Mar 26, 1962

Miss Alberta Mahle, 58, of Sandy Lake, died Monday, March 26, 1962, at City Hospital after an illness of five weeks.

Miss Mahle, a former public school teacher, was born in Sandy Lake Township, Mercer County, June 27, 1903, a daughter of Samuel A. and Effie DeFrance Mahle.  She attended Grove City College and was...

Mar 25, 1962

Mrs. Bess Yost, wife of Frederick B. Yost, of Meadville, died Sunday, March 25, 1962, at her home after a long illness.

Mrs. Yost was born at Blooming Valley, a daughter of George and Mary Lupher Dickson.  She married Mr. Yost March 29, 1911.  She was a member of Christ Episcopal Church and of its...

Mar 18, 1962

Mrs. Nellie Hunt Wolford, 79, of the Meadville Home for the Aged, of Meadville, formerly of Jamestown, died Sunday, March 18, 1962, at Spencer Hospital following an illness of three weeks.

She was born in Conneaut Township, March 17, 1883, a daughter of Heman and Celestia Wheeler Hunt, and was married to the late Clarence...

Mar 15, 1962

William D. Campbell, who for 30 years as court crier helped maintain smooth-running Crawford County courts, died Thursday, March 15, 1962, at 2:15 p.m. at City Hospital.

Campbell, 84, had been hospitalized for 18 days following a stroke suffered at his home at Blooming Valley.

As court crier, Campbell was recognized...

Mar 10, 1962

Mrs. Eva A. Roberts, 81, wife of Williams S. Robert of the Methodist Home for the Aged, died Saturday, March 10, 1962, at City Hospital following emergency surgery.

She was born at Cambridge Springs May 2, 1880, a daughter of Evans and Mary Simmons Robins and married Roberts December 27, 1915, at Stone Church, Meadville....

Mar 10, 1962

Mrs. Maude Smith, 80, wife of Irwin J. Smith, of Meadville, died Saturday, March 10, 1962, at her home after a long illness.

She was born in Wayne Township, July 12, 1881, a daughter of William and Mary Jane Drake Pattison.  She married Mr. Smith December 23, 1902.  She was a member of Trinity Lutheran...

Mar 6, 1962

Mrs. Pauline Elizabeth Lang, 59, wife of Paul J. Lang, of Guys Mills, died Tuesday, March 6, 1962, at City Hospital.  She had been hospitalized eight weeks.

Mrs. Lang was employed by the Crawford County Board of Assistance for 20 years, until forced to resign recently for health reasons.

She was...

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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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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...