Michael A.Schuresko;700 Green St.;Belle Vernon;died Saturday morning;Sept.21;1963; at 6:25 a.m. in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Mr.Schuresko was a retired coal miner. He was a member of the Orthodox Catholic Mutual Aid Society of Charleroi and a member of the Russian Club of Pricedale. Surviving are his widow;Anna;two daughters;Mrs.Amerigo (Ann) Colelli of Perryopolis R.D.2;Mrs.Robert (Hazel) Lewis of Pittsburgh;three sons;Daniel;John and Metro;all of Belle Vernon;six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren;a brother;Wasil of Pittsburgh. Friends will be 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 Tuesday;Sept.24;at 9 a.m.from Holy Trinity R.O.Church;Charleroi. The Rev.Vladimir Soroka;church pastor;will officiate. Interment will be in Belle Venon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.

Mrs.Nellie Studnicki died at the home of her daughter ;Mrs.Andrew (Olga) Belcick;323 Perry Ave.;Fairhope;on her 64th birthday;Tuesday;Sept.10;1963;at 2:55 a.m. Mrs.Sudnicki was born in Poland;Sept.10;1899 and had resided in Fairhope since 1919;coming from Monessen. She was a member of St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon and the Polish National Alliance;Arnold City. She was preceded in death by her husband;Bogumil;June 26;1950. Surviving are three sons;Thaddeus and Matthew;both of Pontiac;Mich.and Henry;Fairhope:one daughter;Mrs.Belsick;with whom she made her home;three brothers;Alexander;Thomas and Joseph Duda;all in Poland;a sister;Mrs.Teresa Pacznski;Detroit;Mich.;and 11 grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon beginning Sept.13;at 9:30 a.m.followed at 10 a.m.with Requiem High Mass in St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;with the Rev.Martin J.O’Toole;pastor;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

John A.Stankovics;60;of 229 Main St.;Belle Vernon;died of a heart attack late Wednesday afternoon;Aug.28;1963;while at work in a garage he had operated adjacent to his home. Mr.Stankovics was preparing to paint a motor vehicle when he collapsed. Firemen from Belle Vernon and North Belle Vernon used a resuscitator for several minutes prior to the arrival of an ambulance. Additional resuscitating efforts were made in the ambulance enroute to Charleroi-Monessen Hospital;where he was pronounced dead on arival. He was a life member of Belle Vernon Fire Co.No.2. He is survived by his widow;Pasquelina Teano Stankovics;one daughter;Mrs.Richard (Velma) Radock of Fairhope;one son;John M.Stankovics of San Diego;Calif.and five grandchildren;three sisters;Mrs.Elizabeth Safo of Monessen;Mrs.Margaret McCune and Mrs.George Ruby of Pittsburgh;one bother;Michael Stankovics of Pittsburgh. Friends are being received at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home in Belle Vernon during hours of 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Requiem High Mass will be sung at 9 a.m.in St.Sebastian’s R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;Saturday;Aug.31. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.

Fred Swirbul; 68; of Pricedale
died in Brownsville Hospital on Tuesay;Aug.13;1963;
at 6:35 a.m.
He was born in Lalvia in 1895.
A member of the Perryopolis
Moose Lodge;he had been employed
as a coal miner at the
Sager Coal Co. but retired when
the company closed.
Surviving are three nieces; Lillie
Swirbul of Pricedale; Mrs.
Thomas (Lena) Stitt of Vandergrift
and Mrs. Charles L. (Mildred)
Klisowski of Belle Vernon.
Friends will be received at the Shelby D. Ferguson
Funeral Home; Belle Vernon; after
2:30 p.m. Aug. 14. Funeral services
there Friday; Aug. 16; at 1:30 p.m.
Interment will follow in Belle Vernon
Cemetery. Shelby D. Ferguson;funeral director.

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.