Ernest Edgar Melvin
Jan 1, 1753
Ernest Edgar Melvin, 52, old city labor leader died at this home on Vernon Street, Saturday afternoon following a period of failing health.
A machinist for the past 25 years at the McCrosky Employees Federal Credit Union; recording secretary of Pine Tree Local 1941, International Assn. of Machinist; vice president of the Central Labor Union...
Flora F. Roberts
Jan 1, 1753
Mrs. Flora F. Roberts, widow of the late James D. Roberts, died Thursday morning at Meadville City Hospital. She would have been 94 years of age on October 21.
Daughter of Charles and Mary Gifford Forbes, she was born in Conneaut Township. She married Mr. Roberts, local lawyer, in 1880, and had lived in Meadville...
R. Vicar Mccallum
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...
Gertrude Tyler Stafford
Jan 1, 1753
Mrs. Gertrude Belle Tyler Stafford, 87, of Wattsburg, died Sunday at the J. B. Frazier Convalescent Home, near Cochranton, following a brief illness.
She was born at Conneautville, a daughter of William E. and Elizabeth Zimmerman Tyler, December 15, 1875. She was married to Charles Stafford in 1928. He preceded her in death.
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Nellie M. Garrett
Jan 1, 1753
Mrs. Nellie M. Garrett of Meadville, widow of Samuel H. Garrett, died Thursday at Spencer Hospital following a long illness.
She was born in Venango County, the daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth Davison Miles, she resided in the Cooperstown area, Venango County, until 1907, when she moved to Meadville and was married to Samuel Garrett....
Floyd N. Barlow
Jan 1, 1753
Floyd N. Barlow, 55, of Meadville, was killed instantly when part of a well drilling rig he was helping to lower touched a high tension wire on June 16, 1958.
Barlow, a native of Sugar Grove Township, Warren County, had lived in the Wayland area 37 years. He was born October 21, 1902, a son...
Earl Peterson
Jan 1, 1753
Earl Peterson, 71, of Meadville, died Monday afternoon at City Hospital. He had been in failing health for several years.
A native of Custards, he spent most of his life in Meadville and for many years was a cement finisher for the Ortman and Reitze construction company. He was a member of Wasleyan Methodist Church....
Dora Wygant Smith
Jan 1, 1753
Mrs. Dora Wygant Smith, widow of E. Herman Smith, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Paul Corey, at Guys Mills, yesterday afternoon, following several weeks' illness.
Mrs. Smith, who spent most of her life in the vicinity of Guys Mills, was a member of the Methodist Church there.
She...
John Edward Echnoz
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...
Sarah E. Henderson
Jan 1, 1753
Mrs. Sarah E. Henderson, 84, widow of Robert L. Henderson, died Monday, at City Hospital shortly after becoming a patient there. She had lived with a daughter, Mrs. Lloyd G. Spencer.
She was a daughter of Frank and Margaret Culp Belsar and spent her early life in Allegheny County where she attended the Jenny Lind...
Leroy P. Shorts
Jan 1, 1753
LeRoy P. Shorts, of Meadville, died Wednesday morning at City Hospital following a long illness. He was 64.
Born in Richmond Township, he had resided in Meadville and vicinity most of his life.
Survivors include his widow, three sons, Robert, LeRoy, Jr. and Glenn, all of Meadville; three daughters, Mrs. William...
Euphemia R. Haxton
Jan 1, 1753
Miss Euphemia R. Haxton, teacher in Meadville city schools for over a half century and principle of the high school for more than a score of years, died late last night at her home.
The veteran educator, who reached her 90th birthday anniversary on May 12, had been almost bedfast since last January when she...
J. Reynolds Britton
Jan 1, 1753
J. Reynolds Britton, 73, of Guys Mills, died early Thursday morning at City Hospital, following an illness of several months.
He was a well-known farmer in the Guys Mills area, where he had lived all his life.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Jennie Beuchat Britton; a son, Oscar, at home; three...
Archie E. Davison
Jan 1, 1753
Archie E. Davison, 46, of Fredericksburg, died at Spencer Hospital Wednesday morning after an extended period of failing health.
He was a machinist for the Yost Manufacturing Company and had spent most of his life in the Meadville community. He was born in Randolph Township and attended schools there.
Mr. Davison...
Fern Sybrant
Jan 1, 1753
Miss Fern Sybrant, 63, lifelong resident of Richmond Township, died Wednesday morning at the Crawford County Home.
She had been an invalid for 46 years.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Jessie Bailey of New Richmond and two nieces, Lucille Lynch of New Richmond and Louise Bailey of Pittsburgh.
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Leon N. Demaison
Jan 1, 1753
Leon N. DeMaison, 75, of East Mead Township, died Monday evening at Spencer Hospital after a stroke yesterday at his home near Frenchtown. He was a lifetime resident of the area.
He was a son of the late Nicholas and Josephine Cuney DeMaison, and a member of St. Hippolyte's Roman Catholic Church, Frenchtown.
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Gilbert P. Haven
Jan 1, 1753
Gilbert P. Haven, 38, brother of Mrs. Myron P. Breckenridge, Vernon Township, died suddenly of a heart attack Friday at Glastonbury, CT.
A test pilot for the Pratt and Whitney firm, builders of jet engines, the Cleveland resident often spent his summers at Conneaut Lake.
Survivors, in addition to Mrs. Breckenridge,...
Daniel Martin Brawley
Jan 1, 1753
Daniel Martin Brawley, infant son born Saturday, November 7, 1964, at Spencer Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Francis E. Brawley, of Guys Mills, failed to survive.
Survivors, besides his parents, include a sister, Deborah Lynn; a brother, James Eugene; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Brawley of Guys Mills; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin...
Marjorie Evelyn Sutliff
Jan 1, 1753
Mrs. Marjorie Evelyn Sutliff, 33, of Meadville was found dead at her home yesterday afternoon.
Born in Cambridge Springs on March 31, 1924, she was a daughter of W. Ellis and Opal Wilmoth Sayre, who survives.
Additional survivors include her husband, Milton C. and three children, Gary Winsor, Robert and Linda...
Charles Francis Heydrick
Jan 1, 1753
Charles Francis (Frank) Heydrick, 79, of Meadville, died Friday afternoon at Spencer Hospital after an illness of several months. A son of the late Charles William and Mary TenBroeck Heydrick, he spent his early life in Carleton, and moved to Meadville in 1893. He was connected with the International Sugar Feed Co. of Elgin, IL. He was a life-long...