David Floyd Shaw
Jan 30, 1960
David Floyd Shaw, 75, died Saturday, January 30, 1960, at City Hospital following a short illness.
He had been a resident of Meadville since 1930 and was born in Mercer County, August 22, 1884, a son of William and Susan Jane Heasley Shaw.
He married the former Tina Small, who survives,...
Gerald W. Foltz
Jan 27, 1960
Gerald W. Foltz, 61, of Meadville, died at his home Wednesday, January 27, 1960.
He had been a resident of Meadville since 1943.
He was born in Hancock County, OH, May 11, 1898, a son of Orin and Effie Butler Foltz.
Surviving besides his widow are four...
Paul Donaldson Inglefield
Jan 20, 1960
Paul Donaldson Inglefield, 50, supervisor of music for the Meadville Area School District, died Wednesday afternoon, January 20, 1960, at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, just a week after undergoing a delicate heart operation.
Inglefield came to Meadville in 1936 as head of the music department of the Meadville school system. He set up the music...
Jennie Johnson Benson
Jan 19, 1960
Mrs. Jennie Johnson Benson, 91, of Meadville, widow of Charles A. Benson, died Tuesday, January 19, 1960, at her home following a month's illness.
She was born August 14, 1868, at Almhult, Sweden, a daughter of John and Marie Magnusson Johnson and had lived in Meadville the past 12 years. She was married on October...
Mattie Oakes Gilbert
Jan 9, 1960
Mrs. Mattie Oakes Gilbert, 83, of Rome Township, Guys Mills, died Saturday, January 9, 1960, at her home following a long illness.
She was born September 18, 1876, in Wayne Township, a daughter of Ezra and Charlotte McIlory Oakes. On October 25, 1898, she married Clinton W. Gilbert who died April 29, 1939.
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Kathie Lee Dudenhaver
Jan 5, 1960
Kathie Lee Dudenhaver, infant daughter of Sp. 4 and Mrs. Clinton E. Dudenhaver, of Meadville, died Tuesday, January 5, 1960.
The infant was born December 3, 1959, at Spencer Hospital. Mrs. Dudenhaver is the former Dixie Kurinko. Specialist Dudenhaver is stationed at Ft. Bragg, NC.
Besides the parents, survivors are the...
Archie E. Roschi
Jan 3, 1960
Archie E. Roschi, 71, of Saegertown, died Sunday morning, January 3, 1960, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. DeWarren (Dorothy) Pope of Largo, FL, where he had been spending the winter.
Roschi was born in Meadville, July 9, 1888, a son of Frederick and Margaret Smallenburger Roschi. He was retired machinist for the Erie...
Raymond Ernest Smith
Dec 27, 1959
Raymond Ernest Smith, 81, who served as a Republican state senator from the county from 1914 to 1918, died at Sunday, December 27, 1959, at Spencer Hospital after an illness of three days. He had been hospitalized two days. He made his home in Guys Mills near Mt. Hope.
A Randolph Township farmer most of...
Genevieve Bisbee Hoffman
Dec 26, 1959
Mrs. Genevieve Bisbee Hoffman, wife of Emory P. Hoffman, of Meadville, died Saturday, December 26, 1959, at Allegheny General Hospital, where she had been a patient for a month.
She was born in Oil City, a daughter of Albert and Lena Graham Baugher. She was a member of LeBoeuf Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star,...
Beatrice Haxton
Dec 23, 1959
Miss Beatrice Haxton, 85, of Erie, died Wednesday, December 23, 1959, at Warren State Hospital.
Miss Haxton was born in Meadville, August 20, 1874, a daughter of Andrew and Thomasina Shear Haxton. She was employed for 25 years by the General Electric Co. at its Erie plant. In 1937, she became the first GE woman...
Roy S. Waid
Dec 22, 1959
Roy S. Waid, 66, of Blooming Valley, died Tuesday, December 22, 1959, at City Hospital where he had been a patient for one day.
He was born in Woodcock Township, January 12, 1893, a son of Gunnip and Anna Slocum Waid.
He married Lelah Roudebush, August 24, 1914.
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Hattie Flick Daniels
Dec 19, 1959
Mrs. Hattie Flick Daniels, 73, of Saegertown, died Saturday, December 19, 1959, at Spencer Hospital after a long illness. She had been in the hospital eight weeks. She was the widow of Herman W. Daniels, who died in 1945.
Mrs. Daniels was born April 3, 1886, in Woodcock Township, a daughter of Lee Burton and...
Andy Waid
Dec 17, 1959
Andy Waid, 90, father of Crawford County Sheriff, Andy F. Waid, died Thursday, December 17, 1959, at a nursing home in Daytona Beach, FL. He had lived in Daytona Beach for the past 12 years. He had been ill two months.
A retired Titusville merchant, where he lived for 34 years, he was a noted...
Pearl A. Miller
Dec 12, 1959
Mrs. Pearl A. Miller, wife of Lynn A. Miller, of Meadville, died Saturday December 12, 1959, at City Hospital after a long illness.
She was born in Meadville, a daughter of John and Matilda Prentice Houston. She married Miller June 2, 1917. She spent all her life in Meadville except for short periods in Titusville...
Benton C. Terrill
Dec 5, 1959
Benton C. (Ben) Terrill, 78, of Sadsbury Township, died Saturday, December 5, 1959 at City Hospital following a short illness. He was born November 12, 1881, at Guys Mills where he spent his early life. He was a son of Duane and Ianthia Britton Terrill. On February 5, 1907, he married Wave McFadden who survives. He was an employee...
Benton C. (Ben) Terrill
Dec 5, 1959
Benton C. (Ben) Terrill, 78, of Sadsbury Township, died Saturday, December 5, 1959 at City Hospital following a short illness.
He was born November 12, 1881, at Guys Mills where he spent his early life. He was a son of Duane and Ianthia Britton Terrill.
On February 5, 1907, he married...
Bessie Mae Goodell
Dec 1, 1959
Mrs. Bessie Mae Goodell, 82, died at the Methodist Home, Tuesday, December 1, 1959. She had been in ill health for some time and on November 11 had suffered a broken hip in a fall.
Mrs. Goodell was born at Lycippus, Westmoreland County, May 10, 1877. She was a daughter of Jacob S. and Catherine...
Effie A. Stainbrook
Nov 26, 1959
Mrs. Effie A. Stainbrook, 88, of Meadville, died at her home Thursday, November 26, 1959.
She was born in Pithole, Venango County, November 15, 1891, a daughter of Charles Wesley and Emily Smith Pond. Her parents pioneered in the oil industry from Pithole to various other locations and finally to Bartlesville, OK.
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Mae H. Fry
Nov 19, 1959
Mrs. Mae H. Fry, 90, of Meadville, died Thursday, November 19, 1959, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Charles (Marian) Custead of East Fallowfield Township, following a long illness. She was the widow of Samuel F. Fry, whom she married November 30, 1893.
Born in Meadville, January 21, 1869, she was a daughter of...
John L. Bates
Nov 19, 1959
John L. Bates, a partner in the Edward T. Bates Co. music store, died at his residence sometime late Wednesday of early Thursday morning, November 19, 1959.
A son of the late Alfred J. and Bertha S. Bates, he was born on February 20, 1902. He was graduated from Meadville High School where he was...