illinois and four grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Lawson-Rabe Funeral Home;Donora;from 7 to 9 p.m.Monday and from 1 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Tuesday. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Joseph Sadowski sr.;59;of 800 Fayette Ave.;Belle Vernon;died Thursday;Feb.1;1973;at approximately 6 p.m.in a highway accident on Interstate 75 near Wildwood;Fla. He was born in Arnold City Nov.26;1913;was owner and operator of Sadowski’s Super Market and owner of the Lynnwood Bowling Lanes. A member of St.Sebastian R.C.Church;he was a member of the Monessen BPO Elks;the Belle Vernon American Legion;the Fairhope Rod and Gun Club and the Arnold City Polish Club. Survivors include his wife;Cecelia Mislak Sadowski;one son;Joseph Jr.of Belle Vernon;two daughters;Mrs.Frank Sivek of Belle Vernon and Mrs.Dwight Williams of Belle Vernon;his mother;Amelia Perry of Pontiac;Mich.;one brother;William Sadowski of Belle Vernon;five sisters;Mrs.Sylvia Humfrey of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Mary Steinberg of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Helen Glamb of Detroit;Mich.;Mrs.Frances Gillen of Pontiac;Mich.;and Mrs.Blanche Newton of Union Lake;Mich.and eight grandchildren. Friends will be received from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.Monday at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;where a prayer service will be held Tuesday;Feb.6;at 9:30 a.m.followed by a Mass of Resurrection at 10 a.m.at St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;with Msgr.Martin J.O’Toole;as celebrant. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. In lieu of flowers;the family suggests contributions to the American Cancer Society. Shelby D.Ferguson is the funeral director.

Benjamin F.Sayre;72;of 209 Louella Ave.;Charleroi;was dead on arrival at the Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital Thursday morning;Jan.25.1973;at 10:25 a.m. He was rushed to the hospital after collapsing near 11th St.and Schoonmaker Ave.in Monessen. Born in West Virginia Sept.8;1900;he was a U.S.Army veteran of World War II and a member of Charleroi American Legion Post 22. He had lived in Monessen until last October when he moved to Charleroi. He retired from Westmoreland Equipment Co.in 1965. Surviving are his widow;Madeline Short Sayre;two sons;Charles of Webster and James;at home;one daughter;Mrs.George (Thelma) Edwards of Elizabeth;three grandchildren and one brother;Jess Sayre of Parkersburg;W.Va. Friends will be received on Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.in the Edwin Melenyzer Funeral Home;Monessen;where services will be held Monday;Jan.29;at 10 a.m.with the Rev.Kennedy B.Stout;pastor of the Seventh Day Adventist Church of Charleroi;in charge. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.