Sarah E. Kepler

Sarah E. Kepler

Aug 11, 1971

Mrs. Sarah E. Kepler, 69, of Meadville, died Wednesday, August 11, 1971, at City Hospital after an illness of six months.

She was born on August 18, 1901, at Edinboro, a daughter of Lauren and Emaline Burge Lasher.  She and Mr. Kepler were married September 7, 1921.  Mr. and Mrs. Kepler operated Kepler's Grocery Store...

Mary Scott

Mary Scott

Aug 9, 1971

Mrs. Mary Scott, 74, formerly of Oklahoma, died Monday, August 9, 1971, at Spencer Hospital after a sudden illness.  She had been residing at the Methodist Home for the Aged for the past two weeks.

Mrs. Scott was born at Parker, April 11, 1897, a daughter of Frank P. and Rebecca Byerly Stiffey.  She was...

Myra Jewell Oakes

Myra Jewell Oakes

Aug 7, 1971

Miss Myra Jewell Oakes, formerly of Meadville, died Saturday evening, August 7, 1971, at Baptist Home, Pittsburgh.  She had been in failing health.

Miss Oakes was born in Meadville, a daughter of Avery Gustavus and Sylvia Lewis Oakes.  She was a graduate of Meadville High School and attended Allegheny College.  She had belonged to First...

Anna M. Haury

Anna M. Haury

Jul 30, 1971

Miss Anna M. Haury, of Meadville, died Friday, July 30, 1971, at Mead Nursing Home after an illness of two months.

She was born in Meadville, a daughter of John and Sophia Kahler Haury.  She was a retired secretary and notary public for the Erie Lackawanna Railway Co. and was a member of St. Paul's...

Anna E. Ellis

Anna E. Ellis

Jul 12, 1971

Miss Anna E. Ellis, of Meadville, died suddenly at Spencer Hospital on Monday, July 12, 1971.

She was born at Conneautville, a daughter of John Wilson and Effie D. Slayton Ellis.  She retired as a case worker for the state Department of Public Welfare in 1955.  She was a tax collector for the Borough of...

Carl E. Rounds

Carl E. Rounds

Jul 4, 1971

Carl E. Rounds, 78, of Meadville, died at Spencer Hospital on Sunday, July 4, 1971, after an extended illness.

He was born at Jefferson, OH, on April 8, 1893, a son of Wilber and Adeline Church Rounds.  He married Floye Kightlinger on June 1, 1915.

Mr. Rounds was employed as a...

Lenora Linton

Lenora Linton

Jul 2, 1971

Mrs. Lenora Linton, 63, of Meadville, died Friday, July 2, 1971, at Spencer Hospital where she had been a patient since Sunday.  She had been ill for three months.

She was born in Woodcock Township September 2, 1907, a daughter of Jefferson and Laura Clay Powell.  She was first married to Earl Davison and subsequently...

Kenneth P. Abbott, Sr.

Kenneth P. Abbott, Sr.

Jun 26, 1971

Kenneth P. Abbott, Sr., 56, of 457 Pine St., died Saturday, June 26, 1971, at Hamot Hospital, Erie, following an illness of a month.

He was born at Geneva March 19, 1915, a son of Audley and Tacy Roseanna Pears Abbott.  He first was married to Ruth Whippo.  He subsequently married Ethel Cole February 17,...

Grace A. Mischler

Grace A. Mischler

Jun 22, 1971

Mrs. Grace M. Mischler, 98, who had resided at the Methodist Home for the Aged for the past 13 years, died Tuesday afternoon, June 22, 1971, at the Methodist Home Nursing Hospital.

She was born in Franklin Township, November 8, 1872, a daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Tuckey Bennett.  She married John F. Mischler on...

Green B. Hughes

Green B. Hughes

Jun 22, 1971

Green B. Hughes, 93, of Meadville, died suddenly at his home on Tuesday afternoon, June 22, 1971.

He was born at Heflin, AL, on January 28, 1878, a son of Iverson W. Lennie Harris Hughes.  He married the former Lola Grubbs on December 24, 1906.  She died in 1963.

Mr. Hughes...

Leona C. Gillespie

Leona C. Gillespie

May 30, 1971

Mrs. Leona C. Gillespie, 59, of Meadville, wife of Frank G. Gillespie, died at Spencer Hospital on Sunday, May 30, 1971, after an illness of one year.

She was born at Pittsburgh on January 16, 1912, a daughter of G. Willis and Cora Yarlett Smith.  She and Mr. Gillespie were married on September 7, 1940....

Robert H. Mills

Robert H. Mills

May 23, 1971

Robert H. Mills, 69, of Meadville, died at his home Sunday, May 23, 1971, after an illness of three months.

He is the second member of the family to die in just over a week.  A brother, Maurice H. Mills of Dover, NH, formerly of Meadville, died at Dover May 15.

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Naomi Lang

Naomi Lang

May 23, 1971

Mrs. Naomi Lang, 85, formerly of Guys Mills, died Sunday evening, May 23, 1971, at City Hospital.  She had resided at the Methodist Home for the Aged for the past three years.

She was born in Jefferson County on May 22, 1886, a daughter of John and Mary J. Daniels Snyder.  She was the widow...

Carrie May Steen

Carrie May Steen

May 15, 1971

Mrs. Carrie May Steen, 76, of Meadville, wife of William B. Steen, died Saturday, May 15, 1971, at City Hospital after an illness of four months.

She was born at Milton on January 12, 1895, a daughter of Harry J. and Mary Ann Kelley Hause.  She married Mr. Steen on January 15, 1915.  Mrs. Steen...

Kathryn Stewart

Kathryn Stewart

Apr 29, 1971

Mrs. Kathryn Stewart, of Meadville, wife of Charles J. Stewart, who operated the Kathryn Shop on Chestnut Street for 27 years, died Thursday, April 29, 1971, at Trumbull Memorial Hospital, Warren, OH, after a brief illness.

She was born in Meadville, a daughter of Andrew and Florence Decker Gundaker.  She was a member of the...

Gertrude Bozic

Gertrude Bozic

Apr 11, 1971

Mrs. Gertrude Bozic, 68, of Meadville, widow of attourney John H. Bozic, Sr., died suddenly Sunday, April 11, 1971, at her summer home at Chautauqua, NY, where she had gone to spend the weekend.

She was born in Troutville, Clearfield County, April 18, 1902, a daughter of Malvern H. and Ella M. Graffius Curry.  She...

Melvin E. Flickinger

Melvin E. Flickinger

Apr 11, 1971

Melvin E. Flickinger, 53, of Meadville, died Sunday, April 11, 1971, at Roswell Park Memorial Hospital, Buffalo, where he had been a patient three weeks.

He was born in Meadville, February 5, 1918, a son of Edward H. and Bessie E. Hamilton Flickinger.  He married Leona McGuire December 12, 1947.

Mr....

Elizabeth I. Brown

Elizabeth I. Brown

Apr 10, 1971

Mrs. Eilzabeth I. Brown, 83, of Meadville, died Saturday, April 10, 1971, at City Hospital where she had been a patient since Thursday.  She had been in ill health for several months.

Mrs. Brown was born at Utica, Venango County, on January 8, 1888, a daughter of John A. and Sarah Jane Campbell Titsler.  She...

Mary Dickson Nichols

Mary Dickson Nichols

Mar 29, 1971

Mrs. Mary Dickson Nichols, 83, of Meadville, widow of Harry A. "Hez" Nichols, former Crawford County sheriff, died suddenly on Monday, March 29, 1971, at City Hospital.

Her husband was sheriff from 1934 to 1938.  He died in 1939.

Mrs. Nichols was born at Woodcock, a daughter of O.H.P. and Helen...

Tamazine M. Crum

Tamazine M. Crum

Mar 27, 1971

Tamazine M. Crum, 67, of Meadville, died Saturday, March 27, 1971, at Spencer Hospital where she had been a patient two weeks.  She had been in poor health for two years.

She was born at Pleasant Gap, Centre County, August 18, 1903, a daughter of Ammon and Clara Barnes Kersteter.  She and Mr. David L....