Jerome Leroy Weldon
Jan 1, 1753
Jerome LeRoy Weldon, 32, died Friday evening at his home after an illness of several months.
Well known in this city, where he had lived almost all of his life and where he had done considerable work as a tree surgeon, Welden was a graduate of the Davey Institute of Tree Surgery. He was a...
Earl W. Houser
Jan 1, 1753
Earl W. Houser, laboratory technician for Drs. Edward and Joseph Connor for the past 15 years, died early Sunday at Spencer Hospital of a sustained heart attack.
Mr. Houser, 66, received his training as a technician in Chicago and previously served at City Hospital for 20 years.
A son of the...
Velma Clark Waid
Jan 1, 1753
Mrs. Velma Clark Waid, 72, wife of B. W. Waid, died Monday night after an extended illness at the family residence.
She was a lifelong resident of Crawford County.
Surviving besides the husband, are two sons, Herbert and Stephen, both of Meadville; a sister, Mrs. George Sayre of Meadville and two...
Robert J. Shorts
Jan 1, 1753
Robert J. Shorts, 81, formerly of Richmond Township, died Tuesday afternoon at the home of his son, Bert Shorts, of Hornell, NY, after a long period of failing health.
Mr. Shorts was a native of Richmond Township, where he operated a farm until about five years ago, when he moved to Hornell. His wife died...
Barbara Dudas
Jan 1, 1753
Mrs. Barbara Dudas, 60, wife of John Dudas of Meadville, died Saturday morning soon after she was admitted to City Hospital.
A native of Czechoslovakia, she came to the US in 1914. She resided at Springboro for 17 years before coming to Meadville three years ago.
She was a member of...
George W. Deremer
Jan 1, 1753
George W. DeRemer, 76, well-known resident of Randolph Township, died Sunday noon at Meadville City Hospital where he had been ill for the past three weeks.
Engaged in lumber and mill operations, he had been employed by various farms, among them the Shreve Lumber Company of Union City and Diamond Match Company. He also engaged...
Samuel H. Davis
Jan 1, 1753
Samuel H. Davis, 86, of Meadville, died Monday evening at City Hospital where he had been confined since suffering a fall in front of his home several weeks ago.
A son of the late Joseph H. and Esther Woodruff Davis, he was born in Independence, MO, and came to this area at the age of...
Lillie M. Hoffman
Jan 1, 1753
Mrs. Lillie M. Hoffman, 82, widow of Francis Cooper Hoffman, died Tuesday morning at the home of her nephew, John C. Byham of Guys Mills.
Born in Cooperstown, she had resided at Guys Mills for the past 16 months. She spent most of her life in Wood County, OH, and was a member of Sugar...
John O. Emerson
Jan 1, 1753
John O. Emerson, 75, former well known resident of Guys Mills, died Wednesday evening at the North Warren Hospital, where he had been a patient about one year.
He is survived by three sons, John Emerson, Jr. of Charlestown, Mass. and Theodore R. and George A. Emerson of Meadville; one brother, Charles Emerson of Findlay,...
Paul W. Geyer
Jan 1, 1753
Paul W. Geyer, 76, died Sunday afternoon at Meadville City Hospital following several weeks of ill health. Coming here from Cleveland about 16 years ago, he made his home in recent years with his daughter, Mrs. Paula Leonhart of Guys Mills.
Surviving are Mrs. Leonhart and another daughter, Mrs. Arthur Stahnke of Cleveland; two sons,...
William E. Mcmahan
Jan 1, 1753
William E. McMahan, 88, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. A. K. Britton of Meadville, Tuesday evening following a short illness.
A native of Missouri, McMahan lived in St. Louis most of his life and was an insurance broker. For 60 years, he was a member of the Rose Hill Lodge, F and...
Helen C. Easterwood
Jan 1, 1753
Crawford County's first professional social worker, retired juvenile court probation officer, Miss Helen C. Easterwood, died Sunday at the age of 81.
Miss Easterwood, of Meadville, died at United Methodist Nursing Hospital after a long illness.
Following 40 years of service to the county as a probation officer, she retired January...
Travis J. Leech
Jan 1, 1753
Travis J. Leech, 2, a Meadville area tot, died early Wednesday evening after he was trampled by a Hereford heifer in a pasture at the family farm.
He was born June 18, 1979, a son of Dean R. and Billie Jo Bell Leech.
He was a part of the First Baptist...
Dr. George E. Barner
Jan 1, 1753
Dr. George E. Barner, well-known local chiropractor, died suddenly following a stroke yesterday afternoon at City Hospital.
He was born September 9, 1899, at Weedsport, NY and came to Meadville as a boy. His preliminary education was received at Meadville and Summerhill Townships schools. Later he attended Universal Chiropractor College, Pittsburgh, and Pennsylvania College of...
Milton P. Coyle
Jan 1, 1753
Milton P. Coyle, 69, a West Mead Township farmer, died suddenly Monday evening at his home on Alden Street Extension.
Mr. Coyle was born in the Spartansburg area and for the past 24 years lived on the West Mead Township farm.
He is survived by his widow; two daughters, Miss Nancy...
Hugh Cutshall
Jan 1, 1753
Hugh Cutshall died Sunday night at Meadville City Hospital.
The former Crawford County commissioner succumbed four hours after he suffered a stroke of apoplexy at his home. He was 54 years old.
Mr. Cutshall was born February 25, 1883, in Randolph Township. He operated a farm in that township until 1917...
Marilyn Joyce Kindervater
Jan 1, 1753
Marilyn Joyce Kindervater, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kindervater, of East Mead Township, died Wednesday afternoon at the Meadville City Hospital.
Surviving are the parents and four sisters, Lois, Margaret, Carol and Elenor.
Services were held with Waid Funeral Home.
Interment was in Greendale Cemetery....
Floyd E. Johnston
Jan 1, 1753
Floyd E. Johnston, 74, of Saegertown, was dead on arrival at Spencer Hospital Saturday, April 26, 1969.
He was born in Woodcock Township on March 14, 1895, a son of George and Catherine Powell Johnston. He married Grace Flick on February 7, 1917. Mr. Johnston was a pipe fitter at the American Viscose Corp. until...
Rebecca Hill
Jan 1, 1753
Mrs. Rebecca Hill, of Meadville, widow of Adam Hill, died Wednesday afternoon at Spencer Hospital, following an illness of several weeks. She was 81.
Mrs. Hill formerly lived at Sugar Lake and Black Ash. She was a member of Black Ash Methodist Church and the Farm Alliance and Industrial Union, Black Ash.
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C. Belle Dockstader
Jan 1, 1753
Miss C. Belle Dockstader, 81, died early this morning at the Home for the Aged. She had been ill for a short time.
Miss Dockstader, who spent almost her entire life in Meadville, was a member of the D.A.R. and of the Congregational Church.
Services were held at Waid Funeral Home....