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

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EACKMAN, Fred Robert (1911-1987) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 23 Nov 1987, p. 2. Other surnames mentioned: GEARHART, KERESZTURI and BARNETTE
ECKMAN, Estella (nee BAUGHMAN) (1899-1975) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 2 May 1975, p. 12. Other surnames mentioned: HINES, MONTGOMERY, PRUSASKY, FITZGERALD, KELLAR and SHAFFER.
ECKMAN, Floyd "Dimp" (1914-1975) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 13 March 1975, p. 14. Other surnames mentioned: ISHMAN, ORR and DEL VECCHIO.
EGLAND, Ingeborg (Mrs. CARROLL) (1896-1963) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 7 March 1963, p. 2. No other surnames mentioned.
ELDER, June (Mrs. John MUIR) (1916-1970) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 11 June 1970, p. 23. Other surnames mentioned: BALL and CRAVENER.
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, Mary Ann (Mrs. Bill LETTIE) (1921-1986) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 5 Dec. 1986, p. 3. Other surnames mentioned: BURNS, MAFFEI, MILLIKIN, SHAFFER and KLODELL.
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.
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.
FAIRMAN, Charlotte Gene (Mrs. Frank N. WAGNER) (1909-1996) - Obituary. Indiana Gazette, Indiana PA, 22 May 1996, p. 10. Other surnames mentioned: SHAFFER, SHANKLE and HEITZENRATER.
FARBO, Mary (nee GAETANO) (1881-1961) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 14 Feb. 1961, p. 2. Other surname mentioned: BRUNO.
FARRARO, Filomena (Mrs. MORAZZA) (1864-1952) - Obituary. Indiana Evening Gazette, Indiana PA, 25 March 1952, p. 6. Other surnames mentioned: GRAZIA and SALERNO.
FARSTER, Bertha C. (Mrs. Charles D. McGRAW) (1880-1979) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 13 Jan. 1979, p. 3. No other surnames mentioned.
FEAR, Anna M. (nee PRATKA) (1920-1981) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 31 March 1981, p. 3. Other surname mentioned: KIRIK.
FEAR, Anthony "Tony" (1912-1986) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 11 Nov. 1986, p. 3. Other surname mentioned: D'ALLESANDRO, GROVES and TONOI.
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.
FERRARI, Guiditta (Mrs. Joseph SICHERI) (1898-1975) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 23 Oct. 1975, p. 14. Other surname mentioned: KUTCH.
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.
FESTI, Adele (Mrs. Jerry GOSETTI) (1894-1967) - Obituary. Leader-Times, Kittanning PA, 16 Oct. 1967, p 17. Other surnames mentioned: GRIPPO and BERNARDI.
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, 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.
FORSYTHE, Ruth Evelyn (nee CALDWELL) (1907-1950) - Obituary. Olean Times Herald, Olean NY, 8 April 1950, p. 4. No other surnames mentioned.
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.
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.