Veryl L.Shaffer;85;of 300 First Ave.;Belle Vernon;died Friday;Dec.8;1989;at 6:15 p.m. in the Morgan Personal Care home;Fayette City. Born Oct.30;1904;in Bedford County;he was the son of the late Grant and Ida Peck Shaffer. Mr.Shaffer lived in Belle Vernon since 1940;having formerly resided in Bedford. He retired in 1969 from Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation’s Gibson yards. He was a member of Lynnwood Lutheran Church and the Belle Vernon American Legion. In addition to his parents;he was preceded in death by a son;Calvin;in 1967. Surviving are his wife;Wilma Foor Shaffer;one son;Robert Shaffer of Philadelphia;three granddaughters;Beverly Brashear and Linda Shaffer;both of Belle Vernon;and Lisa Harshman of Centerville;Tex.;five great-grandchildren;two great-great-grandchildren;and one sister;Grace Miller of Carlisle. 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. Services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in Lynnwood Lutheran Church with Pastor Robert C.Hawk offficiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Arrangements are being handled by the Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.

Joseph Sellaro;79;of 406 Monongahela Ave.;Elizabeth;died Thursday;Nov.16;1989;at 7:32 a.m.in Willis Nursing Center;Homestead. Born March 24;1910;in Bluefield;W.Va.;he was the son of the late Rosario and Saleta Bitonti Sellaro. Mr.Sellaro was a member of St.Michael Roman Catholic Church;Elizabeth Township. He had lived in Elizabeth the past nine years;having spent most of his life in Monessen. He retired in 1975 from the Allenport plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. In addition to his parents;he was preceded in death by two brothers;Frank and James Sellaro. Surviving are his wife;Anita Tucci Sellaro;one son;Norman R.Sellaro of Elizabeth;two grandchildren;Anthony and Dana;two brothers;John and Louis Sellaro;both of Belle Vernon;and three sisters;Edith Lachowicz;Mary Klisowski and Theresa Toth;all of Belle Vernon. Friends will be received Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;where a blessing service will be held Saturday at 9:30 a.m.;followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St.Sebastian Roman Catholic Church;Belle Vernon;with Father Kenneth L.Lovasik of St.Michael Roman Catholic Church;Elizabeth;as celebrant. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Arrangements are being handled by the Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.

Private funeral services were
held Monday morning;Nov.13;1989; at the
graveside in Belle Vernon
Cemetery for Bessie Shrader;
78; of Perryopolis R.D.2; who
died Saturday; Nov. 11; 1989; at
2: 10 p.m. in Jefferson Hills
Manor; Jefferson Borough;
following a lengthy illness.
Mrs. Shrader was born Feb.
28;1911 in Logan County; W.Va.
She was a member of the
Church of Christ in Lover; Pa. Her husband; Earl Shrader;
died in 1983. Surviving are one daughter;
Mrs. Loretta Schock; of Boca Raton; Fla.; and two
grandchildren. Funeral arrangements were
handled by the Howard W. McCrory Funeral Home; Fayette City.