Maureen Cavanaugh Backos of Belle Vernon; died Friday;Oct.31;1980;at 12:45 a.m.in Uniontown Hospital. She was 40. She was a member of St.Sebastian Roman Catholic Church in Belle Vernon. She was retired as a self-employed beautician. She was preceded in death by her father;William Cavanaugh. She is survived by two sons;John E.Seman Jr.of Perryopolis R.D.1 and Greg Seman of Coal Center R.D.1;two daughters;Mrs.Edward (Kim) Forsythe and Miss Karey Backos;both of Belle Vernon;her mother;Ethel Smarelli;and her stepfather;George Smarelli;both of Monessen;and a sister;Mrs.George (Diane) Trenk of Belle Vernon. Friends will be received Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon. Prayer Service will be held at the funeral home Monday at 9:30 a.m.;followed at 10 a.m.by Mass of Christian Burial at St.Sebastian Roman Catholic Church;Belle Vernon. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Stella Burrell of 111 Krolik Ave.;Arnold City;Belle Vernon;died Tuesday;June 17;1980;at 6:25 a.m.in Mon Valley Hospital. Mrs.Burrell was 76. She was born April 2;1904;in Manassas;Va.;a daughter of the late Austin and Julia Trotter Ford. Her husband;Joseph Burrell;preceded her in death in 1973. Mrs.Burrell was a member of Antioch Baptist Church;Belle Vernon. There are no known survivors. Friends will be received at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;Wednesday after 7 p.m.and Thursday from 2 to 4 p.m.and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held Friday at 1 p.m.in Antioch Baptist Church;Belle Vernon;with the Rev.Luther N.Wormack;pastor;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Services were held Tuesday morning;Jan.29;1980; for Opal Horrell Billger;
75; of Belle Vernon Apartments; who died Sunday; Jan.
27; at the Edgewood Nursing
Home; Youngstown; Pa.
She was born Dec. 11; 1904;
in Mannington; W.Va.;
daughter of the late William
and Minnie Yost Horrell.
She had been a resident of
Belle Vernon for 60 years and
had been a member of the
Rehoboth Presyberian
Church.
Preceding her in death was
her husband; Harry; in 1978.
Surviving are two nephews;
Roy and William; both of Belle
Vernon; and four nieces; Mrs.
Elinor Pienkoski of Corning;
N Y ; Mrs. Leroy (Doris) Columbus of New Castle; Mrs.
Pauline Barr of Parkvale;
Mr. and Mrs. Lorelei Horrell
of Fayette City.
Services were held at the
Shelby Ferguson Funeral
Home; Belle Vernon; at 11
a.m. with the Rev. Allie A.
Clayton officiating. Burial
was in Belle Vernon Cemetery.