Feb 11, 1969

Mrs. Mabel E. Inmann, 94, of Meadville, died Tuesday, February 11, 1969, at City Hospital where she had been a patient five days.

She was born at Belona, NY, September 12, 1874, a daughter of George and Flora Wilcox Uhl.  Her husband, George, who operated a newsstand in downtown Meadville in the late 1920s, died...

Jan 21, 1969

Mrs. Clara V. (Hygus) Kightlinger, 97, formerly of Meadville, died Tuesday, January 21, 1969, at Smith Institute, Saegertown, after a period of failing health. Mrs. Kightlinger had been at the institute since June 1967. She was born in Buffalo on September 18, 1871, and was married to Emory S. Kightlinger who died in 1940. She and her husband lived...

Jan 21, 1969

Mrs. Clara V. (Hygus) Kightlinger, 97, formerly of Meadville, died Tuesday, January 21, 1969, at Smith Institute, Saegertown, after a period of failing health.  Mrs. Kightlinger had been at the institute since June 1967.

She was born in Buffalo on September 18, 1871, and was married to Emory S. Kightlinger who died in 1940.  She...

Jan 14, 1969

Miss Alice V. Ackert, 550 Lord St., a veteran Meadville librarian, died Tuesday, January 14, 1969, at Spencer Hospital where she had been a patient since Friday.

Miss Ackert started her library career as a page at Meadville Public Library while a junior at Meadville High School.

She was named librarian...

Jan 10, 1969

Mrs. Berenice Lorena Titsler, 74, of Meadville, died Friday, January 10, 1969, at City Hospital.

She was born in Rome Township, Crawford County, October 25, 1894, a daughter of Ansro and Effie Buell Fish.  She was married to John Homer Titsler, former principle of Edinboro Schools, who died in 1959.

Mrs....

Jan 6, 1969

Lansing A. Dowdell, 70, of Meadville, died Monday, January 6, 1969, at City Hospital following an illness of three months.  Mr. Dowdell had been a patient at the hospital since Saturday.

He was born in Meadville, October 3, 1898, a son of Howard and Wanda Kilday Dowdell.  He married the former Wilda Glenn March 1,...

Jan 4, 1969

Herbert M. Brown, 92, of Bridgeport, Conn., died Saturday, January 4, 1969, in Bridgeport following a brief illness.

He was born in Crawford County on December 13, 1876, a son of Morrow and Kissiah McFadden Brown.  He married the former Lydia Braymer who died in 1959.  Mr. Brown was a grandson of Dr. Benjamin Brown...

Jan 2, 1969

Miss Jennie S. Burchard, 46, of Guys Mills, died Thursday, January 2, 1969, at Spencer Hospital where she had been a patient for one month.

She was born in Guys Mills, September 6, 1922, a daughter of Harry L. and Eleanor Rough Burchard.  Miss Burchard was a member of the United Church of Guys Mills...

Jan 1, 1969

Miss A. Maude Miller, 89, of Meadville, died Wednesday, January 1, 1969, at Mead Nursing Home after a long illness.

In her early years, she was a noted piano and voice music teacher in the Meadville area and she directed a number of choirs.  An active member of Stone United Methodist Church prior to her...

Dec 30, 1968

James R. Hamilton, Jr., 20, formerly of Blooming Valley, died Monday, December 30, 1968, at Cresson State School and Hospital, Cresson, where he had been a patient since January 1967.

He was born in Meadville March 26, 1948, a son of the Rev. and Mrs. James R. Hamilton, Sr.

Surviving are...

Dec 23, 1968

Mrs. Elizabeth Dobson Paden, 86, a resident of the Methodist Home since December 16, 1959, formerly of Ripley, NY, died Monday afternoon, December 23, 1968, at City Hospital following a brief illness.  She had been a nursing care patient at the home for a number of years.

Mrs. Paden was born in England, April 7,...

Dec 18, 1968

Otto E. Graham, 74, of Guys Mills, died Wednesday, December 18, 1968, at Cleveland Clinic after an illness of five weeks.

He was born at Townville August 13, 1894, a son of William E. and Lola E. Baugher Graham.  He married Bertha McDonald August 13, 1917.

Mr. Graham retired in 1959...

Dec 18, 1968

May B. Arnold, 74, of Meadville, died Wednesday, December 18, 1968, at Spencer Hospital following a brief illness. She had been a patient at the hospital for 10 days. She was born in Jefferson County, PA August 11, 1894, a daughter of Fred S. and Mary Jane Smith Gross. She was married to Ernest 'Shorty' Arnold June 10, 1919....

Dec 18, 1968

May B. Arnold, 74, of Meadville, died Wednesday, December 18, 1968, at Spencer Hospital following a brief illness.  She had been a patient at the hospital for 10 days.

She was born in Jefferson County, PA August 11, 1894, a daughter of Fred S. and Mary Jane Smith Gross.  She was married to Ernest "Shorty"...

Dec 15, 1968

Tracey Lynn Darling, 6-week-old daughter of Richard and Judith Shorts Darling, of Meadville, died early Sunday morning, December 15, 1968, at Pittsburgh Children's Hospital of unknown causes.  She had been at the hospital two weeks.

She was born in Meadville, November 2, 1968.

Surviving, besides her parents, are a brother, Jeffrey...

Dec 14, 1968

Mrs. Florence W. Lewis, 84, formerly of Cambridge Springs, died Saturday evening, December 14, 1968, at Hillside Home after an illness of two months.  She had lived at the home since August 1965.

Mrs. Lewis was the widow of Walter D. Lewis, whom she married May 31, 1906.  He was principle of Meadville High School...

Dec 14, 1968

Mrs. Thelma M. Smith, 54, of Mansfield, Tioga County, formerly of Meadville, died early Saturday morning, December 14, 1968, of asphyxiation when fire destroyed for mobile home.

She was born in Youngstown, OH, May 4, 1914, a daughter of Rollo and Gracia Graham Pardee.  She married Mr. Smith August 10, 1935.  She was a member...

Dec 7, 1968

Flava D. Bates, of Meadville, widow of Perry P. Bates, died Saturday evening, December 7, 1968, at City Hospital where she had been a patient for the past two months following a brief illness.

She was born in East Fallowfield Township on June 28, 1882, a daughter of Joseph and Eva Peterson Mushrush.  Her husband...

Dec 3, 1968

Mrs. Gertrude Shilling, 80, of Meadville, died Tuesday, December 3, 1968, at Mead Nursing Home after an illness of three years.

She was born in East Fairfield Township, August 5, 1888, a daughter of Jacob and Margaret Stein Freyermuth.  She married Thurman C. Shilling August 26, 1910.

She was a member...

Nov 30, 1968

Mrs. Kerna G. Wentworth, 77, of Meadville, died Saturday, November 30, 1968, at Mead Nursing Home where she had been a patient for seven weeks following an extended illness.  She was the widow of Harry L. Wentworth.

Mrs. Wentworth was born in Randolph Township, December 5, 1890, a daughter of William and Sarah Oakes.  She...