Ruth Ann Sprouse of 500
Pearl St.; Brownsville; died
Wednesday afternoon;July 2;1980; in
Brownsville General Hospital.
She was 55.
Mrs. Sprouse was born Feb
28; 1925; in Brownsville; a
daughter of the late Paul F.
and Isabelle Allen Randolph.
She was an organist and
choir director for the Fort
Burd United Presbyterian
Church; Brownsville.
Mrs. Sprouse was a member
of Order of Eastern Star No.
211; California Chapter; affiliated
with the Rainbow
Girls Assembly 26;
Brownsville; Past Royal
Patron; Melinda Court 122 and
a member of Order of
Amaranth.
Survivors include her
widower; Wayne D Sprouse;
one daughter; Sandra Lee
Sprouse of Brownsville; two
brothers; Paul F. Randolph
Jr of Brownsville and Harry
Lee Randolph of Ladelle; and
several nieces and nephews.
Friends will be received in
the Dale F. Crawford Funeral
Home; 126 Front St ;
Brownsville; from 7 to 9 p.m.Thursday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Friday. Services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. in the Fort Burd United Presbyterian Church;Brownsville;with the Rev.James Browne officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Dale F.Crawford Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Services were held Monday morning;March 24;1980 for Frances Keffer
Smock; 73; of 433 Green St.;
Belle Vernon; who died Thursday; March 20;1980 in Mon Valley
Hospital.
She was born July 29; 1908;
in Hekley; Pa.; daughter of the
late John and Anna Pichinski
Katchmark.
Preceding her in death was
her husband; Frank Smock.
She is survived by a daughter; Mrs. Amos J. (Wanda) Stanley of Belle Vernon;two brothers;Walter Katchmark of Belle Vernon and
Thomas Katchmark of
Clarksville; one sister; Mrs.
Catherine Kulchock of
Bricktown; N.J.; two grandsons and two granddaughters.
A Mass of Christian Burial
was held Monday morning at 10
a.m. in St. Sebastian R.C.
Church; Belle Vernon. Burial
was in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

A former Belle Vernon man;
Stephen M. Speers; 51; died at
5:30 a m. Wednesday; March
12; in Kansas City; Mo.
Mr. Speers; who lived in
Kansas City; was born in Belle
Vernon; Jan.;3;1929; son of the
late Dr. Stephen Speers and
Minerva Mitchell Speers; who
survives.
He had been a resident of
the Kansas City area for the
past 15 years and at the time
of his death was executive
vice president of the 20th Century Financial Corp.
Surviving are his mother;
who lives in Belle Vernon; one
son; Steven M. Speers of
Houston; Texas; three
daughters; Cynthia M. Speers
of Houston; Jodie Speers of
Kansas City and Mrs. Lynda
S. Rounds of Shawnee; Mo.;
three sisters; Mrs. G.T.
Etheridge of Detroit; Mrs
Betty Didrichsen of Monterey;
Calif; and Mrs Charles
Bradley of King of Prussia;
Pa. One granddaughter also
survives.
Services will be held Friday
in the Floral Hills Funeral
Home; Kansas City.
Private graveside services
will be held Tuesday in Belle
Vernon Cemetery with the
Rev. Lee Dinsel; pastor of the
First United Methodist
Church of Belle Vernon; officiating.
Arrangements are being
handled by the Shelby D.
Ferguson Funeral Home; 700
Broad Ave.; Belle Vernon.

Thomas Gerald Stanley;78;of 321 Main St.;Belle Vernon;a former member of Belle Vernon Area School Board and Belle Vernon Council;died at 11:42 a.m. on Tuesday;March 11;1980 at Mon Valley Hospital. A Protestant by faith;Mr.Stanley was also a former member of the Board of Trustees at California State Teachers College;the Belle Vernon Library Board and the Belle Vernon Water Authority. At the time of his death he was on the Board of Charleroi Goldern Agers. Mr.Stanley was a retired conducter for P&LE Railroad. He retired in 1968. Born Dec.11;1901 in Lamont Furnace;Pa.;he was the son of John H.and Daisy Matthews Stanley. Surviving are his wife;Ida Stagi Stanley;and a son;J.T.Stanley of Los Gatos;Calif. Friends may call from 7-9 p.m.today and from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.Thursday at Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home in Belle Vernon. Services will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon.The Rev.Charles Colas of First Baptist Church of Belle Vernon will officiate at the services;with interment following at Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Mrs. Hilda Paterra Salotti;
68; of 36 Court Ave.; Monessen;
died Thursday; Feb. 28;1980 in
McKeesport Hospital.
She was born Aug. 9;1911; in
Monessen; the daughter of the
late Sisto and Celia D’Orio Paterra.
She was a member of St. Cajetan Catholic Church;
Monessen; and its Rosary
Altar Society.
Survivors include her husband; Daniel (Boots) Salotti;
two daughters; Mrs Harry
(Dianne) Vernet of Monessen
and Mrs. Alex (Sistine)
Rudolph of Belle Vernon; four grandchildren; two brothers;
Guy and Bernard; both of
Monessen; and three sisters;
Mrs. Silvio (Edith) Nesti of Clairton; Mrs Joseph (Mary)
Tintori of Belle Vernon; and
Mrs. llvo (Linda) Picchiarini;of Belle Vernon.
Friends may call at the Raymond D. Dalfonso Funeral
Home in Monessen on Saturday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
and Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to
9p.m.
A Blessing service will be
held at the funeral home at
9:30 a.m. Monday; followed by
Mass of Christian Burial at 10
a.m. in the St. Cajetan
Church; with the Rev. P. Leno
Ramellini; pastor; officiating.
Interment will follow in the
Belle Vernon Cemetery.
The parish Rosary will be
recited at the funeral home at 8 p.m. Sunday.