Laverda Dolan Szczepanski;43;of 403 Rostraver St.;Monessen.died Monday;Dec.18;1972;at 8 p.m.at her home after a lingerning illness. Born April 20;1929;in Monessen;she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Louise Dolan. Mrs.Szczepanski ws educated in the Monessen School District. Surviving are her husband;Edward;one daughter;Mary Lou at home;two sisters;Mrs.Elizabeth Anthony and Mrs.James (Ida Mae) Manes;both of Monessen and one brother;Ernest Dolan of Monessen. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m.Tuesday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Wednesday at the Rhome Funeral Home;Monessen;where services will be held Thursday at 10:30 a.m.with Mr.Ronald McNeal;pastor of the World Wide Church of God;Uniontown;officiating. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Rhome funeral directors in charge of arrangements.

Sylvia E.Sutherland;77;of 118 State St.;Speers Hill;died Saturday morning;December 16;1972;at 3:30 am in the Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospitals;Inc. She was born in Naomi;Pa.;July 12;1895;and was a resident of Speers for over 60 years. She was preceded in death by her husband;Alexander (Jack) Sutherland;on Sept.26;1961. Surviving are three sons;George and Jay;both of Speers Hill;and Jack at home;three daughters;Doris at home;Mrs.Ronald (Adele) Rossi of Belle Vernon R.D.3 and Mrs.Ronald (Joyce) Dsanko of Monessen;one brother;John G.Gaskill of Speers Hill;two sisters;Mrs.Mary McDonald of Speers Hill and Mrs.Eva Douthitt of Atwater;Ohio;eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Friends will be received from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.Sunday and Monday at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon.

Mary Smith;80;of 656 Third St.;Monessen;was found dead Wednesday Nov.15;1972;in her home at 11:15 a.m. Monessen police found Mrs.Smith after being notified she did not respond to a friend’s knock at her door. Mrs.Smith was born in Selma;Ala.;June 21;1892 and had lived in Monessen for 53 years. Her husband;William;died Feb.4;1968. Surviving are a sister;Mrs.Alberta Johnson of Birmingham;Ala. and a nephew;Ernest H.Jackson;also of Birmingham. Friends will be received after 7 p.m.Thursday and from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.Friday at the Draper Funeral Home;608 Sixth St.;Monessen;where services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m.with the Rev.Phillip L.Greene;pastor of the Pilgrim’s Baptist Church of Whitsett;officiating. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Draper Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

J.Steve Sepashe;29;of 17 Pacific Blvd.;Monessen;died Tuesday;November 14;1972;at 12 p.m.at the Magee Womens Hospital;Pittsburgh. A 1951 graduate of Rostraver High School;Mr.Sepashe was a veteran of the U.S.Air Force Special Services. He was a member of St.Sebastian R.C.Church of Belle Vernon. Surviving are his parents;Mr.and Mrs. Steve Sepashe of Monessen;a sister;Mrs.Andrew (Barbara) Sagona of Fallowfield Twp. Friends will be received from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.Thursday at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon.. Services will be held Friday at 10 a.m.at St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon with the Rev.Msgr. Martin J.O’Toole;pastor;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.

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.