roy E.Sterner;74;of Ella Street;North Belle Vernon;died Tuesday;Feb.22;2000;in Lee Memorial Hospital;Fort Myers;Fla. Born April 28;1925;in Belle Vernon;he was the son of the late James Lawhead and Adda Gibson Sterner. Mr.Sterner attended the First Presbyterian Church of Belle Vernon and was a member of Belle Vernon American Legion Post 659 and East Belle Vernon Athletic Association. He was a lifelong
member of the Disabled
American Veterans. A lifelong
resident of the Belle Vernon
area; he retired from the
Clairton plant of U.S. Steel
where he was a painter. Mr.
Sterner was a World War II veteran; serving with the U.S.
Marines where he received the
Purple Heart. Survivors include his wife; Dorothy Lloyd
Sterner; one son; Roy E.
Sterner Jr. of Pleasant Hills;
one daughter and son-in-law;
Barbara and James Kostelac
of Marietta; Ohio; three brothers; Alvin Sterner of Belle
Vernon; Lou Sterner of the
state of Oklahoma and William Sterner of Belle Vernon;
one sister; Joan Peters of Belle
Vernon; three grandchildren;
Keith and Bryan Kostelac and
Autumn Sterner; and three
great-grandchildren. In addition to his parents; he was
preceded in death by two
brothers; Mervin and Donald
Sterner; and two sisters;
Glenna Richwine and AlvertaHelmken. A memorial service
will be held Saturday; March
4; in First Presbyterian
Church of Belle Vernon at a
time to be announced. Interment will be at the convenience of the family. The
FERGUSON FUNERAL
HOME INC.; a Golden Rule
funeral home; 700 Broad Ave.;
Belle Vernon; is in charge of
arrangements. If friends wish;
memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society.

BROTHER – MATTHEW SHIRLEY [DECEASED] SISTERS – MARY JANE SCHWENK OF LOCK FOUR;FRANCES SOBEK OF LYNNWOOD AND ROSE WINSHIP [DECEASED] GRANDDAUGHTER – CLAUDIA [DANIEL] WHITE OF CENTERVILLE GRANDSON – DALE [LYNNE] VAREGA OF MONONGAHELA JOSEPH RESIDED IN MONESSEN THE PAST 4 YRS.AND FORMERLY LIVED IN PRICEDALE. HE WAS A RETIRED COAL MINER;A LIFE MEMBER OF THE B.V.AMER.LEGION POST 659;CHARLEROI;VFW ARDEN CALVERT POST 167;PAST PRESIDENT AND MEMBER OF THE HUNGARIAN CLUB OF PRICE- DALE;A MEMBER OF THE GILLESPIE SLOVAK CLUB;& THE MOOSE L.O.O.M LODGE 209 IN BELLE VERNON. HIS FUNERAL SERVICE WAS HELD AT 10:30 AM ON MONDAY;FEB 21 IN THE FUNERAL HOME WITH THE REV. JAMES WATTS;OF THE LIBRARY BAPTIST CHURCH;OFFICIATING.

Anne E.Slavik;94;of Monessen;died Sunday;Jan.;30;2000;in Mt.Lebanon Manor. Born in Whitsett on May 1;1905;she was a daughter of the late John and Bertha Fitman Delansky. Mrs.Slavik had been a Monessen resident most of her adult life. She was a member of the Holy Name Christian Mothers Society. In addition to her parents;she was preceded in death by her husband;Michael L.Slavik in January of 1979;by two brothers and four sisters. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law;Evelyn and Edward Potinga;of South Park; a daughter;Eleanore Kovalsky of Kirkland;Ohio;six grandchildren;Tim Potinga of Clarksville;Tenn.;David Kovalsky of Hudson;Ohio;Dale Kovalsky of Plainsville;Ohio;Dennis Kovalsky of Atlanta;Ga.;Debra Frank of Mentor;Ohio and Stacey Bues of Ann Arbor;Mich.;12 grandchildren;12 great-grandchildren;and a sister;Margaret Clark of Donora. Friends will be received at the ROBERT A.BILLICK FUNERAL HOME INC.;Grand Boulevard;Monessen;on Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Blessing services will be held on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. in the funeral home;followed by funeral Mass at 10 a.m. in the Epiphany of Our Lord Roman Catholic Church;Monessen. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Margaret (Maude) F. Stimmell;88;of Lowber;Fayette City;died Tuesday;Jan.25;2000;in the Beverly Health Care;Uniontown. She was born March 19;1911;in Lowber;Jefferson Township;a daughter of the late Asa and Matilda Neff Stimmell. She was a member of the Little Redstone Presbyterian Church;Fayette City;R.D. In addition to her parents;she was preceded in death by three brothers;Asa O.;Henry and Bernard Stimmell;and one sister;Violet Nussbaumer. Survivors include a brother;James W.Stimmell of Lowber;Fayette City;and two sisters;Katherine Gantner of Florida;and Ella Mae Christopher of Orchard Park;N.Y. Friends will be received on Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.in the ELEY-McCRORY FUNERAL HOME INC.;334 Main St.;Fayette City. Services will be held Saturday;Jan.29;at 11 a.m.in the chapel of the Belle Vernon Cemetery with the Rev.Richard Klein officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

David Summers Jr.; 80; of
Washington Township; Belle
Vernon; died Monday; Dec. 6;
1999; in Jefferson Hospital. He
was born Nov. 10; 1919; in
Fairhope; Washington Township; a son of the late David
and Mary Summers Sr. He
was a former Washington
Township supervisor for 25
years and a former member of
the Washington Township
Volunteer Fire Company. He
was a member of St. Sebastian
Roman Catholic Church; Belle
Vernon; American Legion Post
659 and the VFW 699 Belle
Vernon and the Fairhope Rod
and Gun Club. He was a U.S.
Army veteran of World War II.
He was preceded in death by
one brother; Louis Summers.
Survivors include his wife;
Margaret Novotne Summers;
two sons and daughters-in-law; David D. and Lien Summers of the state of Virginia;
and Steven D. and Diane
Summers of Colorado Springs;
Colo.; one daughter and son-in-law; Darlene A. and Marc
Covol of Washington Township; one brother; Charles
Summers of Washington
Township; and eight grandchildren. Friends will be received in the Eley/McCrory
Funeral Home Inc.; Main
Street; Fayette City; on
Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7
to 9 p.m. and Thursday until 12:30 p.m.;when a Blessing service will be held;followed by a Funeral Mass at 1 p.m.in St. Sebastian Roman Catholic Church;Belle Vernon;with the Rev.Donald P.Trexler as celebrant. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.