Ansel M. Hall
Jan 1, 1753
Ansel M. Hall, 74, died Thursday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Joseph Hotchkiss of Guys Mills.
He was well known in Crawford and Venango counties, having been employed for 19 years as a salesman for the J. R. Watkins Company. He spent most of his life at his farm home in Randolph...
Ann B. Mong
Jan 1, 1753
Miss Ann B. Mong, 84, for 31 years a teacher in Meadville's public schools, died at her home in Meadville, Friday morning. She had been in failing health for a long period.
Born at Piney in Clarion County, her family moved to St. Petersburg and resided there until she was 10. At that time they...
Harold O, Drenning
Jan 1, 1753
Harold O. (Hal) Drenning, 57, of Meadville, died late Wednesday evening at Spencer Hospital. He had been a patient at the hospital since last Friday after suffering a stroke while playing golf at the Conneaut Lake Golf Course. A native of Bascom and Fostoria, OH, he came to Meadville in 1935. He was employed as a heat treat foreman...
Pearl Leathers Gunsallus
Jan 1, 1753
Mrs. Pearl Leathers Gunsallus, 47, wife of Stearl Gunsallus, of Meadville, died Friday afternoon at City Hospital where she had been a patient since March 10.
She spent the early portion of her life in Bellefonte, Centre County, and moved to Meadville 23 years ago.
She was a member of St....
David S. Fordyce
Jan 1, 1753
David S. Fordyce, of Meadville, died at his home Thursday morning after a long illness.
Mr. Fordyce, who lived in Alyth, Scotland, came to the US in 1883. Among the positions he held during his life in Meadville was one with the Railway Express Company for a period of 15 years.
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Linda L. Battaglia
Jan 1, 1753
Linda L. Battaglia, 48, of Meadville, died Friday 27, 1998, at home, after an illness with cancer. She was born in New Kensington, August 15, 1949, a daughter of Charles and Ruth Popney Bailey. She married John Battaglia November, 18, 1972, and he survives.
She was a 1967 graduate of Conneaut Lake High School and...
Thomas Sloan
Jan 1, 1753
Thomas Sloan, 74, of Meadville, died Wednesday morning following a long period of failing health.
The son of the late Andrew J. and Margaret Johnson Sloan of Dicksonburg, he spent his early life in that area. Formerly employed by the late Dr. R. Bruce Gamble, he retired about three years ago.
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Louise Hammer Jones
Jan 1, 1753
Mrs. Louise Hammer Jones, wife of Albert L. Jones, died at her home in Meadville, Tuesday. She would have been 84 years old next month.
A lifelong resident of Meadville, Mrs. Jones was a member of Stone Methodist Church and one of the founders of the church's Beacon of Light Class. Mr. and Mrs. Jones...
Jennie Himes Urquhart
Jan 1, 1753
Mrs. Jennie Himes Urquhart, 56, wife of Hugh Urquhart, of Meadville, died Sunday at her home.
Surviving besides her husband are three sons, John Himes of Los Angeles and Virgil and Garfield Himes, both of Meadville; a daughter, Mrs. Marie Wisgradia of Erie; four stepchildren, Mrs. Margaret Kindervater of Guys Mills, Mrs. Albert C. Crosby...
Charles A. Wright
Jan 1, 1753
Charles A. Wright, 70, of Meadville, died Saturday morning at his home.
A former and life-long resident of West Mead Township, he had carried on a harness repair business at his farm for the past 15 years. He was a member of Kiser Hill-Mead Grange.
Survivors include his widow, Mary Chambers...
Raymond Dale Hamilton
Jan 1, 1753
Raymond Dale Hamilton, 3 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Hamilton of Meadville, died Wednesday morning at Meadville City Hospital after several weeks' illness.
Surviving are a sister, Grace Ann at home; a brother, Michael Paul at home; the grandparents, Arthur Handley of Meadville and Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Hamilton of...
Mabel Van Time Hamilton
Jan 1, 1753
Mrs. Mabel Van Time Hamilton, 87, wife of Joseph W. Hamilton, died last night at Meadville City Hospital following a long illness.
A native of Westmoreland County, where she spent her early youth, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Margaret Van Time. She resided 45 years at Marietta, OH, and moved to...
Fred Fixel
Jan 1, 1753
Fred Fizel, 77, of Meadville, died suddenly Wednesday morning at Spencer Hospital five minutes after he was admitted.
He was stricken on the street a few minutes before his admission to the hospital. Dr. Luther J. King, county coroner, gave a verdict of death by natural causes.
He came to Meadville...
Eda Gertrude Hanks
Jan 1, 1753
Miss E. Gertrude Hanks, 63, Crawford County native whose services for a quarter of a century from the Peruvian government, died at City Hospital Sunday.
The tireless teacher and missionary had been a patient at the hospital here since October 18. She resigned from her most recent teaching position, assistant professor of missions at Scarrlitt...
Fred Feldmiller
Jan 1, 1753
Fred Feldmiller, 83, of Cochranton, who was injured in a truck-car collision Monday night, died at City Hospital shortly before midnight yesterday.
Feldmiller and his brother, George, Meadville, suffered multiple lacerations of the face and scalp when their truck and a car operated by Thomas Karns of Cochranton, collided. The accident occurred on the Cochranton...
Jane H. Slingluff
Jan 1, 1753
Mrs. Jane H. Slingluff, 77, of Meadville, widow of George H. Slingluff, died Saturday night at Spencer Hospital after a brief illness. She suffered a stroke Thursday at her home.
Mrs. Slingluff spent the greater part of her life in the Cochranton vincinity, but more recently was a resident of Meadville. She was a member...
Mary Mazelia Plattner
Jan 1, 1753
Mrs. Mary Mazelia Plattner, 81, widow of the late D. E. Plattner, died at the home of a granddaughter, Lois Williams of Meadville, She was born at Tionesta in 1853 and spent most of her life in Forest County.
Several years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Plattner, who then were residents of Oil City, came here...
Albert L. Jones
Jan 1, 1753
Albert L. Jones, 86, of Meadville, died at his home Monday morning.
Born in Hayfield Township, Mr. Jones had lived in Meadville most of his life. In earlier years, he was employed at the D.A. Gill Hardware Store, and more recently as a salesman for the Patterson-Sergeant Paint Company of Cleveland, OH. He had been...
Lafayette F. Williamson
Jan 1, 1753
Lafayette F. Williamson, 92, of Meadville, well-known retired engineer of the Erie Railroad, died Friday afternoon at City Hospital.
Mr. Williamson had been for the past few years the oldest member of the Erie Veterans Assn. and was presented a gold medal for this distinction at the annual Conneaut Lake outing of the association in...
Alma Waid Pratt
Jan 1, 1753
Mrs. Alma Waid Pratt, 43, wife of Cecil A. Pratt of Lyona, died early Monday at Spencer Hospital.
A daughter of Clarence and Maude Hammond Waid, she lived her early life in Randolph Township and later in Richmond Township. She attended school at New Richmond and graduated from the Randolph School at Guys Mills. She...