Jun 29, 1968

Mrs. Mertie Rundell, 93, of Meadville, died Saturday, June 29, 1968, at Hillside Home where she had lived since May 1957.  She died after a long illness.

She was born in Geneva on June 19, 1875, a daughter of A. C. and Samantha Grinnell Anderson.  She was the widow of William Ross Rundell.

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Jun 23, 1968

Mrs. Emily A. Stebbins, 62, wife of the Rev. Linson H. Stebbins, of Syracuse, OH, died Sunday, June 23, 1968, at Spencer Hospital after an illness of three weeks.  Mrs. Stebbins became ill while in Meadville visiting Mrs. Carl Barker.

Mrs. Stebbins was born in Saegertown on August 21, 1905.  She was a daughter of...

Jun 21, 1968

Nancy Janine Smock, 16, daughter of Robert L. and Wanda E. Bigusiak Smock, of Meadville, died Friday, June 21, 1968, at City Hospital following a long illness.

She was born in Meadville on May 2, 1952.

Miss Smock was a student at Saegertown Area High School and a member of St....

Jun 13, 1968

Mrs. Lucy F. Powell, 81, of Meadville, died Thursday night, June 13, 1968, at Spencer Hospital after an illness of two years.

She was born in East Fairfield Township, November 20, 1886, a daughter of Jacob and Anna Stein Freyermuth.  She married Mr. Powell August 10, 1910.  She and her husband were attendants at Polk...

Jun 9, 1968

Clyde Isaac Mann, 75, of Meadville, died Sunday, June 9, 1968 at City Hospital after an illness of several years.

He was born at Greenville, February 23, 1893, a son of Isaac O. and Mary Ellen Menold Mann.  He retired in 1959 as a conductor for the Erie Lackawanna Railroad Co.  Mr. Mann was an...

Jun 7, 1968

Mrs. Mildred A. Hotchkiss, 68, of Guys Mills, died suddenly at Spencer Hospital Friday evening, June 7, 1968.  She had been in ill health for several years.

Mrs. Hotchkiss was born in Guys Mills, January 24, 1900, a daughter of Ansel M. and Eva S. Fitch Hall.  She married Joe L. Hotchkiss May 24, 1920. ...

May 29, 1968

Mrs. Mary E. Russell, 82, formerly of Meadville, died Wednesday, May 29, 1968, at Smith Institute, Saegertown, where she had been a patient for two years.

A daughter of Frederick and Edith Faunce Wright, she was born, November 28, 1885, in Randolph Township.  Her husband, Carlyle (Carl) Russell, whom she married April 12, 1904, died...

May 20, 1968

Mrs. Bollie Chen Briggs, 58, of Meadville, died May 20, 1968, at Spencer Hospital after an illness of several years.

Mrs. Briggs was born in Canton, China, February 16, 1910.  She married Zephra G. Briggs, a native of Blooming Valley, February 10, 1941.  He had served in the Navy from 1919 to 1941, much of...

May 1, 1968

Mrs. Ellouise M. Comstock, 81, of Lyndhurst, OH, died Wednesday, May 1, 1968, at Euclid Manor Nursing Home, Cleveland, where she had been a patient for sin months.

Mrs. Comstock was born at Woodcock Borough March 13, 1887, a daughter of Charles O. and Hattie Rust Beige.  She was the widow of Charles D. Comstock...

Apr 25, 1968

Mrs. Ressie Luella Clemons, 84, a resident of the Methodist Home for the Aged, died Thursday, April 25, 1968, at City Hospital.

She was born in Randolph Township July 27, 1883, a daughter of O. Dexter and Lucy Jones Hanks.  She was a graduate of Edinboro Normal School and taught schools in Troy, Randolph, and...

Apr 25, 1968

The Rev. William P. Sipe, 85, former superintendent of the Ida M. Cribbs Methodist Home at Conneautville, died Thursday, April 25, 1968, at Spencer Hospital after a long illness.  He and his wife entered the Methodist Home for the Aged on Park Ave. last September.

The Rev. Mr. Sipe was superintendent of the Cribbs Home,...

Apr 15, 1968

Herman A. Smith, 81, of Meadville, died suddenly Monday, April 15, 1968 at Hamot Hospital, Erie.

Mr. Smith was born in Guys Mills, January 6, 1887, a son of William and Flora Davison Smith.  He was married to the former Winifred Titus, who died previously.

He was owner and operator of...

Apr 13, 1968

Mrs. Fern Applegate, 78, of Guys Mills, died suddenly at home Saturday, April 13, 1968. She was born in Randolph Township August 25, 1889, a daughter of Williams S. and Della Fairbanks Cutshall. She married Ward M. Applegate December 11, 1906. He died in 1961. She was a housewife, a member of United Church of Guys Mills and its...

Apr 13, 1968

Mrs. Fern Applegate, 78, of Guys Mills, died suddenly at home Saturday, April 13, 1968.

She was born in Randolph Township August 25, 1889, a daughter of Williams S. and Della Fairbanks Cutshall.  She married Ward M. Applegate December 11, 1906.  He died in 1961.

She was a housewife, a member...

Apr 10, 1968

Mrs. Mildred M. Myers, 51, of Reno, NV, died Wednesday, April 10, 1968, at St. Mary's Hospital in Reno.

She was born in Meadville September 26, 1915, a daughter of Millard E. and Edna E. Clark.

Surviving are two sons, Thomas Frederick Myers and Dennis Clark Myers, both of Reno; four...

Apr 8, 1968

Mrs. Edna B. Hunter, 70, of Phoenix, AZ, formerly of Meadville, died Monday, April 8, 1968, at the Good Samaritan Hospital, Phoenix, after an illness of a year.

She and her late husband, Lewis B. Hunter, operated the Crysler-Plymouth agency in Meadville from 1941 to 1948.  They moved to Phoenix in 1948 where he died...

Mar 31, 1968

Max C. McGranahan, 52, of Meadville, died suddenly Sunday, March 31, 1968, at Smith Institute, Saegertown, where he had been a patient for one month.

He was born in Harmonsburg July 13, 1915, a son of Harry R. and Mabel DePue McGranahan.  His mother died three weeks ago.

Mr. McGranahan attended...

Mar 23, 1968

Fred James Barr, 85, of Meadville, died March 23, 1968 at City Hospital.

He was born in Summit Township on December 18, 1882, a son of John T. and Maria Sheldon Barr.  He was never married.  He was a farmer near Conneautville until entering a nursing home in 1961.

He is...

Mar 21, 1968

The Rev. Walter T. Riemann, 76, of Aldan Clifton Heights, Philadelphia, a former Meadville resident and former minister at Harmonsburg, died Thursday, March 21, 1968, after a long illness.

The Rev. Mr. Riemann served as pastor of Harmonsburg Presbyterian Church a number of years ago prior to becoming pastor of Emmanuel Presbyterian Church at Erie....

Mar 14, 1968

Mrs. Pearl Johnston, 80, formerly of Meadville, died after an extended illness Thursday, March 14, 1968, at the Conneautville Nursing Home where she had been a patient for the past year.

She was born March 7, 1888, in Hartstown, a daughter of James and Anna McVickers Hofias.  She married Thurman W. Johnston in 1907.  He...