Glenn J.Smock of Belle Vernon;R.D.2;died in the Charleroi-Monessen hospital;Thursday;April 23;1953;at 10:35 a.m.   He was 67 years of age.  Surviving are three brothers;Jacob;of Belle Vernon;Charles of Alexandria;Indiana;and Frank of Mt.Vernon;Ohio;five sisters;Mrs.Blanche Shunk;Mrs.Georgianna Lehew;Mrs.George Price;Mrs.David Albright;all of Belle Vernon;and Mrs.Betty Evans;of Mingo Junction;Ohio;and three grandsons.  Friends will be received in the Toner Funeral Home.  Services will be held there Monday;April 27;at 2 p.m.in charge of Rev.Turner.  Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.  Harold R. Toner is the funeral director.

Markwood B. Staup; Dunlevy;
died Friday; Mar. 21;1953; at 2:30 a. m.
in Charleroi-Monessen hospital.
The deceased had been employed at the Pittsburgh Steel Co. plant
in Monessen for the past 38 years;
and was a member of the I. O. O.
F. Lodge No. 1030; Charleroi.
Surviving are his wife; Mrs.
Henrietta Harford Staup: a daughter; Mrs. Patsy Gingiardi; Belle
Vernon; two step-daughters; Mrs.
Richard Osman and Shirley Ann
Harford; both of Washington; D.
C.; a step-son; Pvt. George F.
Harford with the U. S. Army; stationed at Fort McPherson; Ga.;
two granddaughters; two sisters;
Mrs. Clarence Crouch; Stockdale;
and Mrs. Ella Sealy; Verona; two
brothers; John; Brownsville; and
Russell; Roscoe; his step-mother;
Mrs. Isa Staup; and three stepsisters in Morgantown; W. Va.
Friends are being received at
the Michael A. Melinchak Funeral
Home; 825 Fallowfield avenue;Charleroi. Services will be held there Tuesday;March 24;1953;at 2 p.m.;in charge of Rev.Harold Burgess of the Evangelical United Brethern Church of Dunlevy. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner is the funeral director.

Joseph H.Sladich of Willard;Wisconsin;who became ill while visiting his daughter;Mrs.Anthony (Anna) Blatnik of Fayette City;died in the Charleroi-Monessen hospital on Friday;March 20;1953;at 12:15 a.m. He was born in Yugoslavia;March 21;1876;and was a member of the S.N.P.J.;198 and the C.F.U.;665;lodges of Willard. He is survived by his wife;Johanna Sladich;five sons;Rudolph of Willard;Alvin;Fayette City;Philip;Klamath Falls;Oregon;Ignatius and Frank of Greenwood;Wisconsin;one daughter;Mrs.Anna Blatnik of Fayette City;three brothers;Albin Sladich of Irwin and Anthony and Sylvester in Europe;and fifteen grandchildren. Friends will be received at the McCrory Funeral Home. Services will be held there Monday;March 23;1953;at 9 a.m.;followed by Requiem High Mass at 9:30 o’clock in St.Edward’s Church. Rev.Charles W.Ribick will be in charge and interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. George M.McCrory and son are the funeral directors.

Mrs.Ida Stevenson;aged 83 years;1554 Schoonmaker avenue;died Sunday;Feb.1;1953;at 6:45 p.m.at her late home. She had been a resident of Monessen for the past 45 years. Survivng are a brother;Harry Brown;of Monessen;and a number of nieces and nephews. Friends will be received at the Carter Funeral Home;McMahon avenue;after 7 p.m.Feb.2. Funeral services will be held Wednesday;Feb.4;at 11 a.m.from the funeral home;with Rev.George Bryant officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. DuBoise H.Carter;funeral director.

The body of Mrs.Anna Sekara;62;of Ohio street;Pricedale;was found floating down the Monongahela River Monday morning;Jan.19;1953. State police at the Belle Vernon sub-station said the woman had been missing from her home since 2:30 a.m.Friday. The body was found by workers of the Pittsburgh Steel Company plant at Gibsonton. Mrs.Sekara is survived by three sons by her first marriage;Joseph Costello of Wilmington;Del.;and Michael and John Costello of Belle Vernon R.D.2;three sons by her second marriage to John Sekara;who survives;Nicholas of Monessen;Andrew of Pricedale and George of Flushing;N.Y.;and seven grandchildren.