Joseph Stevens Sr.of Lowber;R.D.1;Fayette City;died Monday;Oct.29;1984;at 7:55 p.m. in Allegheny General Hospital;Pittsburgh;following a lengthy illness. He was 69. Born in Washington Townhship;Fayette County;on Aug.23;1915;he was a son of the late Mike and Mary Danko Stevens. Mr.Stevens was a Catholic by faith. He was a veteran of World War II;serving with the U.S.Army;and was a retired coal miner. Surviving are his wife;Agnes Stihel Stevens;one son;Joseph Stevens Jr.of Fayette City R.D.1;two stepsons;George Stihel of Savanah;Tenn.and Leonard Stihel of Fayette City R.D.1;four stepdaughters;Veronica Payne of Hyattsville;Md.;Valerie Wilson of Herndon;Va;Rosemary Stihel of Falls Church;Va.;and Agnes Atkinson of Belle Vernon;two grandchildren and eight step-grandchildren;one brother;Mike Stevens of Fayette City R.D.1 and a sister;Anna Federer of Fayette City R.D.1. In addition to his parents;Mr.Stevens was preceded in death by a son;Frank;in 1982. Friends are being received Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m.;Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Thursday until 11 a.m. when a blessing service will be held at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City. Rev;Father Thomas G.Rinn;pastor of the Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Church;Fayette City;will officiate. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Joseph Edward Sedlak of 110 Trenk Ave.;Lynnwood; (Belle Vernon);died suddenly Thursday;Oct.25;1984;at 11:30 p.m. at his home. He was 72. Born in Winburne;Pa.;Jan;22;1912;he was a son of the late John and Mary Berdis Sedlak. Mr.Sedlak was a member of St.Sebastian Roman Catholic Church of Belle Vernon;the Belle Vernon Golden Agers and the Charleroi Fishing Club. He retired from Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.;Allenport plant. Surviving are his wife;;Mary Stefan Sedlak;two sons;Dr.Joseph Edward Sedlak of Key Largo;Fla.and Dr.Robert Alan Sedlak of Menomonie;Wisc.;two grandchildren;Wendy and Rob;six brothers;Stephen and Paul;both of Perryopolis R.D.;Rev.Father Valentine Sedlak of Munhall;Albert of Fayette City R.D.and Martin and Thomas Sedlak;both of Winburne;one sister;Mrs.Harold (Mary) Smeal of Niagara Falls;N.Y.;and his mother and father-in-law;Mr.and Mrs.George Stefan of Belle Vernon. Friends will be received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;Saturday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.and Sunday from 12 noon to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. A prayer service will be held Monday at 10:30 a.m. in the funeral home;followed by an 11 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial in St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon. Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court Belle Vernon will recite the Rosary in the funeral home Saturday at 7 p.m. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Anthony (Tony) Stringhill;403 Ferncliff Dr.;Belle Vernon;died Tuesday;Oct.23;1984; in West Penn Hospital;Pittsburgh. He was 81. Mr.Stringhill was born in Italy on Oct.9;1903;s son of the late Joseph and Josephine Mazzei Stringhill. He was a lifelong resident of the Belle Vernon Community and was a member of St.Sebastian Roman Catholic Church of Belle Vernon. He was a life member of the North Belle Vernon Volunteer Fire Department. Mr.Stringhill served as a councilman in North Belle Vernon for 18 years and was employed at Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp’s Allenport plant until retirement in 1966. In addition to his parents;he was preceded n death by six brothers;Orlando;Charles;Frank;Rudolph;James and Fred Stringhill. Survivors include his wife;Julia Demino Stringhill;a son;Leonard at home;a daughter;Mrs. Edward (Josephine) Balog of Allison Park;two brothers;Samuel and Louis;both of Belle Vernon;and two sisters;Mrs.Lena Mazzei and Mrs.Janie Mitchell;both of Belle Vernon. Friends will be received at the Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;on Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Prayer service will be held Friday at 9:30 a.m. in the funeral home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10 a.m. at St.Sebastian Roman Catholic Church;Belle Vernon. Burial will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Services by North Belle Vernon Fire Department members will begin at the funeral home at 7:15 p.m. The Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral home is handling the arrangements.

Lucille Eisley Shaw of 126 Sioux Dr.;Ft.Allen;Greensburg;died Friday;May 25;1984;at 9 p.m.in Westmoreland Hospital;Greensburg;following a lingering illness. She was 84. Mrs.Shaw was born Sept.12;1899;in Connellsville;a daughter of the late Charles and Emma Zimmer Eisley. She had resided in Monessen for many years and was a member of the former United Presbyterian Church of Monessen. Mrs.Shaw was preceded in death by her husband;Harry Shaw;by a daughter;Mrs.Marion Bell;by six brothers;Clyde;Roy;Walter;Ralph;Lloyd and Albert Eisley;and by three sisters;Florence Hutchinson;Elsie Gilmore;and Maude Switzer. She currently attended the Christian Missionary Alliance Church of Greensburg. Surviving are one daughter;Mrs.George (Dorothy) Rajala of Monessen;two sons;William Shaw of Fayette City and Russell Shaw of Chicago;Ill.;14 grandchildren;21 great-grandchildren;and three sisters;Mrs.Caoline Boord of Monessen;Mrs.Charles (Ora) Bradley of Lock Four and Mrs.Vira Watson of Monessen. Friends will be received at the Rhome Funeral Home;Inc.;1209 Grand Blvd.;Monessen;Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held Tuesday at 11:30 a.m.in the funeral home;with the Rev.Reinold Schlak;pastor;St.Paul’s Lutheran Church;Monessen;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Rhome Funeral Home;Inc.;is in charge of arrangements.

Kenneth Carl (Rocky) Swan of North Charleroi died Wednesday;May 9;1984;in Mon Valley Hospital. He was 66. Mr.Swan was born May 11;1917;in Bunola;a son of the late Thomas and Clementine Bianchi Swan. A boilermaker by trade;he was a member of Local Union 154. Mr.Swan was a member of the Broad Street Christian Church of Newbern;N.C. Survivors include his wife;Dorothy Webb Swan;three sons;Richard Thomas Swan of North Charleroi;Staff Sgt.Carl Roger Swan serving with the U.S.Marines at Whidbey Island;Wash.;and Robert Lee Swan of Greensburg;11 grandchildren;and several nieces and nephews. Friends will be received Friday from 2 to 4 p.m.and 7 to 9 p.m.in the Ed Melenyzer Co.Funeral Home;300 Second St.;Monongahela. Services will be held Saturday at 1 p.m.in the funeral home with the Rev.John C.Brownlee;pastor of the First Christian Church;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Ed Melenyzer Co.Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.