Frank David Smoody Sr.;34;of 725 B.Malmedy Village;Clairton;a former resident of Belle Vernon R.D.2;died in Veterans Hospital;Aspinwall;on Saturday July 13;1963;after an extended illness. Mr.Smoody was born in Crucible;June 19;1929 and was a veteran of World War II. A resident of Clairton the past five and one-half years;he was employed as a machine operator for Liggett Spring and Axle Co.;East Monongahela. Surviving are his widow;Catherine Rukavina Smoody;three sons;Frank David Jr.;Daniel and John;all at home;his parents;Mr.and Mrs.John Smoody.of Belle Vernon R.D.2;two brothers;Alex S.of Louisville;Ky.and Charles William of Pricedale;and a sister;Helen M.Smoody of Belle Vernon R.D.2. Friends are being received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon; where Prayer services will be held Tuesday;July 16;at 9:30 a.m.followed by service of Requiem High Mass at 10 a.m.in St.Sebastian R.C. Church;Belle Vernon. Rev.Martin J.O’Toole will officiate. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

Mrs.Steve (Rose) Samek Sr.;66;of 318 Krolik Ave.;Arnold City;died Wednesday morning May 15;1963;in Brownsville Hospital. She was a member of St.Edward’s R.C.Church;Fayette City;and the Christian Mothers of the church. Survivors include her husband;two daughters;Anna;at home;and Mrs.John E.(Marion) Muzina;of Arnold City;a son;Steve Jr.;of Arnold City;a sister;Mrs Anna Baron;of Monessen;and six grandchildren. Friends are being received in the McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;where services will be held Saturday at 1:30 a.m.;followed by Requiem High Mass at 11 o’clock in the church. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

John Andrew Shearin;81;of 133 Brown St.;Belle Vernon;died Sunday;March 17;1963 at 5 a.m.in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Mr.Shearin was born in Dunbar;Oct.5;1881;coming to Belle Vernon 25 years ago from Brownsville. A member of St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;he was retired from the Monessen Plant of Pittsburgh Steel Co.in 1952. Surviving are his widow;Mary;a son;James E.;at home;two daughters;Mrs.Ernest (Jean) Shaffer of Brownsville and Mrs.Benedict (Virginia) Korte of Dearborn;Mich.;a brother;T.I.Shearin of Centerville;two sisters;Mrs.Violet Brown and Helen Shearin;both of Uniontown;five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon. Funeral services will be held Tuesday;March 19;at 10 a.m.from St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;with Rev.Andrew King officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

Mrs.Jean Sowden;43;of 409 Bluff St.;Belle Vernon;died in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital Friday;Feb.22;1963;at 4:15 a.m. She was a Belle Vernon resident for 23 years. Surviving are her husband;William H.(Howdy) Sowden II;one son;William H.Sowden III;three sisters;Mrs.Mildred Meyer of Charleroi;Mrs.Mary Lindauer of Irwin;and Mrs.Grace Jones of Perryopolis;two grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home in Belle Vernon after 7 p.m.Feb.23. Visiting hours will then be from 1 to 5 ad 7 to 10 p.m. Services there Monday;Feb.25;at 1:30 p.m.in charge of the Rev.E.W.Lighthall;pastor of the First Methodist Church of Belle Vernon. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.