Nov 19, 1976

John L. (Jack) DeArment, 76, of Meadville, died at City Hospital Friday, November 19, 1976, after an illness of two months. Born in Hayfield Township on August 2, 1900, he was a son of Andrew J. and Tina Lankton DeArment. He married Adah Kiser. Mr. DeArment was employed as a storekeeper by Talon Division of Textron, Inc., before retiring...

Nov 19, 1976

John L. (Jack) DeArment, 76, of Meadville, died at City Hospital Friday, November 19, 1976, after an illness of two months.

Born in Hayfield Township on August 2, 1900, he was a son of Andrew J. and Tina Lankton DeArment.  He married Adah Kiser.

Mr. DeArment was employed as a storekeeper...

Nov 17, 1976

Mark Richard Miller, 3-month-old son of Joel A. and Sharon Dorland Miller, of Guys Mills, died at home Wednesday, November 17, 1976.

He was born in Meadville August 14, 1976.

In addition to his parents, survivors include a sister, Kimberly at home; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Marian Erickson of Missoula, MO; paternal...

Nov 13, 1976

Eugene E. Sayre, 54, of Conneaut Lake, died Saturday, November 13, 1976, at Veterans Hospital, Erie, after an extended illness.

A son of Ellis W. and Opel Wilmouth Sayre, he was born May 2, 1922, in Cambridge Springs.  He was employed at Channellock Inc. as a machine operator until March 1976.  He was a former...

Nov 13, 1976

Earl L. Baumgardner, 83, of Meadville, died Saturday, November 13, 1976, at Mead Nursing Home where he had been a resident for three years.

He was born in Elton, Cambria County, December 28, 1892.  He married Minnie Kaufman July 15, 1915.  She died in 1972.  Employed as a machine operator by the former Palmer Tool,...

Nov 5, 1976

Mrs. Rose A. Besser, 53, of Guys Mills, formerly of Pittsburgh, died Friday, November 5, 1976, at Spencer Hospital after an illness of several months.  She had resided at Guys Mills since 1971.

Born in Pittsburgh on December 10, 1922, she was a daughter of Charles and Rose Snyder Christian.  In her earlier years she...

Nov 4, 1976

R. Gordon Cutshall, 65, of Meadville, was pronounced dead on arrival at City Hospital Sunday, July 9, 1978, following a sudden illness.

Born in Cochranton, May 29, 1913, he was a son of Ira B. and Mary Heath Cutshall.  He married Marian Grove June 4, 1939.  She died November 4, 1976.  Following 40 years service...

Nov 4, 1976

Frank P. Krider, 82, a resident of United Methodist Nursing Hospital for the past seven months, was dead on arrival at City Hospital Thursday, November 4, 1976, after a sudden illness.

Born in Meadville December 15, 1893, he was a son of John and Elizabeth Seibert Krider.  He was employed for 47 years by the...

Oct 31, 1976

The Rev. Mark R. Smith, 97, of Meadville, died Sunday, October 31, 1976, at United Methodist Nursing Hospital after an extended illness.

He was born in Philadelphia, December 6, 1878.  His wife, the former Mary Muma, died in 1960.  They were both Methodist ministers, having served various churches in Pennsylvania.

He...

Oct 28, 1976

Miss Mildred Willard, 93, a former resident of Presbyterian Home, Cambridge Springs, died Thursday, October 28, 1976, at Mead Nursing Home.

A daughter of William and Lucretia Spencer Willard, she was born June 12, 1883, in Saegertown.  Miss Willard, a graduate of Saegertown public schools and former Edinboro State Normal School, taught school for several...

Oct 25, 1976

Mrs. Maysie Davis, 89, formerly of Meadville, died at the Sebring Manor Nursing Home, Sebring, FL, Monday, October 25, 1976, after a short illness.  She has been a patient at the home since 1973.

Born in Ohio on March 3, 1887, she was a daughter of James and Frances Comer Weaver.  On June 16, 1909,...

Oct 25, 1976

V. W. Eiler, 88, of Meadville, died at his home Monday evening, October 25, 1976, after a sudden illness.

Born in Meadville, March 3, 1888, he was a son of V. W. and Barbara Eiler.  He married Clara Grotefend on September 3, 1909, and she died in 1959.  On June 29, 1962, he married Frances...

Oct 2, 1976

Allen S. Byham, 82, of Meadville, died at Spencer Hospital Saturday, October 2, 1976, after a one-year illness.

He was born in Randolph Township July 16, 1894, a son of Robert W. and Josephine Murdoch Byham.  He first married Ruby Tanner who died in 1947.  He then married Cecile Calvin who died in 1959.  Mr....

Sep 21, 1976

Arthur D. Reynolds, 98, formerly of Blooming Valley, died at the National Health Enterprise Nursing Home at Lexington, KY on Tuesday, September 21, 1976, after a period of failing health.  Mr. Reynolds, who had lived in Lexington since 1970, was at the nursing home for three years.

He was born in Vernon Township on January...

Sep 7, 1976

Mrs. Eilzabeth N. Brock, 72, formerly of Meadville, died at Green Cross Hospital, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Tuesday, September 7, 1976, after an illness of several months.  She had resided with a daughter, Mrs. William (Virginia) Robinson of Kent, Ohio.

Born in Wilkinsburg on February 2, 1904, she was a daughter of George and Helen Hull...

Sep 2, 1976

Mrs. Elicia P. Osgood, 88, a resident of the United Methodist Home since August 1967 died at City Hospital Thursday, September 2, 1976, after a brief illness.

She was born at Lundy's Lane, Erie County, August 17, 1888, daughter of Jefferson and Lucinda Clark Rhoades.  She married Herbert E. Osgood who died in 1951.  Mrs....

Aug 30, 1976

Mrs. Vera T. Krieghoff, 83, of Meadville, died Monday, August 30, 1976, at City Hospital where she had been a patient of two weeks.

Born in Detroit, September 12, 1892, she was a daughter of John T. and Maud Anthony Travers.  She was the widow of William K. Krieghoff formerly was a vocalist in small...

Aug 25, 1976

Ellsworth Jay Howard, 64, of Meadville, died at City Hospital, Wednesday, August 25, 1976, after an 18-month illness.

Born at Wayland in East Mead Township, June 21, 1912, he was a son of Jay and Grace Wiltsie Howard.  He was married to Sarah Sherretts.  A tool grinder employed by Saegertown Manufacturing, he retired in 1974. ...

Aug 21, 1976

Ralph E. Dershimer, 84, formerly of Erie, a resident of the United Methodist Home and Nursing Home and Hospital since May 1969, died at the United Methodist Nursing Hospital Saturday, August 21, 1976, after a long illness.

He was born in Beaver Falls January 18, 1892, son of Presley and Elizabeth Henshaw Dershimer.  He married...

Aug 14, 1976

Mrs. Alice Riemann, 76, of Meadville, died Saturday, August 14, 1976, at the United Methodist Nursing Hospital after a period of failing health.

She was born at Woodstock, Ontario, October 7, 1899.  She married A. O. Riemann, manager and president of the former Crawford Store, August 4, 1930.  He died in 1974.  Mrs. Riemann in...