May 3, 1981

Mrs. Charlotte B. Culhane, a Meadville resident for the past four years, died Sunday, May 3, 1981, a City Hospital after a brief illness.

She was a member of Stone United Methodist Church.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Robert (Elizabeth) Christie of Meadville; a son Dr. Robert M. Marine of Annapolis;...

May 2, 1981

Mrs. Helen V. Morrow, 79, widow of Lyle S. Morrow and formerly of Meadville, died suddenly at City Hospital Saturday, May 2, 1981.  She had been a resident of Hillside Home since April 1976.

She was born at Corry, December 5, 1901, a daughter of Frederick and Ola Gordon.  She married Morrow on March 12,...

May 1, 1981

Miss Irene McDaniel, 74, of Meadville, died Friday, May 1, 1981, at Hamot Medical Center two weeks after suffering injuries in an automobile accident at Titusville.

She was born in Wayne Township, March 22, 1907, a daughter of Robert L. and Lucetta Heath McDaniel.

She retired in 1972 as sixth grade...

Apr 27, 1981

Miss Belle D. Smith, 79, of Meadville, died Monday, April 27, 1981, at City Hospital following a brief illness.

She was born at Townville on March 31, 1902, a daughter of George O. and Lena Warren Smith.

She was operator of Smith's Diner on Chestnut St. in the 1940's and early...

Apr 21, 1981

Mrs. Adah K. DeArment, of Meadville, widow of John L. (Jack) DeArment, died Tuesday, April 21, 1981, following a two-month illness at United Methodist Nursing Hospital, where she had been a resident for two weeks.

She was born at Meadville, a daughter of Almon and Katherine Resinger Kiser.  DeArment died on November 19, 1976.

Apr 19, 1981

Raymond S. Lewis, 84, formerly of Meadville, a resident of Rolling Fields Nursing Home, Conneautville, died Sunday, April 19, 1981, at City Hospital following an extended illness.

He was born in Franklin in Venango County on October 6, 1896, a son of Ambro and Margaret Pitcher Lewis.  He married Marriett Barton on May 16, 1916....

Apr 18, 1981

Fred L. Rundell, 90, of Meadville, died Saturday, April 18, 1981, at United Methodist Hospital, where he had been a patient for six weeks, after a brief illness.

He was born in Guys Mills, December 23, 1890, a son of Bert and Ina Fields Rundell.  He married Emma Eckert on November 12, 1912.  She died...

Apr 15, 1981

Elaine F. Burdick, 65, of Meadville, widow of Donald R. Burdick, died Wednesday, April 15, 1981, at University of Wisconsin Hospital, Madison, WI, following a lengthy illness.

She was born at Warren on February 5, 1916, a daughter of Gust and Mary Anderson Fisk.

She had been employed for several years...

Apr 12, 1981

Charles (Chuck) Waid, 44, formerly of Guys Mills, a resident of Hayfield Township, died Sunday, April 12, 1981, at Hamot Medical Center, Erie, after an extended illness. He was born at Guys Mills September 17, 1936, a son of Earl and Marian Byham Waid. He married Mary Ellen Lenhart. He was employed in the leasing department of Weaver Oil...

Apr 12, 1981

Charles (Chuck) Waid, 44, formerly of Guys Mills, a resident of Hayfield Township, died Sunday, April 12, 1981, at Hamot Medical Center, Erie, after an extended illness.

He was born at Guys Mills September 17, 1936, a son of Earl and Marian Byham Waid.  He married Mary Ellen Lenhart.

He was...

Mar 24, 1981

Myrtle W. Shaffer, 94, a resident of United Methodist Home and Nursing Hospial since 1976, died Tuesday, March 24, 1981, at the home following an illness of the past year.

She was born in Saegertown on June 11, 1886, a daughter of Michael and Alice Biege Shaffer.

A Meadville native, she...

Mar 21, 1981

J. Harold Hopkins, 81, formerly of Edinboro, a resident of the United Methodist Home and Nursing Hospital since March 1979, died at City Hospital Saturday, March 21, 1981, after an illness of several months.

He was born in Meadville, October 29, 1899, son of Grant U. and Grace Bixby Hopkins.  He married Leita Ryan August...

Mar 18, 1981

Mrs. Oressa Dailey, 90, a resident of Hillside Home since April 1974, widow of Clausey (Jack) Dailey, died Wednesday, March 18, 1981, at the home.

She was born in Bradford, April 3, 1890, a daughter of Oscar and Adele Blakeslee Johnson.  Dailey died in 1973.

She was a member of First...

Mar 6, 1981

Brian McGowan, 10-month-old son of Robert and Carol Owens McGowan of Guys Mills, died Friday, March 6, 1981, at Spencer Hospital following a brief illness.

He was born in Meadville on April 24, 1980.

Survivors, in addition to his parents, include a sister, Connie at home; maternal grandparents, Donald and Florence...

Mar 5, 1981

Bertha McNamara, 90, of Charleston, SC, widow of Howard N. McNamara, died at home Friday, March 5, 1981, following a lengthy illness.

She was born at Syracuse, NY, November 10, 1891.  Her husband preceded her in death in March 1969.

Mrs. McNamara was a member of Ashley River Baptist Church, Charleston....

Mar 4, 1981

Harry W. McElhaney, 76, of Meadville, died Wednesday, March 4, 1981, at Hamot Medical Center in Erie following an illness of the past year.

She was born in Hartstown, October 25, 1904, a son of David and Clara Zimmerman McElhaney.  He married Bernice McDaniel.

He retired December 31, 1969, as a...

Mar 2, 1981

Mrs. Hortense Bannister Jenks, 87, of Carrolton, TX, formerly a resident of Guys Mills, died Monday, March 2, 1981, in Carrolton.

She was born in Ohio on August 1, 1893, a daughter of Fred and Frances Reed Ashley.  She married Earl F. Bannister who died in 1936.  She subsequently married Jenks who also preceded her...

Feb 22, 1981

Mrs. Frances M. Voorhees, 66, of Meadville, widow of Albert C. Voorhees, died Sunday, February 22, 1981, at City Hospital after an illness of several months.

She was born at Meadville, February 15, 1915, daughter of Richard and Mae Gibson Adsit.  Voorhees, a former city police officer, died June 6, 1977.

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Feb 21, 1981

Jessie Cutshall Gaub, 76, of Vernon Township, widow of Jacob E. Gaub, died at the home of a sister in Guys Mills, Saturday, February 21, 1981, after a one-year illness.

She was born at Cochranton, April 2, 1904, daughter of Ira B. and Mary Heath Cutshall.  She married Gaub September 23, 1937.  He died October...

Feb 15, 1981

Mrs. Miriam M. Bolard, 63, formerly of Golfview Manor and widow of George Bolard, died Sunday, February 15, 1981, at United Methodist Nursing Hospital following an illness of the past year.

She was born in Brunswick, ME, on January 10, 1918, a daughter of Professor Lee D. and Jennie McRoberts McLean.  George Bolard died in...