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.

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.