Emerson Spiker;69;of 117 Dinsmore St.;Belle Vernon (Fairhope);died suddenly Wednesday;July 5;1967;at 2:05 a.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Mr.Spiker was a retired employee of the P.& L.E.Railroad and was a member of Loyal Order of Moose No.269 of Newell;Washington Twp.Volunteer Fire Dept.and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. He was born in Connellsville on Oct.29;1898. Surviving are a son;Elmer;and two daughters;Mrs.John (Gladys) Kelley and Mrs.Carey (Marion) Harris;all of Belle Vernon;three brothers;Clyde of Fairmont;W.Va.;Elmer of Pittsburgh and Smith of Brownsville;a sister;Mrs.Anna Grant of Allison;nine grandchildren. Preceding him in death were his wife;Margaret;in 1951;and two sons;Melvin in 1944 and Emerson in 1956. Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City. Service there Saturday;July 8;at 1:30 p.m.with the Rev.Charles Colas;pastor of Belle Vernon’s First Baptist Church;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory is funeral director.

Mrs.Jane E.Smith;50;of Fayette City R.D.1;died Thursday;June 29;1967;at 8:30 p.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Mrs.Smith was a member of Sampson Union Church in Donora. Surviving are three daughters;Mrs.Elmer (Erma) Newman of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Spence (Lola) Astle of Fayette City R.D.1;and Annetta Smith at home;three sons;Lt.Charles L.with the U.S.Army at Fort Dix;N.J.;Ronald A.of Columbus;Ohio;and Gary L.at home;ten grandchildren;a sister;Mrs.Walter (Mae Alice) Smith of Newell;one brother;Robert T.Duncan of Raleigh;N.C. Friends are being received at the Harold A.Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon. Service there Monday July 3;1967;at 2 p.m.with the pastor of Sampson Union Church of Donora;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.

John A.Sarnosky;42;formerly of Belle Vernon R.D.;died Tuesday;June 20;1967;at 3:30 p.m.in Blairsville State Hospital at Blairsville after a lingering illness. Mr.Sarnosky was a World War II veteran;having served with the U.S.Air Force. Surviving are his mother;Mrs.Anna Sarnosky;and a sister;Mrs.Charles B.Smith;both of Pittsburgh;two brothers;Edward of Pittsburgh and Raymond of Tokyo;Japan. Friends will be received starting at 3 p.m.June 22 in the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon. Prayers there Friday;June 22;at 10 a.m.with the Rev.Martin J. O’Toole;pastor of Belle Vernon’s St.Sebastian Church;officiating. Interment will take place in the Soldier Plot of Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.

Elizabeth R.Delzangle;84;of Monessen;died Thursday;April 19;2001;in Mon Valley Hospital. Born in Monessen on Jan.1;1916;she was a daughter of the late Julius and Katherine Beres. She was a member of the Epiphany of Our Lord Roman Catholic Church and was a member of the former St.Leonard’s Ladies Guild. In addition to her parents;she was preceded in death by her husband;Leon Delzangle;a daughter;Marlene Morgan;and a sister;Barbara Vargo. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law;Raymond and Anna Marie Delzangles of Rostraver Township;two daughters and three sons-in-law;Barbara and Dennis Ries of Perryopolis;Catherine and Paul Temoshenka of Monessen and Albert Morgan of New Stanton;seven grandchildren;four great-grandchildren;and one brother;Ralph Beres of Florida. Friends will be received on Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the ROBERT A.BILLICK FUNERAL HOME;INC.;Grand Boulevard and Marion Avenue;Monessen. Blessing services will be held Monday at 10 a.m. in the funeral home;followed by funeral Mass at 10:30 a.m. in Epiphany of Our Lord Roman Catholic Church;Monessen. Burial will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Mrs.Antoinette Wilk Fabian Schuresko;44;of 700 Green St.;Belle Vernon;was dead on arrival at Mercy Hospital;Pittsburgh;Saturday;June 3;1967;at 2:30 p.m. Mrs.Schuresko was born in Lambert;Pa.;Sept.14;1922. She is survived by her husband;Metro.;a son;Donald Fabian;and a daughter;Dolores Fabian;both of Detroit;six brothers;Andrew and Henry Wilk of New Bloomfield;Pa.;Joseph Wilk of Trenton;N.J.;John Wilk of West Newton;Edward Wilk of Franklin;Pa.;and Frank Wilk of Republic;three sisters;Mrs.Eleanor Keeney of New Salem;Mrs.Mary Dorundo Clouser of New Bloomfield;and Mrs.Stella Koschalk of Belle Vernon. Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City. Requiem service there Tuesday;June 6;at 10 a.m.with the Rev.Vladimir Soroka officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory is funeral director.

Funeral services took place Monday;May 29;1967;for David Paul Shimko;eight-day-old son of Paul and Mary Wilkinson Shimko of Allenport;who died Friday May 26;1967;at 11 p.m.in Children’s Hospital;Pittsburgh. Surviving besides his parents are a sister;Carrie Lynn at home;paternal grandparents;Mr.and Mrs.George Shimko of Stroal Acres;Allenport;maternal grandparents;Mr.and Mrs.Harry Wilkinson of Elco;paternal great-grandparents;Mr.and Mrs.Joseph Wagner of Allenport. The Rev.John J.Fitzgerald of St.Joseph Roman Catholic Church of Roscoe;officiated. Interment was made in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The funeral was under the direction of the Ruth Eckert Funeral Home of Roscoe.

A former Charleroi man;John M.Smith;84; of 2730 Beaver Grade Road;Coraopolis;died yesterday in Sewickley Hospital after a brief illness. Mr.Smith was a retired employee of Bell Telephone Co. His wife;Carrie Crispin Smith;is deceased. Surviving are a son;Jack S.of Verona;three daughters;Mrs.Edward (Emily) Gnoth of Charleroi;Mrs.Peter (Tharon) Ruby of Coraopolis and Mrs. Donald (Gwendolyn) DeVault of Center Twp.;a brother;Wilson L.of Strattonville. Friends are being received at the R.D.Copeland Funeral Home;867 Fifth Ave.;Coraopolis. Service there Sunday;April 16;at 7:30 p.m. The Rev.Gordon Whitney will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. R.D.Copeland Funeral Home in charge.

Mrs.Helen B.Shorter;53;of McKinley Ave.;Lockview died April 5;1967 at 1:45 a.m. in South Side Hospital;Pittsburgh;after a brief illness. Mrs.Shorter had lived in Monessen 30 years;having been born in Brownsville on Nov.24;1913. She is survived by her husband;Thomas;two step-children;Mrs.Betty Patterson of Arnold City and Thomas Shorter Jr.in the U.S.Navy at San Diego;Calif;eight grandchildren. Three sisters and two brothers also survive. Friends will be received after 7 p.m. today at the Beverly C.Draper Funeral Home in Monessen.