Jan 1, 1753

Mrs. Edna M. Templeton, 81, widow of William L. Templeton who died in 1966, died Monday, June 5, 1978, at Bonetti Health Care Center, Harrisville, Butler County, where she had been a patient for two years at Flickinger Convalescent Home.

A daughter of Emory C. and Alice E. Lozer Ditch, she was born April 24,...

Jan 1, 1753

Mrs. Elizabeth Dill, 83, widow of the late John M. Dill, died Wednesday evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. L. Rupp of Meadville.

Mrs. Dill had been in failing health a long period.  She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and the Priscillas.

Surviving, besides the...

Jan 1, 1753

Pfc. Robert Dale Parsons was accidentally shot and killed at Fort Clayton, Panama Canal Zone, Saturday.  No details of the fatal accident were immediately revealed by the Army.  Parsons had been serving with the Army's security detachment.

He enlisted in June 1968, after attending Meadville Area Senior High School.

Surviving are...

Jan 1, 1753

David W. Robinson, 80, died at his home in Randolph Township Thursday morning after a long illness.

Mr. Robinson moved to the community in 1924 from Pittsburgh, where he had been a streetcar motorman.  He farmed until recent retirement from active work.

The deceased is survived by his widow, Mrs. Frances...

Jan 1, 1753

Critically injured when he was thrown to the ground by runaway horses, Lindford Hays, 79, of Richmond Township, succumbed at Meadville City Hospital early Thursday afternoon, a few minutes after his admission to the institution.

Mr. Hays had been a resident of Richmond Township, near Blooming Valley, for more than half a century.  He was...

Jan 1, 1753

Thomas J. Diehl, 76, a retired contractor of Meadville, died yesterday at City Hospital of a heart ailment.  He had been ill about a week.

Son of Henry and Anna Willy Diehl, he was born April 4, 1880, in West Mead Township and lived his early life in Woodcock Township, where he worked on a...

Jan 1, 1753

Mrs. Josephine H. Ginther, 69, formerly of St. Petersburg, FL, who made her home with a niece, Mrs. Robert (Geraldine) Brant, of Meadville, was dead on arrival at City Hospital Sunday, December 7, 1975.

Born in Pittsburgh, August 6, 1906, she was a daughter of Francis J. and Magdalene Parschbolt Hefley.  She was the widow...

Jan 1, 1753

William Snyder Wallace, 47, of Vernon Township, died Wednesday evening at Spencer Hospital.

He was a member of the Sewickley United Presbyterian Church and a Vernon Township volunteer fireman.

Surviving are four sisters, Miss Florence Wallace and Miss Mary Agnes Wallace, both at home, Mrs. Jessie Kinser of Columbus, OH and...

Jan 1, 1753

Charles J. Remley, 82, of Mt. Hope, died Sunday at his home.  He had been in ill health for the past several years.

He moved to Mt. Hope in 1932 from Wheeling, WV.

He is survived by a son, John of Glendale, WV; a daughter, Mrs. Raymond Mann of Belmont, OH;...

Jan 1, 1753

Wendell Ellis Rogers, 9, son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer M. Rogers of Meadville, died Monday afternoon at Spencer Hospital following a week-long illness.

The boy was a third grade student at First District School.

He leaves two brothers, Coxswain Homer M. Rogers, Jr. of US Navy, now serving in the...

Jan 1, 1753

R. Vicar McCallum, 70, a resident of Meadville for a number of years, died suddenly Wednesday evening at a hospital in Daytona Beach, FL.

He had lived in that city for that past few years.

Mr. McCallum was born in Scotland, and had resided in both Ireland and England before coming...

Jan 1, 1753

Charles R. Peterman, 76, of Meadville, died Tuesday afternoon at City Hospital.  He had suffered a stroke Friday morning at the home of  a son, Charles B. Peterman of Conneautville.

He spent his early life in the Pittsburgh area and lived at various time in the Pittsburgh and Crawford County communities.  He lived at Wayland...

Jan 1, 1753

Dorothy Mae Tenney, 20, died early Wednesday morning at Spencer Hospital, where she underwent an operation for appendicitis 10 days ago.

She as the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer C. Tenney of Meadville, and was a member of the First Baptist Church and Sunday School, having been a teacher in the latter organization....

Jan 1, 1753

Mrs. Mildred D. Miller, 67, wife of Ralph H. Miller of Meadville, was dead on arrival at City Hospital late Friday, May 1, 1981, after a sudden illness.

She was born at Meadville, July 12, 1913, a daughter of Earl and Pearl Taylor Boyle.  She married Miller on September 15, 1934.

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Jan 1, 1753

Harry A. Ewing, 74, died Friday afternoon, after an extended illness, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Edward Spaid of Meadville.

Mr. Ewing was born in East Mead Township, the son of James Ewing and Fanny Byham Ewing, and spent nearly his entire life in East Mead and Randolph Township.  He wife, Elizabeth Storry...

Jan 1, 1753

John Edward (Jack) Echnoz, 1, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Echnoz of Meadville, died at home last evening following a brief illness. Besides his parents, his is survived by three sisters, Patricia Ann, Leona Elizabeth and Barbara Levin Echnoz, all at home; the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Manders of Niles, OH and Edward F. Echnoz of Guys...

Jan 1, 1753

Grant B. Danforth, 72, life-long New Richmond district resident, died Monday evening at his home in Richmond Township following a month's illness.

He was a member of Richmond Grange No. 135.

Surviving are a son, Wayne of Richmond Township; three brothers, Wroe of Washington, Lynn of Tulsa, OK and Don of...

Jan 1, 1753

Mr. and Mrs. Otto Graham of Guys Mills, received word on Tuesday morning that their son Second Lt. Lyle E. Graham, had been injured fatally in an airplane accident at Moses Lake Field, Washington, on Monday, June 21.

No details of the accident were given except that it had occurred during routine training.  The telegram...

Jan 1, 1753

Florence G. Myers, wife of Earl C. Myers, of Meadville, died Sunday evening at City Hospital after a long illness.

Her early life was spent in Wayland.  She was a member of First Baptist Church of Meadville.

Surviving, in addition to her husband, include two sons, Robert of Meadville and Charles...

Jan 1, 1753

Clarke R. Miller, former burgess of Conneaut Lake boro, died at his home there Thursday morning.

Born in Sadsbury Township, Mr. Miller had lived all but a few years of his life in Conneaut Lake and the vicinity.  He had served the county as deputy prothonotary for a period, and for 16 years was traveling...