Andrew Strychalski; 317 Spiker
Ave.; Fairhope; Belle Vernon;
died Monday July 13;1964;at 3:30 p.m.
at his home.
A retired coal miner; Mr
Strychalski was a member of Local 7107; District 5; United
Mine Workers of America. He
belonged to the Polish National
Catholic Church of Fairhope and
to the Polish National Alliance
Group 976 of Arnold City.
Surviving are his widow; Helen;
five daughters; Mrs. Joseph
(Mary) Belczyk; Arnold City;
Mrs. Adam (Anna) Glister;
South Wilmerding; Mrs. John
(Nettie) Combo; Mrs. Frank
(Mildred) Spazak and Mrs.
Charles (Florence) Sztroin; all
of Fairhope; five sons; Stanley
and John of Belle Vernon; Joseph
of Trafford and Walter and
Edward of Fairhope. Also surviving
are 28 grandchildren and
2 great-grandchildren.
Friends are being received
at the Harold R. Toner Funeral
Home; Broad Ave.; Belle Vernon;
from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Funeral services will be held Thursday;July 16;1964;at 9:30 a.m.from the Polish National Catholic Church;Fairhope. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.

Bert Smith;71;a retired mail carrier of Belle Vernon Post Office;died Sunday July 5;1964;at 3:05 a.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. He lived at 309 Speer St.;Belle Vernon. A veteran of World War I;Mr.Smith was a past commander of Belle Vernon Post 659 American Legion. He was a member of North Belle Vernon Volunteer Fire Department;and of Belle Vernon Musical Society. Surviving are his widow;Alice Hammitt Smith;four daughters;Mrs.Robert (Isabelle) Kyle of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Edward (Betty) Sulek of Chester;Mrs.George (Dolores) Usher of Charleroi and Mrs.Evelyn Komlos;at home;16 grandchildren;and a brother;Elmer Smith of Philadelphia. Friends are being received at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home;Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Funeral services will be held Wednesday;July 8;at 1:30 p.m.from the funeral home;with the Rev.Elmer Lewis of Fayette City officiating. Interment will be in the Soldiers Memorial Plot;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.

Michael Semancik Sr.;73;of 135 Greenwood Ave.;Belle Vernon;died Thursday;July 2;1964;at 1:10 p.m.in St.Francis Hospital;Pittsburgh. Mr.Semancik was a member of Holy Spirit Church;Fayette City;the Holy Name Society of the church;and the First Slovak Union of the United States. He retired in 1959 from the blooming mill of the Monessen plant of Pittsburgh Steel Co. Born in Czechoslovakia on July 11;1890;he came to the U.S.in 1907. Surviving are his widow;Elizabeth Gurbal Semancik;seven sons;John of Van Voorhis;Michael Jr.;Andrew and Frank of Belle Vernon;Anthony of Fayette City;Stephen of Landover;Md.;and Joseph at home;two daughters;Mrs.Lloyd (Mary) Miller of Belle Vernon and Mrs.O.J.Kluh of Cheverly Manor;Md.;two sisters;Mrs.Julia Girgle of Lorrain;Ohio;and Mrs.Stephen Hudak of Wick Haven;twenty-seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. A son;Albert;died in 1942. Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;where Prayer will take place Monday;July 6;at 9:30 a.m. followed by Solemn Requiem High Mass at 10 a.m.in Holy Spirit Church;Fayette City. The Rev.William Gavron;pastor will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director.

Steve Samek Sr.of 318 Krolik Ave.;Arnold City;died Thursday;June 11;1964;at 6 a.m. in the Washington Hospital;Washington;Pa.;after a lengthy illness. Mr.Samek;a retired coal miner;was a member of St.Edward’s R.C.Church of Fayette City;its Holy Name Society and president of the Rosary Society. He is survived by one son;Steve Jr.of Arnold City;two daughters;Anna at home;and Mrs.Mary Muzina of Strathers;Ohio;one sister;Mrs.Marie Debrosky of New York;one brother;John of Arnold City;and six grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home in Fayette City;where a prayer service will be held Monday;June 15;at 9:30 a.m.followed by Requiem Mass at St.Edward’s R.C.Church;Fayette City;with the Rev.William Gavron officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director.

Nick Stephen;46;of 209 Edith St.;Fairhope;died of heart failure Sunday;April 12;1964;at 5:30 p.m. in Perry Twp.;Fayette County. A veteran of World War II;he was a member of the Star Junction Fish and Gun Club and was employed at the Monessen plant of Pittsburgh Steel Co. Mr.Stephen was born in Belle Vernon on June 7;1917. Surviving are his widow;Gladys Wilson Stephen;a son;Nick Lee of Baltimore;Md.;a daughter;Linda Lee at home;a sister;Mrs.Mary Russell of Fayette City;one niece;Mrs.Catherine Gira of Baltimore. Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;where a service will take place Wednesday;April 15;at 2 p.m. in charge of Capt.John Conners of the Lewistown Salvation Army;and Maj.James Dihle;of the Salvation Army;Mon Valley Citadel at Monessen. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director.