Cheryl Anne Speers; 9; of 100
Pennsylvania Ave.; Speers;
died Friday morning April 17;1970;when
she was struck by a bus on Rte.
88 near her home
She was born in North Charleroi;
March 20; 1961; daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Van A. Speers
Sr.
She was a member of Charleroi
Brownie Troop 4007.
Survivors besides her parents
are two brothers; Van A. Speers
Jr. and Scott; a sister; Peggy;
all at h o m e ; her paternal
grandmother; Mrs. Katherine
B. Speers of Speers; maternal
grandparents; Mr. and Mrs.
James Mimidis of Belle Vernon;
and her great – grandmother;
Mrs. Martha Harkins of Indiana
state.Friends will be received at the
Ferguson Funeral Home; Belle Vernon;
after 7 p m Saturday; until Monday; April
20; at 11:30 a m ; when the body will be
removed to the Bible Baptist Church;
Belle Vernon R. D.4. ; for services at
1:30 p m. The Rev. Atney L Dickerson
will officiate and interment will follow
in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson of Belle Vernon is the funeral director.

Samuel Stanish of 113 Marion
Ave.; Fairhope; died at 2:15
a.m.Sunday;April 12;1970; in the Charleroi-
Monessen Hospital.
Mr. Stanish was born in
Washington County; July 4; 1906.
He was a member of Holy
Spirit R.C.Church; Fayette
City.
He was a retired employee of
Corning Glass Works; Charleroi.
Survivors include: his widow;
Mary Chunko Stanish; two sons;
Nick of Cleveland; Ohio and
George of Charleroi; three
daughters; Mrs. Stanley (Marie)
Gonet of Cleveland; Ohio; Mrs.
Raymond (Patricia) Podvorc
of Marion Villa; Belle Vernon
and Mrs. Edward (Marleen)
Makepeace of Perryopolis;
five grandchildren and one stepbrother;
Mike of Fairhope. Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City where a Prayer service will be held on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m.followed by Requiem High Mass at 10 a.m.in the Holy Spirit R.C.Church;Fayette City with the Rev.Joseph Tamilowski officiating. Interment will be in the Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory; funeral director in charge.

Mrs. Mildred Spazak of 311
Glister St; Belle Vernon (Fairhope);
died Sunday;March 29;1970; at 3:35
p.m. in Montefiore Hospital;
Pittsburgh; after a lingering illness.
Surviving are her husband;
Frank S.; two daughters;
Kathleen and Marlene; and a
son; Frank Jr.; all at home;
her mother; Mrs. Helen Sprychalski
of Fairhope; four sisters;
Mrs. Joseph (Mary) Belczyk
of Arnold City; Mrs. Adam
(Anna) Glister of Wilmerding;
Mrs. John (Nellie) Gumbo and
Mrs. Florence Stzroin; both of
Fairhope; five brothers; Stanley;
John; Walter and Edward Sprychalski of Fairhope and Joseph Sprychalski of Trafford.
Friends are being
received af Harold R. Toner Funeral
Home; Belle Vernon; from 2 to 4 and
7 to 10 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday. Service there Thursday;
April 2; at 10 a.m. The Rev. Felix Pyzowskl
will officiate. Interment Belle
Vernon Cemetery. Harold R. Toner is funeral director.

Mrs.Mary M.Sukel;69;of Belle Vernon R.D.2;died at her home on Tuesday;March 24;1970;at 3:45 p.m. Her husband was the late
Stephen J. Sukel.
Mrs. Sukel; who was born in
Smithton; was a member of St.
Sebastian R. C. Church; Belle
Vernon.
Surviving are three sons;
Paul J. of Belle Vernon R. D.
4; Raymond of Belle Vernon R.
D. 2; Richard J. of Cleveland;
Ohio; two daughters; Mrs.
Leonard (Geraldine) DeFrancesco
of Charleroi R. D. 1 and
Mrs. (Betty) Eversburg of
Fairhope; two brothers; George
Mornak of Monessen and John
Mornak of Jacobs Creek; four
sisters; Mrs; Andrew Evans
and Mrs. Joseph Sukel of Donora; Mrs. Richard McTaggart
of Pittsburgh;and Ethel Ritz of
Fort Lauderdale; Fla. Friends will be received at James C. Stump Funeral Home;Sweeney Plan;Belle Vernon R.D.2;after 7 p.m.March 25. Blessing service there Friday;March 27;at 9:30 a.m.followed by a Blessing service 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. James C.Stump is funeral director.

Mrs.Anna May Smith;82;of 139 Eighth Ave.;Pittsburgh;died Tuesday;March 10;1970;at 10:45 p.m. Born in Fayette City;she had lived in Pittsburgh five years;formerly being a resident of Knox and Fairhope. Mrs.Smith was a member of Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pittsburgh. Her husband;William Russell Smith;died in 1958. Surviving are two sons;Russell of Monessen and George of Bethel;a daughter;Mrs.Joseph (Della) Kist of Pittsburgh;with whom she made her home;three brothers;Harry Anderson of Lowber;Howard Anderson of Canton;Ohio;Charles Anderson of McKeesport;four sisters;Mrs.Elizabeth Berthold of Knox;Mrs.Lillian Sisley of Toronto;Ohio;Mrs.Orthelia Rankin and Mrs.Florence White of Belle Vernon;four grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m. March 11. Service there Friday;March 13;at 1:30 p.m. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director.

Mrs. Nina L. Stokes; 81; of
366 Burrows St.; Pittsburgh;
formerly of Donora; died Monday;March 2;1970;
at 9:30 a.m. in Mercy
Hospital;Pittsburgh; after a
lingering illness.
Mrs. Stokes was a member of
St. James A. M. E. Church;
Charleroi.
She is survived by two daughters;
Mrs. Samuel (Elsie) Canady
of New Kensington; Mrs.
John (Beatrice) Pettiford of
Pittsburgh; a son; Edward
Stokes of Donora; two sisters;
Mrs. Fred McMillan of Cleveland;
Ohio; and Mrs. Helen Rameriz
of Monessen; a brother;
Kenneth R. Simpson of Harrisburg;
15 grandchildren;
three great-grandchildren; and an
adopted daughter; Mrs. Eva
Steele of Pittsburgh.
Friends will be received at William R.Taylor Funeral Home;Monessen;after 7 p.m. March 3. Service In the funeral
home chapel at 2 p.m. Thursday; March
5; with the Rev. Paul Polk of Pittsburgh
officiating. He will be assisted by the
Rev. H. Coffey of Belle Vernon. Interment;
Belle Vernon Cemetery. William R. Taylor is the funeral director in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Bessie Sarah Staff; 78;
of Belle Vernon R. D. 3; died in
Connellsville General Hospital;
Friday;Feb.27;1970; at 5:30 p m.
She was born in Forward
Twp ; Nov. 25; 1891.
Survivors are her husband;
Thomas G. Staff; one son;
Thomas H; of Belle Vernon
R. D. 4; one daughter; Mrs.
Mary Eva Butler; Belle Vernon
R. D 3; five grandchildren;
four great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the James C.
Stump Funeral Home; Sweeney Plan;
Belle Vernon R. D. 2; after 7 p.m. Saturday.
Services will be held there Monday;
March 2; at 2 p m ; in charge of the Rev.
Homer Davis; pastor of the Church of
God; Uniontown. Interment; Belle Vernon
Cemetery. James C. Stump of Belle
Vernon is the funeral director.

Stefan Surdyn of 922 Meadow Ave.;Charleroi;died Monday;Jan.19;1970;at 6:45 a.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Mr.Surdyn;who was born in Poland;had lived in Charleroi 60 years. He was a member of Polish National Alliance Lodge 1051;Charleroi;and was a retired employee of the Monessen Works of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. Surviving are his widow;Cecelia (Wanda) Baron Surdyn;and a brother;William of McKees Rocks. Friends are being received at Francis C.Slezak Funeral home;Charleroi;from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.Tuesday and Wednesday. Service there Thursday;Jan.22;at 11 a.m.with Canon Joseph Wittkofski;of St.Mary Episcopal Church in Charleroi;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Francis C.Slezak is funeral director.

George Sakalik;57;of 504 Perry Ave.;Belle Vernon;died Monday;Jan.12;1970;in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital at 2:35 p.m.after an apparent heart attack. Mr.Sakalik was a maintenance man for Belle Vernon Area School District. He was born in Webster. Surviving are his widow;Lena Kovatch Sakalik;a daughter;Mrs.Dennis (Joan) Houseman of Belle Vernon;two grandchildren;a brother;John of Belle Vernon R.D.2;two sisters;Mrs.John (Mary) Dolola of Romlus;Mich.;and Mrs.Charles W.(Anna) Smoody of Pricedale;several nieces and nephews. Friends will be received after 7 p.m.Jan.14 at Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;and from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.Jan.15. Service there Friday;Jan.16;at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev.Victor Bodnar of Brownsville officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director.

Mrs.Marie Stitch;60;of First St.;Pricedale;died Saturday Jan.10;1970;at 10:05 p.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Although in ill health;her death was unexpected. Surviving are her husband;Julius Sr.;three sons;Nathaniel and Julius Jr.of Pricedale;Jerome of Cleveland;Ohio;a daughter;Mrs.Catherine Carter of Pricedale;one brother;Henry Betha of Pricedale and 15 grandchildren. Friends wil be received after 7 p.m.Jan.13 at the late home. Service Thursday;Jan.15;at 2:30 p.m.in Antioch Baptist Church;Belle Vernon;with the Rev.A.C.Morris;pastor;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. William R.Taylor of Monessen is funeral director.