Mrs. Nancy Irene Saunders, wife of C. LeRoy Saunders, of Meadville, died at Smith Institute, Saegertown, Wednesday, February 8, 1961, after a long illness. She had lived in Meadville since she was 8 years old except for 15 years in Ohio and Indiana.
She was born at Kennard, Mercer County, February 21, 1881, a daughter of Oliver and Melissa Ellen McDowell Luse. She and her husband were married at Meadville in 1907.
Mrs. Saunders was for several years a secretary in the county commissioners' office and was active in the Republican Party. She was a member of Stone Methodist Church and of the Woman's Society of Christian Service of the church and a member of the Ladies Advisory Committee of City Hospital and of the Meadville Grange.
Survivors, in addition to her husband, include a daughter, Mrs. J. H. (Eleanor) Nichols of Bay Village, OH; a granddaughter, Barbara Caroline Nichols and a grandson, Scott Sumner Nichols.
Services were held at Waid Funeral Home.
Interment was in Greendale Cemetery.
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