J. Marshall Jackson
Feb 11, 1962
J. Marshall Jackson, 78, formerly a resident of Meadville, died at his home in Hagertown, MD, Sunday, February 11, 1962.
He was born at Harlansburg October 25, 1883, a son of Homer and Alice Cross Jackson. He was married August 24, 1916, to the former Margaret Ann Bowman who died December 31, 1947.
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William B. Ray
Feb 11, 1962
William Byron Ray, 89, a resident at the Methodist Home for the Aged for the past nine years, died there Sunday, February 11, 1962.
He was born May 17, 1872, at West Spring Creek, Warren County, a son of William C. and Mary Morrison Ray. He married Elgie Pollock on June 11, 1951. She survives...
Hazel Glenn Jones
Feb 9, 1962
Mrs. Hazel Glenn Jones, 74, of Tucson, AZ, died about noon Friday, February 9, 1962, at her home in Tucson after an illness of two years.
Mrs. Jones was born in Meadville, March 20, 1887, a daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Stevens Glenn. She had been employed at City Hospital for a number of years...
James Stewart Charlton
Feb 6, 1962
James Stewart Charlton, 90, of Meadville, city assessor for more than 20 years, died Tuesday, February 6, 1962, at City Hospital about two hours after receiving head injuries in a fall down stairs at his home.
Mr. Charlton was city assessor from 1929 until retiring in the spring of 1954 for health reasons. He served...
Clara Heath Feldmiller
Feb 3, 1962
Mrs. Clara Heath Feldmiller, 80, of Meadville, died at her home, Saturday evening, February 3, 1962, after a short illness.
She was born in Wayne Township, Crawford County, February 8, 1881, a daughter of Henry S. and Mary Eliza Smith Heath. She was married September 28, 1909, to George a Feldmiller, who died April 4,...
Francis Theodore Shorts
Jan 31, 1962
Francis Theodore Shorts, 53, died at City Hospital, Wednesday, January 31, 1962, of extensive burns suffered in an accident Sunday night.
He was born in Richmond Township, September 15, 1908, a son of Henry and Ruby Davison Shorts.
He is survived by three brothers, Fred B. of Saegertown, William A. of...
Frank O. Langley
Jan 25, 1962
Frank O. Langley, 74, of Meadville, died Thursday, January 25, 1962, at his home following a period of failing health
He was born at Cambridge Springs, December 2, 1887, a son of William R. and Eliza Roberts Langley. He married Zehra E. Loper May 11, 1910. Mr. Langley retired in August 1956 after 43 years...
Fred E. Oster
Jan 24, 1962
Fred E. Oster, 88, formerly of Meadville, died Wednesday, January 24, 1962, at Smith Institute, Saegertown, following a long illness. He had been at the institute for about two years.
He was born in New York City on October 3, 1873. Mr. Oster spent most of his life in the Hayfield and Vernon Township areas....
H. Raymond Ellis
Jan 19, 1962
H. Raymond Ellis, 70, veteran local real estate broker, died suddenly Friday, January 19, 1962.
He was driving north on North Main Street near the Junior High School when he stopped his car and slumped over the wheel. Meadville Ambulance Service, summoned by telephone, took him to City Hospital where he was pronounced dead on...
Wesley Lee Brawley
Jan 18, 1962
Wesley Lee Brawley, 60, of Cochranton, died Thursday, January 18, 1962, at Spencer Hospital.
He was born in Randolph Township May 4, 1901, a son of Lee and Mabel Smith Brawley. He was a farmer.
Surviving are two children, Mrs. Thomas F. (Marjorie) Baker of Eden, NY and Matthew A. Brawley...
Jennie Florence Crane
Jan 14, 1962
Miss Jennie Florence Crane, 70, died Sunday morning, January 14, 1962, at Warren State Hospital. She was a former resident of Hayfield Township.
Miss Crane was born at Canonsburg, Washington County, August 30, 1891, a daughter of David P. and Alice Manes Crane.
She was a former member of the Presbyterian...
Mildred L. Tenney
Jan 12, 1962
Mrs. Mildred Louise Tenney, 69, of Meadville, died at Smith Institute, Saegertown, Friday, January 12, 1962, after a year's illness.
She was born at Vermontville, MI, June 17, 1892, a daughter of Luther and Mabel D. Fitch Hess. When she was 13 years old, the family moved to Meadville where she had lived since that...
Rev. Dr. Louis W. Sherwin
Jan 9, 1962
The Rev. Dr. Louis W. Sherwin, 78, of Nappanee, IN, a graduate of Allegheny College in 1908, died Tuesday, January 9, 1962, a Elkhart, IN, General Hospital after an illness of about a month.
While at Allegheny, Dr. Sherwin was a member of Phi Gamma Delta social fraternity and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa...
Edward M. Waltenbaugh
Jan 4, 1962
Edward M. Waltenbaugh, 89, of Meadville, died at City Hospital Thursday, January 4, 1962, after a long illness.
Born at Pittsburgh, September 22, 1872, a son of John T. and Elizabeth Miller Waltenbaugh, he spent most of his younger life at Tarentum. He and the former Zeffie Moore were married at Marion, IN, February 5,...
Dr. John P. Shook
Jan 2, 1962
Dr. John P. Shook, of Meadville, died Tuesday, January 2, 1962, at City Hospital following an illness of a few days.
He was employed as a slaughter house inspector for the State Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry. Dr. Shook had resided in Meadville for about nine years.
He was...
Bessie P. Hays
Jan 1, 1962
Mrs. Bessie P. Hays, 85, widow of Louis M. Hays, former Meadville chief of police , died Monday, January 1, 1962, at the Home for the Aged, where she had lived since July 5, 1956. Chief Hays died in 1938.
She was born at Union City April 14, 1876, a daughter of Charles and Lillian...
George O. Smith
Dec 16, 1961
George O. Smith, 88, of Meadville, who operated Smith's Diner from 1929 to 1944, died Saturday, December 16, 1961, at the Flickinger Convalescent Home after a long illness.
Mr. Smith also operated Townville Hotel for a period of four years. A member of Cussewago Odd Fellows Lodge, and a former member of the Townville lodge,...
Buretta Hill
Dec 11, 1961
Miss Buretta Hill, 78, of Meadville, died Monday, December 11, 1961, at Spencer Hospital after an illness of two weeks.
Miss Hill was a member of the United Presbyterian Church of the Redeemer and of its Women's Assn. and Women's Bible Class.
She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Edna Hunter...
Elizabeth M. Diehl
Dec 4, 1961
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Diehl, 79, widow of Thomas J. Diehl, died Monday morning, December 4, 1961, after suffering a heart attack at her home in Meadville.
The former Elizabeth Dornhoefer, she had spent her entire life in this area. Thomas Diehl, whom she married September 11, 1904, died in May of 1956.
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Mary Elizabeth Kee
Dec 2, 1961
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Kee, 80, of Meadville, died Saturday, December 2, 1961, at her home. She was the widow of Robert N. Kee, whom she married in 1902 and who died in March, 1959.
Mrs. Kee was a member of Grace Methodist Church and of its Ellen B. Cares Bible Class and Woman's Society of...