Aug 23, 2001

Beverly L. Lojek, 58, of 31280 Guys Mills Rd., Guys Mills, died Thursday, August 23, 2001 at Meadville Medical Center following a long term illness.

She was born in Guys Mills, December 8, 1942 a daughter of the late Robert L. and Sara M. Reed Smith.  She married Frank Lojek April 21, 1962.

She was...

Aug 17, 2001

Evelyn F. Shilling, 74, of 6983 Shilling Road, Meadville, died Friday Aug. 17, 2001 at Meadville Medical Center.

She was born in Fredericksburg, Sept. 6, 1926, a daughter of the late Harry A. Fry & Ora (Smeltzer) Fry Williams.

She was a 1946 graduate of Cambridge Springs High School and had attended Erie Commercial College. ...

Aug 9, 2001

Michael G. Checkak, 83, of Conneaut Lake, died Thursday, August 9, 2001 at Meadville Medical Center. Born in Ford City, May 11, 1918, he was a son of Andrew and Anna Rosol Checkak. He married Olga Gernot October 16, 1948 at St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church. He served in the US Army during World War II as a medic...

Aug 9, 2001

Michael G. Checkak, 83, of Conneaut Lake, died Thursday, August 9, 2001 at Meadville Medical Center.

Born in Ford City, May 11, 1918, he was a son of Andrew and Anna Rosol Checkak.  He married Olga Gernot October 16, 1948 at St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church.

He served in the US...

Aug 9, 2001

Lucy A. Miller, 74, of 28280 Plank Rd, Guys Mills, died Thursday, August 9, 2001 at Meadville Medical Center.

She was born May 28, 1927 in Mineral Ridge, OH, a daughter of the late Burson D. and Tessie B. Fox Davies.  She married Paul R. Miller June 3, 1946.

She was a 1944 graduate of...

Aug 5, 2001

Ida Grayce Hershberger, 80, of 638 Graff Avenue, Meadville died Sunday, August 05, 2001 at the Meadville Medical Center.

Born in Conneaut Lake, January 18, 1921, she was the daughter of A.P. and Blanche Ramsey Anderson Frist.  She married Harry E. Hershberger May 1, 1945.

She was a 1938 graduate of Ben Avon High School...

Jul 30, 2001

Dora Alice Miller, 90, formerly of Elm St., Meadville, Girard, OH and Zephyrhills, FL and a resident of Beverly Health Care Meadville since March died there, Monday, July 30, 2001.

She was born in Carlton, PA December 2, 1910 a daughter of Ross E. and Phoebe Elliot Miller.  She married Edward J. Miller November 16, 1957 and...

Jul 28, 2001

Eleanor M. McNamara, 86, of 10660 S. Wayland Rd., Meadville, died Saturday, July 28, 2001 at Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh following a brief illness.

She was born September 7, 1914 in Edinboro, a daughter of the late Charles Brady and Mary Edna Trow McLallen.  She married Albert Donald McNamara October 26, 1940 in Edinboro.

She...

Jul 25, 2001

Sylvester M. Schwab, 70, a resident of Beverly Health Care Meadville since November 1998 died there Wednesday, July 25, 2001.

He was born in Kerrtown, November 15, 1930 a son of Henry O. and Aranetta Rubright Schwab.

He attended Meadville Public Schools, enjoyed coon hunting and worked for the Erie Lackawanna Railroad.

Survivors...

Jul 25, 2001

Gertrude G. Baker, 90, of Hartstown, died Wednesday, July 25, 2001, at Meadville Medical Center.

Born in Algonquin, IL, March 31, 1911, she was a daughter of August William and Anna Krenz Klink.  She married Martin Rice.  He preceded her in death in 1980.

She worked as an operator of the...

Jul 21, 2001

Madalyn “Babe” Bidwell Varner, 76, of 618 Walnut Street, Meadville, PA, died Saturday, July 21, 2001 at the Meadville Medical Center.

She was born November 19, 1924 in Hamilton, PA, a daughter of F.N. and Madalene Brown Bidwell.  She married C.R. Varner August 10, 1946 and he preceded her in death March 23, 1987.

She...

Jul 19, 2001

Dorothy M. Carpenter, 87, of William Street, Meadville, died Thursday, July 19, 2001 at Meadville Medical Center.

She was born in Meadville March 7, 1914 a daughter of Dr. Arthur and Charlotte Ewing Ash.  She married Osborne C. Carpenter September 19, 1935 and he survives.

She was a 1931 graduate of Meadville High School, and...

Jul 19, 2001

Paul A. Knights, 83, of Meadow Street, Meadville, died Thursday, July 19, 2001 at Meadville Medical Center.

He was born in Herkimer, NY March 13, 1918 a son of Arthur H. and Elinor Crook Knights.  He married Ruth Elisabeth Williams June 24, 1954 and she survives.

In 1940 he graduated Cum Laude with an AB...

Jul 11, 2001

FRANCES E. DUNN

Frances E. Dunn, 68, of 16755 McMath Ave., Meadville, died Wednesday, July 11, 2001 at Meadville Medical Center following a 3-month illness.

She was born April 7, 1933 in Meadville, a daughter of the late George A. Wiltrout and Violet M. Curtis Wiltrout Krider.  She married John C. Dunn February 28, 1954....

Jul 11, 2001

Milton Andrew Minore, 72, of Franklin Pike, Meadville, died Wednesday, July 11, 2001 at Meadville Medical Center following a brief illness.

He was born February 3, 1929 in Erie, a son of the late Milton A. and Christina Renfrew Minore, Sr.  He married Elizabeth Leberman May 19, 1951 and she preceded him in death May 23, 1970....

Jul 4, 2001

Elsie W. Boughton, 94, formerly of Santa Barbara, CA and a resident of Hillside Home since June 1990 died Wednesday, July 4, 2001 at Meadville Medical Center following a period of declining health.

She was born in Sutton, NE, April 29, 1907 a daughter of William and Katherine Ochsner Wahl.  She married Dr. Newell W. Boughton and...

Jun 22, 2001

Richard Edward Kleeman, 74, of Meadville, died at home Friday, June 22, 2001 following an illness of almost 2 years.

He was born in Auburn, IN, December 12, 1926, a son of Karl and Maude Meyers Kleeman.  He married June Smith July 18, 1948, and she survives.

He attended the Fort...

Jun 17, 2001

Robert Luther Stafford, 89, of Meadville, died Sunday, June 17, 2001 at Wesbury United Methodist Community following a period of declining health.

He was born in Meadville, October 9, 1911 a son of Charles and Carrie Ella Schneider Stafford.  He married Mary Stainbrook and subsequently married Alyce Brown November 30, 1957 and she preceded him...

Jun 14, 2001

Donald L. Rudd, 73, of Meadville, died Thursday, June 14, 2001 at Meadville Medical Center following a sudden illness.

He was born in Meadville, March 29, 1928, a son of the late Earl and Ruth Poulson Rudd.  He married Nancy Jane Oram July 16, 1948 and she preceded him in death December 14, 1997.

Jun 4, 2001

Major Irene H. Faulds, 63, of Espyville, died Monday, June 4, 2001 at Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh following a short illness.

She was born May 26, 1938 in Buffalo, NY, a daughter of the late Thomas and Iva Harris Wood.  She married L. Garth Faulds December 2, 1961.

She was a...