Jan 17, 1984

Sylvester Free, 71, a resident of Veteran's Administration Hospital at Erie, died there Tuesday, January 17, 1984, after a lengthy illness.

He was born April 23, 1912 of Mercer County, a son of Harvey and Effie Bell Free.

He was a retired purchasing agent for ONC Motor Feight Systems of Los...

Jan 17, 1984

Dr. Richard Bates, 78, of Meadville, died Tuesday, January 17, 1984, at City Hospital after a long illness.

He was born in Meadville on March 20, 1905, a son of Alfred J. and Bertha Sprague Bates.  He married Dorothy Lawson.

Dr. Bates was a member of the Class of 1928 of...

Jan 11, 1984

Dallas H. Edwards, 78, of Meadville, a former leader in the county tuberculosis organization, died Wednesday, January 11, 1984, at City Hospital after a brief illness.

Edwards came to Meadville in 1943 as executive secretary of Crawford County Tuberculosis and Health Society and served for seven years.  He was also a member of the executive...

Jan 10, 1984

William H. Hoffecker, 87, of St. Petersburg, FL since 1967, formerly of Meadville, died Tuesday, January 10, 1984, at Humana Hospital, following an extended illness.

He was born September 2, 1896, at Philadelphia.  He married Lucille Canby who died in 1960.

He formerly was a telegrapher for Erie Railroad.  He was...

Jan 10, 1984

Douglas F. Gawne, 82, of Meadville, died Tuesday, January 10, 1984, at Spencer Hospital after an illness of several months.

He was born May 1, 1901 at Berea, OH, a son of Robert and Mabel McCroden Gawne.  He married Ruth Kohler December 23, 1934.

Formerly a switchman for the former Erie-Lackwanna...

Jan 7, 1984

Mrs. Margaret E. Hubbard, 87, formerly of Oil City and a resident of United Methodist Home and Nursing Hospital since August 1979, widow of Charles D. Hubbard, died at City Hospital Saturday, January 7, 1984, after an extended illness.

She was born at Union City, Erie County, September 8, 1896, a daughter of James and...

Jan 6, 1984

Lula St. John, 85, of North Park Manor, widow of Paul St. John, died Friday, January 6, 1984, at Spencer Hospital after a lengthy illness.

She was born at Saegertown, February 17, 1898, a daughter of Harry J. and Flora B. Gehr Flick.

Mrs. St. John married her husband April 4,...

Jan 2, 1984

Mrs. Ruth A. Byham, 86, North Park Manor, formerly of Guys Mills, widow of Rae M. Byham, died Monday, January 2, 1984, at the nursing home after a brief illness.

She was born at Guys Mills, August 22, 1897, a daughter of William and Sarah Oakes Oakes.

Her husband, whom she...

Dec 29, 1983

Robert T. Kightlinger, 76, of Meadville, died Thursday, December 29, 1983, at City Hospital after a seven year illness.

He was born at Meadville, July 15, 1907, a son of Willard and Margaret Kightlinger.  He married June 22, 1935, to Lena Terrill, who survives.

He was retired as director of maintenance...

Dec 26, 1983

Isola Bell Johnson, of Meadville, died Monday, December 26, 1983, at the United Methodist Home and Nursing Hospital.

She was born in Elgin, IL, October 23, 1896 and resided there until moving to Meadville in 1974.

She was a member of First Baptist Church of Meadville, the Meadville Woman's Club, the...

Dec 19, 1983

Dazelle D. VanMarter, 86, of Meadville, died at City Hospital Monday, December 19, 1983, after a brief illness.

He was born in Woodcock Township, February 14, 1897, a son of Alford A. and Daisy Briggs VanMarter.  He married Laura I. Brown, February 25, 1919.  He was an auto mechanic at the former Wyatt Chevrolet Agency,...

Dec 11, 1983

Mrs. Grace Flick Johnston, 85, formerly of Blooming Valley, died Sunday, December 11, 1983, widow of Floyd E. Johnston, after an extended illness at United Methodist Home and Hospital, where she had been a patient since March 1979.

She was born in Woodcock Township, May 5, 1898, a daughter of Martin and Olive Rider Flick. ...

Nov 20, 1983

Miss Blanche Pantall, 96, United Methodist Home and Nursing Hospital, formerly of Wilkinsburg, Oil City, and Ocala, FL, died at the nursing home Sunday, November 20, 1983, after an extended illness.

She was born at Punxsutawney, June 19, 1887, a daughter of William Barclay and Elsie Jane Enterline Pantall.

She had...

Nov 18, 1983

Jacqueline Louise Hughes, 42, of Meadville, died Friday, November 18, 1983, at City Hospital after a brief illness.

She was born at Meadville, a daughter of Gustive Frederick and Rowena Henshaw Beier.

She is survived by a son, Louis McNamara, Jr. of Meadville; two daughters, Tammy McNamara of Meadville and Tanya...

Nov 14, 1983

Huber L. Smith, 77, of Meadville, died Monday, November 14, 1983, at Spencer Hospital following a brief illness.

He was born at Bridgeville, DE, September 9, 1906, a son of Don and Susan Ladds Smith.  He married Emma Blanchard May 19, 1935.  She died December 13, 1978.

Smith retired in 1967...

Nov 11, 1983

Ruth S. Chambers, 72, of North Park Manor Nursing Home, formerly of Meadville, wife of Ira Chambers, died Friday, November 11, 1983, at the nursing home after an extended illness.

She was born in Union Township, Crawford County, September 1, 1911, a daughter of John and Josephine Cropp Styer.  She married Ira Chambers, November 24,...

Nov 10, 1983

Berneta M. Walls, 64, of Meadville, wife of Joseph H. Walls, died Thursday, November 10, 1983 at Spencer Hospital after a lengthy illness.

She was born in Wayne Township, Crawford County, June 3, 1919, a daughter of the late Myron and Hazel Walters Bogardus.  She married Joseph H. Walls, January 15, 1938.  Mrs. Walls was...

Nov 7, 1983

Henry E. Styer, 82, of Union Township, Meadville, died at home, Monday, November 7, 1983, after a lengthy illness.

He was born in Hayfield Township, November 28, 1900, a son of John and Josephine Cropp Styer.  He was married June 1, 1926, to A. Grace Rohleder, who survives.

He was self-employed...

Nov 5, 1983

Mrs. Edna Rose Weaver, 94, of Conneaut Lake, died Saturday, November 5, 1983, at North Park Manor.

She was born at Grove City January 14, 1889, a daughter of William and Eleanor Snyder Neyman.

Mrs. Weaver had been a member of Stone United Methodist Church for over 50 years and had...

Nov 3, 1983

Robert M. Gainey, 64, of Meadville, died Thursday, November 3, 1983, at home after an illness of several months.

He was born at Grand Rapids, MI, October 28, 1919, a son of Dr. James J. and Mary Louise Egan Gainey.

He was employed as a franchise salesman for Century 21 Real...