John Shupenko Sr.of Dublin;Va.;formerly of Arnold City;died Saturday Jan.30;1982;at 1 a.m.at Radford (Va.) Hospital following a short illness. He was 64. Mr.Shupenko was born May 27;1917;in Pennsylvania;a son of the late Joseph and Ursula Shupenko. He was retired from Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.;after 45 years of service. Mr.Shupenko was preceded in death by a son;John Shupenko Jr.;on July 28;1962. Survivors include his widow;Anna Dudak Shupenko;three daughters;Mrs.Joyce Oleinik of Beltsville;Md.;and Mrs.Catherine Stoots and Mrs.Veronica Sams;both of Dublin;Va.;nine grandchildren;one brother;Joseph Shupenko of Syprus;Calif.;and a sister;Mrs.Veronica Senyeri of Brownsville. Friends will be received in the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Tuesday and until 1:30 p.m.Wednesday;the time of prayer service in the funeral home. A mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 2 p.m.in Holy Spirit R.C.Church;Fayette City;with the Rev.Thomas G.Rinn;pastor as celebrant. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Nelle Skurkay of Pleasant Hills died Saturday;Jan.2;1982.  Survivors include her husband;George J.Skurkay; three sisters;Mary Martin of Clairton;Ann Kurtak of Pleasant Hills and Catherine Crumlish of Beaver;and one brother;Michael Shimchick of Belle Vernon.  Friends will be received in the John F.Slater Funeral Home;4201 Brownsville Road;Brentwood from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.on Monday.  Services will be held in the funeral home Tuesday at 8:45 a.m.followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m.in Holy Resurrection Church;Belle Vernon.  The John F.Slater Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.  

Nathaniel Stitch of 50 Point View Dr.;Washington;Pa.a former resident of Pricedale;died Wednesday Dec.30;1981 in the Washington Hospital. He was 52. He was born Oct.22;1929. He was a U.S.Army veteran of the Korean War. Funeral arrangements handled by the Taylor Funeral Directors;Monessen.

Mrs. Mary Sobek; Cook St.
Extension; Fayette City; died
Monday at 2:45 a.m in the
Monongahela Valley Hospital
Inc.; Carroll Township after a
short illness. She was 88.
Born in Poland Feb. 12;
1893; she was the daughter of
the late Sebastian and Marcianna Ciba.
Mrs. Sobek was a member
of Holy Spirit R C. Church of
Fayette City.
She was preceded in death
by her husband. Wladyslaw
Mike Sobek on Sept. 5. 1968.
Survivors include four
sons; Joseph Sobek of Fayette
City; and Thaddeus;
Lawrence and Carl Sobek; all
of Belle Vernon ; two
daughters; Mrs. Anthony
( Ann ) Semancik of Fayette
City and Mrs. Anthony
(Stella) Errigo of Belle Vernon; several brothers and
sisters in Poland; 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Friends are being received
at the Howard W. McCrory
Funeral Home; Fayette City
on Monday from 7-9 p.m. and
Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9p.m.
A parish Prayer service will
be held Monday al 8 p.m. at
the funeral home and a
Rosary will be said Tuesday
at 7:30 p.m. at the funeral home. On Wednesday;Prayer services will be held at 2 p.m.at the funeral home followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 2:30 p.m.at the Holy Spirit R.C.Church of Fayette City with the Rev.Father Thomas G.Rinn;pastor of the church as celebrant. Burial will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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.