Sep 19, 1970

Kenneth A. Jones, 52, of Guys Mills, died at Spencer Hospital Saturday, September 19, 1970, after an illness of several months.

He was born in Guys Mills, November 16, 1917, a son of Lawrence N. and Neva Weltze Jones.  He never married.

Mr. Jones was employed as a lumber inspector at...

Sep 19, 1970

Miss Fanny Dornhofer, of Meadville, was found dead at her home Saturday, September 19, 1970.  She had apparently died several days before of natural causes.

She was born in Meadville, a daughter of John and Mary Schobert Dornhofer.

Miss Dornhofer was employed as a clerical worker for the Erie Lackawanna Railway...

Sep 19, 1970

Miss Fanny Dornhofer, of Meadville, was found dead at her home Saturday, September 19, 1970.  She had apparently died several days before of natural causes.

She was born in Meadville, a daughter of John and Mary Schobert Dornhofer.

Miss Dornhofer was employed as a clerical worker for the Erie Lackawanna Railway...

Sep 18, 1970

Miss Ruth Scrivner, 76, of Meadville, died at Mead Nursing Home Friday, September 18, 1970, after an illness of three months.  She had been a patient at the home for two weeks.  Miss Scrivenr had spent the past 27 summers in Meadville with her brother, John B. Scrivner.

She was born in Richmond, KY, January...

Sep 2, 1970

Mrs. Wilda Jane Koehler, 74, of Meadville, died at City Hospital Wednesday, September 2, 1970, after a long illness.

She was born in Washington, PA, May 4, 1896, a daughter of William and Carrie Schwab Bedillion.  She married Joseph Koehler October 26, 1916.  He died in 1962.

Surviving are five daughters,...

Aug 30, 1970

Mrs. Edna I. Ditch, 58, died Sunday August 30, 1970, at City Hospital

She was born at Guys Mills, August 8, 1912, a daughter of Jesse and Henrietta Smock Mook.  She married Mr. Herbert A. Ditch June 20, 1946.

Mrs. Ditch was employed for the past five years in the housekeeping...

Aug 29, 1970

Mrs. Margaret H. McBride, 94, a resident of the Methodist Home for the Aged, for the past 19 years, died Saturday, August 29, 1970, at City Hospital.  She had been in the hospital for two weeks and was under nursing care at the home for several years.

Mrs. McBride was born in Pittsburgh, November 3,...

Aug 28, 1970

John L. Haley, 81, a resident of the Methodist Home for the Aged for five years, died there Friday, August 28, 1970, after an illness of several weeks.

He was born in Hastings, Cambria County, September 1, 1888, a son of Nicholas W. and Alice Lewis Haley.  He was married to Mary Kelley who died...

Aug 25, 1970

Mrs. Bertha M. Rodgers, 84, died at her home at Hyattsville, MD, Tuesday, August 25, 1970, after an illness of several years.

She was born at Blooming Valley December 10, 1885, a daughter of Arthur D. and Margaret Peterson Snyder.  She was the widow of Clark Rodgers.  They operated a farm in the Blooming Valley...

Aug 15, 1970

Mrs. Margaret P. Brennan, 88, formerly of Hillside Home, died Saturday, August 15, 1970, at Warren State Hospital where she had been a patient since 1967.

She was born in Springboro, September 25, 1881, a daughter of Harry C. and Mary McCrory Pond.  She was the widow of Thomas Brennan.

Mrs....

Aug 11, 1970

The Rev. Dr. Joseph A. Cousins, 86, of Guys Mills, a Methodist minister for 58 years who had at one time served Grace United Methodist and State Road Hill United Methodist churches in Meadville, died at Spencer Hospital, August 11, 1970, after a short illness.

He was a graduate of Drew Theological Seminary at Madison,...

Aug 7, 1970

Mrs. Dorothy L. Alford, 62, of RD 2, Saegertown, died suddenly after a brief illness Friday, August 7, 1970, at Hamot Hospital, Erie, where she had been a patient three days.

She was born in Saegertown December 24, 1907, a daughter of William D. and Edith Drake Dickson.  She married John N. Alford June 19,...

Aug 7, 1970

Silas Arthur First, 83, of Meadville, died at Mead Nursing Home, where he had been a patient two months, Friday, August 7, 1970, after a long illness.

He was born in Carlton, Crawford County, July 23, 1887, a son of George W. and Estella Reeder First.  He married the former Marguerite Crouch June 28, 1910....

Jul 26, 1970

Mrs. Blanche M. Johnston, 89, a resident of the Methodist Home on North Park Avenue, died at City Hospital Sunday evening, July 26, 1970, after an illness of three weeks.

Mrs. Johnston entered the Ida M. Cribbs Home at Conneautville, December 2, 1949, and was transferred to the Methodist Home on Park Avenue when it...

Jul 23, 1970

Robert P. Boynton, 71, of Daytona Beach, FL, who was first operator of Port Meadville Airport, opened the first drive-in gasoline station in Meadville (and the first between Pittsburgh and Erie), and built Boynton Apartments on Chestnut Street, died at North Florida Hospital July 23, 1970, of a heart attack.

He was born in Meadville...

Jul 18, 1970

Archie W. Freyermuth, 73, of Meadville, died at City Hospital Saturday, July 18, 1970, after a sudden illness.  He had been in poor health for several months and had resided at Mead Nursing Home since December 1969.

He was born in East Fairfield Township, December 28, 1896, a son of Lewis and Mira Crooks Freyermuth. ...

Jul 7, 1970

Mrs. Emma Jane Smith, 83, of Meadville, died suddenly at Meadville City Hospital on Tuesday, July 7, 1970.

She was born in East Mead Township, May 27, 1887, a daughter of Eben and Lucy Peterman Hamilton.  She married Leslie R. Smith on November 28, 1905.  He died in 1965.

The Smiths...

Jul 5, 1970

Miss Gladys V. Bradshaw, 71, of Meadville, died Sunday July 5, 1970, at the home of Mrs. Lois Williams of Meadville, where she had been a nursing care patient since last December.

Miss Bradshaw was born in Woodcock Township August 14, 1898, a daughter of Fremont and Ella Miller Bradshaw.  She was a retired school...

Jul 5, 1970

Mrs. Mary Zur, 83, who made her home with her son, John P. Zur of Meadville, died Sunday, July 5, 1970, at San Rosario Hospital, Cambridge Springs, after a long illness.

She was born in Austria-Hungary, May 30, 1887, a daughter of Paul and Judith Demain.  She was the widow of John Zur, whom she...

Jun 27, 1970

Larry Jude Ervin, 25, of Denver, CO, formerly of Vernon Township, died Saturday, June 27, 1970, at Westminster, CO, following an auto-motorcycle accident.

He was born September 30, 1944, in Adamsville, a son of Julian F. and Hazel Rodgers Ervin.  Mr. Ervin was head of the mathematic department of the Golden School District in Colorado...