Fred Foulk
Jan 1, 1753
Fred Foulk, 72, died Saturday morning at his home in Guys Mills after a long illness.
He loved most of his life in the Guys Mills community where he was in business as a farmer and operated a meat business at the market house in Meadville for 28 years.
He is...
Charles M. Lake
Jan 1, 1753
Charles M. Lake, 65, died at his home in Meadville, Thursday morning, after an illness of eight weeks.
Born in Warren County, he had resided in Meadville the past 26 years, and for 20 years had been an employee of the American Viscose Corp.
Mr. Lake was active in the First...
Libbie Anna Neff
Jan 1, 1753
Mrs. Libbie Anna Neff, 63, of Meadville, widow of Charles A. Neff, died Monday evening at Meadville City Hospital, where she underwent an operation last week.
Mrs. Neff, who had resided in this community the past 10 years, was a member of Stone Methodist Church and Beacon Light Bible Class and the Women's Division for...
Sheldon Smith
Jan 1, 1753
Sheldon Smith, 68, of Woodcock Township farmer, died Saturday morning after a long illness.
He was the son of the late Gaylord Smith and Ida Roudebush. Mr. Smith was a member of Blooming Valley Grange.
Surviving are his widow, the former, Blanche Douglas; a son, Edgar D. Smith of Woodcock Township;...
Mary Mazelia Plattner
Jan 1, 1753
Mrs. Mary Mazelia Plattner, 81, widow of the late D. E. Plattner, died at the home of a granddaughter, Lois Williams of Meadville, She was born at Tionesta in 1853 and spent most of her life in Forest County.
Several years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Plattner, who then were residents of Oil City, came here...
Dr. William E. Hyskell
Jan 1, 1753
Dr. William E. Hyskell, 82, prominent Meadville Physician, died at City Hospital Saturday, night where he had been a patient since Thursday.
Dr. Hyskell practiced in Meadville from 1907 to 1955 when he retired. He was one of the first tenants of the Masonic Building when it opened in 1913.
He...
George D. Pratt
Jan 1, 1753
George D. Pratt, 69, died early Sunday morning at the home of his sister, Mrs. Ida Scowden of East Mead Township.
He is son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Milford Pratt and a former resident of Richmond Township.
Surviving are his sister, three nieces and one nephew.
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Laura Austin Sheldon
Jan 1, 1753
Mrs. Laura Austin Sheldon Inman, 81, of Guys Mills, widow of the late Edward Ray Inman of Franklin, died at Meadville City Hospital Friday morning, after a short illness. She had resided in Franklin until about five years ago.
Mrs. Inman was the youngest daughter of the late Edward Austin Sheldon, educator and founder of...
Emma Chismar
Jan 1, 1753
Mrs. Emma Chismar, 55, wife of Frank C. Chismar, died at Spencer Hospital Tuesday afternoon following several weeks' illness.
She moved to Blooming Valley from Greensburg 23 years ago.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by two daughter, Miss Ethel Chismar at home and Mrs. George Bollis of Meadville;...
Carolyn Jo Wilson
Jan 1, 1753
Carolyn Jo Wilson, 9-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Wilson, of Meadville, died Tuesday morning after a brief illness.
She is survived, besides the parents, by four sisters, Jeannine, Dolores, Janet and Kathleen and by the maternal grandmother, Mrs. Laura Wilson of Meadville.
Services were held with the Waid...
Charles Homer Ingraham
Jan 1, 1753
Charles Homer Ingraham, 76, of Meadville, veteran pharmaceutical salesman, died Friday at City Hospital where he was admitted Monday following a heart attack.
Ingraham, who covered Western PA and Eastern OH in a horse and buggy when he began his career in 1898, retired last January.
Born December 23, 1877 at...
Virgil F. Cole
Jan 1, 1753
Dr. Virgil F. Cole, 49, of Meadville, an optometrist with offices in Conneautville and Girard, died suddenly Friday evening at home.
He was born in Meadville December 8, 1918, a son of Virgil F. and Eilzabeth E. Hall Cole. He married the former Ethel Pearl Chismar on March 27, 1948.
Dr....
Mary Louise Turner
Jan 1, 1753
Mrs. Mary Louise Turner, 78, widow of the late Robert C. Turner, died at her home in Guys Mills, Tuesday evening, following a long illness.
She lived most of her life in the Guys Mills-Black Ash community. She was a member of Black Ash Methodist Church.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs....
Linnie Mcfadden
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...
Robert C. Turner
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,...
Ernest E. Vanmarter
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...
Edna L. Vanmarter
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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Herbert Haas
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...
Elizabeth Clifford
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...
Julia Foulk
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...