Charles R.Stark of 336 Speer St.;Belle Vernon;died Monday;Dec.7;1981;in Mon Valley Hospital. He was 65. Mr.Stark was born Dec.3.1916 in Belle Vernon;a son of George and Elizabeth Stewart Stark. He retired this year as an engineer for Monessen-Southwestern Railway at the Monessen Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. Mr.Stark was a member of United Transporation Union (engineers) Local 1643;the Bethany Bible Fellowship;Belle Vernon;and the Belle Vernon F & AM Lodge 643. He was preceded in death by a brother;Clifford Stark;on Sept.20;1981. Survivors include his widow;Eleaner L.Gillingham Stark;his stepmother;Anna Stark of Belle Vernon;one daughter;Mrs.Bill (Donna) Vandivner of Belle Vernon;two half-brothers;Jay Stark of Belle Vernon and George Stark of Monessen;two sisters;Mrs.Ruppert Marshall and Mrs.Hugh Nehi;both of Monessen;two grandsons;William C.and Bobby Ray Vandivner;both of Belle Vernon. Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon from 7 to 9 p.m.Tuesday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Wednesday. Services will be held in the funeral home Thursday at 11 a.m.with the Rev.William Jamison of the Bethany Bible Fellowship;Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Masonic services will be held in the funeral home Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. United Transporation Union Local 1643 (engineers) services will be held in the funeral home Wednesday at 8 p.m. The Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mary Jane Amalong Smock;91;of Belle Vernon RD 2;died at noon Saturday;Nov.21;1981;on her 91st birthday at the South Hills Convalescent Center;Canonsburg. Mrs.Smock was born Nov.21;1890 in Belle Vernon;a daughter of the late George and Maud Harper Amalong. She was preceded in death by her husband;Gilbert F.Smock on Oct.21;1974;by a son;Donald Gordon Smock;on Oct.27;1979;and by one sister;Georgia Myers;and a brother;Charles Reed Amalong. A liflong resident of the Belle Vernon community;Mrs.Smock was a member of the First Presbyterian Church;Belle Vernon. Survivors include two sons;Roy L.Smock of Belle Vernon and Thurman Elwood Smock of Uniontown;five grandchildren;four great-grandchildren;three great-great-grandchildren;and several cousins. Friends will be received at the Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;Monday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. Services will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the funeral home with the Rev.Charles D.LaPlaca;pastor;First Presbyterian Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Edith A.Stedman;108 State St.;Speers Hill;Charleroi;died yesterday at 8:30 a.m.in Mon Valley Hospital. She was 74. Born Dec.6;1906 in Patton;Pa.;she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Agnes Delpierre Mertens. Mrs.Stedman had lived in Speers since 1950. Mrs.Stedman was a member of the Speers United Methodist Church and the WSCS of the church. Also;she was a member of the Charleroi Chapter No.122;Order of Eastern Star. Survivors include her husband;Wilford W.Stedman;a brother;Norman Mertens of Patton;a niece and three nephews;Mrs.Sandra Stedman North of Glen Mills;Dr.Jeffrey W.Mertens of McMurray;Kim N.Mertens of Bluefield;W.Va.and Wayne M.Mertens of Cambridge;Ohio. Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;on Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Eastern Star services will be conducted in the funeral home on Thursday at 8 p.m.by Charleroi Chapter No.122 Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. in the funeral home;with the Rev.Dennis M.Henley;pastor of the Speers United Methodist Church;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;is in charge of arrangements.

Dr.Carol Ann Spencer;formerly of Monessen;died suddenly at her home in Stockton;Calif.;on Wednesday;Oct.28;1981;of an apparent heart attack. She was 39. Dr.Spencer was born Sept.19;1942;in Monessen;a daughter of the Rev.and Mrs.Harrison J.Spencer;who reside n Monongahela. A graduate of Monessen High School;Dr.Spencer received her RN degree from South Side Hospital School of Nursing;Pittsburgh. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Duquesne University;Pittsburgh and her master’s degree in public health from the University of PIttsburgh. In May of 1981;Dr.Spencer graduated with honors from the Meharry Medical College in Nashville;Tenn.;as a physician. At the time of her death;she was a resident physician in surgical specialty of Urology Flexable Surgery at San Joaquin General Hospital;Stockton;Calif. In addition to her parents;she is survived by three sisters;Mrs.Jane Spencer Harris of Pittsburgh;Lt.Col.Dorothy E.Spencer of Fort Meade;Md.;and Mrs.Harriet Spencer Wade of Pittsburgh. Friends will be received in the Beverly C.Draper Funeral Home;Monessen;on Tuesday and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held on Thursday at 11 a.m. in the Union Baptist Church with the Rev.Timothy Combs;pastor;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Draper Funeral directors are in charge of arrangements.

Albert J.Salvino;owner and operator of Al’s Barber Shop in Monessen;died Tuesday;Oct.20;1981 at 7:30 a.m.in Washington Hospital. Mr.Salvino;74;resided at 437 Reed Ave.;Monessen. Born July 23;1907 in Monessen;he was the son of the late Achille and Louise Venneri Salvino. Mr.Salvino owned and operated Al’s Barber Shop in Monessen for the past 55 years;and was past president of the Barber’s Union. He was a graduate of Monessen High School;class of 1926. He was a member of St.Cajetan’s Church;Monessen;the NIPA;and the Fraternal Order of Eagles AERIE 2399. Survivors include his widow;Mary Sanboryn Salvino;a son;Ronald Salvino of St.Louis;Miss.;two daughters;Mrs.Thomas (Karen) Rockey of Washington;Pa.;and Mrs.Brian (Marilyn) Kuhn of Butler;and four grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a brother;George;in 1963. Friends will be received in the Raymond D.Dalfonso Funeral Home;441 Reed Ave.;Monessen;on Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A parish Rosary will be recited at the funeral home on Thursday at 8 p.m. A blessing service will be held in the funeral home on Friday at 9:30 a.m.;followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m.in St.Cajetan’s Church;Monessen;with the Rev.P.Lino Ramellini;pastor;as celebrant. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Raymond D.Dalfonso;funeral director;is in charge of arrangements.