Adolph Serenari;Sr.;76;of 435 Market St.;Belle Vernon;died in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital;Friday;May 8;1970;t 10 p.m. He was born in Italy;Oct.13;1893. He was a member of the Italian Beneficial Society of Market St.;Belle Vernon;the Garibaldi Society of Dunlevy;and was retired in 1959 from the Monessen Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. His wife;Anita;died in 1955. Survivors are two sons;Adolph J.Jr.;Belle Vernon (Fairhope);and Roland Vernaccini at home;one brother in Italy;two grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral home;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m.today;Saturday;May 9. Services will be held there Monday May 11;at 11:30 a.m.;and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson of Belle Vernon is the funeral director.

Arthur E. Sphar; 77; of 101
Grandview Way; Charleroi;
died Thursday;April 30;1970; at 7 p.m. in
Charieroi-Monessen Hospital.
Born in Twilight Borough; he
had lived in Charleroi seven
years.
Mr. Sphar retired in 1958
from Humble Oil and Refining
Corp.
He was a member of Star
Junction Methodist Church and
was a veteran of World War I.
His wife; Hazel Reeves Sphar;
died in 1960.
Surviving are a son; Arthur
F. of Pittsburgh; two daughters;
Mrs. George (Miriam)
Diehl of New Eagle and Mrs.
George (Adoree) McNabb of Attleboro;
Mass.; three brothers;
Riley of Speers; William of
Charleroi R. D.; Parker of
Plainfield; N. J.; two sisters;
Mrs. Albert (Juanita) Barthelot
of Charleroi; with whom he
made his home; and Mrs. Homer
(Bertha) Morris of Elco;
nine grandchildren.
Friends will be received after 7 p.m
May 2 at Shelby D. Ferguson Funeral
Home; Belle Vernon. Service there Monday;
May 4; at 1:30 p.m. with the
Rev. Frank A. Bodnar; pastor of Charleroi’s
First United Methodist Church; officiating.
Interment; Belle Vernon Cemetery.
Shelby D. Ferguson is the funeral director.

David Summers Sr.;82;of 103 Summers Ave.;Belle Vernon (Fairhope);died Wednesday;April 29;1970;at 9:45 p.m. in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital after a lengthy illness. Mr.Summers;who was born in Austria-Hungary;was a retired employee of the Charleroi plant of Corning Glass Works. Surviving are his widow;Mary;three sons;David Jr.;Louis and Charles of Belle Vernon;eight grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Friends are being received at Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City. Blessing service Saturday;May 2;1970;at 11 a.m.at the funeral home. The Rev.Joseph Tamilowski;pastor;will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory is funeral director.

Mrs.Margaret Shephard;73;formerly of Belle Vernon;died at Westmoreland Manor;Greensburg on Friday;April 24;1970 at 4:30 p.m. She was born Nov.8;1896;in Roscoe;the daughter of David and Elizabeth Collins Maxon. She had lived in Belle Vernon over 35 years;and was preceded in death by her husband;Ross Shephard;in 1958;and a son;James;in 1959. Survivors are one sister;Mrs.Kathryn Trettel of orlando;Fla.;and two grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m.;Saturday. Services will be held there Monday;April 27;at 10 a.m.;and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson of Belle Vernon is the funeral director.

Cheryl Anne Speers; 9; of 100
Pennsylvania Ave.; Speers;
died Friday morning April 17;1970;when
she was struck by a bus on Rte.
88 near her home
She was born in North Charleroi;
March 20; 1961; daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Van A. Speers
Sr.
She was a member of Charleroi
Brownie Troop 4007.
Survivors besides her parents
are two brothers; Van A. Speers
Jr. and Scott; a sister; Peggy;
all at h o m e ; her paternal
grandmother; Mrs. Katherine
B. Speers of Speers; maternal
grandparents; Mr. and Mrs.
James Mimidis of Belle Vernon;
and her great – grandmother;
Mrs. Martha Harkins of Indiana
state.Friends will be received at the
Ferguson Funeral Home; Belle Vernon;
after 7 p m Saturday; until Monday; April
20; at 11:30 a m ; when the body will be
removed to the Bible Baptist Church;
Belle Vernon R. D.4. ; for services at
1:30 p m. The Rev. Atney L Dickerson
will officiate and interment will follow
in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson of Belle Vernon is the funeral director.

Samuel Stanish of 113 Marion
Ave.; Fairhope; died at 2:15
a.m.Sunday;April 12;1970; in the Charleroi-
Monessen Hospital.
Mr. Stanish was born in
Washington County; July 4; 1906.
He was a member of Holy
Spirit R.C.Church; Fayette
City.
He was a retired employee of
Corning Glass Works; Charleroi.
Survivors include: his widow;
Mary Chunko Stanish; two sons;
Nick of Cleveland; Ohio and
George of Charleroi; three
daughters; Mrs. Stanley (Marie)
Gonet of Cleveland; Ohio; Mrs.
Raymond (Patricia) Podvorc
of Marion Villa; Belle Vernon
and Mrs. Edward (Marleen)
Makepeace of Perryopolis;
five grandchildren and one stepbrother;
Mike of Fairhope. Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City where a Prayer service will be held on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m.followed by Requiem High Mass at 10 a.m.in the Holy Spirit R.C.Church;Fayette City with the Rev.Joseph Tamilowski officiating. Interment will be in the Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory; funeral director in charge.

Mrs. Mildred Spazak of 311
Glister St; Belle Vernon (Fairhope);
died Sunday;March 29;1970; at 3:35
p.m. in Montefiore Hospital;
Pittsburgh; after a lingering illness.
Surviving are her husband;
Frank S.; two daughters;
Kathleen and Marlene; and a
son; Frank Jr.; all at home;
her mother; Mrs. Helen Sprychalski
of Fairhope; four sisters;
Mrs. Joseph (Mary) Belczyk
of Arnold City; Mrs. Adam
(Anna) Glister of Wilmerding;
Mrs. John (Nellie) Gumbo and
Mrs. Florence Stzroin; both of
Fairhope; five brothers; Stanley;
John; Walter and Edward Sprychalski of Fairhope and Joseph Sprychalski of Trafford.
Friends are being
received af Harold R. Toner Funeral
Home; Belle Vernon; from 2 to 4 and
7 to 10 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday. Service there Thursday;
April 2; at 10 a.m. The Rev. Felix Pyzowskl
will officiate. Interment Belle
Vernon Cemetery. Harold R. Toner is funeral director.

Mrs.Mary M.Sukel;69;of Belle Vernon R.D.2;died at her home on Tuesday;March 24;1970;at 3:45 p.m. Her husband was the late
Stephen J. Sukel.
Mrs. Sukel; who was born in
Smithton; was a member of St.
Sebastian R. C. Church; Belle
Vernon.
Surviving are three sons;
Paul J. of Belle Vernon R. D.
4; Raymond of Belle Vernon R.
D. 2; Richard J. of Cleveland;
Ohio; two daughters; Mrs.
Leonard (Geraldine) DeFrancesco
of Charleroi R. D. 1 and
Mrs. (Betty) Eversburg of
Fairhope; two brothers; George
Mornak of Monessen and John
Mornak of Jacobs Creek; four
sisters; Mrs; Andrew Evans
and Mrs. Joseph Sukel of Donora; Mrs. Richard McTaggart
of Pittsburgh;and Ethel Ritz of
Fort Lauderdale; Fla. Friends will be received at James C. Stump Funeral Home;Sweeney Plan;Belle Vernon R.D.2;after 7 p.m.March 25. Blessing service there Friday;March 27;at 9:30 a.m.followed by a Blessing service in St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;at 10 a.m. The Very Rev.Martin J.O’Toole;pastor;will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. James C.Stump is funeral director.

Mrs.Anna May Smith;82;of 139 Eighth Ave.;Pittsburgh;died Tuesday;March 10;1970;at 10:45 p.m. Born in Fayette City;she had lived in Pittsburgh five years;formerly being a resident of Knox and Fairhope. Mrs.Smith was a member of Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pittsburgh. Her husband;William Russell Smith;died in 1958. Surviving are two sons;Russell of Monessen and George of Bethel;a daughter;Mrs.Joseph (Della) Kist of Pittsburgh;with whom she made her home;three brothers;Harry Anderson of Lowber;Howard Anderson of Canton;Ohio;Charles Anderson of McKeesport;four sisters;Mrs.Elizabeth Berthold of Knox;Mrs.Lillian Sisley of Toronto;Ohio;Mrs.Orthelia Rankin and Mrs.Florence White of Belle Vernon;four grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m. March 11. Service there Friday;March 13;at 1:30 p.m. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director.

Mrs. Nina L. Stokes; 81; of
366 Burrows St.; Pittsburgh;
formerly of Donora; died Monday;March 2;1970;
at 9:30 a.m. in Mercy
Hospital;Pittsburgh; after a
lingering illness.
Mrs. Stokes was a member of
St. James A. M. E. Church;
Charleroi.
She is survived by two daughters;
Mrs. Samuel (Elsie) Canady
of New Kensington; Mrs.
John (Beatrice) Pettiford of
Pittsburgh; a son; Edward
Stokes of Donora; two sisters;
Mrs. Fred McMillan of Cleveland;
Ohio; and Mrs. Helen Rameriz
of Monessen; a brother;
Kenneth R. Simpson of Harrisburg;
15 grandchildren;
three great-grandchildren; and an
adopted daughter; Mrs. Eva
Steele of Pittsburgh.
Friends will be received at William R.Taylor Funeral Home;Monessen;after 7 p.m. March 3. Service In the funeral
home chapel at 2 p.m. Thursday; March
5; with the Rev. Paul Polk of Pittsburgh
officiating. He will be assisted by the
Rev. H. Coffey of Belle Vernon. Interment;
Belle Vernon Cemetery. William R. Taylor is the funeral director in charge of arrangements.