Herman A. Smith

Herman A. Smith

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...

Fern Applegate

Fern Applegate

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...

Fern (Cutshall)  Applegate

Fern (Cutshall) Applegate

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...

Mildred M. Myers

Mildred M. Myers

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...

Edna B. Hunter

Edna B. Hunter

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...

Max C. Mcgranahan

Max C. Mcgranahan

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...

Fred James Barr

Fred James Barr

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...

Rev. Walter T. Riemann

Rev. Walter T. Riemann

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....

Pearl Johnston

Pearl Johnston

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...

Philip R. Duffy

Philip R. Duffy

Mar 13, 1968

Philip R. Duffy, 74, of Alpena, MI, formerly of Meadville, died Wednesday, March 13, 1968, at Miami, FL of a heart attack while visiting friends.

He was born in Sharon, July 3, 1893, and was employed as a machinist for the Universal Fluid Dynamics Co. of Michigan.  He was a member of Masonic Lodge at...

Lora K. Dunn

Lora K. Dunn

Mar 12, 1968

Mrs. Lora K. Dunn, 72, of Meadville, died Tuesday, March 12, 1968, at City Hospital where she had been a patient for the past six weeks.

She was born in Ripley, WV, January 16, 1896, a daughter of Delmer E. and Laura Elizabeth Corbin Kessell.  She married J.M. Dunn May 29, 1930.

...

Mabel H. Mcgranahan

Mabel H. Mcgranahan

Mar 10, 1968

Mrs. Mabel H. McGranahan, 83, of Meadville, died Sunday, March 10, 1968, at Overlook House, Cleveland, where she had been a patient five days.

She was born at Dicksonburg, May 16, 1884, a daughter of John and Edith Palmenteer DePue.  Her husband, Harry R. McGranahan, died in 1960.

Mrs. McGranahan was...

Wade A. George

Wade A. George

Mar 7, 1968

Wade A. George, 58, commercial supervisor for Pennsylvania Electric Co. here since May 1948, died at Spencer Hospital on Thursday, March 7, 1968, following an illness of two years.

George first went to work for Penelec as a clerk in the company's Oil City office in 1929.  He was named manager of collection in 1936...

James Blaine Frazier

James Blaine Frazier

Mar 6, 1968

James Blaine Frazier, 76, of Venango, died shortly before midnight, Wednesday, March 6, 1968, at St. Vincent Hospital, Erie, where he had been a patient for two weeks.

He was born in Hayfield Township, April 19, 1891, a son of John and Lettie Carman Frazier.  He retired in 1957 from the shipping department of the...

Leon P. Mook

Leon P. Mook

Feb 29, 1968

Leon P. Mook, 72, of Guys Mills, died Thursday, February 29, 1968, at City Hospital where he had been a patient for three weeks.

He was born in Randolph Township, October 1, 1895, a son of Jesse P. and Henrietta Smock Mook.  He married Elsie May Weaver on June 14, 1952.  He was a farmer...

June S. Neff

June S. Neff

Feb 28, 1968

Mrs. June S. Neff, 93, died Wednesday evening, February 28, 1968, at the Methodist Home for the Aged.

Mrs. Neff was born at Beaver Valley, Forest County, May 8, 1874, a daughter of Clinton S. and Elizabeth Siggens Smith.  She entered the former Ida M. Cribbs Methodist Home at Conneautville, September 23, 1950, and came...

Clara Hill

Clara Hill

Feb 18, 1968

Miss Clara Hill, 95, resident of the Methodist Home for the Aged, since 1956, died at the home Sunday morning, February 18, 1968, following a long illness.

She was born in Green Township, Mercer County, June 22, 1872, a daughter of Patterson and Rebecca Callahan Hill.

She was a member of...

Richard E. Palmer

Richard E. Palmer

Feb 12, 1968

Richard E. Palmer, 31, of Woodcock Township, died suddenly Monday, February 12, 1968, at City Hospital, where he had been a patient for the past two weeks.

He was a son of Elwood and Dorothy Beggs Palmer.  Mr. Palmer married the former Anna Mae Johnston on June 27, 1958.

He was...

Lee S. Sikes

Lee S. Sikes

Feb 11, 1968

Lee S. Sikes, 84, of Meadville, died at Flickinger's Convalescent Home Sunday, February 11, 1968, after a two-month illness.  He had been at the home since January 16.

Mr. Sikes was born February 7, 1884, in Guys Mills, a son of Wolcott and Estella Selby Sikes.  He married the former Mabel S. Stevens July 12,...

Neil Leroy Stainbrook

Neil Leroy Stainbrook

Feb 7, 1968

Neil Leroy Stainbrook, 70, of Meadville, died Wednesday, February 7, 1968, at Veterans Hospital, Cleveland, where he had been a patient for the past week, following an illness of two months.

Mr. Stainbrook was born in Meadville October 13, 1897, a son of Charles H. and Mary Lewis Stainbrook.

He was...