Mar 8, 2002

Robert Edward Polk, 19, of 111 Asbury Manor, East, Meadville, died Friday, March 8, 2002, near Harrisburg, of injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

He was born in Tampa, Fla., Jan. 2, 1983, a son of Alberta Eccles & Robert M. Polk.  He was engaged to marry Kimberly Sue Peterson who also died in the accident.

Mar 8, 2002

Kimberly Sue Peterson, 17, of 22 N. Forest St., Halifax, PA and formerly of Meadville, died Friday, March 8, 2002 of injuries sustained in an automobile accident near Harrisburg.

She was born June 3, 1984 in Meadville, a daughter of Walter and Tammy Crawford Peterson, Jr.  She had been engaged to marry Robert Edward Polk who also...

Mar 7, 2002

Leora M. Getty, 85, a Woodcock Twp. Resident for many years, and a resident of Crawford County Care Center since May 1991, died there Thursday March 7, 2002, after a period of declining health.

She was born in Meadville, April 2, 1916, a daughter of the late Orville & Alice Mabel Reichel Maloney. ...

Mar 6, 2002

Ann E. Watson, 56, of Hereford, PA and formerly of the Meadville area, died Wednesday, March 6, 2002 at her residence following a lengthy illness.

She was born December 4, 1945 in Meadville, a daughter of the late Joseph A. and Ruby Johnston Eells.  She married William James (Jim) Watson September 15, 1964 and he survives.

Mar 4, 2002

Eva Mae Olsen, 98, formerly of Cochranton, a resident of Wesbury United Methodist Retirement Community from July 1982 to December 1996, and a resident of the Masonic Homes, Elizabethtown since December 1996, died there Monday, March 4, 2002.

She was born October 20, 1903 in Hadley, a daughter of the late Russell F. and Albertina Dean Beal. ...

Mar 4, 2002

John H.P. “Johnny” Shafer, 20, of 21299 Ball Road, Venango, PA died Monday, March 4, 2002 at the Meadville Medical Center following complications due to pneumonia.

He was born in Meadville September 1, 1981 a son of John R. and Constance Pattin Shafer.

He attended schools through U.C.I.P. (United Community Independence Programs), special classes at...

Mar 2, 2002

Theodore Michael Johnson, 22, of 213 Wood Street, Meadville died at home March 2, 2002.

He was born in Meadville July 20, 1979 a son of Lance A. and Diane M. Chmura Johnson.

He was a graduate of Meadville High School and a member of St. Brigid Roman Catholic Church.  He was an avid hiker,...

Mar 1, 2002

Beverly Ann Stein, 70, of 11686 Oakview Road, Conneaut Lake, died Friday March 1, 2002, at Crawford County Care Center, Saegertown, where she had been a patient since January 24, 2002.

She was born in Meadville August 11, 1931, a daughter of the late Kenneth and Helen Johnston Rupp.  She married Richard F. Stein March 3, 1962,...

Mar 1, 2002

Helen Mae Wescott, 86, a resident of Meadville, died Friday, March 1, 2002 at the Meadville Medical Center after a lengthy illness.

Born in Tidioute, PA December 2, 1915, she was the daughter of William Robert and Ina Ellen Thompsett Jenkins.  She married Norman Louis Wescott in Meadville on September 17, 1938 and he preceded her in...

Feb 23, 2002

Florence Marie Wilson, 87, a resident for most of her life in Western PA and Northeastern Ohio, died Saturday February 23, 2002, at Ashtabula County Medical Center, Ashtabula, Ohio.

She was born in West Albion, Erie County, PA, February 21, 1915, a daughter of Charles and Althea Shauberger Peck.  She married Lt. Commander, James E. Wilson, USN...

Feb 22, 2002

John H. Bailey, II, M.D., 86 of 393 Hamilton Ave., Meadville, and a summer resident of Conneaut Lake died Saturday, February 22, 2002 at Wesbury United Methodist Retirement Community. He was born in Philadelphia Aug. 11, 1916, a son of the late John H. and Martha MacConnell Bailey, Sr. He married Elizabeth J. (Betty) Henderson May 3, 1944 and...

Feb 22, 2002

John H. Bailey, II, M.D., 86 of 393 Hamilton Ave., Meadville, and a summer resident of Conneaut Lake died Saturday, February 22, 2002 at Wesbury United Methodist Retirement Community.

He was born in Philadelphia Aug. 11, 1916, a son of the late John H. and Martha MacConnell Bailey, Sr. He married Elizabeth J. (Betty) Henderson May 3,...

Feb 20, 2002

Florence A. Miller, 87, formerly of Cussewago Road Meadville and a resident of the Crawford County Care Center since June 1, 2000 died there Wednesday, February 20, 2002 following a period of declining health.

She was born in Windber, PA April 21, 1914 a daughter of the late Rudolph and Adele Kyncl Horak.  She married Walter L....

Feb 18, 2002

Michael C. Kosturick, 84, of Inglewood, CA, died Monday, February 18, 2002, after a lengthy illness.

Born in Pittsburgh, July 17, 1917, he was a son of Mary and Michael Kosturcik.  He married Marjorie Flora Woodworth February 14, 1947 in Inglewood.  She preceded him in death in August of 2000.

He...

Feb 14, 2002

Evelyn C. Runnels, 90, formerly of Maple Lane and Gilmore St., Meadville and a resident of the Crawford County Care Center since 1989 died there Thursday, February 14, 2002 following a period of declining health.

She was born in Mill Village, PA, August 5, 1911 a daughter of the Hiram F. and Ethyl Chapin Canfield.  She married...

Feb 12, 2002

Margaret H. “Peg” Bates, 90, a former Meadville resident, and a resident of The Forum at the Crossing, Indianapolis, IN since l997, died there Tuesday, February 12, 2002, following a period of declining health.

She was born in Pittsburgh, April 22, 1911, a daughter of Walter and Alma Brown Herr.  She married Robert S. Bates in 1933,...

Feb 12, 2002

Pearl P. Banks, 91, of Conneaut Lake, PA, died Tuesday, February 12, 2002, at Rolling Fields Nursing Home.

She was born April 28, 1910, at Braddock, PA the daughter of William and Ann McDonough Glasser.  She married John K. Banks September 28, 1927 in West Virginia.  He died December 24, 1997.

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Feb 12, 2002

Eldon L. King, 80, of Conneaut Lake, died Tuesday, February 12, 2002 at the Meadville Medical Center.

He was born August 25, 1921 in DeGraff, OH,  a son of Nelson and Grace Stayroock King.  He married Edythe Litwiller January 6, 1941 in Saegertown, PA.  She survives.

He retired in 1995 from...

Feb 10, 2002

Rose W. Dennis, 93, of Plank Road, Meadville died Sunday, February 10, 2002 at the Meadville Medical Center.

She was born January 25, 1909 in Lorain, OH a daughter of Michael and Rose Kondrascin Wessel.  She married Carl W. Dennis July 1, 1939 and he survives.

She was a graduate of Kent State University and...

Feb 9, 2002

Alice E. Kurt, 89, of Conneaut Lake, died Saturday, February 9, 2002 at Meadville Medical Center following a brief illness.

She was born December 7, 1912 in Pittsburgh, a daughter of the late Oliver and Nettie Schuemaker Foden.  She married Clarence F. Kurt in 1934 and he preceded her in death November 6, 1986.