Mrs.Mary Pauline Souply;76;of 737 Lewis Ave.;Speers;died at her home on Wednesday Sept;25;1957;at 4:40 p.m. She was born on Dec.12;1880. She was a member of St.Jerome’s R.C.Church;and had been a resident of Charleroi for 68 years. She is survived by two sons;Jules Souply of Mt.Vernon;Ohio;and Major Ray A.Souply of Richland;Wash.;a daughter;Miss Alice Souply;at home;two sisters;Mrs.Gerard Aigrisse of Maumee;Ohio and Mrs.George Grandy of Dunlevy;and one grandchild. Friends will be received at the Schrock Funeral Home during the hours of 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.after 7 p.m.Thursday. Requiem High Mass will be sung by Rev.James McKeever at St.Jerome’s R.C.Church on Saturday;Sept.28;at 10:30 a.m. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is the funeral director.

Mike Stanko;infant;died in Charleroi-Monessen Hospital on July 10;1957. He was the son of Julius J.and Margaret Pascoe Stanko of Monongahela. He was born at 4:12 p.m. Monday July 8;1957;in the Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. He weighed seven pounds;three ounces at his birth. Services were held Thursday;July 11;1957;at McCrory Funeral home in fayette City;with Rev.William Shatz;pastor of Belle Vernon Methodist Church in charge. Interment was in Belle Vernon Cemetery. George M.McCrory and Son were the funeral directors.

Nelson Simpson Sr.;74;of 934 Henry St.;Belle Vernon;died Tuesday;June 18;1957;at 4:40 a.m.in the Charleroi-Monessen Hospital;following a short illness. He was born in Fayette City and came to Belle Vernon as a child. He was employed in the rod mill of he Pittsburgh Steel Co.until his retirement. He is survived by seven sons;James of Pittsburgh;Lawrence;Louis and Dale;all of Monessen;Robert at home;Henry of Mt.Pleasant and Nelson Jr.of Los Angeles;four daughters;Mrs.Hazel Chilton of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Elma Frazier of Donora;Mrs.Ethel Chilton of Allenport and Mrs. Betty Dillard at home;two brothers;Fred Simpson of Washington;D.C.and Robert Simpson of Pittsburgh and two sisters;Mrs.Ethel Hartzell of Charleroi and Mrs.Bessie Swan of Lock Four. Sixteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren also survive. Friends will be received at the late home beginning at 11 a.m.on Wednesday;June 19;1957. Funeral services will be held at the late home at 11 a.m.Friday;June 21;1957 with Rev.H.F.Coffey;of Charleroi and Rev.A.C.Morris of the Antioch Baptist Church officiating. Interment will be in the Belle Vernon Cemetery. Beverly C.Draper;funeral director.

ELIZABETH ETRO;MAGDELINE SEPASHE;MARY MASSIE;JOSEPH SEPASHE & WILLIAM SEPASHE BURIED IN SOUTH SIDE GRAVE.

GRANDCHILDREN – MARY C.PALKO OF FOREST HILLS;KAREN DEACEBAL OFSPAIN AND DONNA SPISHOCK OF BELLE VERNON. GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN – JANA;ALFREDO;ANA AND JUAN.

Dr.Stephen M.Speers;64;prominent Belle Vernon resident;and one of the district’s best known coal and coke operators;died suddenly Tuesday morning;April 23;1957;at 1:30 a.m. in the Allegheny General Hospital;Pittsburgh. Stricken by coronary occlusion early sunday morning;he was rushed to the Pittsburgh hospital;where he suffered another attack Monday night. A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh Dental School;Dr.Speers practiced dentistry in Brownsville and Belle Vernon until 1917 when he entered the coal business. He also owned coke ovens and a
herd of Hereford cattle and
engaged in the gas drilling business.
Born in Speers Borough on July 8;1892; he
was a member of the Charleroi
Presbyterian Church and of the
Belle Vernon Rotary Club.
Surviving are his wife; Minerva; a son; Stephen M. Jr.;of
Belle Vernon; three daughters;
Mrs. Thomas G. (Torrance)
Etheridge of Detroit; Mich.; Mrs.William (Betty) Didrichsen of
Seattle; Wash.; and Mrs. Charles
(Patsy) Bradley of Drexel Hill;
near Philadelphia; seven grandchildren; two brothers; Ward of
Belle Vernon and Ray of Sandusky; Ohio; and two sisters; Mrs.
W. L. Lorimer of Coronado Beach;Fla.. and Mrs. D. A. Shoerke of Philadelphia. Mrs. Elizabeth
Miller; Fayelle National Bank
Bldg.; Uniontown; is a sister-in-law.
Friends will be received at
the Ferguson Funeral Home;Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;from 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Funeral services will be held from the funeral home;Thursday;April 25;1957;at 2 p.m.;with the Rev.George Kress and the Rev.William Shatz officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.