Glenn C. Shumaker

Glenn C. Shumaker

Aug 28, 1998

Glenn C. Shumaker, 66, of Guys Mills, died Friday, August 28, 1998 at Meadville Medical Center following a one year illness.

He was born January 30, 1932 in Armstrong Co., PA, a son of the late LeRoy and Mabel Wadding Shumaker.  He married Donna Hoover February 11, 1957.  She survives.

Mr....

Charles B. Barris

Charles B. Barris

Aug 17, 1998

Charles B. Barris, 87, of Meadville, died Monday, August 17, 1998, in Meadville Medical Center's transitional care unit following a brief illness.

He was born in Emlenton, April 20, 1911, a son of Charles E. and Hattie A. Sheffer Barris.  He married Grace Irene Klingensmith, May 10, 1933.  She survives.

He...

Ruth B. Tinker

Ruth B. Tinker

Aug 17, 1998

Ruth B. Tinker, 83, of Meadville, died Monday, August 17, 1998 at Meadville Medical Center following a period of declining health.

She was born in Blooming Valley, PA February 16, 1915, a daughter of Granville and Bessie Douglas Briggs.  She married Max V. Tinker, November 17, 1934 and he preceded her in death in 1974....

Anna E. Locke

Anna E. Locke

Aug 16, 1998

Anna E. Locke, 68, of Saegertown, died Sunday, August 16, 1998 in Mooresville, NC following a sudden illness.

She was born March 24, 1930 in Greenville, a daughter of the late Thomas E. and Almira Grace Crawford Gibson.  She married Richard H. Locke June 30, 1951.  He survives.

Mrs. Locke was...

Gerald L. Willmarth

Gerald L. Willmarth

Aug 15, 1998

Gerald L. Wilmarth, 91, a resident of Wesbury United Methodist Retirement Community, died Saturday, August 15, 1998 at his residence following a period of declining health.

He was born August 18, 1906 in Scranton, a son of the late David and Blanche Lancaster Wilmarth.  He married Minnie I. Moon September 30, 1933.  She preceded him...

Clair H. Allen, Jr.

Clair H. Allen, Jr.

Aug 14, 1998

Clair H. Allen, Jr., 84, a resident of Wesbury United Methodist Retirement Community, died Friday, August 14, 1998 at his residence following an extended illness.

He was born October 14, 1913 in Meadville, a son of the late Clair H. and Julia Corrigan Allen, Sr.  He married Helen Titsler April 16, 1938.  She preceded him...

Lloyd H. Sutton

Lloyd H. Sutton

Aug 12, 1998

Lloyd H. Sutton, 78, a resident of the David Mead Residence Inn, Meadville, died Wednesday, August 12, 1998 at his residence following a period of declining health.

He was born July 31, 1920 in Greenbank, WV, a son of the late Arthur B. and Rosa May Williams Sutton.

Mr. Sutton was...

Margaret M. Foster

Margaret M. Foster

Aug 3, 1998

Margaret M. Foster, 83, of Midlethian, VA, died Monday, August 3, 1998 at Willow Creek Nursing Home, Midlothian, following a brief illness.

She was born in Meadville, October 12, 1914, a daughter of Daniel W. and Agnes Shelvey Callahan.  She married Ralph L. Foster and he preceded her in death in 1959.

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Mary S. Voehl

Mary S. Voehl

Aug 3, 1998

Mary S. Voehl, 85, formerly of Meadville, and a resident of Wesbury United Methodist Community for the past two years, died there Monday, August 3, 1998 following a period of declining health.

She was born in Meadville, November 30, 1912, a daughter of George and Edna (Locke) Schnauber.  She married Karl E. Voehl, May 18,...

J. Hugh Shilling

J. Hugh Shilling

Aug 2, 1998

J. Hugh Shilling, 87, a resident of Wesbury United Methodist Community since June 1998 and formerly of Circle West Woodland Trailer Park, Meadville, died Sunday August 2, 1998 at his residence following a period of declining health.

He was born June 6, 1911 in Cochranton, a son of the late John Hubert and Anna Elizabeth...

Frederick William Burton

Frederick William Burton

Jul 30, 1998

Frederick William Burton, 70, a resident of Wesbury since October 1996 and formerly of Buffalo, NY, died Thursday, July 30, 1998 at Wesbury following a period of declining health.

He was born August 29, 1927 in Buffalo, NY, a son of the late William A. and Ethel Rischmiller Burton.

Mr. Burton...

William Edward Stapel

William Edward Stapel

Jul 27, 1998

William Edward Stapel, 89, of Meadville, died Monday, July 27, 1998 at Meadville Medical Center following a period of declining health.

He was born September 1, 1908 in Avalon, a son of the late Charles C. and Pricilla Lewis Stapel.  He married Jean Louise Reimann September 13, 1933.  She preceded him in death September 26,...

Florence H. Boyd

Florence H. Boyd

Jul 23, 1998

Florence H. Boyd, 99, formerly of Guys Mills and a resident of the Crawford County Care Center for the past two years, died there Thursday, July 23, 1998.

She was born in Randolph Township, May 27, 1899, a daughter of Leslie and Charlotte Ann (Holder) Shaffer.  She married Howard B. Boyd September 5, 1922 and...

Martha B. Caldwell

Martha B. Caldwell

Jul 21, 1998

Martha B. Caldwell, 92, formerly of Meadville, and a resident of Rolling Fields Nursing Home for the past seven years, died there Tuesday, July 21, 1998, following a period of declining health.

She was born in Washington, PA, December 31, 1905, a daughter of L. Scott and Ida Belle (Lesnett) Welling.  She married Howard C....

Gertrude Gaedecke

Gertrude Gaedecke

Jul 16, 1998

Gertrude Gaedecke, 88, of Charlottesville, VA, and formerly of Meadville and Naples, FL, died Thursday, July 16, 1998, in the Hospice Unit of Martha Jefferson Hospital, Charlottesville, VA.

She was born in East Pittsburgh, July 26, 1909, a daughter of John and Magdalena Visi Kardos.  She married Walter Gaedecke, September 2, 1933.  He survives.

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C. Edward Peterson

C. Edward Peterson

Jul 15, 1998

C. Edward Peterson, 81, of Meadville, died at his residence Wednesday, July 15, 1998.

He was born January 6, 1917 in Deercreek Township, Mercer Co., a son of the late Hudson and Laura Wagner Peterson.  He married Elizabeth Alexander September 4, 1937.  She preceded him in death May 4, 1977.

Mr....

Violet M. Krider

Violet M. Krider

Jul 15, 1998

Violet M. Krider, 82, formerly of Meadville and currently residing at the home of her daughter in Edinboro, died there, Wednesday, July 15, 1998.

She was born April 13, 1916 in Wampum, a daughter of the late Robert and Elsie Mae Stein Curtis.  She married George Wiltrout.  He preceded her in death in 1953.  She...

Frances Flaugh Peterson

Frances Flaugh Peterson

Jul 15, 1998

Frances Flaugh Peterson, 91, a resident of Wesbury United Methodist Community since 1983, died at her residence Wednesday, July 15, 1998 following a lengthy illness.

She was born June 6, 1907 in East Fairfield Township, Crawford County, a daughter of the late Fred E. and Amy Freyermuth Flaugh.  She married Harold Berry June 8, 1927. ...

Lloyd Sherman Blocker, Jr.

Lloyd Sherman Blocker, Jr.

Jul 13, 1998

Lloyd S. Blocker, Jr., 81, of Meadville, died Monday, July 13, 1998 at Meadville Medical Center, following a period of declining health.

He was born in Huntington, IN, November 17, 1916, a son of the late Lloyd S. and Ferne Belle (Rarick) Blocker, Sr.  He married Helen Charlotte Brown April 6, 1947 and she preceded...

Bertha Z. Betilian

Bertha Z. Betilian

Jun 30, 1998

Bertha Z. Betilian, 105, of Wesbury United Methodist Community since April 8, 1991, died there Tuesday, June 30, 1998 following a period of declining health.

She was born February 1, 1893 in Guys Mills, a daughter of the late Leland and Nancy Gerdon Davison.  She married Fred Rodgers and he preceded her in death in...