Mar 25, 1959

William W. Kennedy, 73, of Saegertown, died Wednesday, March 25, 1959, at his home after an illness of several years.

Kennedy was born in Mount Lebanon, Allegheny County, November 25, 1885, a son of George K. and Priscilla Chambers Kennedy.  He married the former Marie Carman February 6, 1918.

He was...

Mar 19, 1959

John H. Titsler, 74, of Meadville, died Thursday, March 19, 1959, at his home after a long illness.

He was born October 11, 1884, in Utica, Venango County, a son of John A. and Sarah Jane Campbell Titsler.  He was married to Berenice Fish.

He was a school teacher and was...

Mar 19, 1959

Mrs. Sarah McCartney, 81, wife of Harry A. McCartney, of Randolph Township, died Thursday, March 19, 1959, at City Hospital after a long illness.

She was born September 14, 1877, in Hartstown, a daughter of Ira M. and Mary Carpenter Jones.  She married her husband October 4, 1915.  She taught school in Crawford and Erie...

Mar 16, 1959

Harvey L. Rupp, 77, of Meadville, died Monday, March 16, 1959, at Spencer Hospital after several months' illness.

He was born June 5, 1881, in Kittanning.  He had owned and operated the Rupp Service Station on the corner of Grove and State Streets for many years and was a member of Kittanning Presbyterian Church.

Mar 13, 1959

Floyd L. Ewing, 66, of Meadville, died Friday, March 13, 1959, at City Hospital.

Ewing was born in Wayland, December 16, 18922, a son of Herman and Minnie White Ewing.  He was married to Ethel Kleckner, who died February 22, 1955.

He reitred January 1958, from the American Viscose Corp.  He...

Mar 8, 1959

Mrs. Clare G. Eiler, wife of V. W. Eiler, Sr., of Meadville, died Sunday, March 8, 1959, at Spencer Hospital after a long illness.

She was born in Pittsburgh, a daughter of Albert and Anna Bernarding Grotefend.  She was married September 3, 1909.

Surviving, in addition to her husband, are two...

Mar 7, 1959

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Grindrod, 88, of Wellsville, NY, died Saturday, March 7, 1959, at Jones Memorial Hospital, Wellsville.

She was born December 15, 1870 in Lyona, Richmond Township, Crawford County, a daughter of Jacob and Maria Robbins Braymer.  She was married to Herman J. Grindrod, November 5, 1895.  He died May 29, 1917.  She lived...

Mar 1, 1959

Fedele Acquaviva, 84, 411 Walnut St., died at 8:20 a.m. Sunday, March 1, 1959, at Spencer Hospital.

Acquaviva was born in Orsaro, Italy, January 15, 1875, a son of Michael and Carmen Mascola Acquaviva.  He was a retired coal miner in Lackawanna County.  He moved to Meadville last November to make his home with a...

Feb 20, 1959

Verne L. Hulsizer, 55, a former resident of Meadville, died Friday, February 20, 1959, at his home in Boynton Beach, FL, after a short illness.

Hulsizer was born in Clarion County, October 20, 1903, a son of Charlie and Sara Mong Hulsizer.  He married the former Pauline Willoughby June 1, 1925.

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Feb 6, 1959

Rudolph Stephen Horak, 78, died Friday, February 6, 1959, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. David (Marybelle) Bird of Guys Mills, after a brief illness.

He was born February 20, 1881, in Czechoslovakia, a son of Francis and Barbara Moses Horak.  He was married to Adela Kyncl May 2, 1906.  He came to the...

Feb 4, 1959

Raymond Joseph Ewing, 50, of Detroit, MI, died early Wednesday, February 4, 1959, at the home of his mother, Mrs. Thomas R. Ewing, of Meadville, where he had been visiting.

Ewing was born in Corry March 30, 1908, a son of Thomas R. and Grace Jane Mason Ewing.  He was an industrial engineer at the...

Feb 1, 1959

Mrs. Mary Alberta DuVall, 91, died Sunday, February 1, 1959, at the Heaster Convalescent Home, Conneautville.

She was born October 17, 1867, in Bath, Steuben County, NY, a daughter of Albert and Emelina Frink Thomas.  She was married to Lewis G. DuVall and was previously married to Maurice Saxton.  Both are dead.  She was a...

Jan 25, 1959

Paul Robert Danforth, 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Danforth, of New Richmond, died early Sunday, January 25, 1959, at the Jayne Nursing Home, Atlantic, following a long illness.

He was born July 24, 1950, a son of Roy A. and Charlotte Sweet Danforth.  He had been a patient at the nursing home...

Jan 23, 1959

Mrs. Mary A. Hickey, 77, of Sonoma, CA, died Friday, January 23, 1959, at City Hospital after an illness of six weeks.

Mrs. Hickey, formerly of Rantoul, IL, had been visiting in Meadville at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Silas C. Snyder.

She was a daughter of John and Elizabeth...

Jan 13, 1959

Carl F. Pullease, 53, of Meadville, died Tuesday, January 13, 1959, at City Hospital, following a long illness.

He was born July 4, 1905, in Warren, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Dominic H. Pullease.  He married Mary Elizabeth DeVore.  He was a driver-salesman for Penn-Ohio Towel Supply Co.  He was a member of First...

Jan 13, 1959

Mrs. Nellie L. Joyce, 82, of Meadville, died Tuesday, January 13, 1959, at City Hospital following a brief illness.

She was born July 1, 1876, in Apulia, near Syracuse, NY, a daughter of Frank C. and Rosanna Smith Greenleaf.  She moved to Meadville in 1910.  She was a 49-year member of Stone Methodist Church and...

Jan 12, 1959

Miss Bessie Clyde Foster, 85, a member of the Methodist Home for the Aged, died Monday, January 12, 1959, in the home infirmary, following a brief illness.

She was born March 17, 1873, in Sharpsville, a daughter of David and Ellen Foster.  She was a former resident of Greenville and was educated in the schools...

Dec 29, 1958

Mrs. Charlotte Ewing Ash, 86, of Meadville, died Monday, December 29, 1958 at City Hospital.  She had been in ill health for about a year.

She was born in East Mead Township, November 8, 1872, the daughter of James and Fannie Byham Ewing.  She was married to Arthur C. Ash, who died about a year...

Dec 25, 1958

Mrs. Della Neyland Britton, 80, Hammond, IN, died Thursday, December 25, 1958, in a hospital at Hammond.

She was born in Guys Mills, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Neyland.  She was married to H. Ward Britton, who died April 3, 1949.  She was a member of Hyde Park Methodist Church, Hammond.

Dec 19, 1958

Mrs. Nina B. Woodward Brant, 80, of Meadville, died Friday, December 19, 1958, at Spencer Hospital where she had been a patient for five weeks.  She had been ill for several months.

Mrs. Brant was born in Guys Mills September 6, 1878, a daughter of William F. and Helen Irene Lingo Blystone.  She first was...