Jul 31, 1964

Miss Esther Jeunet, 95, a resident of the Crawford County Home for the past four years, formerly of Meadville, died at the County Home Friday, July 31, 1964.

Miss Jeunet was born in the Frenchtown area of East Mead Township, August 5, 1868, a daughter of Xavier and Lucrece Dunnand Jeunet.  She was employed as...

Jul 28, 1964

Thomas Andrew Wentworth, 89, formerly of Meadville and Black Ash, who had lived at the Soldiers and Sailors Home of Erie for 20 years, died Tuesday, July 28, 1964, at the Edinboro Nursing Home, Edinboro, after a long illness.

He was born in Wayne Township, September 12, 1874, a son of Andrew and Martha Barnard...

Jul 14, 1964

Mrs. Irene Denny Breed, of Meadville, died at Lockport Memorial Hospital, Lockport, NY, Tuesday, July 14, 1964.  Mrs. Breed had gone to Lockport in March to visit her daughter and son-in-law, the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Orvis.

A lifelong resident of Meadville, she was a daughter of Walter B. and Mary Davis Denny,...

Jul 6, 1964

Mrs. Frances Josephine Miller, 71, of Meadville died early Monday morning, July 6, 1964, at City Hospital following a brief illness.

She was born in Vernon Township, February 8, 1893, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Haury.  She and her husband were married May 1, 1915.

Mrs. Miller was a...

Jul 1, 1964

Mrs. Jennie Beuchat Britton, 94, of Meadville, died Wednesday, July 1, 1964, at Flickinger's Convalescent Home.

Mrs. Britton was born in Randolph Township, April 28, 1870, a daughter of John and Clementine ReBrassier Beuchat.  On April 26, 1898, she married J. Reynolds who preceded her in death.  A son, Donald, died in 1932.

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Jun 29, 1964

Jerry C. Gongaware, 83, formerly of Meadville, died Monday, June 29, 1964, at Spencer Hospital of a long illness which followed a stroke last March.

He was born at Irwin October 25, 1880, a son of Hezekiah and Martha Schaffer Gongaware.  A retired farmer, he had been employed for 18 years on the Jim Thomas...

Jun 27, 1964

Mrs. Flora Hays Sethman, 80, of Meadville, died Saturday, June 27, 1964, at City Hospital following a long illness.

She was born in Randolph Township, September 9, 1883, a daughter of Linford P. and Ella Collins Hays and married Vern G. Sethman.

Mrs. Sethman attended the Methodist Church and was a...

Jun 26, 1964

Miss Maud B. Foust, 89, of Vernon Township, died Friday, June 26, 1964, at her home following a long illness.

She was born in Meadville July 18, 1874, a daughter of James W. and Jane Andrews Foust.

After attending Meadville public schools, she taught at the former Reynolds School in Vernon...

Jun 13, 1964

Mrs. Helen M. Sprague, of Lewisburg, died Saturday, June 13, 1964, at Lewisburg.

She was born in Meadville, a daughter of John O. and Harriet Coburn McClintock.  A 1904 graduate of Allegheny College, she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority and of the Phi Beta Kappa, national honorary scholastic fraternity.  She moved to...

Jun 11, 1964

Mrs. Kathryn Ingols Thompson, 70, of Meadville, died Thursday, June 11, 1964, at City Hospital after an illness of half a day.

A daughter of Eugene and Alice Wilder Ingols, she was born at Conneautville, November 24, 1893.  Her husband, Leslie Thompson, who she married June 10, 1913, died in 1929.

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Jun 6, 1964

Mrs. Katherine (Kit) Frost, 87, of Saegertown, died Saturday, June 6, 1964, at Smith Institute after a long illness. She was the widow of George B. (Jack) Frost who died in 1951. Mrs. Frost was born in Western Crawford County August 2, 1876, a daughter of Christian J. and Nancy Ann Dearborn Nisley. She was a member of Stone...

Jun 6, 1964

Mrs. Katherine (Kit) Frost, 87, of Saegertown, died Saturday, June 6, 1964, at Smith Institute after a long illness.  She was the widow of George B. (Jack) Frost who died in 1951.

Mrs. Frost was born in Western Crawford County August 2, 1876, a daughter of Christian J. and Nancy Ann Dearborn Nisley.  She was...

Jun 3, 1964

Mrs. L. Blanche Covel Clark, 79, of Albuquerque, NM, died at her home Wednesday, June 3, 1964, after a long illness.  She formerly had lived in Meadville, moving to Albuquerque two years ago.

She was born in Northwestern PA, a daughter of Emmet and Lura Wickwire Covel.  Her husband, Seward A. Clark, formerly a reader...

Jun 2, 1964

Mary E. Wright, 75, of Meadville, where she had lived for 44 years, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles B. Owens of Meadville, Tuesday, June 2, 1964, after an illness of two years.

A daughter of Marion and Hannah Ferguson Chambers, she was born February 12, 1889, in Lancaster County.  Her husband,...

May 27, 1964

Sarah M. Beard, 79, of Meadville, wife of Jack Beard, died Wednesday, May 27, 1964, at Hamot Hospital, Erie, after an illness of seven weeks.

Mrs. Beard was born at Webster, Fayette County, November 16, 1884, a daughter of Alvin W. and Mary S. Hagerty Kelly.  She married Mr. Beard, June 15, 1915.

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May 25, 1964

Dr. Earle A. Griffiths, 81, who retired in 1955 after 43 years practice as a chiropractor in Crawford County, died Monday, May 25, 1964, at City Hospital after a long illness.

He was well known also as a leader in veterans' affairs.  A veteran of the Boxer Rebellion and the Philippine insurrection, he was commander...

May 19, 1964

Barnie Spicher, 61, of Meadville, died Tuesday, May 19, 1964, at City Hospital after an illness of about a year.

He was born in Indiana County, June 1, 1902, a son of William and Sarah McCullough Spicher.  He married Mary Belle Schurr, who preceded him in death.  Mr. Spicher retired about a year ago as...

May 17, 1964

Mrs. Lucy A. Clark, 84, of Erie, formerly of Meadville, died Sunday, May 17, 1964, at her home after a long illness.

Mrs. Clark was born in Randolph Township, September 22, 1879, a daughter of Warren and Lydia D. Gage Howard, and married David M. Clark, September 11, 1898.  He died in 1952.  She was...

May 17, 1964

Mrs. Cecelia Ellen Newcomb, 86, of Meadville, died Sunday May 17, 1964, at City Hospital after an illness of four years.

Mrs. Newcomb was born at Linkoping, Sweden, November 22, 1877, a daughter of Charles and Charlotte Johnson Nelson.  She married Mark M. Newcomb in 1899.  He died in 1926.

She...

May 9, 1964

Kurt C. Glaubach, 64, of Meadville, a professional photographer in Meadville since 1932, died suddenly Saturday, May 9, 1964, at his home.

Mr. Glaubach opened his first studio on Chestnut Street after coming to Meadville from Erie.  He moved to South Main Street in 1938 where he specialized in portrait and industrial photography and photographic...