William Stafford;66;of First and Water Sts.;Allenport;was dead on arrival at Charleroi-Monessen Hospital Thursday;Oct.5;1967 at 2:45 p.m. Mr.Stafford;a retired employee of the Allenport plant of Pittsburgh Steel Co.;was a veteran of World Wars I and II;having served with the U.S.Navy. He was a member of the Ancient Order of the Deep;U.S.Navy;American Legion Post 92 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5280;both of Lonaconing;Md.;and Disabled American Veterans;Washington Chapter 125. He was born at Lonaconing;Md.;on Jan.24;1901. Surviving are his widow;Vivian Price Stafford;his stepfather;Hayward Duckworth of Lonaconing. Friends are being received at the Ruth Eckert Funeral Home;Roscoe;from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Service there Sunday;Oct.at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev.David Griffith;pastor of Allenport Methodist Church;officiating. He will be assisted by the Rev.Charles Sowden;pastor of Speers Methodist Church. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Ruth and Emil Eckert are funeral directors.

Soloman Sherield; 65; of 515
Main St.; Belle Vernon; died at
his home Tuesday morning;August 15;1967.
Born in Georgetown; S. C.;
July 4; 1902; he had lived in
Belle Vernon 43 years.
Mr. Sherield; a member of
Speers St. A.M.E. Church in
Belle Vernon; retired on July
28; 1967; from the open hearth
department of the Monessen
plant of Pittsburgh Steel Co.
Surviving is his widow; Gertrude; a daughter-in-law; Mrs.
Theresa Sherield of New York;
three grandsons.
His son; Albert; died on Nov.
27; 1950.
Friends are being received at the late home. Service Saturday;August 19;1967;at 1:30 p.m. in Speers St. A.M.E.Church;Belle Vernon. The Rev.Henry Coffey;pastor;will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Beverly C.Draper of Monessen is the funeral director in charge of arrangements.

A former Belle Vernon resident;
Mrs. Irene Scanlon Stricklen;
53; of Warren. Ohio; died
Thursday;July 20;1967; at 7:30 p.m. following
heart surgery in Cleveland
(Ohio) Clinic.
She was the daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Harry Carney
Sr
Surviving are her husband;
Clarence; two daughters; Mrs.
Charles (Myra) Blacka of
Country Club Road. Monongahela
and Mrs Shirley Von Bergen
of Warren; Ohio; two
brothers.;Thomas Scanlon and
Harry Carney Jr. of Belle Vernon.
two sisters; Mrs. Vila
(Phoebe) Duvuvuei of Cleveland
and Mrs Julius (Margaret)
Perry of Belle Vernon: six
grandchildren
Friends will be received at
the Shelby D. Ferguson Funeral
Home in Belle Vernon.