Stella Sisca;77;of 619 Grant St.;North Belle Vernon;died Thursday;Oct.31;1996;in Mon Valley Hospital. Born Oct.15;1919;in Canonsburg;she was the daughter of the late Stanley and Alice Banahasky. A resident of the Belle Vernon area for the past 50 years;Mrs.Sisca was a member of St.Sebastian Roman Catholic Church. She was a veteran of World War II;having served as a sergeant in the Women’s Auxiliary Corps. In addition to her parents;she was preceded in death by her husband;Samuel J.Sisca;who died Feb.17;1995;two brothers;Stanley and Walter Banahasky;and one sister;Agnes Milton. Surviving are one son;Samuel J.Sisca Jr.of Belle Vernon;one daughter and son-in-law;Sandra and Dennis Betham of Douglassville;two brothers;Paul Banahasky of Elizabeth and Edward Banahasky of Finleyville;four sisters;Sophie Urkevich of McKeesport and Helen McNatt;Mary Zumza and Alice Fircak;all of Finleyville;and two grandchildren;Amy and Bryan Betham. Friends will be received Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the Ferguson Funeral Home;Inc.;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon. A prayer service will be conducted in the funeral home Monday at 9:30 a.m.;followed by Funeral Mass at 10 a.m. in St.Sebastian Roman Catholic Church;Belle Vernon. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Arrangements are being handled by the Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.

Julia A.Demino Stringhill;86;of 403 Ferncliff Drive;Belle Vernon;died Monday;Oct.14;1996;at 2:20 a.m.in Mon Valley Hospital;Carroll Township. Born Dec.19;1909;in Whitney;she was a daughter of the late John and Philomena Demino. A resident of the Belle Vernon area the past 60 years;Mrs.Stringhill was a member of St.Sebastian Roman Catholic Church. Survivors include one son;Leonard A.Stringhill at home;one daughter;Mrs. Edward (Josephine) Balog of West Deer Township;Allison Park;one brother;John Demino of Bagley;and one sister;Mary Upholster of Bagley. In addition to her parents;she was preceded in death by her husband;Anthony F.Stringhill;who died Oct.23;1984;one brother;Tony Demino;and one sister;Anna Desance. Friends will be received Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;where a prayer service will be held Wednesday at 9:30 a.m.;followed by funeral Mass at 10 a.m. in St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;with the Rev.George Saletrik as celebrant. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Legion of Mary will recite the Rosary Tuesday at 3 p.m. in the funeral home. The Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Funeral services were held Monday;Oct.14;1996;for Duane T.Shoman;25;of Gastonia;N.C.;who died Thursday;Oct.10;1996;in Gastonia.  Born May 13;1971;in Warren;Ohio;he was the son of Dennis and Dianne Behanna Steiner of Belle Vernon R.D.1.  Mr.Shoman was a graduate of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor of arts degree in fine arts.  He was a graphic designer for Business Partners Advertising in Charlotte;N.C.  He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Gastonia.  In addition to his parents;survivors include his wife;Amy McDivitt Shoman;one daughter;Haley Ruth Shoman at home;and one brother;Dennis Steiner Jr.of Belle Vernon.  Burial was in Belle Vernon Cemetery.  The Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.;Belle Vernon;was in charge of arrangements.

Michael J.Satonick Sr.;82;of Belle Vernon R.D.5 (Rostraver Township);died Monday;Oct.7;1996;at 10:08 a.m.;in Mon Valley Hospital;Carroll Township. He was born Feb.15;1914;in Cleveland;Ohio;a son of the late Andrew and Sophia Satonick. Mr.Satonick was a member of St.Clements Roman Catholic Church;Ellsworth. He was a member of the Ellsworth Volunteer Fire Department for the past 40 years. Surviving are his wife;Jean C.Satonick;three sons;Thomas M.Satonick of Florida and Robert M.Satonick and Michael J.Satonick Jr.;both of Ohio;two daughters;Georgeann Bucci of Indiana and Patricia Metcalf of Ohio;one step-son;Jeffrey L.Moore of Greensboro;and several grandchildren. In addition to his parents;he was preceded in death by a step-sister;Ann Miller. There was no public visitation. Interment was in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;was in charge of arrangements.

CONNIE [RICHARD] GLASGOW; OF CLEARWATER; FLA. JUDY [DONNY] DODDS; OF WILMINGTON; DEL. HELENE [LARRY] ROYBAL; OF EDEN PRAIRIE; MINN. LISA SEMANCIK; OF LARGO; FLA. SONS – FRANK G. JR. [SHARON] SEMANCIK; OF PASCAGOULA; MISS. JOHN E. SEMANCIK; OF BIRMINGHAM; ALA. RICHARD P. [JULIE] SEMANCIK; OF PALM HARBOR; FLA. BLANCHE HAD 13 GRANDCHILDREN AND 3 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SHE DIED IN ALABAMA.

Julius Jack Robert Smalko;75;of Belle Vernon R.D.2 (Rostraver Township);died Monday;Aug.26;1996;at his home. Born April 14;1921;in Genoa;Ohio;he was a son of the late Charles and Margaret Bittlesmith Smalko. Mr.Smalko was a golf course superintendent in New Jersey;from where he retired. He was Catholic by faith. Survivors include his wife of 54 years;Irma L.Popp Smalko of Rostraver Township;three daughters;Carol Finlayson of Stuart;Fla.;Mary Gill of New Market;Md.;and Marie Hanson of Cape Cod;Mass.;one brother;Ernest Smalko of Plainfield;N.J.;one sister;Margaret Marchand of Newell;eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. There will be no public visitation. The James C.Stump Funeral Home;inc.;Sweeney Plan;Rostraver Township;is in charge of arrangements.