"Mrs Wave L Blakeslee - Services were held yesterday afternoon at the Torrey funeral home in Spartansburg for Mrs Wave L Blakeslee who passed away Tuesday. A large assembly gathered to pay tribute to one whose life motto has been doing for others. She had served as secretary of the Sparta Grange over a period of twelve years. The services were conducted by Rev C A Fuller of the Centerville Baptist church. Interment was in Rose Hill Cemetery, with the following as pall bearers: Charles, Everett and Arthur Himebaugh, and Paul Blakeslee. The floral offerings were many and beautiful and attested to the high esteem and love in which the deceased was held by relatives, friends and neighbors. Surviving are the husband, Wave L Blakeslee, and two children, Lucille, at home, and Cameron of Camp Polk, LA; also her parents, Mr and Mrs J C Himebaugh; one sister, Miss Laura Himebaugh; three brothers, Charles, Everett and Arthur Himebaugh, all of Centerville. Those calling and attending from out-of-town included the following: Mrs Mary Wyman and Mrs Gertrude Hoose of Warren; Misses Mabel, Jane and Lulu Moran, Mrs Cecelia Moran, Mrs Theresa Moran, Mr and Mrs George Ehrhardt, Mr and Mrs William Moran, Mr and Mrs W J Smith, Mr and Mrs Ralph Bennett, E H Hoovler and Mrs Fred Ames of Titusville; Frank Paden and Mrs Donald VanDyke and son of Westfield, NY; Mr and Mrs Clarence Jackson and Mrs Anna Roth of Edinboro; Miss Elizabeth Stack, Mr and Mrs Eugene Smith, and Mrs Fred Lines of Corry; Emery Garber, Mr and Mrs Carl Garber, Mrs Laura Morris, and Mrs Lena Paden of Grand Valley; Mrs Mary Blakeslee, Walter Blakeslee, Mr and Mrs Henry Ward, and Mrs Martha Chapel of Youngsville; Mr and Mrs Fred Himebaugh of Erie; Mr and Mrs Harry McBride, and Mr and Mrs Eugene Conner of Centerville; Mrs J E Bradford and Mrs Eugene Hondel and daughter Gloria of Oil City; Mr and Mrs Alan Stewart of Hydetown; Mr and Mrs J C Bell of Tionesta; and Mrs Guy Rowley of Columbus."
(Titusville Herald, July 1, 1944, p.7)