William Gantz 10 BIGELOW
Port Matilda Presbyterian Cemetery; Port Matilda, Centre County, PA
15923.73333 William Gantz 10
BIGELOW, son of Jacob Weidman 9
William Gantz 8
( Lebbeus Loomis 7
, Israel 6 ,
Isaac 5 , Isaac 4, Isaac 3, Samuel 2, John 1
) and Mary Catherine Woodring.)
BIGELOW, was born 15 Jan 1889. He married 02 February 1914
Bessie Althea Moore. She was born 19 July 1895, and died 22
October 1916. William Gantz died 02 April 1973 Juniata,
Blair co, PA. (see page 2 notes)
Children of William and Bessie Althea (Moore) Bigelow:
15923.733331 Leslie Bessie, b 1914 Port Matilda, Centre
co, PA; d _____ ; m 08 Feb 1955 Alfred Fogelsander (b 10 May 1904;
d 06 Feb 1985)
15923.733332 Delpha Rosalie, b 12 Jan 1917 Port Matilda; d
14 Dec 1983 Mansfield, Richland co, OH; m Byron Jay Walter
(1926- ); 3 children known
15923.733333 Russell Charles, b 17 Jul 1919 Port
Matilda; d 14 Feb 2007 (aged 87) ; US Army WWII; m (1) 12 May 1953
Betty Barnett; m (2) 1992 Hope McCartney (1923-1993); 2 children
known (see below)
15923.733334 Beatrice Althea, b 17 Oct 1921 Port Matilda;
d 10 Feb 1947 Juniata, Blair co, PA; m William Settle; 3 children
known;
15923.733335 Walter Lewis , b 19 Mar 1924 Port
Matilda; d _____ ; m 11 Dec 1944 Audrey Riley (1927- ) in
Cumberland, MD;(see pic)
15923.733336 Elwin Lee, b 16 Dec 1926 Port Matilda; d
_____ ; m 1947 Nettie Aurand (div); m (2) Sharon Packenham; m (3)
Beverly Zacheriah; 4 children known
15923.733337 Merrill , b 05 Jan 1929 Port Matilda; d 12
Jan 1929 Juniata, Blair co, PA ;
15923.733338 Merill George, b 10 Feb 1930 Juniata, Blair
co, PA; d _____ ; m Thelma Wray (1931- ); child: Merrill George,
jr
15923.733339 Richard Gale , b 1932 Juniata, Blair co, PA;
d 1951 (aged 18–19) Juniata, Blair co, PA; (see below)
15923.73333A William Meredith, b 16 Jun 1934
Juniata, Blair co, PA; d 10 May 1992 (aged 57) Huntingdon,
Huntingdon County, PA; m 11 Jan 1957 Helen June Smith (see below)
15923.73333B Twila Dorothy, b 1937; d ____; m Richard Lovell (1937- )(see below)
Sources:Notes from Bobbi Moist page 17 and 35;
1991 Notes from Richard A. Lovell; Big
Soc Library
Richard Lovell; 5259 E. Karen Dr.; Scottsdale, AZ 85254
Russell and both wives:
Betty and Hope; Grandview Cemetery; Altoona, Blair County, PA
Walter L. Bigelow, 91,
Hamburg, N.Y., formerly of Altoona, passed away unexpectedly
Saturday, June 6, 2015, at Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo,
N.Y.
June 11, 2015 Altoona Mirror
Richard G. Bigelow; Port
Matilda Presbyterian Cemetery; Port Matilda, Centre County, PA
William Meredith
son of William Gantz & Bessie (Moore) Bigelow. Marr.
1/11/1957, Bellwood, Helen June Smith. Farmer and partner with
son, Wm. R., Point View Farm, Williamsburg. He also was a driver
for Lafferty Trucking for 30 years. Member, Calvary Bible
Church, Alexandria. Surv. by wife; children: Richard A.; William
R. and David A., all of Williamsburg RD and Jenny S., at home; 7
grandchildren; siblings: Lillian Fogelsanger, Shippensburg;
Russell, Altoona; Walter, Hamburg, NY; Elwin, Cranston, RI;
Merrill, Hollidaysburg and Twila Lovell, Phoenix, AZ.
Predeceased by siblings: Rosalie Walter; Beatrice Settle and
Richard G. Bigelow. Bolger-Friedline Funeral Home, Williamsburg,
PA.
rodbigelow@netzero.net 
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