Edward L.(Ozzie) Smith;48; of 14 Woodcrest Drive;Monessen;died Friday;Jan.10;1969;at 8:55 a.m.in the Charleroi-Monessen Hospital after a long illness. He was born in Monessen;the son of the late William and Jean (Ferguson) Smith. Mr.Smith was employed in the blooming mill of the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.;Monessen plant. He was a veteran of World War II. An Air Force gunner;he was a prisoner of war for 27 months after his B-17 Fortress was shot down in a mission over Germany. He was a member of the former United Presbyterian Church of Monessen;and the B.P.O. Elks 773;and American Legion Post 28 of Monessen. Preceding him in death was his son Gary C.Booth;December;1963. Survivors include his widow;Freida (Fresh) Smith;two daughters;Mrs.Kenneth (Kay) Betler of Charleoi and Mrs.Mary Booth of Monessen;three grandchildren;two sisters;Mrs.Andrew (Jean) Dyky of Monessen and Mrs.Keith (Ruth) Moeller of Charleroi;R.D.;two brothers;Ray and Robert of Monessen. Friends will be received at the H.Denver Rhome Funeral Home;Monessen;after 7 p.m.;Jan.11. Funeral services will be held Monday;Jan.13;at 1:30 p.m.from the funeral home;with the Rev.Glen Burrows;pastor of First Presbyterian Church;Monessen;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. H.Denver Rhome;funeral director.

Rocco Edward Spina;54;of 520 Green St.;Belle Vernon;died in
Mercy Hospital;Pittsburgh;Saturday;Dec.28;1968;at 9:30 a.m. Mr.Spina;who was born in Belle Vernon on Aug.27;1914;was a resident of Belle Vernon all his life. He was a member of St.Sebastian Roman Catholic Church;Belle Vernon;and was a foreman in the structural welding department of the Allenport plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. Surviving are his widow;Mary Shoman Spina;a son;Kenneth;and a daughter;Bonnie;at home;four brothers;Larry of St.Clair Shores;Mich.;Ronald of Clearwater;Fla.;Roger of Mt.Clemen;Mich.;Albert of Detroit;Mich.;two sisters;Mrs.Lawrence Stefantz of Detroit and Mrs.Joseph Petitto of Belle Vernon. Friends are being received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon. Blessing service there Tuesday;Dec.31;at 9:30 a.m.followed by Requiem High Mass 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. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director.

Harry Nello Sylvester;73;of 1 Graham Ave.;Belle Vernon;died suddenly today at 9:30 a.m. in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Mr.Sylverter was a former stationary engineer for the old American Sheet and Tin Co.;Monessen;until 1937. He owned and operated a grocerty store in Belle Vernon 35 years;retiring in 1955. He was director of Belle Vernon Cemetery Association and was a member of Free and Accepted Masons Lodge 643;Belle Vernon;being a past master of the lodge and;at the time of his death;secretary. He was a past worthy high priest of Royal Arch Chapter;Monessen;where he was their present treasurer. My.Sylvester instructed at the Masonic School of Instruction in Charleroi. He was born in Bartolini;Italy;July 7;1895. Surviving are his widow;Rose Collart Sylverter;six sisters;Mrs. Olivia Cerini of Donora;Mrs.Helen Trombino and Mrs.Fabiola Niccolai;both of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Mary Breza of Mononghaela;Mrs.Emilia Botsko of Donora;Mrs.Dora Gallo of Belle Vernon R.D. Friends are being received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon. Service there Saturday;Dec.7;at 1:30 p.m. with Dr.S. Arthur Talman;pastor of Belle Vernon’s First Presbyterian Church;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Masonic service at the funeral home Dec 6 at 7 p.m. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director.

Rudolph Sechez;73;of 603 Third St.;Charleroi;died Saturday;Nov.30;1968;at 4:25 p.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Born in Charleroi;Belgium;March 6;1895;he was a son of the late Remy and Clara Frere Sechez;Sr. Mr.Sechez was a member of American Legion Post 23;La.Mutuelle-Society and Belgium Club;all of Charleroi. A veteran of World War I;having served with the U.S.forces overses;Mr.Sechez was a retired employee of the Allenport plant of Pittsburgh Steel Co. Surviving are his widow;Angel Blondiaux Sechez;two sons;Albert G.at home and Herman G.of Erie;two brothers;Remy of Charleroi and Edmund of Stockdale;a sister;Mrs.Earl Hildebrand of Charleroi;six grandchildren and one great-grandson. Friends are being received at the Harold L.Schrock Funeral Home;Charleoi;from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Service Tuesday;Dec.3;at 11 a.m.in St.Mary Episcopal Church;Charleroi;with Canon Joseph N.Wittkofski officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold L.Schrock is funeral director.