Thomas W. Stark Sr.; 84; of Perryopolis; died Saturday; October 1; 1988 at 4:15 p.m. in Mon Valley Hospital after a short illness.
He was born September 21; 1904; in Stockdale; a son of the late Robert and Clementina Gollick Stark.
Mr. Stark was a member of the Little Redstone United Presbyterian Church; Fayette City.
He retired from Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation; Allenport plant.
Mr. Sark was preceded in death by his wife Delila V. Wolfe Stark in 1974 and a granddaughter Ella V. Wood in 1981; four brothers and three sisters.
Surviving are one son; Thomas W. Sark; Jr. at home; four daughters; Mrs. June Wood of Stockdale; Mrs. Doris Menia of Charleroi; Mrs. Lee Condron of Deland; FL; Mrs. Ira Lane Rabatin of Perryopolis; 19 grandchildren; one great great grandchild; one brother; Howard Stark of Roscoe; two sisters; Mrs. Marybelle Neudorfer of Davie; FL and Mrs. Bessie Flaherty of Elco.
Friends will be received in the Howard W. McCrory Funeral Home; Main Street; Fayette City;Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and on Tuesday until 2 p.m. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Frank J.(Hap) Sezawich;60;of Perryopolis R.D.1;died Tuesday;Sept.20;1988;at 7:15 a.m.at his home. He was born April 1;1928;in Charleroi;a son of the late Matthew and Anna Polka Sezawich. Mr.Sezawich was a member of Brightwell Daugherty American Legion Post No.484 in Fayette City;Fairhope Rod & Gun Club;and Rod & Gun Club bowling league. He served in the U.S.Army in World War II and was retired from the Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corporation at Monessen. Mr.Sezawich was Catholic by faith. He was preceded in death by two brothers and four sisters. Surviving are his wife;Helen Kuspert Sezwich;three sons;Karl of Havelock;N.C.;Andrew of Fort Ord;Calif. and Frank of Philadelphia;two daughters;Mrs.Terry Karen Kasely of Pittsburgh and Amy Sezawich at home;two brothers;Cyril of Charleroi and Michael of Coal Center;one sister;Mrs.Dorothy Wavrek of Charleroi;and eight grandchildren. Friends will be received in the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Main Street;Fayette City;on Wednesday and Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 t 9 p.m.and on Friday until 10 a.m.;when a Blessing Service will be held in the funeral home with the Rev.Thomas G.Rinn;pastor of Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Church;Fayette City;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Richard G. Schilling Jr.; of 110
Vernon Dr.; Belle Vernon; died Friday;
Sept. 2;1988; at 8:10 p.m.; at his
home. He was 54.
He was born Jan. 21;1934; in North
Charleroi; a son of Richard W. and
Helen Rusnak Schilling Sr.; who survive
and reside in Monessen.
Mr. Schilling had lived in Belle
Vernon for the past 24 years; moving
into the borough from Monessen. He
was a member of Saint Sebastian
Roman Catholic Church.
He had been employed in the electronics
department of USX Irvin
Works in Dravosburg; and with his
wife owned and operated Paradise
Arcade in North Belle Vemon.
He had served four years in the
U.S. Army.
In addition to his parents; he is
survived by his wife; Betty J.
Schuller Schilling; one son; Richard
M. Schilling of Fort Lauderdale;
Fla.; one daughter; Dana Schilling;
at home; one brother; Edmond
Schilling of Belle Vernon; and one
sister; Mrs. Audrey Klein of
Phoenix; Ariz.
Friends will be received Monday;
Sept. 5; from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in
the Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.;
700 Broad Ave.; Belle Vernon. A Blessing service will be held in the funeral home at 9:30 a.m.on Tuesday;Sept.6;1988;followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m.in Saint Sebastian Roman Catholic Church;Belle Vernon. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Arrangements are being handled by the Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.

Ida Stanley;87;of Los Gatos;Calif.;formerly of Belle Vernon;died Friday;May 6;1988. Born June 20;1901;in Belle Vernon;she had lived in the community for nearly all of her adult life. Mrs.Stanley was very active in community affairs;being a member of the Belle Vernon Women’s Club;the Order of the Eastern Star and both the Belle Vernon and Charleroi Golden Agers. Presbyterian by faith;she attended the First Chritian Church of Belle Vernon. She was preceded in death by her husband;Thomas Gerald Stanley;in 1980. Surviving are her son and daughter-in-law;J.T.and Vicki Stanley of Los Gratos. Graveside services will be held Tuesday;May 31;1988;at 10 a.m. in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Everett Henry Sears of Riverbank;Calif.;died Tursday;April 5;1988;in Modesto City Hospital;Modesto;Calif. He was 66. Mr.Sears was born Feb.24;1922 in Lebanon;Mo.;a son of the late Fred and Rachel Stover Sears. After retiring in 1976 as a switchman for the Milwaukee Railroad in Kansas City;Mo.;Mr.Sears moved to California. Survivors include one son;Sgt.Frank Sears of Colorado Springs;Colo.;three daughters;Mrs.Joseph (Sally) Bachism of Monessen;Sherry Sears of Rostraver Township and Mrs.Kenneth (Barbara) Sethman of Belle Vernon;one brother;George Sears of Appleton City;Mo.;eight grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;is in charge of arrangements.