May 17, 1974

Mrs. Georgia M. Getchell, 75, former resident of Meadville, and a patient for over two years at United Methodist Nursing Hospital, died Friday, May 17, 1974, at City Hospital where she had been a patient for one day.

Born at New Lebanon, Mercer County, August 31, 1898, she was a daughter of Delbert and Luella...

May 15, 1974

Arthur E. Irwin, 84, of Meadville, died Wednesday, May 15, 1974, at City Hospital where he had been a patient for two weeks.

He was born in Meadville on March 20, 1890, a son of Harry H. and Edith A. Griffin Irwin.  In 1914, he married Iva Hites who died in November 1972.  He married...

May 15, 1974

Miss Helen Eiler, 76, of Meadville, was found dead at her home Wednesday, May 15, 1974, by a niece.

Miss Eiler was born in Meadville, September 6, 1897, a daughter of V. W. and Abbie Clark, Sr.  She retired in 1962 after teaching elementary school for 42 years.

Survivors include two...

May 14, 1974

Mrs. Clara I. Henry, 84, of Meadville, died at San Rosario Nursing Home, Cambridge Springs, Tuesday, May 14, 1974, after a long illness.

Born in Meadville on January 17, 1890, she was a daughter of Patrick H. and Catherine Slattery Kane.  She was the widow of J. Wallace Henry who died in 1955.  Mrs. Henry...

May 10, 1974

Wilbur Lloyd McFadden, 79, of Meadville, died at Spencer Hospital Friday, May 10, 1974.  He had been in failing health.

A son of William and Linnie King McFadden, he was born in Richmond Township, July 7, 1894.  He married Ethelyn B. McClaughry in 1918.  He was employed as a welder by the former Erie Railroad...

May 6, 1974

Mrs. Myrtle E. Clark, 83, of Meadville, died at her home early Monday morning, May 6, 1974, after an illness of three months.

She was born in Randolph Township on August 6, 1890, a daughter of Carlton C. and Rosell Sykes Childs.  In 1919, she married Fred D. Roberts who died in 1947.  In 1956,...

May 4, 1974

Mrs. Ida J. Baldwin, 85, a resident of Elko, NV, since 1946, died at Elko General Hospital Saturday, May 4, 1974, after a long illness.

She was born in Espyville on April 16, 1889, a daughter of Bert and Maude Wright Case.  She was the widow of Philip Baldwin who died in 1934.

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Apr 30, 1974

Chauncey C. Case, 89, of Meadville, died Tuesday, April 30, 1974, at United Methodist Nursing Hospital where he had been a patient for two weeks.  He had been ill for a month.

A son of John and Harriet Zimmerman Case, he was born at Hartstown December 16, 1884.  His wife, the former Geraldine Brennan, died...

Apr 28, 1974

Elva M. Meddock, 83, who had resided at the United Methodist Home for the Aged since September 1969, died at the United Methodist Nursing Hospital Sunday evening, April 28, 1974, after a long illness.

She was born in Tylersburg on April 7, 1891, a daughter of William and Annora Mealy Kelly.  She married Mr. Meddock...

Apr 26, 1974

Donald R. Burdick, 61, of Meadville, died at City Hospital Friday evening, April 26, 1974, after a sudden illness.

He was born in Union City on May 13, 1912, a son of Fred and Eunice Anderson Burdick.  He married Elaine Fisk in June 1943.  Mr. Burdick retired in December 1973 from Talon Division of Textron,...

Apr 25, 1974

Wade R. Snyder, 59, of Meadville, died at Mocksville, NC, after a sudden illness Thursday evening, April 25, 1974, shortly after arriving in Mocksville on a business trip.

He was born in Rocky Grove, Venango County, August 21, 1914, a son of Raymond C. and Etta Showers Snyder.  He married Janet Mincher on August 8,...

Apr 23, 1974

Cyrenius G. Judd, 84, of Los Alamos, NM, formerly of Meadville, died at St. Vincent Hospital, Santa Fe, Tuesday, April 23, 1974, after a two-year illness.  He had lived at Meadville until 1959.

A son of Ernest C. and Martha B. Robins Judd, he was born at West Spring Creek, Warren County, September 19, 1889. ...

Apr 18, 1974

Mrs. Maude Waid, 82, formerly of Meadville, a patient at the Mead Nursing Home for the past year, died Thursday morning, April 18, 1974, at City Hospital.

She was born at Lyona, Richmond Township, September 1, 1891, a daughter of William and Emma Knowles Hammond.  Her husband, Clarence A. Waid, whom she married in September...

Apr 15, 1974

Mrs. Alice Burch, who observed her 100th birthday last Friday, died at the Mead Nursing Home Monday, April 15, 1974.  Mrs. Burch who had been in failing health for a number of years, had resided at the nursing home since August 28, 1969.

She was a daughter of the late David and Nancy Swift Muckinhoupt...

Apr 11, 1974

Mrs. Bonneita Wygant, 69, of Meadville, died at City Hospital, Thursday, April 11, 1974, after an extended illness.

A daughter of Park and Millie Nichols Teasdale she was born at Meadville, October 27, 1904.  She was married to Ralph Wygant in 1923.

Mrs. Wygant was employed at Talon for several years...

Apr 10, 1974

Percy J. DeRouchie, 76, of Buffalo, NY, formerly of Meadville, died Wednesday, April 10, 1974 at the Sisters Hospital (Buffalo), where he was a patient for 10 weeks.

He was born at Fort Covington, NY, February 15, 1898, a son of Horace and Alice Guyette DeRouchie.  He was married to Ethel V. More who died...

Apr 9, 1974

Mrs. Myrta L. Darby, 86, of Meadville, died at City Hospital, Tuesday evening, April 9, 1974, after a long illness.  She had been hospitalized two days.

A former resident of Jensen Beach, FL, Mrs. Darby resided in Meadville for the past seven years.  She was born at Knoxdale, Jefferson County, January 9, 1888, a daughter...

Apr 2, 1974

Charles F. Nestler, 52, of Meadville, died suddenly at City Hospital Tuesday, April 2, 1974.

He was born at Pittsburgh June 12, 1921, a son of Joseph and Catherine Kline Nestler.  He married Carol Mangintini in 1946.  She died in 1951.  A veteran of World War II, he served with the US Army in the...

Mar 29, 1974

Mrs. Dorothy I. Zaar, 60, of Novi, MI, wife of Charles Zaar, died at Grace Hospital, Detroit, on Friday, March 29, 1974, after a short illness.  She had been hospitalized two days.

She was born in Meadville on September 18, 1913, a daughter of Clifford and Etta Beatty Walton.  She was a member of Wayland...

Mar 25, 1974

Mrs. Margaret E. Disher, 98, who has resided at the United Methodist Home since 1963, died at the United Methodist Nursing Hospital on Monday afternoon, March 25, 1974, after a long illness.  She had been hospitalized three years.  She formerly had resided in Knox.

She was born in Judburought, Scotland, on November 7, 1875, a...