Oct 24, 1972

Mrs. Charlotte F. Ernst, 69, of Vernon Township, died suddenly at City Hospital Tuesday, October 24, 1972, after an apparent heart attack.

She was born in Union Township, November 16, 1902, a daughter of Daniel C. and Cora Reitze Klippel.  She married Mr. Ernst on October 10, 1927.  Mrs. Ernst was a member of St....

Oct 16, 1972

Mrs. Effie Bell Free, 91, of Cochranton, formerly of Conneaut Lake, died Monday, October 16, 1972, at City Hospital, following a lengthy illness.

Mrs. Free was born on December 3, 1880, on French Creek Township, Mercer County, a daughter of Joseph Bell and Olive Shirk Bell.  She married Harvey E. Free on May 16, 1900. ...

Oct 14, 1972

Lawrence N. Jones, 76, of Guys Mills, died Saturday, October 14, 1972, at Spencer Hospital.

He was born in East Mead Township, October 8, 1896, a son of James and Saloma Glenn Jones.  He married the former Neva Wiltse on January 3, 1917.  He worked at John Morgan Lumber Co., Spartansburg, for a number of...

Oct 11, 1972

Mrs. Ella V. Hartshorne, 96, of Meadville, died at Spencer Hospital Wednesday afternoon, October 11, 1972.

She was born in Derry Township, Westmoreland County, on February 14, 1876, the youngest daughter of David and Julianna Shrum Reed.  She was the widow of Ernest E. Hartshorne who died in September of 1948.  Mrs. Hartshorne was a...

Oct 6, 1972

Robert E. Brown, 64, of Meadville, died at Spencer Hospital, Friday, October 6, 1972, after a long illness.

He was born in Meadville, on October 14, 1907, a son of Fred S. and Mildred Crist Brown.  He married Evelyn "Duff" Mays on July 31, 1929.  Mr. Brown was employed by the Erie Lackawanna Railway Co....

Sep 27, 1972

Mrs. Rose A. Brown, of Meadville, died Wednesday, September 27, 1972 at the Mead Nursing Home after an extended illness.

She was born in French Creek Township, Mercer County, a daughter of Joseph and Nancy Hammel Swogger.  She married Burton Brown who died in 1941.  In her younger years, Mrs. Brown was an employee at...

Sep 26, 1972

Mrs. Ethel M. Powell, 79, of Meadville, died at City Hospital, Tuesday, September 26, 1972, after a short illness.

She was born at Conneautville August 10, 1893, a daughter of Lawrence Eli and Cora Sensbugh Hall.  She married Robert Powell on April 6, 1917.  He died in 1959.  Mrs. Powell was a charter member of...

Sep 26, 1972

Mrs. Mabel E. Waid, 94, died at the Mead Nursing Home on Tuesday morning, September 26, 1972.  She had been in failing health.

She was born in Randolph Township, May 21, 1878, a daughter of James C. and Lucetta Frankenberger Virtue.  On June 19, 1900, she married Willard C. Waid who died in 1970.  She...

Sep 18, 1972

Mrs. Sylvia D. Snyder, 82, of Erie, formerly of Cochranton, died at Doctors Osteopathic Hospital, Erie, Monday evening, September 18, 1972, after a long illness.

She was born in Randolph Township, December 31, 1889, a daughter of Lafayette L. and Maggie Ewing Terrill.  She was the widow of James Snyder who died in 1956.

Sep 13, 1972

Mrs. Gertrude V. Whitlach, 96, of Meadville, died at City Hospital Wednesday, September 13, 1972, after a sudden illness.

She was born at Brockway on July 11, 1876, a daughter of Henry B. and Catherine Faust Prindle.  She was the widow of William G. Whitlatch who died in 1915.  She was a member of Stone...

Sep 11, 1972

Mrs. Jessie Morrison, 84, of Guys Mills, died Monday evening, September 11, 1972, at Mead Nursing Home after an illness of several months.

She was born in Randolph Township, March 13, 1888.  She married Mr. Morrison September 12, 1912.  She was a member of Mt. Hope United Methodist Church and its Women's Society of Christian...

Sep 7, 1972

O. Chester Reiser, 85, of Mercer, died at Greenville Hospital Thursday, September 7, 1972, after a long illness.  He formerly lived at Conneaut Lake.

He was born at Vienna, OH, on January 21, 1887, a son of Wilbur and Mary Eva Cochran Reiser.  He married Bernice Ross on January 30, 1924.  She died in 1967. ...

Aug 31, 1972

A. Rodney Kepler, 71, of Meadville, died at City Hospital on Thursday, August 31, 1972, after an illness of two years.  He had been hospitalized six weeks.

Mr. Kepler was born at Venango on May 26, 1901, a son of George and Daisey Minium Kepler.  On September 7, 1921, he married Sarah E. Lasher who...

Aug 9, 1972

Miss Josephine E. Glancy, 83, a resident of the Crawford County Home since 1967, died early Wednesday morning, August 9, 1972, at City Hospital after a long illness.

She was born in Meadville September 13, 1889, a daughter of Joseph and Margaret Smith Glancy.  She was a member of Emmanuel United Church of Christ.

Jul 18, 1972

Mrs. Irene Knox, of Meadville, died Tuesday morning, July 18, 1972, at City Hospital where she had been a patient for six weeks.

She was born at Panama, NY, a daughter of Darwin W. and Zuelina Cleland Polder.  On July 3, 1920, she married Allan J. Knox who died in 1965.  Mrs. Knox was a...

Jul 15, 1972

Mrs. Rose McCauley, 97, of Meadville, died Saturday morning, July 15, 1972, at Mead Nursing Home where she had been a patient four years.

She was born in Montpelier, IN, July 28, 1874, a daughter of Daniel and Sarah Stahl.  She was the widow of Charles A. McCauley who died in 1931.  She was a...

Jul 7, 1972

Mrs. Lina D. Moynihan, 98, oldest living member of Meadville First Baptist Church, died Friday, July 7, 1972, at Spencer Hospital after an illness of one month.

Mrs. Moynihan had resided at the Presbyterian Home at Cambridge Springs for the past five years.  She formerly lived in Meadville.

She was born...

Jul 6, 1972

Mrs. Emma K. Pierce, 89, died Thursday, July 6, 1972, at the San Rosario Nursing Home, Cambridge Springs, where she had lived since November 1969.

She was born in Randolph Township, November 12, 1882, a daughter of Warren and Sarah Culver Davison.  She married Wayne Flint on August 1, 1902, and he died on 1937. ...

Jun 21, 1972

Mrs. Alice M. Dwyer, 65, of Saegertown, mother of State Sen. R. Budd Dwyer, died Wednesday, June 21, 1972, at Spencer Hospital.

She was born at Beach Lake, Wayne County, May 16, 1907, a daughter of Horace F. and Jessie M. Goodenough Budd.  She married Robert M. Dwyer October 3, 1936.

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Jun 19, 1972

Harry A. McCartney, 95, formerly of Randolph Township, died at Conneautville Nursing Home on Monday, June 19, 1972, after a long illness.  He had been at the nursing home since April 1971.

He was born in Randolph Township on January 24, 1877, a son of James A. and Hulda Lyon McCartney.  He married Sara Jones...