Oscar Sands;49;of 1380 Fayette Ave.;Fairhope;died suddenly of a heart attack Sunday;March 12;1967;at 7:03 p.m.at the Fairhope Rod and Gun Club. He was born in Naomi;April 1;1917;the son of Oscar and Olga Kalm Sands. He was a member of the Fairhope Rod and Gun Club;and was a veteran of World War II;serving with the U.S.Marines. He was a member of Brightwell-Daugherty American Legion Post 484;Fayette City. He was employed at the Monessen plant of Pittsburgh Steel Co. Survivors are his widow;Carolyn Sands;one son;David;one daughter;Barbara;both at home;one brother;Leo of Naomi;four sisters;Mrs.John (Vilma) Mackey and Mrs.Felix (Irene) Daniels;both of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Helen Culpepper;Porstmouth;Va.;and Jane at home. Friends will be received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;after 7 p.m.Monday. Funeral services will be held there Thursday;March 16;at 1:30 p.m.in charge of the Rev.Ronald N.Johnson of the Lynnwood Lutheran Church. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory of Fayette City is the funeral director.

Mrs. Mildred Scrip; 86; of
Roscoe; died Wednesday;March 8;1967; at 10:30
p m. in the John Speers Convalescent Home at Markleysburg.
Mrs. Scrap; born in Austria in 1881; was a member of Holy
Trinity Orthodox Church in
Charleroi.
Surviving are five sons;John
and Frank of Roscoe; Mike of
Elco; Pete of Stockdale and
Harry of Dunlevy; a daughter;
Mrs Mary Auther of Roscoe;nineteen grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Ruth Eckert Funeral Home;Roscoe;from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Prayers there Saturday March 11;at 9:30 a.m.followed by Requiem service in Holy Trinity Orthodox Church;Charleroi;at 10:00 a.m. The Rev.Vladimir Soroka;pastor;will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Parastas service at the funeral home on March 10 at 7:30 p.m. Ruth Eckert;funeral director.

Oscar L. Strenske Sr.; 78; of
216 Roberts St.; Belle Vernon;
died Tuesday;Feb.28;1967;at 9:30 a.m. in
Charleroi – Monessen Hospital.
Mr. Strenske was self-employed as a coal operator and
worked at this job until recently.
He was a member of Rehoboth Presbyterian Church at
Belle Vernon R. D.
Born in Sutersville on Nov. 21;
1888; he was a son of the late
John and Hulda Voelker Strenske. He had lived in the Belle
Vernon area most of his life.
His wife; Ethel Rumble Strenske; died on Feb. 28; 1960.
Surviving are two sons; Oscar L. Jr. of Belle Vernon and
David of Miami; Fla.; six
daughters; Mrs. Albert (Helen)
Hart of Charleroi; Mrs. William (Hilda) Cummings of Belle
Vernon; Mrs. Edith Jones of
Miami; Mrs. George (Doris)
Wilson of West Mifflin; Mrs. L.
J. (Betty) Stotler of Hialeah;
Fla.; Mrs. John (Patty) Stimmell of Belle Vernon; two
brothers; William Albright of
Belle Vernon; and Amil Albright of Lake Lynn; three sisters; Mrs. Vernon Judd of Duquesne; Mrs. Herman Allshouse of Scottdale and Mrs.
Ernest Bass of Miami; seventeen grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon; after 7 p.m. Wednesday;March 1;1967. Service there Friday;March 3;at 1:30 p.m.with Dr.S.Arthur Talman;pastor of Belle Vernon’s First Presbyterian Church;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

Jacob R. Steinmiller Sr.; 56;
of 815 Washington St.. Belle
Vernon died at his home Sunday;Feb.26;1967; at 10 a.m.
Mr. Steinmiller retired in October; 1966; from the fabric department of the Monessen plant
of Pittsburgh Steel Co.
A life-long resident of Belle
Vernon; he was a member of
the Russian Club; the Hungarian Club; both of Pricedale; and
the American Legion Post 659;
Belle Vernon.
Born in Belle Vernon on
March 8; 1910; he was a son of
Bertha White Steinmiller and
the late Jacob G. Steinmiller.
Surviving besides his mother;
who lives in Belle Vernon; are
his widow; Irene Sabo Steinmiller; a son; Jacob R. Jr. of Baltimore; Md;; one daughter;
Mrs. Joseph (Alice) Sedell; and
a brother; Herman F.; both of
Belle Vernon; two sisters; Mrs.
Kenneth (Alice) Clifford of
Pittsburgh and Mrs. John (Alberta) Brandon of Belle Vernon; four grandchildren.
Friends will be received after 7 p.m. Feb.27; at the Shelby D. Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon. Services there Wednesday March 1;at 1:30 p.m.with the Rev.Charles Colas;pastor of the First Baptist Church in Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

Mrs. Marie Stewart; 72. of
Market St.; Fayette City; died
suddenly Friday; February 10;1967 at 7:45 a.m. in
Charleroi-Monessen Hospital.
Mrs Stewart was a member
of Holy Spirit Roman Catholic
Church; Fayette City.
She was born in Canada on
Oct. 21; 1894.
Surviving are her husband;
Edgar; two sons; Joseph Roach
of Mechanic Falls; Maine; and
Albert Roach in the U. S. Merchant Marine. Funeral services will be held Monday;February 13;1967;with Prayers at 9:30 a.m.in the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;with Requiem Mass at 10 a.m.in Holy Spirit R.C.Church;Fayette City. Interment will follow in the Belle Vernon Cemetery.

DAUGHTERS – IIONA SPISHOCK;HELEN BRAND AND JULIA SPISHOCK. GRANDCHILDREN – MARY C.BALKO OF FOREST HILLS;KAREN DEACEBAL OFSPAIN AND DONNA SPISHOCK OF BELLE VERNON. GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN – JANA;ALFREDO;ANA AND JUAN.

Mrs. Georgia Anna SWEARER; of 622 Washington Rd.; Belle Vernon; died yesterday in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital at 10:20 p.m.
Mrs. Swearer was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints of Fayette City.
Surviving are her husband; Harry; two sons; Raymond of Belle Vernon and Keith of Daiseytown; three grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Harold R. Toner Funeral Home in Belle Vernon from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. beginning tomorrow.
>The Valley Independent; Friday; January 6; 1967