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.
PETER C. SCRIP
MARGARET J. SICKLES
LUCILLEEISLEY SHAW
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.
WILLIAM L SHANNON
KENNETH CARL ( ROCKY ) SWAN
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.
JOHN H. ( JACK ) STARK
PAULINE STERDIS
KARA STITCH
WILFRED L. SAXE SR.
Wilford L.Saxe Sr.of 444 Henry St.;Belle Vernon;died at 11:59 a.m. Wednesday;Feb.29;1984;at Mon Valley Hospital;Inc.;Carroll Twp. He was 76. Born in Donora on April 5;1907;he was a son of the late John and Laurene Fawcett Saxe. Mr.Saxe was a resident of the Belle Vernon community since 1976 and was a member of the First Christian Church of Fayette City. He retired in 1975 as a boiler inspector for the Firemen’s Casulty Insurance Co. Mr.Saxe was a World War II veteran;serving as a lieutenant junior grade in the U.S.Navy. He was preceded in death by his wife;Marjorie Frazier Saxe on April 21;1982;a brother John Ronald Saxe in 1980 and a sister;Doris Wible in 1984. Surviving are two sons;Wilfred L. Saxe Jr. of Wilmington;Del.and John Gordon Saxe of Tampa;Fla.;five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Friends will be received Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;where funeral services will be held Saturday;March 3;at 11 a.m.;with the Rev.Bruce Smith;pastor of the First Christian Church of Fayette City;officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;is in charge of arrangements.