Joseph Fryer
Jan 1, 1753
Joseph Fryer, 78, a resident of the Ida M. Cribbs Methodist Home, died at City Hospital, Friday morning.
Born in Bedlington, England, he began work in the coal mines in his youth and had completed more than 30 years of work in the Bedlington Colliery when he left for the United States in 1923. One...
Richard L. Lewis
Jan 1, 1753
Richard L. (Rick) Lewis, 18, of Meadville, was killed instantly shortly before noon Wednesday when he was struck by a piece of steel while working at Greenville Steel Car Co. He was born in Randolph Township, February 1, 1959, son of Lester G. and Dorothy Boyle Lewis. He was graduated from Maplewood High School in June of last year...
Agnes R. Dilley
Jan 1, 1753
Agnes R. Dilley, 81, of Saegertown, died Saturday in Meadville Care Center, where she had been a patient since May.
She was born in Portland, NY, on July 10, 1907, a daughter of the late Ross and Phoebe Elliott Miller. She had retired from Talon, Inc., of Meadville as an inspector, after many years of...
Hugh H. Howard
Jan 1, 1753
Hugh H. Howard, retired farmer and carpenter of Richmond Township and a former Meadville resident, died Sunday morning at City Hospital after an illness of several months. He was 70 years old.
He was a member of Cussewago IOOF Lodge and Meadville Grange.
He wife, the former Addie Green, died 16...
Orlo Leroy Hills
Jan 1, 1753
Orlo LeRoy (Roy) Hills, 41-year-old Bethesda Home chef and father of four children, died at City Hospital yesterday, about 48 hours after he suffered a skull fracture and other injuries in a truck accident seven miles east of Meadville. Chef at Bethesda Home since May 1950, Hills made his home at Meadville. Although he had resided in Crawford County...
Alfred Nageotte
Jan 1, 1753
Alfred Nageotte, 90, a resident of the Guys Mills community, died early Monday morning at Spencer Hospital after a brief illness.
He spent most of his life in Randolph Township, but at one time lived in Meadville and for nine years was a member of the city police force.
Mr. Nageotte...
Rev. David Otto May
Jan 1, 1753
The Rev. David O. May, 79, died Monday at the Ida M. Cribbs Methodist Home following a long illness.
He was born in Curlsville, Clarion County, March 26, 1875.
The Rev. Mr. May was a member of the Erie Conference of the Methodist Church and served the following charges as minister...
Pfc. Robert Dale Parsons
Jan 1, 1753
Pfc. Robert Dale Parsons was accidentally shot and killed at Fort Clayton, Panama Canal Zone, Saturday. No details of the fatal accident were immediately revealed by the Army. Parsons had been serving with the Army's security detachment.
He enlisted in June 1968, after attending Meadville Area Senior High School.
Surviving are...
Edward C. Rush
Jan 1, 1753
Edward C. Rush, 80, veteran Randolph Township farmer, died suddenly Saturday afternoon at his home near Guys Mills.
Born in Randolph Township, son of the late Augustus and Mary Bailey Rush, he resided in the township all his life, with the exception of a short period during which he lived at Oil City.
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Baby Boy Boyd
Jan 1, 1753
Baby Boy Boyd, infant son born Sunday, September 19, 1965, at Spencer Hospital to James R. and Kay Perryman Boyd, of Meadville, failed to survive.
Besides the parents, survivors are a brother, Robert A. at home; the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James G. Boyd of Meadville; the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. L. H....
Ella M. Hays
Jan 1, 1753
Mrs. Ella M. Hays, 76, wife of Linford P. Hays, died Tuesday afternoon at her home in Richmond Township, following an illness of several months.
She and her husband had made their home in that community since their marriage 57 years ago.
Surviving are her husband; three daughters, Mrs. Flora Sethman...
Cora Golmer
Jan 1, 1753
Mrs. Cora Golmer, 86, who made her home with Mr. and Mrs. John G. Miller, of Meadville, died Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Golmer had spent most of her life in Pittsburgh, where she had been a seamstress and where at one time she had been superintendent of a children's home.
She retained...
Vern Kidder
Jan 1, 1753
Vern Kidder, 70, died at the home of a stepson, Jerome C. Crawford, of Titusville, Tuesday afternoon following a short illness.
A resident of Richmond Township for the past 30 years, Mr. Kidder leaves his wife and several nieces and nephews.
Services were held at Waid Funeral Home.
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Edwin C. Miller
Jan 1, 1753
Edwin C. Miller, 78, of Meadville, died Tuesday at City Hospital after a long illness.
He had lived for many years at Venango and moved to Meadville in 1945.
He was a past master of Venango Grange and a member of Cambridge Springs Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include...
Mildred Mccartney Davison
Jan 1, 1753
Mrs. Mildred McCartney Davison, of Fredericksburg, widow of Archie E. Davison, died Wednesday night at Hamot Hospital, Erie.
She lived her entire life in Crawford County and for 14 years had been employed by Talon, Inc. She was 44 years old.
Surviving are two sons, Archie and Arnold of Meadville; her...
Ernest Edgar Melvin
Jan 1, 1753
Ernest Edgar Melvin, 52, old city labor leader died at this home on Vernon Street, Saturday afternoon following a period of failing health.
A machinist for the past 25 years at the McCrosky Employees Federal Credit Union; recording secretary of Pine Tree Local 1941, International Assn. of Machinist; vice president of the Central Labor Union...
Flora F. Roberts
Jan 1, 1753
Mrs. Flora F. Roberts, widow of the late James D. Roberts, died Thursday morning at Meadville City Hospital. She would have been 94 years of age on October 21.
Daughter of Charles and Mary Gifford Forbes, she was born in Conneaut Township. She married Mr. Roberts, local lawyer, in 1880, and had lived in Meadville...
R. Vicar Mccallum
Jan 1, 1753
R. Vicar McCallum, 70, a resident of Meadville for a number of years, died suddenly Wednesday evening at a hospital in Daytona Beach, FL.
He had lived in that city for that past few years.
Mr. McCallum was born in Scotland, and had resided in both Ireland and England before coming...
Gertrude Tyler Stafford
Jan 1, 1753
Mrs. Gertrude Belle Tyler Stafford, 87, of Wattsburg, died Sunday at the J. B. Frazier Convalescent Home, near Cochranton, following a brief illness.
She was born at Conneautville, a daughter of William E. and Elizabeth Zimmerman Tyler, December 15, 1875. She was married to Charles Stafford in 1928. He preceded her in death.
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Nellie M. Garrett
Jan 1, 1753
Mrs. Nellie M. Garrett of Meadville, widow of Samuel H. Garrett, died Thursday at Spencer Hospital following a long illness.
She was born in Venango County, the daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth Davison Miles, she resided in the Cooperstown area, Venango County, until 1907, when she moved to Meadville and was married to Samuel Garrett....