Jan 1, 1753

Mrs. Linnie McFadden, 76, of Meadville, died Sunday evening at Meadville City Hospital, where she had been a patient for one day.  She was the widow of William W. McFadden.

She was born in Rockdale Township and later lived in Richmond Township for many years.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Luella...

Jan 1, 1753

Robert C. Turner, 48, Randolph Township, farmer of Guys Mills, died Tuesday morning at City Hospital, following a long illness.

A veteran of American Expeditionary Forces service in France during World War I, Mr. Turner had been hospitalized at veterans' institution before going to City Hospital.

He was born at Sherman,...

Jan 1, 1753

Ernest E. VanMarter, 81, of Meadville, died Tuesday at Meadville Medical Center following a short illness.

Mr. VanMarter was born in Woodcock Township, March 25, 1908, a son of Alfred and Fannie Bean VanMarter.  He married Lucille Jones January 24, 1937.  She survives.

He had been employed by the former Saegertown...

Jan 1, 1753

Miss Edna L. VanMarter, 73, of Meadville, died Wednesday afternoon at City Hospital after a brief illness.

A daughter of the late Isaac N. and Elizabeth Bunting VanMarter, she spent her early life in Woodcock Township.  She taught school in this area for 28 years, about 25 of them in Meadville City Schools.

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Jan 1, 1753

Burns received when a General Electric worker fell into scalding water in a soaking pit resulted in death yesterday morning of Herbert Haas, 23, of Centerville.

Haas, a malleable moulder, died in Hamot Hospital a short while after he had been pulled from the pit by fellow workmen.

He was born...

Jan 1, 1753

Mrs. Elizabeth Barackman Clifford, 84, of Meadville, died at City Hospital this morning after a six-weeks illness.

She was born in Meadville, and spent her early life there, but upon her marriage in 1895 to Milton D. Clifford, life to reside in the Shermansville and Watson Run communities.  She returned to Meadville after his death...

Jan 1, 1753

Julia Foulk, 86, widow of the late Sylvester Foulk, died Thursday at the home of her son, Charles Foulk of Guys Mills.

She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Hallie Holmes of Genoa, OH, Mrs. Pearl Spencer of Cleveland, OH and Mrs. Nellie Swogger of Milledgeville; two brothers, Charles and Fred of Guys Mills; and...

Jan 1, 1753

Miss Evelyn Wright, 69, of West Mead Township, died Wednesday at Meadville City Hospital.

A life-long resident of East and West Mead Townships, she was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and Kiser Hill-Mead Grange.

Surviving are three brothers, William E. Wright of Fresno, CA and Ralph and Charles A....

Jan 1, 1753

Miss Nanna E. Zahniser, 93, died Saturday at Meadville Home for the Aged, where she had resided for the past 12 years.

A former resident of Corry and Titusville, she was employed as an attendant at Polk State School for many years.

Surviving are two nephews, Louis Agnew of Titusville and...

Jan 1, 1753

Mrs. Frank B. Clay, 68, of Meadville, died Monday afternoon at City Hospital after a short illness.

She was a member of Stone Methodist Church.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Leroy Stephenson of Meadville, three grandchildren and a brother, Charles Shaffer of Seattle, WA.

Services were held...

Jan 1, 1753

Lynn H. Wygant, 68, of Guys Mills, died early Saturday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Bernice Miller, of Meadville, following an illness of several weeks.

He had resided in Meadville for many years until last fall, when he and Mrs. Wygant moved to Guys Mills where they had lived at one time. ...

Jan 1, 1753

David P. Theuret, 90, whose parents were among the earliest settlers of East Mead Township, died Saturday afternoon at the home of a son, D. Raymond Theuret at Wayland, where he made his home.

Mrs. Theuret, who claimed he had never been ill a day in all his 90 years, died very suddenly.  He was...

Jan 1, 1753

Mrs. Jennie Himes Urquhart, 56, wife of Hugh Urquhart, of Meadville, died Sunday at her home.

Surviving besides her husband are three sons, John Himes of Los Angeles and Virgil and Garfield Himes, both of Meadville; a daughter, Mrs. Marie Wisgradia of Erie; four stepchildren, Mrs. Margaret Kindervater of Guys Mills, Mrs. Albert C. Crosby...

Jan 1, 1753

Miss Vinnie Drayer, of Meadville, died Thursday evening at the Flickinger Convalescent Home.  She was 72.

She was born at Saegertown but had spent most of her life in Meadville.  For several years, she was employed by the Keystone View Co.

Two brothers survive, V. H. Drayer and Elmer G. Drayer,...

Jan 1, 1753

Edward Harrison McFadden, 62, assistant storekeeper of the Meadville plant of the American Viscose Corporation, died suddenly of coronary occlusion while at his work this morning.

He became ill and fell while in the plant yard.

Mr. McFadden had been at the Meadville plant since 1929, when he was transferred from...

Jan 1, 1753

Mrs. Barbara Urquhart, 86, of Meadville, died Friday afternoon after a ten day illness of pneumonia.

Mrs. Urquhart was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, and had resided in this city the past 50 years where she had a particularly large circle of friends, many of whom knew her as Grandma Urquhart.

She...

Jan 1, 1753

Miss Abigail A. Urick, of Meadville, died Sunday at the Crawford County Infirmary following a long illness.

Miss Urick was bookkeeper for the Meadville Telephone Co. from 1921 to 1946, when she retired.  She was secretary to the president of Joseph Horne Co. in Pittsburgh for 20 years.

Miss Urick was...

Jan 1, 1753

Charles Seward Underwood, 64, formerly of Meadville resident, died Saturday at his home in Rockville, CT.

Son of the late Thomas and Ida Moltrup Underwood, he spent his early life in Ohio and lived for many years in the Pittsburgh area before coming to Meadville in 1934.  During his 12 years in Meadville, he was...

Jan 1, 1753

Mrs. Ethelyn B. McFadden, 81, of Meadville, widow of Wilbur Lloyd McFadden who died in 1974, died Thursday, December 1, 1977, at Mead Nursing Home where she had been a patient for seven years.

Born in New Richmond, May 20, 1896, she was a daughter of John and Ida McClaughry.  She married Wilbur Lloyd McFadden...

Jan 1, 1753

Mrs. Lula E. Martin, wife of James M. Martin, died Sunday at her home in Meadville.

She was a member of First Church of Christ Scientist and was past president of the auxiliary of NW Commandery 25, Knights of Templar of PA.  Mrs. Martin was a graduate of Meadville Schools.

Survivors...