George Stihel;Sr.;65;of Fayette City R.D.1 died Monday;Nov.3;1969;at 9:15 a.m. in Brownsville General Hospital after a short illness. The son of the late Stephon and Anna Laupach Stihel;he was born at Mt.Braddock;April 1;1904. A retired coal miner;he was a member of the Holy Spirit R.C.Church of Fayette City. Surviving are his widow;Agnes Rodgers Stibel;two sons;George P.in Vietnam and Leonard of Fayette City;four daughters;Mrs.Veronica Payne of Hiattsville;Md.;Mrs.Agnes Atkinson of Fairhope;Valeria Stihel in Virginia and Rose Mary Stihel at home;five grandchildren and a sister;Mrs.Annie Lasko of Perryopolis. Friends will be received in the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City after 7 p.m.Wednesday;where a Prayer service will be held Friday at 9:30 a.m.;followed by Requiem High Mass at 10 a.m.at the Holy Spirit R.C.Church with the Rev.Fr.Joseph Tainilowski as celebrant. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Mrs.Sarah K.Stewart;51;of Marion Villa;Belle Vernon (Fairhope);died Sunday;Oct.19;1969;at 7:10 p.m. in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Mrs.Stewart;who was born in Lynnwood;was a member of Belle Vernon’s Church of the Nazarene. Surviving are her husband;Robert E.;a son;Robert M.of Belle Vernon;two daughters;Mrs.Robert (Andrea) Cabaday of LaVerne;Calif.;and Susan Stewart at home;four grandchildren;her mother;Mrs.Emiley Brubaker of Belle Vernon;three brothers;Charles Smith and Jay F.Smith of Belle Vernon;James Smith of Charleroi;a sister;Mrs.Rhule (Gertrude) Lunt of Monessen. Friends are being received at the Raymond D.Dalfonso Funeral Home;Monessen. Service there Wednesday;Oct.22;at 2 p.m.with the Rev.Garnet Ackinclose;pastor of Belle Vernon’s Church of the Nazarene;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Funeral home visiting hours 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 p.m. Raymond D.Dalfonso is funeral director.

Peter Skurkay;62;of Belle Vernon R.D.2;died Wednesday;Aug.13;1969 at 1:15 p.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. He had been ill about four months. Born in Monessen;Mr.Skurkay worked at the Monessen Page plant of American Chain and Cable Co. Surviving are his widow;Eva;a son;Peter N.of Belle Vernon R.D.2;three dauhghters;Mrs.Mariann Mica of Smithton;Mrs.Evelyn Milliken of Alaska;Mrs.Margaret Cornett of California state;two brothers;George of Pleasant Hills and John of Pricedale;three sisters;Mrs.Mary Gezzer of Pittsburgh;Mrs.Irene Taipas of Tampa;Fla.;and Mrs.Margaret Fross of Cleveland;Ohio. Friends will be received after 7 p.m.Aug.14 at the James C.Stump Funeral Home;Sweeny Plan;Belle Vernon R.D.2. Blessing service there Saturday;Aug.16 at 9 a.m.;followed by Requiem Divine Liturgy in Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church;Belle Vernon;at 9:30 a.m. The Rev.John Kluchko;pastor;will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Parastas services at the funeral home at 8 p.m.Aug.14 and Aug.15. James C.Stump is funeral director.

John D.Story;59;of the Myford Hotel;Charleroi;died Saturday;Aug.9;1969;in Veterans Hospital;Pittsburgh. Mr.Story was born in West Newton on Dec.20;1909;the son of the late Garfield and Mannie Pearl Story. A former resident of Gibsonton;Mr.Story had resided in Charleroi for the past seven years. He was employed at the Charleroi plant of Corning Glass Works and was a veteran of World War II;having served in the U.S.Army. Surviving are his wife;Mary;four sisters;Mrs.James (Dorothy) Steffey of Gibsonton;Mrs.William (Thelma) McNeil of Pittsburgh;Mrs.Thomas (June) Leone of Monessen;and Mrs.Dale (Betty) Williams of Gibsonton. Friends will be received at the Edwin Melenyzer Funeral Home;Monessen;with services there Monday;Aug.11;1969;at 1:30 p.m. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Edwin Melenyzer is funeral director.