Harry E. Kremis
Jan 1, 1753
Harry E. Kremis, 69, retired Erie Railroad conductor, died Sunday afternoon at the family residence in Meadville.
Mr. Kremis had been in poor health several months. He had been retired the past five years after having worked 48 years for the railroad.
He was a member of Stone Methodist Church, the...
William Darby
Jan 1, 1753
William Darby, 92, who recently made his home with a son, Albert of Meadville, and with a daughter, Mrs. Walter Cole, also of Meadville, died Monday at City Hospital.
He was born in England in 1861 and came to the United States in 1888. He settled in the McKeesport area, where he was employed in...
Minnie O. Glenn
Jan 1, 1753
Miss Minnie O. Glenn, 68, who spent most of her life in the Guys Mills and Meadville communities, died late Thursday night at Hamot Hospital in Erie, after a long illness.
Miss Glenn had resided the past two years with a niece, Mrs. Lester Line of Wesleyville. She was a member of the Meadville First...
Lydia Mae Weaver
Jan 1, 1753
Lydia Mae Weaver, 74, wife of Fred W. Weaver, of Guys Mills, died early Saturday morning at Pawley Clinic, Cleveland, following a heart attack.
Mrs. Weaver went to Cleveland November 7 to visit at the home of a daughter, Mrs. John Doyle.
She spent her early life in Clearfield County and...
John C. Miller
Jan 1, 1753
John C. Miller, 84, died Friday at the home of his brother, George P. Miller, of Wayne Township.
Mr. Miller was born in Union Township but resided in Wayne Township since he was 14. He retired from farming 11 years ago and since then had resided with his brother. He was a member of Zion...
William D. Stainbrook
Jan 1, 1753
William David Stainbrook, of Meadville, passed away Thursday morning at Spencer Hospital following an illness of one week's duration. For over 38 years he had been employed by the Erie Railroad Co., the past 32 of which he had been mail and baggage handler at the local depot. He was a member of the Station Forces Union and of...
Mary Ida Rockafellow
Jan 1, 1753
Mrs. Mary I. Rockafellow, 75, of Meadville, wife of William M. Rockafellow, died Wednesday evening following a long illness at the home of her niece, Mrs. Lloyd Smith of East Mead Township. A longtime resident of Cochranton, Mrs. Rockafellow was a member of Cochranton Presbyterian Church. Surviving are her husband, two daughters, Mrs. C. A. Melat of Kennerdell, PA...
Joseph Fryer
Jan 1, 1753
Joseph Fryer, 78, a resident of the Ida M. Cribbs Methodist Home, died at City Hospital, Friday morning.
Born in Bedlington, England, he began work in the coal mines in his youth and had completed more than 30 years of work in the Bedlington Colliery when he left for the United States in 1923. One...
Richard L. Lewis
Jan 1, 1753
Richard L. (Rick) Lewis, 18, of Meadville, was killed instantly shortly before noon Wednesday when he was struck by a piece of steel while working at Greenville Steel Car Co. He was born in Randolph Township, February 1, 1959, son of Lester G. and Dorothy Boyle Lewis. He was graduated from Maplewood High School in June of last year...
Agnes R. Dilley
Jan 1, 1753
Agnes R. Dilley, 81, of Saegertown, died Saturday in Meadville Care Center, where she had been a patient since May.
She was born in Portland, NY, on July 10, 1907, a daughter of the late Ross and Phoebe Elliott Miller. She had retired from Talon, Inc., of Meadville as an inspector, after many years of...
Hugh H. Howard
Jan 1, 1753
Hugh H. Howard, retired farmer and carpenter of Richmond Township and a former Meadville resident, died Sunday morning at City Hospital after an illness of several months. He was 70 years old.
He was a member of Cussewago IOOF Lodge and Meadville Grange.
He wife, the former Addie Green, died 16...
Orlo Leroy Hills
Jan 1, 1753
Orlo LeRoy (Roy) Hills, 41-year-old Bethesda Home chef and father of four children, died at City Hospital yesterday, about 48 hours after he suffered a skull fracture and other injuries in a truck accident seven miles east of Meadville. Chef at Bethesda Home since May 1950, Hills made his home at Meadville. Although he had resided in Crawford County...
Alfred Nageotte
Jan 1, 1753
Alfred Nageotte, 90, a resident of the Guys Mills community, died early Monday morning at Spencer Hospital after a brief illness.
He spent most of his life in Randolph Township, but at one time lived in Meadville and for nine years was a member of the city police force.
Mr. Nageotte...
Rev. David Otto May
Jan 1, 1753
The Rev. David O. May, 79, died Monday at the Ida M. Cribbs Methodist Home following a long illness.
He was born in Curlsville, Clarion County, March 26, 1875.
The Rev. Mr. May was a member of the Erie Conference of the Methodist Church and served the following charges as minister...
Pfc. Robert Dale Parsons
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...
Edward C. Rush
Jan 1, 1753
Edward C. Rush, 80, veteran Randolph Township farmer, died suddenly Saturday afternoon at his home near Guys Mills.
Born in Randolph Township, son of the late Augustus and Mary Bailey Rush, he resided in the township all his life, with the exception of a short period during which he lived at Oil City.
...
Baby Boy Boyd
Jan 1, 1753
Baby Boy Boyd, infant son born Sunday, September 19, 1965, at Spencer Hospital to James R. and Kay Perryman Boyd, of Meadville, failed to survive.
Besides the parents, survivors are a brother, Robert A. at home; the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James G. Boyd of Meadville; the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. L. H....
Ella M. Hays
Jan 1, 1753
Mrs. Ella M. Hays, 76, wife of Linford P. Hays, died Tuesday afternoon at her home in Richmond Township, following an illness of several months.
She and her husband had made their home in that community since their marriage 57 years ago.
Surviving are her husband; three daughters, Mrs. Flora Sethman...
Cora Golmer
Jan 1, 1753
Mrs. Cora Golmer, 86, who made her home with Mr. and Mrs. John G. Miller, of Meadville, died Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Golmer had spent most of her life in Pittsburgh, where she had been a seamstress and where at one time she had been superintendent of a children's home.
She retained...
Vern Kidder
Jan 1, 1753
Vern Kidder, 70, died at the home of a stepson, Jerome C. Crawford, of Titusville, Tuesday afternoon following a short illness.
A resident of Richmond Township for the past 30 years, Mr. Kidder leaves his wife and several nieces and nephews.
Services were held at Waid Funeral Home.
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