Evelyn Wright
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....
Nanna E. Zahniser
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...
Addie Clay
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...
Lynn H. Wygant
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. ...
David P. Theuret
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...
Jennie Himes Urquhart
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...
Vinnie Drayer
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,...
Edward Harrison Mcfadden
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...
Barbara Urquhart
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...
Abigail A. Urick
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...
Charles S. Underwood
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...
Ethelyn B. Mcfadden
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...
Lula E. Martin
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...
Thomas F. Thornton
Jan 1, 1753
Thomas F. Thornton, 68, died Tuesday morning at Spencer Hospital after an illness of two weeks.
Mr. Thornton was a member of the Sacred Heart R. C. Church in Youngstown, OH. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, Fort Pitt Division and of the McKeesport Lodge of the L. O. O. Moose....
Lizzie Brown
Jan 1, 1753
Mrs. Lizzie Brown, 77, widow of Xavier Brown, who resided in Meadville, died Monday morning, at the Flickinger Convalescent Home after a six-months illness.
Born in Meadville, she spent most of her life in the Randolph Township area. She had resided in Meadville the past six years.
Mrs. Brown is survived...
Leonard A. Hood
Jan 1, 1753
Leonard A. (Steve) Hood, 50, manager of the Meadville Co-operative Assn., of Meadville, died at City Hospital yesterday, five and a half days after he was struck by a car while walking along Route 77, a mile south of Blooming Valley. Mr. Hood had been manager of the Meadville Co-operative Assn. since the fall of 1941. He came here...
Bert Waid
Jan 1, 1753
Bert Waid, 64, a well known resident of the Blooming Valley community, died at Meadville City Hospital early Friday morning, where he had been a patient two days.
He had lived in Blooming Valley his entire life and was a justice of the peace, as well as secretary of the borough council.
...
Margaret A. Fordyce
Jan 1, 1753
Mrs. Margaret A. Fordyce, 75, widow of David S. Fordyce, died at her home in Meadville, Friday night following a long illness.
A native of Scotland, Mrs. Fordyce came to the US at the age of 11, and has lived in Meadville for the past 34 years. She was a member of Grace Methodist Church...
Elsie P. Fox
Jan 1, 1753
Mrs. Elsie P. (Hall) Fox, 63, was born February 5, 1906, in Perrysburg, NY. She married Spencer L. Fox, June 20, 1928. He died in September 1965. She had been employed for the past year in the diet kitchen of Crawford County Home, Saegertown. Mrs. Fox was a member of Stone United Methodist Church, the church official board and...
Richard Arthur Pittner
Jan 1, 1753
Richard Arthur Pittner, 34, of Meadville was pronounced dead at the scene, along with his son, James Pittner, on May 4, 1974 as a result of an automobile accident.
He was born in Pittsburgh, September 20, 1939, a son of Karl J. and Agnes Shonka Pittner. He married Ruth Ann Rhodes September 27, 1958. He...