John (Jack) Francis Stevenson;62;of 334 Washington Ave.;Charleroi;died Tuesday;Nov.7;1972;at 2:30 a.m.in the Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospitals;Inc. Born April 25;1910;in Monessen;he was a son of the late John J.and Elizabeth Currie Stevenson. Mr.Stevenson was a retired employee of the Page Division of American Chain and Cable Co.;Inc.;Monessen. He was a member of St.Jerome R.C.Church;Charleroi and BPOE Lodge 773;Monessen. Surviving are his widow;Martha Kennedy Stevenson;a brother;Robert L.of Winston-Salem;N.C.;a sister;Mrs.Miriam Edwards of Levittown. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m.Wednesday and from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.Thursday at the Harold L.Schrock Funeral home;Charleroi. Requiem Mass will be held Friday at 10 a.m.at St.Jerome R.C.Church;Charleroi;with the Rev.William Maher;pastor;officiating. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold L.Schrock Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Thelma Maude Sickels;66;of Ormond;Fla.;formerly of Belle Vernon;died suddenly Sunday;November 5;1972;at 3:05 a.m.in Yuma Regional Medical Center while visiting her family in Yuma;Ariz. She was born April 17;1907 in Swissvale;Pa. Mrs.Sickels was a member of the Baptist Church of Monessen;Pa. Surviving are her husband;Jack W.;three sons;Jack B.of Belle Vernon;Richard of Yuma;Ariz.;and Donald with the U.S.Marine Corps in Yuma;Ariz.;;four daughters;Mrs.Patrick (Shirley) Domrose of Chicago;Mrs.James (Joan) Whiters of St.Augustine;Fla.;Mrs.Robert (Lois) Graw of Ocala;Fla.;and Karen of Honolulu;Hawaii;14 grandchildren and one great-grandchild;two brothers;Paul Faust of Ormond;Fla.;and Verl Faust of Monessen. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 p.m.at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Mrs.Lena Salotti;51;of 1266 Rosecrest Ave.;Monessen;died Thursday;October 12;1972;in the Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospitals;Inc. Mrs.Salotti was born in Monessen on August 30;1921;the daughter of the late Peter and Domenica Torquati Cherocci. She was a member of St.Cajetan Catholic Church of Monessen. Surivors include her husband;Peter Salotti;one daughter;Donna Salotti;at home;three brothers;James Cherocci of Monessen;Peter Cherocci of Charleroi R.D.;and Joseph Cherocci of Baldwin Park;Calif.;and two sisters;Mrs.Nazareth (Sue) Victoria and Mrs.Harold (Violet) Finney both of Monessen. Friends will be received at the Raymond D.Dalfonso Funeral Home;441 Reed Ave.;Monessen;after 7 p.m.on Thursday;Oct.12;1972 and Friday;Oct.13;1972 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A blessing service will be held on Saturday;Oct.14;1972 at 9 a.m.in the funeral home followed by a Mass of the Resurrection at 9:30 a.m.at St.Cajetan Catholic Church of Monessen with the Rev.P.Lino Ramellini;pastor of St.Cajetan Catholic Church;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Raymond D.Dalfonso;funeral director in charge.

William Thomas Sellman;68;of Belle Vernon R.D.2 died Tuesday;Oct.3;1972;at 4:15 p.m.at his home. He was born in Donora Oct.6;1903;a son of the late William T.and Ida Coughenour Sellman. He was retired from U.S.Steel’s former Donora Works;where he had been employed in the rod mill. Surviving are his widow;Thelma Worley Sellman;three sons;William T.of Washington;D.C.;Gerald at home and Eugene of New Lenox;Ill.;one daughter;Mrs.Robert (Patricia) Santori of Belle Vernon R.D.1;one brother;Jess Sellman of Webster;two sisters;Mrs.Russell (Mae) Greenwood of Belle Vernon R.D.and Mrs.Howard (Frances) Perry of Donora;11 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m.Wednesday and 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.Thursday at the James C.Stump Funeral Home;Rostraver Twp.;where a funeral service will be held Friday;Oct.6;at 2:30 p.m.with the Rev.Howard Rodebaugh officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. James C. Stump;funeral director.

Bessie Swan of 524 Washington Ave.;Charleroi;died Thursday;Aug.31;at 4 p.m. in West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh. Born in Belle Vernon on Dec.17;1890;she was a daughter of the late Samuel and Sarah Redman Simpson and the widow of the late John T.Swan who died in 1935. Mrs. Swan is survived by three daughters;Mrs.Frank (Elma) Vaccariello;Euclid;Ohio;Mrs.Ben (Vella) Balisterri;Garfield Heights;Ohio;and Mrs.John (Zala) Haluschak;Charleroi;six sons;John;Belle Vernon;Richard;West Mifflin;Zeryl and Ray;both of Charleroi;Donald;Gillespie;Illinois;and Bernard;Parma Heights;Ohio;13 grandchildren;19 great-grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Harold Schrock Funeral Home;Charleroi;today from 7 to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held Sunday;Sept.3 at 1:30 p.m.;with the Rev.Pauline Burke officiating. Interment will follow at the Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Charles D.Steele;72;of 30 Knox Ave.;Monessen;died Tuesday;June 27;1972;at 5:30 p.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. He was born in Saxton;Pa.;Nov.25;1899. He came to Monessen in 1919. He was retired from Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel’s Monessen Plant where he was superintendent of the blast furnace department. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Monessen and of several Masonic fraternal organizations. He was a member of the Executive Committee of Boy Scouts of America. Surviving are his widow;Iva Hollinger Steele;two daughters;Mrs.William (Barbara) McLaren of Massillon;Ohio;and Mrs.John (Doris) McClain of Belle Vernon R.D.;three grandchildren and one great-grandchild;and one sister;Mrs.Calvin (Ida) Harvey of Saxton;Pa. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Edwin Melenyzer Funeral Home;Monessen;where a Masonic funeral service will be held Thursdy at 8 p.m. and a funeral service will be held Friday;June 30;at 11 a.m. with the Rev.Joseph C.Rial Jr.;pastor of the First United Methodist Church;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Edwin Melenyzer;funeral director. In lieu of flowers;donations may be made to the American Cancer Society.

Mary V. Sprouse; 91; of 500
Pearl St.; Brownsville; died
Sunday;June 18;1972; at 6:30 p.m. in Charleroi-
Monessen Hospital.
Born June 15; 1881 in Clarksville;
she lived in Belle Vernon
and Monessen until moving to
Brownsville in 1956.
She was a member of t h e
South Brownsville United Methlodist
Church
Preceding her in death were
her husband; Hollis in 1957; a
son; Argus C. in 1956; and a
daughter; Evelyn Brown in
1964.
Surviving are a son; Wayne
D.; with whom she made her
home; a brother; William Moyer
of Orlando; Fla.; six grandchildren;
six great – grandchildren;
10 great – great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4
and 7 to 10 p m Tuesday at the Homer
Crawford Funeral Home; 126 Front St;
Brownsville; where services will be held
Wednesday at 11 a m with the Rev. D.
True Spangler; pastor of the South
Brownsville United Methodist Church; officiating;
Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Edwin Melenyzer;funeral director.