Bits and Pieces of the History of Rural Valley and Cowanshannock Township, Armstrong County Pennsylvania

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ECKMAN, Floyd "Dimp" (1914-19705) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 13 March 1975, p. 14. Other surnames mentioned: ISHMAN, ORR and DEL VECCHIO.
ELDER, June (Mrs. John MUIR) (1916-1970) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 11 June 1970, p. 23. Other surnames mentioned: BALL and CRAVENER.
ELGIN, Edward A. "Jerry" (?-1916) - Obituary. Simpsons Daily Leader Times, Kittanning PA, 7 Sept. 1916, p. 5. Legal name taken from death certificate. Death certificate states he was 57 when he died (born about 1859) and the obituary states his age at death was 68 (born about 1848).
ELLENBERGER, Jennie J. (Mrs. Alonzo F. HALLMAN) (1879-1967) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 3 Jan 1967, p. 17. Other surnames mentioned: YARGER, JEWART, BOYER, HOPE, WILSON and GOOD.
ENTERLINE, Florence (Mrs. Harry BOFINGER) (1901-1965) - Obituary.Leader Times, Kittanning PA, 1 April 1965, p. 23. Other surname mentioned: BOOTH.
ENTERLINE, George Maxwell (1897-1960) - Obituary. Leader Times, Kittanning PA, 23 Jan. 1960, p. 5. Other surnames mentioned: BOOTH, HORM and BOFINGER.
ENTERLINE, Jean (nee BURNS) (1897-1978) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 8 April 1978, p. 3. Other surnames mentioned: SELFRIDGE, LETTIE, MILLIKEN, SHAFFER, MAFFEI, KLODELL, HOCKENBERRY, COCHRAN and MORGAN.
ENTERLINE, Walter C. (1899-1960) - Obituary. Simpsons Leader Times, Kittanning PA, 12 March 1960, p. 7. Other surnames mentioned: BOOTH, MOORE and BOFINGER.
ENTERLINE, William E. (1882-1964) - Obituary. Simpsons Leader Times, Kittanning PA, 5 June 1964, p. 19. Other surnames mentioned: BOOTH, TARR, BOFINGER, THOMAS and LANKERD.
ERDLEY, Howard T. (1917-1993) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 6 Apr 1993, p. 3. Other surnames mentioned: RICE, REBROVICH, HANKEY, YOUNT and AIKINS.
ERDLEY, Lena G. (nee AIKENS) (1920-1980) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 23 June 1980, p. 3. Other surnames mentioned: McLAUGHLIN, REBROVICH and MESSLER.
ETIENNE, Blanche Elizabeth (nee KEY, Mrs. Neal WHITEMAN) (1889-1976) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 24 March 1976, p. 14. Other surname mentioned: VANCE.
EWING, Sir James Caruthers Rhea (1854-1925). Born in Rural Valley. Educator and missionary in India. Made Knight Commander of the Indian Empire by King George V of Great Britain in 1923.
- Memorial and brief biography. Princeton Seminary Bulletin, Princeton NJ, Vol. XIX, No. 3, November 1925, p. 8.
- Sir James Ewing" by Robert E. Speer. Fleming H. Revell Company, New York NY, 1928.

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FABIAN, Frank M. "Bunt" (1912-1986) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 8 April 1986, p. 3. Other surnames mentioned: SALISKO, ZACZYK, GULISH, ZAHARANSKY and SMITH.
FABIAN, Helen (Mrs. Michael GULISH) (1903-1991) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 2 Jan. 1992, p. 5. Other surnames mentioned: ZAHORASKY, MCGINGLEY, ZACZYK and ZAHARANSKY.
FARBO, Mary (nee GAETANO) (1881-1961) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 14 Feb. 1961, p. 2. Other surname mentioned: BRUNO.
FARSTER, Bertha C. (Mrs. Charles D. McGRAW) (1880-1979) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 13 Jan. 1979, p. 3. No other surnames mentioned.
FEAR, Barbara (Mrs. Joseph NICKLEACH, Mrs. Gordon GROVES) (1912-1998) - Obituary. Indiana Gazette, Indiana PA, 7 Jan. 1998, p. 18. Other surnames mentioned: D'ALLESANDRO, SITA, TONONI, LAMBER, SCHIPNES and BONO.
FEAR, Margaret C. (nee JORDAN) (1906-1966) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 18 July 1966, p. 15. Other surnames mentioned: STIO, STRANNO, COGLEY, SALVITO and RESCINITO.
FERGUSON, James Lee (1893-1950) - Obituary. Indiana Evening Gazette, Indiana PA, 5 Jan. 1950, p. 8. Other surnames mentioned: PERROZ and O'HARROW.
FERGUSON, Minnie B. (nee PERROZ, Mrs. William LONG) (1895-1988) - Obituary. Indiana Gazette, Indiana PA, 17 May 1988, p. 7. Other surnames mentioned: MARTELL, O'HARROW, ROYER, FREEMAN and ZENTNER.
FERRI, Helen (nee FORNARI, Mrs. Clyde W. KANE) (1929-1982) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 23 Aug. 1982 p. 3. Other surnames mentioned: ROSA, PETERS, DIVENS, STEFANIK, BENSON, BERESNYAK and VICINI.
FINDLEY, Archibald - Biography from Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Wiley, Samuel T. Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891, pp. 545-546). Other surnames mentioned: MARSHALL, ORMAN, McGAUGHEY, BRINK, WALKER, McCOMB and KIRKPATRICK.
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FIRMENT, Stephen (1909-1994) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 19 Dec. 1994, p. 3. Other surnames mentioned: SWANSEGAR, McCUNE, MATZAK, SULESKI, MARTIN, SPELICH, MAKRANCY, RENZ, PYLE, ATHERTON and FEKETI.
FLEMING, Mabel Viola (1884-1972) - Obituary. Indiana Evening Gazette, Indiana PA, 2 March 1972, p. 30. Other surnames mentioned: IRWIN, STEFFY and BRICE.
FLEMING, Wilda Gertrude (nee GRADEN) (1896-1981) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 15 Jan. 1981. Other surnames mentioned: CLEVER, WOLFREY and PARK
FORESTER, Katherine Bertha (nee BOYER) (1919-1966) - Obituary. Indiana Evening Gazette, Indiana PA, 2 May 1966, p. 4. Other surnames mentioned: NELSON and SWANK.
FORNARI, Adelaide (nee CURADI) (1896-1978) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 1 April 1978, p. 3. Other surname mentioned: VOROLI.
FORNARI, Emma Victoria (Mrs. Andrew F. BERESNYAK) (1918-1994) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 30 March 1994 p. 3. Other surnames mentioned: MAZZONI, MORGAN, BENSON, VICINI, STEFANIK and KANE.
FORNARI, Helen (Mrs. Ugo FERRI, Mrs. Clyde W. KANE) (1929-1982) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 23 Aug. 1982 p. 3. Other surnames mentioned: ROSA, PETERS, DIVENS, STEFANIK, BENSON, BERESNYAK and VICINI.
FORNARI, Michael G. (1895-1976) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 22 Dec. 1976, p. 8. Other surnames mentioned: MUSCATLI, CURADI.
FORNARI, Virginia L. (nee MAZZONI) (1891-1976) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 13 Dec. 1976, p. 8. Other surnames mentioned: ROSA, BENSON, BERSNYAK, VICINI, STEFANICK and KANE.
FOSTER, J. Rose (nee GEIGER) (1880-1969) - Obituary. Simpsons Leader Times, Kittanning PA, 6 Dec. 1969, p. 13. Other surnames mentioned: McINTYRE, McKEEN, EYANS, STEINER, BOWSER, SCHRECENGOST and WEAVER.
FOX, Fay F. (Mrs. Fred LINDEMAN) (1902-1980) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 26 Dec. 1980, p. 3. Other surnames mentioned: MILLER, COHEN, DOVENSPIKE and BURNS.
FOX, Florence Adella Maud (nee BOYER) (1873-1957) - Obituary. Simpsons Leader Times, Kittanning PA, 12 Nov. 1957, p. 2. Other surnames mentioned: COWDEN and MYERS. Note: middle names were found on her death certificate.
FRAILEY, Lemon Arthur (1952-1974) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 10 June 1974, p. 12. Other surnames mentioned: LEWIS and ISHMAN.
FRANCE, Jackson (1895-1973) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 7 Feb. 1972, p. 11. Other surnames mentioned: STEVENS, MCENTIRE, FIRMENT and MOHNEY.
FRANTZ, Ervin M. (1908-1980) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 3 Nov. 1980, p. 3. Other surnames mentioned: SHOEMAKER, KIRKPATRICK, DeCAMP, WINGARD, SKRYPZAK, BESSON and SULLIVAN.
FRANTZ, Genevieve (nee KIRKPATRICK) (1911-1981) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 10 Jan. 1981, p. 3. Other surnames mentioned: DeCAMP, HILLIARD and SOWERS.
FULTON, Alice Elizabeth (Mrs. John M. SCHRECENGOST) (1888-1971) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 13 March 1971, p. 12. Other surnames mentioned: RARAIGH and STULL.
FUSARO, Jack R. (1912-1971) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 6 Dec. 1971, p. 16. Other surnames mentioned: GALVANI, FOSTER, HILLIARD, BRENA, MARKEN, COLO, ONDICH, PERRY, KAPLON, YANIK and MRENKO.
FUSARO, Leah E. (Mrs. Joseph MARKEN) (1915-1988) - Obituary. Indiana Gazette, Indiana, Indiana Co. PA, 7 June 1988, p. 9. Other surnames mentioned: GALVANI, COLO, ONDICH, MRENKO, PERRY, KAPLAN, YANIK and BRENNA.