Tony Scalise of 310 Market
St.; Belle Vernon; died Saturday;June 27;1981; at 3:30 p m. in
McKeesport Hospital. He was 83.
Mr. Scalise was born Dec
6; 1897 in San Giovanni in
Fiore; Italy; a son of the late
Frank and Rose Scalise.
A member of St Sebastian
R. C. Church; he had been a
resident of Belle Vernon since
1921.
Mr. Scalise was a former
employee of Wheeling –
Pittsburgh Steel Corporation;
Monessen Plant from
1947-65. He was owner and
operator of Scalise Food
Market in Belle Vernon
He was preceded in death by his wife; Constance; on
Oct 4; 1971.
Survivors include one son;
Frank of Belle Vernon; one
daughter; Mrs. Mike (Mary)
Argirakis of Belle Vernon;
and five grandchildren.
Friends will be received in
the Shelby D. Ferguson
Funeral Home; 700 Broad
Ave; Belle Vernon; on Monday from 7 to 9 p. m. and Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p. m. A Prayer service will be held Wednesday at 9:30 a.m.in the funeral home;followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m.in St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Raymond E.Shetterly Sr.of 4399 Richmond Ave.;Newton Falls;Ohio;died Monday;June 8;1981;at 5:08 a.m.in Cleveland (Ohio) Clinic. He was 69. Mr.Shetterly was born Sept.18;1911;in West Brownsville;a son of the late Charles W.and Jennie Gant Shetterly. He retired in 1973 as a conductor for Monessen Southwestern Railway at the Monessen Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.after 43 years of service. He had served from 1947 to 1956 as general chairman of the Railroad Workers’ Local 447. Mr.Shetterly was a Methodist by faith. He was preceded in death by a son;Raymond G.Shetterly;in 1933. Survivors include his widow;Bertha Walker Shetterly;three sons;Raymond E.Shetterly Jr.of Monessen;Duncan Shetterly of Newton Falls;Ohio;and Wilbert L.Shetterly of Buena Vista;Calif;;two daughters;Mrs.Barton (Laverne) Meyer of Lucas;Ohio;and Mrs.Carl (Elverda) Radek of West Newton;15 grandchildren and one great-grandson. Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon from 7 to 9 p.m.Tuesday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Wednesday. Services will be held Thursday at 1 p.m.in the funeral home;with the Rev.Lee F.Dinsel of First United Methodist Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.;Ferguson funeral director in charge of arrangements.

John Smoody of Gibsonton;
Belle Vernon R.D.2; died
Sunday;May 31;1981 at 5:45 p.m. in the
Washington Hospital. He was
78.
Mr. Smoody was born Dec.
1; 1902 a son of the late
Thomas and Mary Nagy
Smoody.
He was a member of St.
Sebastian Church in Belle
Vernon.
Mr. Smoody had been a
resident of the Belle Vernon
area for the past 35 years.
He was preceded in death
by his wife; Helen; on May 24;
1981; a daughter; Helen on
Sept. 20; 1976; and two sons;
John in 1936 and Frank in 1963. A retired steelworker for U.S.Steel Corporation’s Irvin Works;Mr.Smoody was a member of the Hungarian Club of Pricedale and the MARS Bowling League. Survivors include two sons;Alex of Louisville;Ky.and Charles William of Pricedale;five grandchildren;one of which is Lisa Marie Smoody; at home; and four great-grandchildren. Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;after 7 p.m.Monday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Tuesday;where a Blessing Service will be held Wednesday;June 3;at 9 a.m. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Lila Popp Slavina;of 39 Pacific Blvd.;Monessen;died Friday;May 29;1981;at 7 a.m.in Havencrest Nursing Home;Carroll Twp. She was 83. Mrs.Slavina was born Oct.6;1897;in Rostraver Twp.;a daughter of the late John and Lydia Brown Popp. A Protestant by faith;she was preceded in death by two husbands;Robert Foulks and Nick Slavina. Survivors include one daughter;Mrs.Irene Chambers of Belle Vernon;one son;Robert Foulks of Monessen;two sisters;Mrs.Anna Elder and Mrs.Devona Hornack;both of Belle Vernon;RD 2;two brothers;Raymond Popp of New Eagle and Walter Popp of Belle Vernon;RD 2;four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Friends will be received in the Robert A.Billick Funeral Home;Inc.;Grand Boulevard and Marion Avenue;Monessen;Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m.and 7 to 9 p.m.and Sunday from 12 noon to 3 p.m.and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held Monday at 11 a.m.in the funeral home. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Helen N.Smoody of Belle Vernon R.D.2 (Gibsonton) died Sunday May 24;1981;at 12:50 p.m.in the Mon Valley Hospital;Carroll Twp. She was 75. Born Jan.6;1906 in Zanesville;Ohio;she was the daughter of the late Steve and Esther Nagy. Mrs.Smoody had been a resident o fthe Belle Vernon area for over 35 years. Mrs.Smoody was a member of the Former Hungarian Presbyterian Church of Pricedale. Survivors include her husband;John Smoody;two sons;Alex Smoody of Louisville;Ky.;and Charles William Smoody of Pricedale;a sister;Ethel Smoody of Crucible;a brother;Michael Katko of Booth;W.Va.;five grandchildren;including Lisa Marie Smoody;at home and four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two sons;John in 1936;and Frank in 1963;and a daughter;Helen in 1976. Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;on Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m.in the funeral home with the Rev.James L.Gardner;pastor of the People’s Bible Church;Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director is in charge of arrangements.

Joseph Syabosol of 4413 Second St.;Versailles;died Sunday;May 10;1981;in Pittsburgh. He was 61. Mr.Syabosol was born April 20;1920 in Vestaburg;a son of the late John and Margaret Syabosol. He was Catholic by faith. A U.S.Army veteran of World War II;Mr.Syabosol was a member of the Belle Vernon American Legion. He was a former policeman in Belle Vernon. Survivors include four sisters;Mrs.Theresa Young of Norwalk;Calif.;Mrs.Helen Andrachek of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Julia Schweit of Whittier;Calif.;and Mrs.Mary Horvat of Charleroi;and three brothers;John Sobosle of Finleyville;Andrew Sobosle of Lubbock;Texas and Steve Syabosol of Belle Vernon. There will be no visitation and private funeral services will be held Tuesday;May 12;from the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Mary Summers of 103
Summers Ave.; (Fairhope)
Belle Vernon died Monday;May 4;1981;at 9:25 p.m. at Havencrest;
Inc.; Monongahela R.D.;
following a lengthy illness.
She was 87.
Mrs. Summers was born
June 19; 1893; in Austria-
Hungary.
She was preceded in death
by her husband; David Summers
Sr.; on April 29;1970.
Survivors include three
sons David; Louis and Charles Summers; all of Belle Vernon; a sister in Europe;
eight grandchildren and eight
great-grandchildren.
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 Wednesday. Services will be held in the funeral home Thursday at 11 a.m.with the Rev.Alex Jules;pastor of the United Hungarian Presbyterian Church;Brownsville;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. A Prayer service will be held in the funeral home Wednesday at 8 p.m. The Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Frank Sebetich of 120 Nagy
Ave.; Arnold City; Belle Vernon; died Thursday;March 26;1981 at 2:15
p.m. in his home; following a
lengthy illness. He was 93.
Born in Yugoslavia; Mr.
Sebetich was a member of the
Holy Spirit R.C. Church in
Fayelte City. He was a
retired coal miner.
Survivors include his wife;
Mary Yonash Sebetich; a
son; Ted Sebetich Sr. of Arnold City; two daughters;
Mrs. Michael Bennett Sr. of
Fairhope and Mrs. Floyd
Bilski Sr. of Arnold City;
eight grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received in
the Howard W. McCrory
Funeral Home; Fayette City;Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m.
and Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m and 7 to 9 p.m. Prayer Services will be held Monday;March 30;at 9:30 a.m.in the funeral home;followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m.in the Holy Spirit R.C.Church;Fayette City;with the Rev.Fr.Thomas G.Rinn;pastor of the church;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. A Wake Service will be held Sunday at 8 p.m.in the funeral home. The Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.