Philip Strimel;63;of 1228 Patton avenue;Monessen;died in the Charleroi-Monessen hospital;December 30;1958;at 3 p.m. He was born in Cecil;June 3;1895;and was a U.S.Army veteran of World War One. He was a member of American Legion Post 28;Monessen. For sixteen years;he was a policeman for the city of Monessen;and since 1940;was a watchman at the Monessen plant of Pittsburgh Steel Company. He was also a member of the Charleroi Boat Club. He is survived by his wife;Minnie Spiegelberg Strimel;one daughter;Mrs.Charles (Evelyn) Zetka of Roscoe;three brothers;Louis of Fort Washington;Pa.;Adlin of Houston and Charles Strimel of Charleston;West Virginia;two sisters;Mrs.Arthur (Julia) Beaumariage of Venice;Mrs.Walton (Lenoa) Shields of Hyattsville; Maryland;and four grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Edwin Melenyzer Funeral Home. Services will be held there January 3;1959;at 1:30 p.m.;in charge of Rev.Paul Trout;pastor of St.Paul’s Lutheran Church. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon cemetery. Edwin Melenyzer is the funeral director.

John Sekara;70;of 404 Johnson avenue;Pricedale;died at his home on Saturday;December 6;1958;at 7:30 a.m. He is survived by six sons;Andrew of Belle Vernon;George;Paterson;New Jersey;Nicholas;Monessen;James Costello;Wilmington;Delaware;Michael and John of Belle Vernon. Friends will be received at the Toner Funeral Home during hours of 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.;beginning Sunday at 1 p.m. Prayer there December 9;at 10 a.m.will be followed by additional rites in St.John The Divine R.O.Church;Monessen;in charge of Rev.Gregory Soroka. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner is the funeral director.

Daniel Sims;Jr.;41; of 108 Speers Street;Speers;died in the Charleroi-Monessn hospital;November 27;1958;at 7:45 p.m. He was born in Charleroi April 2;1917;and was a veteran of World War Two.Until a year ago;he was employed by the Donora Southern Railroad. He is survived by his wife;Florence Fox Sims;one son;S.R.at home;his mother;Mrs.Emily Johnson Sims;grandfather;Art Sims;and two brothers;Leonard and Thomas Sims of Charleroi. Friends will be received at the Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;during the hours of 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held there Monday;December 1 at 3 p.m.;in charge of Rev.Pauline Burke of the Congregational Church;and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Edwin Melenyzer is the funeral director.

Doris Gay Smoot;15;of 521 Main St.Belle Vernon;was dead on arrival at the Charleroi-Monessen Hospital at 9:40 p.m.Thursday Oct.30;1958;following an automobile accident. She was in the ninth grade at Bellmar Junior High School. She is survived by her mother and stepfather;Mr.and Mrs.Peter Sopsic;Jr.;her father;Harry Smoot Jr.;of Trenton;N.J.;two sisters;Wilma and Dutch Ann and two brothers;Harry and John;all at home;her maternal grandmother;Mrs.Charles David;of Baltimore;Md.;her paternal grandparents;Mr.and Mrs.Harry Smoot;Sr.;of Princeton;W.Va. Friends are being received at the McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;where funeral services will be held Monday;Nov.3;at 2 p.m.with the Rev.Everett Oakes;of the First Christian Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in the Belle Vernon Cemetery. George M.McCrory and Son;funeral directors.

Ross Shepard;52;of 1025 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;died in the Charleroi-Monessen hospital;Friday;October 10;1958;at 11:50 a.m. Born in Homestead on Dec.2;1905;he moved to Belle Vernon from Monessen about 25 years ago. He had been employed in the fabric department of the Monessen plant of the Pittsburgh Steel Co. Surviving are his wife;Mrs.Margaret Maxon Shephard;son;James of Corning;N.Y.and two brothers;Joseph of Belle Vernon and Robert of Monessen;a sister; Mrs.Joseph (Mary) Dessent of Okmulgee;Okla.and two grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon after 7 p.m.on Saturday. Funeral home visiting hours are from 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held there Monday;October 13;at 2 p.m.in charge of Rev.David J.Dillon of Trinity Episcopal Church;Monessen. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is the funeral director.

Mrs.Katherine Ruth Shultz;53;of Webster;died at her home;Monday September 22;1958. She is survived by her husband;George Shultz;two sons;Rollin of Monessen;Roy at home;onedaughter;Mrs.Arthur (Frances) Dickie of Donora;two brothers;Walter Hazelbaker of New Castle and Francis Hazelbaker of Belle Vernon;two sisters;Mrs.Gladys Whitelaw of Fayette City;R.D.1;and Mrs.Earl (Florence) Erb of Johnstown;and three grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Toner Funeral Home after 7:30 o’clock Tuesday;with visiting hours from 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held there Thursday;September 25;1958;at 2 p.m.;in charge of Rev.Vernon Bowers;and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner is the funeral director.