Lawrence Stokes;33;of 740 Norman avenue;Donora;died in the Presbyterian Hospital;Philadelphia;on Thursday;July 3;1958;at 9:30 a.m. He was born in Charleroi August 31;1924;and had been a resident of Donora for eleven years. He was employed at the American Steel and Wire plant in Donora;and was a member of Quinn Chapel;A.M.E.Church of Donora;Twin lodge 67;F.and A.M.;Monongahela;Mononganeie Valley lodge 208;L.B.P.O.E.of W. He is survived by his wife;Mrs.Dorothy Stokes;two sons;Lawrence;Jr. and Ronald Wayne;two daughters;Deborah and Patricia;his mother;Nina of Charleroi;his father;Master Sergeant Walter L.Stokes;U.S.Army;one brother;Edward of Donora;two sisters;Beatrice Joyner of Charleroi;and Elsie Kennedy of New Kensington. Friends will be received at the Law Funeral Home;Donora;after 3 p.m.;Sunday;July 6;1958. Services will be held Tuesday;July 8;1958;at 11 a.m.;in Quinn Chapel;A.M.E.Church;Donora;in charge of Rev.H.H.Burney;and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Percy E.Law is the funeral director.

Joseph M.Sloboda;Sr.;of Monongahela;R.D.2;died suddenly at Charles DeHainaut residence;with whom he made his home;April 21;1958;at 7:45 p.m. He was born in Czechoslovaki;March 11;1875;and came to Charleroi in 1918 from Greene County. He was a retired steel worker;and was a member of St.Jerome’s church. He is survived by his wife;Catherine Urbany Sloboda;five sons;Stephen of Philadelphia;Paul of Detroit;John;Charleroi;Thomas;Monongahela;and Joseph of Monongahela;R.D.;five daughters;Mrs.Anna Decovitch;Detroit;Mrs.Rose Dehainaur;Monongahela;R.D.;Mrs.Matilda Rechichar;Filbert;Pa.;Mrs.Mary Gency and Mrs.Dorothy Byron;Charleroi;thirty grandchildren;thirty-one great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Francis C.Slezak Funeral Home. Requiem high mass will be sung in St.Jerome’s Church;April 24;1958 at 9 a.m;.;by Rev.James McKeever;and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Francis C.Slezak is the funeral director.

Mrs.Maggie Schmidt;89;died at the home of her sister;Mrs.George Garratt;112 Lincoln avenue;Charleroi;February 21;1958;at 3:04 a.m.;with whom she has resided for the past six years. Mrs.Schmidt;with the exception of the past six years;spent her entire life in Belle Vernon. She was a member of the First Methodist Church of Belle Vernon;a charter member of the Belle Vernon American Legion Auxiliary;and also belonged to the Protective Home Circle of Bradford. She is survived by two sons;Rudolph and Robert Schmidt of Belle Vernon;two sisters;Mrs.Ella Patterson of Belle Vernon and Mrs.George (Mae) Garratt of Charleroi;three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband;Rudolph H.Schmidt on January 27;1948;and a brother;Presley Durst of Masontown. Friends will be received at the Ferguson Funeral Home during hours of 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held there Monday;February 24;at 1:30 p.m.in charge of Rev.William Schatz;and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is the funeral director.

Hollis C.Sprouse;South Hill Terrace;Brownsville;died Tuesday;Nov.26;1957;at 10:50 p.m. He was born Feb.18;1882. He engaged in the welding business in Belle Vernon from 1924 to 1934;lived in Monessen from 1948 to 1955 and subsequently made his residence in Brownsville. Surviving are his wife;Mrs.Mary Moyer Sprouse;a son Wayne of Brownsville;one daughter;Mrs.Grant (Evelyn) Brown of Brownsville;a brother;Charles Sprouse of Burbank;Calif.;two sisters;Mrs.Clive (Stella) Goodwin of Marathon;N.Y. and Mrs.Richard (Ann) Griffiths of Philadelphia;six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Friends will be received at the Ross Funeral Home;126 Front St.;Brownsville;Pa.;starting at 1 p.m.Thursday. Hours are from 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 1:30 p.m.from the Ross Funeral Home;with Rev.Frank James of the First Methodist Church of Brownsville;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Edwin Melenyzer is the funeral director in charge.