Mrs.Elizabeth Smith;88;widow of Elihah Smith;died at her home at 715 Washington Ave.;Charleroi;Monday;March 5;1962;at 11:30 a.m. She was born in Stuarts Draft;Va.Aug.12;1873. She was a member of the St. James Methodist Church of Charleroi. She is survived by one son;Henry C.Smith of Charlreoi. Friends will be received at the Harold L.Schrock Funeral Home;Charleroi;after 4 p.m.Thursday. Services will be held there Friday;March 9;at 11 a.m.;in charge of the Rev.J.H.Williamson. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold L.Schrock of Charleroi is the funeral director.

Marion Matheny Simon; 53; of
21 Westmoreland Dr. Monessen;
died Tuesday;Feb.27;1962 at 10:30 p. m. in
Monongahela Memorial Hospital
after a lingering illness.
Born in Clarksburg; W. Va;
she was a Monessen resident for
the past 50 years.
She was a member of the First
Christian Church in Monessen.
Surviving are her husband;
Sam; a sister; Mrs; William
Bailey of R. D. 2; Belle Vernon;
a brother; Clarence Matheny of
Monessen. Her father; Harold V
Matheny; preceded her in death
in 1958.
Friends are being received at the
H. Denver Rhome Funeral Home
in Monessen after 7 p. m. Wednesday.Thereafter visiting hours will be
2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p. m. Services will take place at the funeral home on Friday;March 2;at 1:30 p.m.;conducted by the Rev.Wayne M.Tolson;pastor of the First Christian Church in Monessen. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. H.Denver Rhome;funeral director.

Mrs. Ella Stipkovich Sopsic; 85;
of Fairhope; R. D. 1; Fayette
City; died on Monday;Feb.26;1962 at 11 p.m. in
the Uniontown Nursing Home.
She was born in Yugoslavia on
March 18; 1876 and was a member
of St. Edwards R. C. Church;
Fayette City.
Surviving are her husband;
Peter Sopsic Sr.; three sons;George Kowasic and
William
Sopsic; both of R. D. 1;Fayette
City; and Peter Sopsic Jr. of
Belle Vernon; three daughters;
Mrs. John (Mary) Jarsulic; Mrs.
Steve (Catherine) Misher; and
Mrs. Frances Vernaccini; all of
R D. l; Fayette City; a sister;
Mrs. Rose Posick of Washington;
D. C.; fourteen grandchildren
and eighteen great -grandchildren.Friends are being received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home in Fayette City where Prayer will be held on Thursday;March 1 at 9 a.m.;followed by additional rites at 9:30 a.m.in St.Edwards R.C.Church;Fayette City. The Rev.C.W.Ribick;pastor;will act as celebrant. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director.

Charles Edward Snyder;85;of 421 Henry St.;Belle Vernon;died at his home on Friday;Jan.12;1962 at 8 a.m. He was born in Perryopolis on Feb.29;1876. He moved to Belle Vernon from Perryopolis sixty years ago;and retired twenty years ago from his occupation as a railroader. He is survived by his widow;Mrs.Eva Lewis Snyder;one son;Edward of Belle Vernon;a daughter;Mrs.Roy (Ethel) Whitelaw of Belle Vernon;one brother;Harry Snyder;four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home in Belle Vernon after 7 p.m.on Saturday;Jan.13. Services will take place there on Monday;Jan.15 at 2 p.m.in charge of the Rev.E.W.Lighthall of the Belle Vernon Methodist Church. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.

Mahala A. Strenske;32;of Belle Vernon R.D.4;died at her home;Sunday;Nov.12;1961;at 5:30 p.m.;after a lingering illness. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Belle Vernon. Survivors are her husband;Harold Strenske;one son;William D.;two daughters;Catherine and Carol;her mother;Mrs.Catherine Harris;Belle Vernon;R.D.4;one brother;Thomas of Smithdale;five sisters;Mrs.Leo (Helen) Volk;Belle Vernon R.D.4;Mrs.John (Margaret) Mahelek;Belle Vernon;R.D.4;Mrs.Albert (Thelma) Slavis;Daisytown;Mrs.John (Harriet) Holbrook and Joan Harris;Belle Vernon R.D.4. Friends will be received at the Toner Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;beginning tonight at 7 o’clock;during hours of 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held there Wednesday;Nov.15;1961;at 2 p.m. in charge of Dr.S.Arthur Talman;pastor of the Belle Vernon Presbyterian Church. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;Belle Vernon;funeral director.

Doris Jean Springer;12; of
131 Good St.; Jeannette; formerly
of Belle Vernon;died in the Allegheny
General Hospital; Pittsburgh; on Saturday; Oct.21;1961;at 1:45 a.m. Her death followed heart surgery. She was born in Norh Charleroi on December 20;1948;and was a daughter of Robert E.and Rita Zellhofer Springer. She had lived in Jeannette since 1953;when the family moved there from Belle Vernon. She was a member of the First Methodist Church of Jeannette.Survivors
are her parents; Mr. and Mrs.
Robert E. Springer; one brother; Joseph
Robert; a sister; Mary Lou and
her paternal grandmother; Mrs.
Maude Springer of Belle Vernon.
Friends were received at the Sherman
Mason Funeral Home; Jeannette;
Sunday afternoon and evening;Oct.22;1961.
The body will be brought to the
Shelby D. Ferguson Funeral Home; Belle Vernon; Monday afternoon and friends will be received there from 2 until ten o’clock Monday night. Services will be held there Tuesday;Oct.24;1961;at 2 p.m. The Rev.Frank T.James of the Methodist Church of Jeannette will conduct services and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;Belle Vernon;and Edwin F.Melenyzer;Monessen;are the funeral directors.