George R.Stefnik;80;of 52 Marion Villa;Arnold City;Belle Vernon;died Thursday;Jan.11;1979 at 5:30 p.m. in the Willis Nursing Home in Homestead following a lengthy illness. Born Oct.23;1898;in Vandergrift;he was a son of the late Joseph and Anna Stefnik and a long-time resident of Fayette City before moving to Arnold City. He was a retired barber by trade. He was a member of Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church of Belle Vernon. Surviving are his widow;Mrs.Mary Onufer Stefnik;one son;Ralph Stefnik of Wheeling;W.Va.;one daughter;Mrs.Edith Snead of Phoenix;Ariz.;one sister;Mrs.Mary Magaro of Vandergrift;five grandchildren;and two great-grandchildren. Friends are being received after 7 p.m. Saturday in the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Main St.;Fayette City;where a blessing service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday with the Rev.John Kluchko of Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church of Belle Vernon as celebrant. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. A parastas Service will take place Sunday at 8 p.m. in the funeral home. Howard W.McCrory is the funeral director.

Bruce Stephens;67;of Gillespie R.D.1 Fayette City;was pronounced dead on arrival at Mon Valley Hospital on Friday;Dec.8;1978. Born in Allegheny County on Jan.12;1911;he was the son of the late Martin and Jennie Porter Stephens. A Protestant by faith;Mr.Stephens was a U.S.Army veteran of World War II and a retired employee of the Allenport Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. He is survived by his widow;Donna Johnson Stephens;two sisters;Mrs.Sara White of Natrona Heights;Pa.;and Bessie Dowler of Brownsville. Friends will be received after 7 p.m.Saturday in the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;334 Main St.;Fayette City. Services will be held Monday at 2:30 p.m.in the funeral home;with the Rev.Fred Gnatuk of the Fayette City United Presbertian Church officiating. Interment will be n Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Benjamin F.Siple;426 McGee Ave.;Monessen;died Wednesday;November 15;1978 in the Mon Valley Hospital;Carroll Twp.;following a lengthy illness.  He was 79.    Born in Connellsville;he was the son of the late Samuel S.and Ida Gallie Siple.  Mr.Siple had been employed as a pyrometer repairman;with the Page Division;American Chain & Cable Company (ACCO);Monessen;retiring in 1964.  He was a member of the United Methodist Church of Monessen;and the Valley of New Castle Consistory.  He was a 50 year member of the Monessen Lodge 638 F&AM.  Mr.Siple is survived by his widow;Ida Gray Siple;two sons;Robert A.Siple of Chesterton;Ind.;and Barry G.Siple of Wilmington;Del.;;four grandchildren;and two sisters;Mrs.Melvin A.(Jean) Johnston of the Sweeney Plan;Belle Vernon;and Mrs.Thelma J.Mackey of Monessen.  Friends will be received in the Rhome Funeral Home Inc.;1209 Grand Blvd.;Monessen;from 7 to 9 p.m.Thursday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Friday.  Services will be held Saturday at 10 a.m.in the chapel of the funeral home;with the Rev.Joseph C.Rial;pastor of the United Methodist Church of Monongahela;officiating.  Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.  Rhome Funeral Directors;in charge of arrangements.

Reno Sylvester;805 Graham St.;Belle Vernon;died Thursday;Oct.26;1978 in Mon Valley Hospital.  He was 69.  Born in Belle Vernon;Sept.5;1909;he had spent his entire life in the Belle Vernon area.  Mr.Sylvester retired in 1972 as superintendent of the Strip Mill at the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.;Allenport plant.  He was a member of St.Sebastian Catholic Church;Belle Vernon.  He was preceded in death by his first wife;Bernadine Sylvester;on Jan.3;1971.  Mr.Sylvester is survived by his second wife;Florence;one son;Michael R.Sylvester of Belle Vernon;two daughters;Mrs.Harold (Maureen) Jenkins of Charleroi R.D.2;and Mrs.Dell (Valerie)  Rathe of Lincoln;Neb.;two sisters;Mrs.Clara Marini and Mrs.Jessie Dawson;both of Belle Vernon;and seven grandchildren.  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.  A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at St.Sebastian Catholic Church;Belle Vernon;on Saturday at 1 p.m.  Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.  A wake service will be held Friday at 7:30 p.m.at the funeral home.  Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;is in charge of arrangements.

Elizabeth Jane Sethman;111 Elks Place;Belle Vernon;died Friday;Oct.20;1978;in Mon Valley Hospital;Carroll Twp. She was 83. Born in Ford City;May 2;1895;she was the daughter of the late Adam and Hannah Renolds Turnbull. She had been a resident of the Belle Vernon area for the last 52 years. Mrs.Sethman was a member of St.Mary’s Episcopal Church;Charleroi. She was preceded in death by her husband;Harry Sethman on March 6;1975. Mrs.Sethman is survived by three sons;Richard and Harry Sethman Jr.;both of Belle Vernon;and Howard Sethman of Downey; Calif.;seven daughters;Mrs.John (Margaret) Carr;Mrs.William (Ethel) Venneri;Mrs.Mark;(Hannah) Bennett;and Mrs.Thomas (Norma Jean) Seibert;all of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Florence Weaver with whom she made her home;Mrs.Dorothy Rainey of Denbo;and Mrs.George (Martha) Warner of Springfield;Ohio;two brothers;Norman Turnbull of Greenville and John Turnbull of Belle Vernon;two sisters;Mrs.Martha Metz and Mrs.Margaret Roberts;35 grandchildren and 53 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;from 7 to 9 p.m.Saturday and 2 to 4 and 7 to p.m.Sunday. Funeral services will be held at the funeral home Monday at 1 p.m.;with the Rev.George E.Warner;Mrs.Sethman’s son-in-law;of the Reorganized Church of the Latter Day Saints;Springfield;Ohio;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Venon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is the funeral director in charge of arrangements.

John P.Sousae;61;of 418 Hill St.;Belle Vernon;died Friday;Oct.13;1978;at 1:55 p.m.in Mercy Hospital;Pittsburgh. Mr.Sousae was born in Custer City;Pa.on June 30;1917;a son of the late John Sousae and Mrs.Josephine D’Alessio Sousae;who survives. He had lived in the Belle Vernon area since 1945. He was employed as an auto mechanic with the Bendik-Lancaster Buick Co.;Inc.in Charleroi and was a veteran of World War II;having served with the U.S.Army. Mr.Smouse was a member of St.Sebastian Catholic Church of Belle Vernon;American Legion Post 659;the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Moose Club;all of Belle Vernon;the Hungarian Club of Pricedale;Washington Twp.Fireman’s Club and the Fairhope Rod and Gun Club. Besides his father;John Sousae;who died in June of 1945;he was preceded in death by a sister;Mrs.Virginia Razzando in 1969 and by a brother;James Sousae. Survivors include his mother;Mrs.Josephine D’Alessio Sousae of Belle Vernon;two sisters;Mrs.Ann Hook;with whom he made his home in Belle Vernon and Mrs.Russell (Betty) Cope of Belle Vernon;one brother;Vincent L.Sousae of Belle Vernon;and a number of nieces and nephews. Friends will be received in the Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon on Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m.and on Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.where a wake service will be held in the funeral home on Sunday at 2 p.m.and a military service will be held on Sunday at 7:30 p.m.by the Belle Vernon American Legion Post 659. A Blessing service will be held in the funeral home on Monday at 9:30 a.m.followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m.in St.Sebastian Catholic Church. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Leonard J.Parzynski;funeral director in charge.

Roberta Lee (Harris) Strong 79;of Boston;Mass.;formerly of Belle Vernon;died at her home on Saturday;Oct.7;1978. She was 79. Born in Virginia on July 26;1899;she was the daughter of the late Mr.and Mrs.Robert Harris of Belle Vernon. A retired school teacher;she was preceded in death by her husband and a daughter. She is survived by a son;Lonnie Lee Emerson of Boston and a daughter;Mrs.Roberta Baskerville of Boston;seven grandchildren;and five great-grandchildren. Friends will be received in the Antioch Baptist Church;Henry St.;Belle Vernon;on Thursday from 10 to 11 a.m. The hour of service will be at 11 a.m. with the Rev.Luther Wormack officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Arrangements are being handled by McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City.