Frank Brunot

Frank Brunot

Jan 1, 1753

Frank Brunot, well known farmer of Randolph Township, died Monday evening following a brief illness.  He had lived his entire life in the Randolph Township community and was a member of St. Hippolyte's Roman Catholic Church.

Surviving are his widow; a daughter, Mrs. Herman Ende; two sisters, Miss Amelia Brunot of Randolph Township and Mrs....

Ernestine A. Mizner

Ernestine A. Mizner

Jan 1, 1753

Mrs. Ernestine A. Mizner, who would have been 90 years old on April 2, died Sunday afternoon at her home in Greenville.

Born at Sandy Lake, she and her husband, the late Cassius Mizner, resided for many years in Meadville.  Her death occurred on the 17th anniversary of the death of her husband.

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Dr. Armen Kalfayan

Dr. Armen Kalfayan

Jan 1, 1753

Dr. Armen Kalfayan, 60, of Meadville, died Sunday at City Hospital where he had been a patient two weeks.  He was professor of modern languages at Allegheny College.

Although ill about a year, he continued part-time teaching through most of the first semester of the 1953-54 school year.

A native of...

Xavier F. Brown

Xavier F. Brown

Jan 1, 1753

Xavier F. Brown, 77, of Randolph Township, died Monday, evening after a long illness.  He was a former resident of East Mead Township.

Mr. Brown is survived by his widow; a son, Melvin of Randolph; a daughter, Mrs. Howard Stearns of Hysetown; one grandchild; and a sister, Mrs. Charles Alzingre of Meadville; and two brothers,...

Ethel M. Doane

Ethel M. Doane

Jan 1, 1753

Miss Ethel M. Doane, of Meadville, died early Thursday at the Flickinger Convalescent Home.

A daughter of the late Walter A. and Harriette Ellis Doane, she lived most of her life in Meadville.

She was a member of Stone Methodist Church, the Woman's Society of Christian Service, the Beacon of Light...

Mae E. Smith

Mae E. Smith

Jan 1, 1753

Mrs. Mae E. Smith, 68, of Guys Mills, died Sunday morning at Spencer Hospital following several weeks illness.

Born at Diamond, Venango County, daughter of the late Thomas and Flora Thompson, she spent most of her life in the Troy Center area.  Her husband, the late Mott C. Smith, died in 1947.

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Ford E. Camp

Ford E. Camp

Jan 1, 1753

Ford E. Camp, 57, of Saegertown, died early Tuesday morning at City Hospital, where he had been a medical patient for three weeks.

He had resided in Saegertown 16 years, his earlier years having been spent in Youngstown and Cleveland, OH.  He was owner of Saegertown Trailer Sales and for several years was active as...

Milton A. Byham

Milton A. Byham

Jan 1, 1753

Milton A. Byham, 84, former resident of Mt. Hope, died Thursday evening at Maple Avenue Hospital, DuBois.

He became ill several days ago while visiting relatives in DuBois.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Frank F. Benton of West Mecca, OH and a son, Harold of Frankin.

Services...

Theodore J. Gunn

Theodore J. Gunn

Jan 1, 1753

Mrs. Sarah Beck Gunn, 66, wife of Theodore J. Gunn, of Meadville, died at her home yesterday following a long period of ill health.

She spent her early life in Pittsburgh and was the daughter of the late George and Clara Barr Beck.  After moving to Crawford County in 1919, she lived in Guys Mills...

David S. Fordyce

David S. Fordyce

Jan 1, 1753

David S. Fordyce, of Meadville, died at his home Thursday morning after a long illness.

Mr. Fordyce, who lived in Alyth, Scotland, came to the US in 1883.  Among the positions he held during his life in Meadville was one with the Railway Express Company for a period of 15 years.

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Della Holder

Della Holder

Jan 1, 1753

Mrs. Della Holder, 80, of Meadville, widow of Norman S. Holder, died Tuesday morning at City Hospital, after a brief illness.

Mrs. Holder was a member of the First Baptist Church and Meadville Grange.

She is survived by four children, Kenneth W. Holder, Carlton E. Holder and Mrs. Helen Clyde, all...

William W. Ladds

William W. Ladds

Jan 1, 1753

William W. Ladds, 68, died Friday afternoon at his home in Blooming Valley.

Mr. Ladds spent his early life in Franklin and Grove City.  He has lived in Crawford County for 17 years, the last fiver of which were in Blooming Valley.

He was a machinist at Talon, Inc. for 15...

George Edwon Cole

George Edwon Cole

Jan 1, 1753

George Edwon Cole, 78, died at his home in Meadville, Thursday morning.

He had spent most of his life in Meadville, and for 22 years had been night watchman at Allegheny College.  Previously he had been employed for four years by the Traction Company, and also by the Erie Railroad Company as a steam fitter,...

James Daniel Hagen

James Daniel Hagen

Jan 1, 1753

James Daniel Hagen, 76, died suddenly Sunday afternoon at his home in Meadville.

Mr. Hagen was a member of St. Agatha's Roman Catholic Church and of the Knights of Columbus.

He leaves his widow; two daughters, Mrs. L. J. Daugherty of Buffalo, NY and Mrs. James Forker of Meadville; two sisters,...

Herbert E. Hall

Herbert E. Hall

Jan 1, 1753

Herbert E. Hall, 75, of Meadville, died Wednesday morning at Meadville City Hospital after a long illness.

Mr. Hall was a retired railroad trainman, and had spent the past 40 years in Meadville, the earlier years having been in Randolph Township.

He is survived by his widow, Gertha Kightlinger Hall; two...

Anna Mook

Anna Mook

Jan 1, 1753

Anna, wife of Dorrance Mook of Cambridge Springs, died Friday, at the Bashline Hospital in Grove City, at the age of 31 years.

Mrs. Mook was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church in Meadville.

She is survived by her husband and four children, Dorrance Edward, Jr., Louis Eugene,...

Ruby Byham

Ruby Byham

Jan 1, 1753

Mrs. Ruby Byham, 53, wife of Allen S. Byham, of Randolph Township, died at Meadville City Hospital Tuesday morning after a long illness.

Besides her husband, she is survived by four sons, Lewis and John of Guys Mills, Robert of Shelbyville, IL and Ray at home; a half-brother, Frank Becker of Jamestown, NY; four foster...

Joseph L. Greenalch

Joseph L. Greenalch

Jan 1, 1753

Joseph L. Greenalch, 49, of Meadville, died Sunday while on guard duty at the local plant of the American Viscose Corp., where he was employed.

Death was attributed to a heart attack.  He had been under physician's care.

Mr. Greenalch was born at Byrndale, August 11, 1911, a son of William...

Fred Feldmiller

Fred Feldmiller

Jan 1, 1753

Fred Feldmiller, 83, of Cochranton, who was injured in a truck-car collision Monday night, died at City Hospital shortly before midnight yesterday.

Feldmiller and his brother, George, Meadville, suffered multiple lacerations of the face and scalp when their truck and a car operated by Thomas Karns of Cochranton, collided.  The accident occurred on the Cochranton...

Roseanna Greenleaf

Roseanna Greenleaf

Jan 1, 1753

Mrs. Roseanna Greenleaf, 89, widow of Frank C. Greenleaf died Sunday afternoon at her home in Meadville.

Born January 22, 1859, at Blooming Valley, Mrs. Greenleaf was the daughter of pioneer farmers, Edward and Martha Hammond Smith.  She lived in Syracuse, NY, until 1909, moving to a farm at Lyona, PA, where she lived until...