Aug 26, 1971

Mrs. Reba Helen Kightlinger, 80, who had resided with a son, Roy E. "Boots" Mangan, of Meadville, died Thursday, August 26, 1971, at City Hospital after a short illness.

Mrs. Kightlinger was born in Randolph Township on February 20, 1891, a daughter of Milton and Louise Galmish Nageotte.  She first married George E. Mangan and...

Aug 21, 1971

Mrs. Blanche Walter, 83, who had resided at Hillside Home since October 1962, died there Saturday evening August 21, 1971, after a long illness.

She was born in Woodcock Township, June 8, 1888, a daughter of George B. and Jennie Waid Eldridge.  She married Frank Fidelman in 1907.  He died in 1942.  In 1945, she...

Aug 17, 1971

Mrs. Ruth E. Morse, 76, of Meadville, died Tuesday, August 17, 1971, at St. James Mercy Hospital, Hornell, after a short illness.

She was born in Meadville February 5, 1895, a daughter of William R. and Mertie Anderson Randall.  She was the widow of Clyde L. Morse.

Surviving are a daughter,...

Aug 13, 1971

Clarence E. Conrad, 52, of Blooming Valley, was dead on arrival at City Hospital Friday morning, August 13, 1971, after suffering an apparent heart attack at work at Allegheny College.

He was born at Meadville on September 27, 1918, a son of Clarence E. and Amber R. Bower Conrad.  He married Mildred Willis in 1943. ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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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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...

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...

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....