Dazelle D. Vanmarter

Dazelle D. VanMarter, 86, of Meadville, died at City Hospital Monday, December 19, 1983, after a brief illness.

He was born in Woodcock Township, February 14, 1897, a son of Alford A. and Daisy Briggs VanMarter.  He married Laura I. Brown, February 25, 1919.  He was an auto mechanic at the former Wyatt Chevrolet Agency, Meadville, and after that had a milk delivery route for several years for the former Roha Dairy.  He then worked as a security guard at the former GATX, Saegertown, and later worked for many years as a dealer with Furst-McNess Co.  Affiliated with Cambridge Springs Church of God, he was a member of Vernon Grange, a musician with the former Oddfellows Band and was an avid golfer in his retirement.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Charles (Winifred) Rice of Meadville and Mrs. Marjorie V. Norton of Saegertown; a brother, Ernest VanMarter of Blooming Valley; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a son, Robert; a granddaughter; a brother and a sister.

Services were held at Waid Funeral Home.

Interment was in Greendale Cemetery.