Daniel Theodore Simpson;56;of 109 First St.;Charleroi;died Friday;Feb.5;1965;at 8:45 p.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Born in North Charleroi;Nov.4;1908;Mr.Simpson was a plasterer by trade. He was a graduate of Monessen High School and a member of First Christian Church;Charleroi. Surviving are a son;William F.Simpson;Burbank;Calif.;two daughters;Mrs.James (Marlene) Lender;Ruffsdale and Mrs.Carmen (Sherry Rae) Brusco;West Mifflin;his mother;Mrs.Maryan Simpson;North Charleroi;two sisters;Mrs.William Parsons;Clairton and Mrs.David McCuen;Speers and three grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his father;William Henry Simpson in 1944. Friends will be received at the Michael A.Melinchak Funeral Home;825 Fallowfield Ave.;Charleroi after 7 p.m.Saturday;Feb.6. Funeral home visiting hours on Sunday;Feb.7 will be 12 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held Monday;Feb.8;at 2 p.m.from the funeral home;with the Rev.W.S.VanArsdale;pastor of First Christian Church;Charleroi;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Michael A.Melinchak;funeral director.

Victor Henry Stitch;three-year-old son of Julius and Annabelle Allen Stitch Jr.;of Green Hill;Pricedale;died Thursday;Feb.4;1965;at 1:40 p.m. from suffocation and burns at a fire at his home. Surviving besides his parents are two sisters;Gloria Anna and Marvilla;and five brothers;Lawrence;Marvin;Julius Benjamin;Timothy Lee and John Gabriel;all at home;paternal grandparents;Mr.and Mrs. Julius Stitch Sr.of Pricedale;maternal grandmother;Mrs.Susanna Allen of Pricedale. Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Feb.5 The body will be taken to Antioch Baptist Church;Belle Vernon;Saturday morning;Feb.6;to lie in state from 11 a.m. until time of service there at 1 p.m. The Rev.A.C.Morris;pastor;will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director.

William Gordon Stitch;two-year-old son of Julius and Annabelle Allen Stitch Jr.;of Green Hill;Pricedale;died Thursday;Feb.4;1965;from suffocation and burns in a fire at his home. Surviving besides his parents are two sisters;Gloria Anna and Marvilla;and five brothers;Lawrence;Marvin;Julius Benjamin;Timothy Lee and John Gabriel;all at home;paternal grandparents;Mr.and Mrs.Julius Stitch Sr.of Pricedale;maternal grandmother;Mrs.Susanna Allen of Pricedale. Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Feb.5. The body will be taken to Antioch Baptist Church;Belle Vernon;Saturday morning;Feb.6;to lie in state from 11 a.m. until time of service there at 1 p.m. The Rev.A.C.Morris;pastor;will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director.

Mrs.Thelma (Lochrie) Smith of Pompano Beach;Fla.;formerly of Monessen died Wednesday;Jan.13;1965;following heart surgery performed Monday Jan.11 in a Miami hospital. Born in Boswell;Mrs.Smith had lived in Monessen until five years ago. She was a former member of the Woman’s Club and the United Presbyterian Church;both of Monessen. Surviving are her husband;Edward L.; two sons;Lionel of Jupiter;Fla.;and Don of Monessen;two daughters;Mrs.Jack (Charlotte) Sonafelt of Monessen and Mrs.John (Nova) Nole Jr.of Manchester;N.H.;sixteen grandchildren;a brother;Richard N.Lochrie of Library;two sisters;Mrs.Andrew Shurie of Latrobe and Mrs.J.Wilson Kerr of Carmichaels. Friends will be received after 2 p.m.Saturday;Jan.16; at the H.Denver Rhome Funeral Home;Monessen. Service there Monday;Jan.18;at 1 p.m.in charge of the Rev.John A.Squires;pastor of the First Methodist Church;Monessen. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. H.Denver Rhome;funeral director.

Frank Smock; 66; of Mt. Vernon; Ohio; former resident of
Belle Vernon; died Monday;Nov.2;1964 at
5:45 a.m. in Memorial Hospital;
Mt. Vernon.
He was a retired glass cutter;
who had been employed by
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.
Surviving are his widow;
Frances Jean Keffer Smock;
two daughters; Mrs. Frances
Pendo; Belle Vernon and Mrs.
Cleora Johnson; Dallas; Pa.; a
step – daughter; Wanda Stanley;
Belle Vernon: a son; Frank Jr.;
four sisters; Mrs; Georgina Lehew and Mrs. Samantha Albright; both of Belle Vernon;
Mrs. Blanche Schunk; Atlantic
City; N. J. and Mrs. Betty Evans; Martins Ferry; Ohio; two
brothers; Jacob; Belle Vernon
and Peter; Alexander; Ind.; five
grandchildren; four step-grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the
Harold R. Toner Funeral Home;
Broad Ave.; Belle Vernon after
3 p.m. Nov.4. Funeral home
visiting hours are from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held from the funeral home Thursday;Nov.5;1964 at 2 p.m.;with the Rev.Warren Upton of Pittsburgh officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.

Grover W.Smock;76;of 801 Rostraver St.;Monessen;died in West Penn Hospital;Pittsburgh;at 3:30 p.m.Tuesday Aug.11;1964;after a long illness. Born in Shepler Hill;he had been a resident of the Valley all his life. He was employed near Elizabeth until four years ago when he retired and came to Monessen. Preceding him in death was his wife;Ami Osborne Smock;who died 43 years ago. He was a member of the Christian Church of Monessen. Surviving are his sister;Mrs.Hulda Gates of Monessen;with whom he had made his home;one brother;Russell of Monessen;several nephews. Friends are being received at the H.Denver Rhome Funeral Home in Monessen where a service will take place Friday;Aug.14;at 10:30 a.m.in charge of the Rev.Glenn Burrows;pastor of the First Presbyterian Church;Monessen. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. H.Denver Rhome;funeral director.