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.

Lawrence E.Spiegelberg;66;of 415 Valley Manor;Monessen;died Thursday;May 18;1972;at 8:15 a.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. He was born in Monessen June 28;1905. He was a retired City of Monessen employee. He was a member of St.Paul’s Lutheran Church;Monessen. Surviving are his widow;Anna Stefanko Spiegelberg;one daughter;Mrs.James (Mary Ann) Krutz of Speers Hill;and five grandchildren. Friends are being received from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday and 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.Friday at the Edwin Melenyzer Funeral Home;Monessen;where a service will be held Saturday;May 20;at 10:30 a.m.with the Rev.Hartzell A.Michael of Lynnwood Lutheran Church officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Edwin Melenyzer;funeral director.

Joseph Stagi;a former Belle Vernon and Monessen resident;died Monday;March 13;1972 in Dunn Loring;Va. He was born April 2;1988 in Italy and came to America as a child;settling in Belle Vernon. He later moved to Monessen and lived there for many years. He had been employed at the open hearth department of the Monessen plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp and retired after 19 years of service. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge of Monessen and the Garibaldi Lodge of Dunlevy. Surviving are two sons;Joseph Jr.of Tampa;Fla.and William of Vienna;Va.;five daughters;Mrs.Arthur (Elvera) LeClercq of Baltimore;Mrs. Delbert (Elda) Miller of Pittsburgh;Mrs.Eva Smith of St.Petersburg;Fla.;Mrs. Lillian Dibuono of Belle Vernon and Mrs.Jess (Gloria) Stopford of Monessen. Friends will be received after 2 p.m. Wednesday;March 15 in the Shelby Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon. Visiting hours will be from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday. Services will be held Thursday;march 16 at 1 p.m. from the funeral home with the Rev.Joseph C.Rial Jr.;pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Monessen. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby Ferguson;funeral director;in charge.

Mrs.Frances Shorter;71;of House 35;Pricedale;died Tuesday;March 7;1972 at 9 p.m. in Washington Hospital. Mrs.Shorter was born Feb.24;1901;in Monessen. She was a member of the Pleasant Green A.M.E.Church of Pricedale. Surviving are her husband;Andrew Shorter;one son;Alfred S.Lee of Pittsburgh;one stepdaughter;Mrs.Mildred Winn of Portsmouth;Va.;two brothers;James and Dominick Seta of Pittsburgh;three sisters;Mrs.Penny Fisher of Pricedale;Mrs.Sylvia Lea of Monessen and Mrs.Bernice Logan of New York;and two grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;on Thursday after 7 p.m.;Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.and Saturday;March 12;1972;until 1 p.m.;the hour of service at Pleasant Green A.M.E.Church;Pricedale. The Rev.Bertha B.Sydnor;pastor;will officiate. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director.

Mrs.Johanna Sladich;87;of Johnson Hollow Road;Fayette City;died Monday;Feb.21;1972;at 12:05 a.m.in her home after a short illness. Mrs.Sladich;a member of Holy Spirit R.C.Church;Fayette City;was born Aug.18;1884 in Yugoslavia. She is survived by four sons;Philip Sladich of Clemeth Falls;Ore.;Rudolph Sladich of Willard;Wis.;Alvin Sladich of Monessen and Ignatz Sladich of Greenwood;Wis.;one daughter;Mrs.Anna Blatnik of Fayette City;one sister;Mrs.Mary Ribich;in Yugoslavia;22 grandchildren;19 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Friends will be received after 7 p.m. Monday at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;where the Rosary will be recited Tuesday at 8 p.m. A prayer service will be held in the funeral home Wednesday;Feb.23;1972;at 9:30 a.m.;followed by Requiem High Mass at 10 a.m. in Holy Spirit R.C.Church;Fayette City;with the Rev.Stephen Drab;pastor;as celebrant. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director.