Helen Marie Simpson; 89; of
Ligonier; died Saturday; March
25;1995; in Westmoreland Regional
Hospital; Greensburg.
Born June 7; 1905; in Ligonier
Township; she was the
daughter of the late Alexander
and Virginia White Phillips.
In addition to her parents;
she was preceded in death by
her husband; Kenneth R. Simpson;
four brothers; Clifford;
William; Charles and Frank
Phillips; and five sisters; Grace;
Jenny and Jessie Phillips;
Bertha Spencer and Gertrude
West.
She is survived by four nephews
and three nieces.Friends
will be received Tuesday
from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Beverly
C. Draper Funeral
Home; 608 Sixth St.; Monessen;
where services will be
held Wednesday at 1 p.m.
with the Rev. Robert Cable
of Mt. Calvary Baptist
Church; Fairchance; officiating.
Interment will follow
in Belle Vernon Cemetery.
Arrangements are being
handled by the Beverly
C. Draper Funeral Home.

Anna Costella Skurkay;76;of 207 Johnson Ave.;Belle Vernon;died Sunday;Feb.26;1995;at 9:40 a.m.in her home.  Mrs.Skurkay was born Sept.14;1918;in Hannastown;a daughter of the late Joseph and Anna Costella.  She retired in 1978 as a secretary-clerk for the Githens Insurance Center of Belle Vernon;where she was employed for 15 years.  Mrs.Skurkay was a lifelong resident of the Belle Vernon Area.  She was a member of Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church of Belle Vernon and St.Barbara’s Guild of the church.  Her husband;John B.Skurkay;died Nov.22;1992.  A sister;Mary Makovsky;is also deceased. Surviving are two daughters;Mrs.William (Mary Joan) Weinheimer of Pittsburgh and Mrs.William (Patricia Ann) Snodgrass of Canonsburg;and three grandchildren;Kristen Anne Humphrey;Ann Elizabeth Weinheimer and Jonathan Paul Weinheimer.  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.  Relatives and friends will gather at Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church;Mary Street;Belle Vernon;on Wednesday at 10 a.m.for funeral services with the Rev.John Kluchko;pastor;officiating.  Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.  A Parastas Service will be held Tuesday at 8 p.m.in the funeral home.  The family suggests contributions in Mrs.Skurkay’s memory may be made to the Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church Endowment Fund.  The Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

Samuel J.Sisca;77;of 619 Grant St.;Belle Vernon;died Friday;Feb.17;1995;at 9:36 p.m. in Mon Valley Hospital;Carroll Township. Friends will be received Monday from 1 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.;700 Broad Ave.; Belle Vernon. A prayer service will be held at the funeral home Tuesday at 9:30 a.m.;followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St.Sebastian Roman Catholic Church;Belle Vernon. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Belle Vernon American Legion Post 659 will hold a memorial service Monday at 7 p.m. in the funeral home. The Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.is in charge of the arrangements.

John Sarge Strychalski; 76;
of Fairhope; Belle Vernon; died
Tuesday; Jan. 3; 1995; in the
Country Care Manor; Fayette
City R.D. 2; after a lengthly
illness.
He was born in LaBelle; Jan.
2;1919; a son of the late Andrew
and Helen Glazer Strychalski.
Mr. Strychalski was a retired
coal miner from the Mathies Coal Mine. He was a member of
the UMWA.
A veteran of World War II; he
served with the U.S. Army. He
was a member of the Belle Vernon
American Legion Post 659
and the Fairhope Rod and Gun
Club. Surviving are his wife;
Susan Buchton Strychalski;whom he married on Feb.11;1939;a son and daughter-in-law;
Bernard and Debbie Strychalski
of Fairhope; two
daughters and sons-in-law;
Evelyn and Eugene Nagy of Donora
and Suzanne and John
Antol of Fairhope; nine grandchildren;
five great-grandchildren;
three brothers;
Walter and Stanley Strychalski
of Fairhope and Joseph of Trafford;
four sisters; Mary Belczyk
of Arnold City; Ann Glister of
North Versailles and Nellie
Gombo and Florence Rovny;
both of Fairhope; and a
daughter-in-law; Janet Miller
Strychalski of Augusta; Ga.
In addition to his parents; he was preceded in death by a son;Andrew Strychalski in 1987;a brother;Edward Strychalski;and a sister;Mildred Spazak. Friends will be received
in the Howard W.
McCrory Funeral Home;
Fayette City; Wednesday
from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.and on Thursday
until 11
a.m.; the hour of services;
with the Rev. Felix Pyzowski
of St. Joseph Polish
National Catholic Church of
Fairhope officiating. Interment
will be in Belle Vernon
Cemetery; Belle Vernon.
The Howard W. McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.