Jan 1, 1753

Hattie L. Sprankle, wife of F. Burt Sprankle, 66, of Meadville, died early Thursday at her home, after an illness of several months.

She was the daughter of the late Rev. Edwin Lenhart, formerly a Lutheran minister in counties of central PA.  The family recently moved to Meadville from Erie, where she was a member...

Jan 1, 1753

Jacob H. Stolz, 81, charter member of the local AFL carpenters' union and president of the Home Building and Loan Assn., died suddenly Saturday, following a heart attack.

He retired only in recent years from his trade as a carpenter and building contractor.  In 1950, he was presented a ring by Local 556, AFL-United Brotherhood...

Jan 1, 1753

Mrs. Pearl D. Gongaware, 69, wife of Jerry C. Gongaware of Meadville, died Monday night at Meadville City Hospital following a long illness.

She was born at Irwin, Westmoreland County, and spent most of her life in the Greensburg area.  She moved to Meadville about five years ago.

She was a...

Jan 1, 1753

Mrs. Josephine Jannot, 90, widow of the late Charles Jannot, formerly of East Fairfield Township, died early Monday morning after a very brief illness at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Roae of Meadville, where she resided several years.

She was born in Lyons, France, in 1850, coming to this country with her...

Jan 1, 1753

Mrs. Blanche Ritenour Guerdon, 76, a retired teacher, of Meadville, died Monday morning at City Hospital, where she had been a patient for two months.

She began teaching in the Meadville schools when she was 18 years of age, and also had taught piano.  At various periods, she was pianist at local theaters, and organist...

Jan 1, 1753

Guy Grove, 64, a well known local resident, died Saturday after an illness of several weeks.

He had been an employee of the Erie Railroad at the local shops for the past 17 years.  Surviving besides the widow, Mrs. Blanche Stockwell Grove, include five children, Mrs. George Groover, Mrs. Faville Smith and Floyd and Sherwin...

Jan 1, 1753

Mrs. Katherine E. Jenkins, 81, widow of the late George W. Jenkins, died Friday evening at her home in Meadville.  She was a mother of Miss Mildred Jenkins, school principle of East End.

Daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. David T. McKay, she was a teacher in Crawford County public schools for several years...

Jan 1, 1753

Mrs. Plummer B. Waid, 60, who before her marriage was Lucy Beatty, died at her home in Meadville, Friday morning after an extended illness.

Mrs. Waid lived for a long period in Woodcock Township, but most of her life was in the vicinity of Meadville.

She is survived by her husband,...

Jan 1, 1753

Mrs. William E. McIlroy, 73, of Cochranton, was found dead yesterday in a barn at her Wayne Township home.

She was born in Randolph Township and lived at Black Ash during early life.  Mrs. McIlroy was a member of McDaniel Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Ladies Guild.

Surviving are her...

Jan 1, 1753

Cecil A. Graham, 53, of Meadville, died Thursday evening at the WCA Hospital in Jamestown, NY, where he had been a patient the past month.

He had been employed by the Erie Railroad as an engineer and was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.  He was a member of the Park Avenue Congregational...

Jan 1, 1753

Edward J. Waltenbaugh was born at Grove City, March 23, 1950, a son of Charles M. and Pauline Graham Waltenbaugh.  He was employed as a tool and die maker at Talon Division of Textron and was a member of First Presbyterian Church.  He was a 1968 graduate of Meadville High School Vocational Department and a graduate of the Talon...

Jan 1, 1753

William F. Huber, 74, of Meadville, former farmer of Wayne Township, was instantly killed when he either was struck by or walked into the front of the car driven by an area teenager yesterday.

Mr. Huber had lived most of his life in the Black Ash neighborhood of Wayne Township, where he was a well-known...

Jan 1, 1753

Gaylon A. Clark, 81, of Meadville, died Sunday at Hamot Hospital in Erie following a long illness.

He was born in Union City on August 1, 1887, a son of Ezra and Rizpah Bennett Clark.  He married Marie Yochum on October 21, 1915.  Mr. Clark retired as a molder at the American Brake Shoe Plant...

Jan 1, 1753

Marian Virginia Terrill, 5-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Merton J. Terrill of Mt. Hope, died Saturday night at Spencer Hospital.

Surviving are the parents; her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Overmoyer of Cooperstown and Harley J. Terrill of Blooming Valley; the great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Terrill of Mt. Hope and Mrs. Lewis...

Jan 1, 1753

Either a heart attack or a stroke probably resulted in the death of Mrs. Arthur W. Hill, 52, of Meadville, before she toppled into the water of Sugar Lake from the boat in which she was rowing alone Saturday evening.

Born September 29, 1894, in East Wayne Township School, Cooperstown High School and Slippery Rock...

Jan 1, 1753

Christopher Bainer, born Tuesday, March 31, 1970, at Greenville Hospital to David C. and Linda Crowley Bainer, of Meadville, failed to survive.

Also surviving are a brother, John K.; the maternal grandmother, Mrs. Charles W. Crowley of Wellsley, MA; the paternal great-grandmother, Mrs. John D. Bainer of Meadville.

Interment was in...

Jan 1, 1753

Henry William Rickert, 77, died suddenly Thursday morning at this home in Frenchtown.

He was born in Meadville and for many years, practiced  the carpenter and builders trade.  The deceased spent his later years caring for the Frenchtown farm where he had lived most of his life.

He had lived until...

Jan 1, 1753

Mrs. Vena R. McMahan, widow of William E. McMahan, died Friday afternoon, following a brief illness, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. K. Britton of Meadville, where she resided the past 12 years.

Before moving to the Britton home, Mrs. McMahan had spent most of her life at St. Louis, MO.

...

Jan 1, 1753

Mrs. Julia Durney Wescott, 72, widow of John A. Wescott of Meadville, died at the Crawford County Home Infirmary Thursday after an extended illness.

Mrs. Wescott was born in Greenwood Township, but resided in Meadville for the past 50 years.  Her husband died in 1942.

A member of Geneva Methodist Church...

Jan 1, 1753

Following an illness of five weeks' duration, Mrs. O. P. Swisher, 97, passed away Monday evening at the home of her son, Rev. Dr. Lloyd L. Swisher, of Meadville.  She was a member of the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church of Oil City.

Besides Dr. Swisher, with whom she made her home, she is survived by...