Jan 1, 1753

Joan Bainer DeArment, 3 1/2 years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William A. DeArment, of Meadville, died suddenly early yesterday afternoon at her home.

Members of Central Fire Station had worked on the little girl with a pneolater for more than an hour in an attempt to revive her from an acute croup attack. ...

Jan 1, 1753

George S. Stainbrook, 53, died Saturday afternoon at Cresson Sanitorium, where he had been a patient for five weeks.

Born in Meadville, he spent most of his life here, but had lived in Florida for several years.  He was the son of Albert and Mary Shannon Stainbrook.

He is survived by...

Jan 1, 1753

Alfred A. Johnston, of Meadville, died suddenly Tuesday morning at his home.

A retired farmer, he resided most of his life in French Creek Township, Mercer County, coming to Meadville seven years ago.  He was a son of the late James A. and Margaret C. Johnson.

He was a member of...

Jan 1, 1753

Miss Alice Dana Colter, a former resident of Meadville and a sister of Mrs. E. A. Walton of Meadville, died Wednesday afternoon at St. Vincent's Hospital, New York City, following a brief period of failing health.

She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James P. Colter.  Mr. Colter had been a prominent...

Jan 1, 1753

Henry E. Lingo, 84, of Guys Mills, resident widely known throughout the county, died Monday night at Spencer Hospital following a brief illness.

Mr. Lingo recently retired from the hardware and roofing business in which he was engaged at Guys Mills for many years.  He made wide county contacts through roofing contracts, an interest in...

Jan 1, 1753

Jerome LeRoy Weldon, 32, died Friday evening at his home after an illness of several months.

Well known in this city, where he had lived almost all of his life and where he had done considerable work as a tree surgeon, Welden was a graduate of the Davey Institute of Tree Surgery.  He was a...

Jan 1, 1753

Earl W. Houser, laboratory technician for Drs. Edward and Joseph Connor for the past 15 years, died early Sunday at Spencer Hospital of a sustained heart attack.

Mr. Houser, 66, received his training as a technician in Chicago and previously served at City Hospital for 20 years.

A son of the...

Jan 1, 1753

Mrs. Velma Clark Waid, 72, wife of B. W. Waid, died Monday night after an extended illness at the family residence.

She was a lifelong resident of Crawford County.

Surviving besides the husband, are two sons, Herbert and Stephen, both of Meadville; a sister, Mrs. George Sayre of Meadville and two...

Jan 1, 1753

Robert J. Shorts, 81, formerly of Richmond Township, died Tuesday afternoon at the home of his son, Bert Shorts, of Hornell, NY, after a long period of failing health.

Mr. Shorts was a native of Richmond Township, where he operated a farm until about five years ago, when he moved to Hornell.  His wife died...

Jan 1, 1753

Mrs. Barbara Dudas, 60, wife of John Dudas of Meadville, died Saturday morning soon after she was admitted to City Hospital.

A native of Czechoslovakia, she came to the US in 1914.  She resided at Springboro for 17 years before coming to Meadville three years ago.

She was a member of...

Jan 1, 1753

George W. DeRemer, 76, well-known resident of Randolph Township, died Sunday noon at Meadville City Hospital where he had been ill for the past three weeks.

Engaged in lumber and mill operations, he had been employed by various farms, among them the Shreve Lumber Company of Union City and Diamond Match Company.  He also engaged...

Jan 1, 1753

Samuel H. Davis, 86, of Meadville, died Monday evening at City Hospital where he had been confined since suffering a fall in front of his home several weeks ago.

A son of the late Joseph H. and Esther Woodruff Davis, he was born in Independence, MO, and came to this area at the age of...

Jan 1, 1753

Mrs. Lillie M. Hoffman, 82, widow of Francis Cooper Hoffman, died Tuesday morning at the home of her nephew, John C. Byham of Guys Mills.

Born in Cooperstown, she had resided at Guys Mills for the past 16 months.  She spent most of her life in Wood County, OH, and was a member of Sugar...

Jan 1, 1753

John O. Emerson, 75, former well known resident of Guys Mills, died Wednesday evening at the North Warren Hospital, where he had been a patient about one year.

He is survived by three sons, John Emerson, Jr. of Charlestown, Mass. and Theodore R. and George A. Emerson of Meadville; one brother, Charles Emerson of Findlay,...

Jan 1, 1753

Paul W. Geyer, 76, died Sunday afternoon at Meadville City Hospital following several weeks of ill health.  Coming here from Cleveland about 16 years ago, he made his home in recent years with his daughter, Mrs. Paula Leonhart of Guys Mills.

Surviving are Mrs. Leonhart and another daughter, Mrs. Arthur Stahnke of Cleveland; two sons,...

Jan 1, 1753

William E. McMahan, 88, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. A. K. Britton of Meadville, Tuesday evening following a short illness.

A native of Missouri, McMahan lived in St. Louis most of his life and was an insurance broker.  For 60 years, he was a member of the Rose Hill Lodge, F and...

Jan 1, 1753

Crawford County's first professional social worker, retired juvenile court probation officer, Miss Helen C. Easterwood, died Sunday at the age of 81.

Miss Easterwood, of Meadville, died at United Methodist Nursing Hospital after a long illness.

Following 40 years of service to the county as a probation officer, she retired January...

Jan 1, 1753

Travis J. Leech, 2, a Meadville area tot, died early Wednesday evening after he was trampled by a Hereford heifer in a pasture at the family farm.

He was born June 18, 1979, a son of Dean R. and Billie Jo Bell Leech.

He was a part of the First Baptist...

Jan 1, 1753

Dr. George E. Barner, well-known local chiropractor, died suddenly following a stroke yesterday afternoon at City Hospital.

He was born September 9, 1899, at Weedsport, NY and came to Meadville as a boy.  His preliminary education was received  at Meadville and Summerhill Townships schools.  Later he attended Universal Chiropractor College, Pittsburgh, and Pennsylvania College of...

Jan 1, 1753

Milton P. Coyle, 69, a West Mead Township farmer, died suddenly Monday evening at his home on Alden Street Extension.

Mr. Coyle was born in the Spartansburg area and for the past 24 years lived on the West Mead Township farm.

He is survived by his widow; two daughters, Miss Nancy...