James Arthur Schroyer of 104 Market Street;Fayette City;died suddenly August 3;1958 at 5:45 p.m. He was born July 22;1907;in Merritestown;Pa.;the son ot Martin and Carrie Bobbs Schroyer. He was employed by the P.& L.E.Railroad as an engineer;and was a member of the Fayette City Volunteer Fire Department and the Fayette City F.O.E.;1450. He is survived by his wife;Veletha Schroyer;two sons;James and Donald of Charleroi;three daughters;Marlene;Lana and Joyce at home;three sisters;Mrs.John (Gladys) Phillips;Fairless Hills;Mrs.Edward (Dolores) McGee of Newell and Mrs.Mildred Lutzs of Houston;Pa.and two grandchildren. Friends will be received at the McCrory Funeral Home. Services will be held there August 6;1958;at 2:30 pm. and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. George M.McCrory and Son are the funeral directors.

Word had been received here of the death of William R.Smith;78;of Monroe;Pa.late Sunday afternoon;July 27;1958. He was a former resident of Monessen and was associated for over 40 years with the former Moats Lumber Co.of Monessen. Mr.Smith was born Dec.29;1879. Survivors include his wife;Anna Mae;two sons;Russell (Buck) Smith of Monessen and George Smith of Library;a daughter;Mrs.Joseph (Della) Kist of Laurel Gardens;Pittsburgh;four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Also surviving are two brothers;Blaine and George;both of Monessen and a sister;Mrs.Elmer Campbell of Fresno;Calif. Friends will be received at the Harry Harper Funeral Home;McKee Ave.;Monessen.

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.