Nov 25, 2008

Edward W. Kerr, 65, of Sunnyside Ave., Meadville died Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at the Meadville Medical Center.

He was born in Pittsburgh September 29, 1943 a son of Ralph and Ida Steigerwald Kerr.  He married Carol McGranahan December 16, 1967 and she preceded him in death in July 1996.  He subsequently married Janet Brawley...

Nov 25, 2008

Paul C. McGowan, 82, of Blooming Valley Rd., Meadville, died Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at the Crawford County Care Center.

He was born August 1, 1926 in Mercer, a son of the late Francis and Ruth McCarl McGowan.  He married H. Lucille Smock October 30, 1948.

A U.S. Navy Veteran of...

Nov 21, 2008

June A. Woolstrum, 85, of Cooperstown died Friday, November 21, 2008 at UPMC – Northwest in Seneca following a short illness.

She was born in Guys Mills January 16, 1923 a daughter of Celyn and Amy Custead Warp.  She married Frank C. Woolstrum June 9, 1942 and he survives.

She was...

Nov 16, 2008

Margot (Peggy) Heme, 66, of Guys Mills, died Sunday, November 16, 2008 at her residence following a 3-month courageous battle with cancer. She was born January 3, 1942 in Meadville, a daughter of the late Charles (Chad) and Margot Chellman Sanner. She married Thomas R. Heme December 7, 1963 at Wayland Baptist Church. She was a 1960 graduate of...

Nov 16, 2008

Margot (Peggy) Heme, 66, of Guys Mills, died Sunday, November 16, 2008 at her residence following a 3-month courageous battle with cancer.

She was born January 3, 1942 in Meadville, a daughter of the late Charles (Chad) and Margot Chellman Sanner.  She married Thomas R. Heme December 7, 1963 at Wayland Baptist Church.

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Nov 15, 2008

Mitzi Carol Hopper McGinnis, 65, of Meadville, died Saturday, November 15, 2008 at Hamot Medical Center in Erie from complications do to Lupus and Scleroderma. Mitzi was born on November 18, 1942, in Foxburg, PA, the youngest of four daughters, to the late Llewellyn D. Hopper and Dorothy M. (Jordan) Hopper. After graduating from Allegheny-Clarion Valley High School in...

Nov 15, 2008

Mitzi Carol Hopper McGinnis, 65, of Meadville, died Saturday, November 15, 2008 at Hamot Medical Center in Erie from complications do to Lupus and Scleroderma.

Mitzi was born on November 18, 1942, in Foxburg, PA, the youngest of four daughters, to the late Llewellyn D. Hopper and Dorothy M. (Jordan) Hopper.

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Nov 13, 2008

Ruth Eleanor DeLancey, 89, a former Meadville and Vero Beach, Florida resident, died at home in Evanston, IL Thursday, November 13, 2008 after a brief illness, having been diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.

She was born in Meadville April 7, 1919, a daughter of the late Scott C. and Ettella R. Smock Maxwell.  She married Richard...

Nov 12, 2008

Viola M. Ehrgott, 104, formerly of Krider Road, Meadville and a current resident of Wesbury United Methodist Retirement Community, died there Wednesday, November 12, 2008.

She was born in Wayne Township, Crawford County August 17, 1904, a daughter of the late Ezra and Lenora Barthalomew McCracken.  She married Herman D. Ehrgott October 7, 1930 and...

Nov 6, 2008

Mildred Conrad Bode, 83, formerly of Pettis Road, Meadville and a resident of the Crawford County Care Center, passed away there, Thursday, November 6, 2008.

Born in Richmond Twp. April 12, 1925, she was the daughter of Arthur James and Mittie Root Willis.  She graduated from New Richmond High School in 1942.  She married Clarence...

Nov 1, 2008

Vernon Tim Smith, 63, of Harmonsburg, died Saturday, November 1, 2008 at his residence following a courageous battle with cancer. He was born March 20, 1945 in Ashtabula, OH, a son of Vernon H. and Dora Betty English Smith. A U.S. Coast Guard Veteran, he worked as a Taxi Cab driver in Williamsburg, VA for 15 years and subsequently...

Nov 1, 2008

Vernon Tim Smith, 63, of Harmonsburg, died Saturday, November 1, 2008 at his residence following a courageous battle with cancer.

He was born March 20, 1945 in Ashtabula, OH, a son of Vernon H. and Dora Betty English Smith.

A U.S. Coast Guard Veteran, he worked as a Taxi Cab driver...

Oct 29, 2008

Florence Jeanne Pfalzgraf, 80, of Krider Road, Meadville, died Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at Wesbury United Methodist Community.

She was born Ingram, PA February 8, 1928 a daughter of Newlon and Virginia Hodges Coulter.  She married Paul Kenneth Pfalzgraf June 14, 1952 and he survives.

She was a graduate of Crafton...

Oct 28, 2008

Mary J. Loucks Nicolls Balizet, 87, died on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at Rolling Fields Nursing Home, Conneautville.

Mary was born in Beaver Center on June 27, 1921 a daughter of the late Lynn and Kate Lester Loucks.  She married Gerald (Gerry) Nicolls on August 30, 1941 and subsequently married William Balizet, Sr. on November...

Oct 27, 2008

Wendell D. Shumaker, 97, of Saegertown, died Monday, October 27, 2008 at Rolling Fields, Conneautville.

He was born December 20, 1910 in Armstrong County, PA, a son of the late Pritner and Martha “Matti” Mohney Shumaker.  He married Esther H. Adams May 28, 1937.

Wendell worked as a machinist and tool...

Oct 24, 2008

James Lloyd McFadden, 86, of Blooming Valley died Thursday, October 24, 2008 at the Meadville Medical Center.

He was born in Guys Mills, December 5, 1921 a son of Wilbur Lloyd and Ethelyn Bessie McCloughry McFadden.  He married Maxine Adell Burton November 26, 1943 and she survives.

He worked in the...

Oct 22, 2008

Dorothy Helen (Lilly) Mercier, 73, of Meadville, died Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at Meadville Medical Center following a sudden illness. She was born in Meadville September 26, 1935, a daughter of the late Albert and Marie Yoest Mercier. She had been married to Harold A. Lilly. A 1952 graduate of Saegertown High School, she was employed in food service...

Oct 22, 2008

Dorothy Helen (Lilly) Mercier, 73, of Meadville, died Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at Meadville Medical Center following a sudden illness.

She was born in Meadville September 26, 1935, a daughter of the late Albert and Marie Yoest Mercier.  She had been married to Harold A. Lilly.

A 1952 graduate of Saegertown...

Oct 19, 2008

Colonel Richard K. Stephenson (Ret.), USAFR, died suddenly at the Meadville Medical Center early on Sunday, October 19, 2008. He was 82 years old. Born in Miami, Fla. on Christmas Day, 1925, he was raised in Danville and Oak Park, Illinois. He graduated from Oak Park River Forest High School in 1943 and immediately enlisted in the U.S. Navy....

Oct 19, 2008

Colonel Richard K. Stephenson (Ret.), USAFR, died suddenly at the Meadville Medical Center early on Sunday, October 19, 2008.  He was 82 years old.

Born in Miami, Fla. on Christmas Day, 1925, he was raised in Danville and Oak Park, Illinois.  He graduated from Oak Park – River Forest High School in 1943 and immediately...