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This community was startled last Thursday evening by the report that W. Wallace Wiant, one of our best known citizens, had disappeared from his home on the afternoon or evening of Thursday, July 21st, and could not be found. The report was rapidly circulated that a crowd of men began searching for him. It was ascertained that he had left his home on South Fourth avenue and gone towards the Rankin Grove where some men were employed topping some trees. It was said he had gone from there towards the woods down along Trout Run, as he occasionally was accustomed to do, in times when he was not engaged at work, when work was scarce as at present. The search was continued into the night Thursday but without finding him. The search was organized for the next day by some members of the Clarion Fire Co., the Boy Scouts, and volunteer men and a thorough hunt for the missing man was instituted. The theory was that he, being a man 68 years of age, and not as sturdy on his feet as when younger, might have fallen and hurt himself so that he could not help himself. Or, he might have fallen into the water and drowned accidentally. All day Friday the search was continued in systematic manner, but without result. In the meantime word was sent to relatives and friends in other parts of the County to ascertain whether he had not gone to visit some of them, but no clue to his whereabouts was received. The search was continued into the night without finding him, and arrangements were made for the hunt of the next day. An intense anxiety hung over the community Saturday as the searching party started out that morning. But reward came to the diligent searchers along about 10 o’clock when Herbert Cyphert, son of Mrs. H. H. Cyphert, and a close neighbor of the Wiant family, and also a nephew of the deceased, discovered Mr. Wiant’s body lying in a deep pool in Trout Run near where it empties into the Clarion River. The fact of the finding was soon conveyed to the searchers and an ambulance call was sent to the Jenkins Ambulance which responded and the body was taken to the funeral parlors for preparation for interment.
A coroner’s jury was summoned and after going over the circumstances, and hearing the testimony deducible and viewing the body where found rendered a verdict of accidental drowning.
William Wallace Wiant was a son of William and Elizabeth (Howe) Wiant and was born in Porter Township, Clarion County, Pa., on July 16, 1864. He grew to manhood in that community. He was united in marriage with Miss Edith McClain, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry McClain, of Monroe Township. Mr. and Mrs. Wiant established their home in Clarion following their marriage and have been honored residents and citizens ever since. Mrs. Wiant now survives her husband with the following children: Mrs. Alice Edder and Mrs. Margaret Reed, Clarion; Mrs. Florence Hinkle, Warren, Pa.; Robert and Mary Louise, at home. With them also survive nine grandchildren. Two children, Mildred Wiant Servey and Henry Wiant, preceded him in death. He is also survived by the following sisters: Mrs. Katherine Gathers, Sangor, Calif.; Mrs. Jane Keefer, Clarion; Mrs. Martha Cornman, Rimersburg; Mrs. Clara Gold, Tarentum, and Mrs. Fannie Eisenman, Strattanville.
Wallace Wiant was one of the kindliest souls in Clarion. He was a genial and gentlemanly man. He also had a quality of humor and levity which brought him into intimate touch with his fellowman. The real Wallace was the man you could sit down with and have a real sensible and uplifting talk. Those who talked lightly and jokingly with him always found him ready with a response in like kind, but those who approached him on social, civic, or religious subjects found him just as ready and prepared to talk as any other subject. He had a good, kind heart and loved people. He was a Christian in spirit and practice and was a staunch and loyal member of the Grace Lutheran Church ever since its organization. His happy spirit and his genial manner of life made him hosts of friends. His frank, honest outspoken opinion may sometimes have seemed to eliminate friends, but honesty to his convictions of truth caused all to realize that he never meant evil or harm to any, but loved all his associates even though he may not always have agreed with them. No evil or false trail is left behind by his life. He was insured in the Maccabee Order.
His funeral was held from the family home Sunday afternoon at4:00 o’clock, the services which were very impressive being conducted by Rev. J. Kent Rizer, pastor of the deceased, in the presence of a very large company of people, from many parts of the County, and amid floral offerings of surpassing beauty and almost unlimited quantity. The funeral sermon was strikingly suggestive and most appropriate and comforting to the friends. The interment was made in the Clarion Cemetery, the pall bearers being: E. L. Leids, W. E. Page, Jr.; O. O. Hahn, W. Harold Laughlin, Wayne Page, and William H. Thompson.
Source: Paul E. Kifer and Pamela Myers-Grewell. “Dearly Departed, 1931-1933, Obituaries from the Clarion Democrat, Clarion Republican, and the Knox Herald Newspapers.” 2012. Print.
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This community was startled last Thursday evening by the report that W. Wallace Wiant, one of our best known citizens, had disappeared from his home on the afternoon or evening of Thursday, July 21st, and could not be found. The report was rapidly circulated that a crowd of men began searching for him. It was ascertained that he had left his home on South Fourth avenue and gone towards the Rankin Grove where some men were employed topping some trees. It was said he had gone from there towards the woods down along Trout Run, as he occasionally was accustomed to do, in times when he was not engaged at work, when work was scarce as at present. The search was continued into the night Thursday but without finding him. The search was organized for the next day by some members of the Clarion Fire Co., the Boy Scouts, and volunteer men and a thorough hunt for the missing man was instituted. The theory was that he, being a man 68 years of age, and not as sturdy on his feet as when younger, might have fallen and hurt himself so that he could not help himself. Or, he might have fallen into the water and drowned accidentally. All day Friday the search was continued in systematic manner, but without result. In the meantime word was sent to relatives and friends in other parts of the County to ascertain whether he had not gone to visit some of them, but no clue to his whereabouts was received. The search was continued into the night without finding him, and arrangements were made for the hunt of the next day. An intense anxiety hung over the community Saturday as the searching party started out that morning. But reward came to the diligent searchers along about 10 o’clock when Herbert Cyphert, son of Mrs. H. H. Cyphert, and a close neighbor of the Wiant family, and also a nephew of the deceased, discovered Mr. Wiant’s body lying in a deep pool in Trout Run near where it empties into the Clarion River. The fact of the finding was soon conveyed to the searchers and an ambulance call was sent to the Jenkins Ambulance which responded and the body was taken to the funeral parlors for preparation for interment.
A coroner’s jury was summoned and after going over the circumstances, and hearing the testimony deducible and viewing the body where found rendered a verdict of accidental drowning.
William Wallace Wiant was a son of William and Elizabeth (Howe) Wiant and was born in Porter Township, Clarion County, Pa., on July 16, 1864. He grew to manhood in that community. He was united in marriage with Miss Edith McClain, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry McClain, of Monroe Township. Mr. and Mrs. Wiant established their home in Clarion following their marriage and have been honored residents and citizens ever since. Mrs. Wiant now survives her husband with the following children: Mrs. Alice Edder and Mrs. Margaret Reed, Clarion; Mrs. Florence Hinkle, Warren, Pa.; Robert and Mary Louise, at home. With them also survive nine grandchildren. Two children, Mildred Wiant Servey and Henry Wiant, preceded him in death. He is also survived by the following sisters: Mrs. Katherine Gathers, Sangor, Calif.; Mrs. Jane Keefer, Clarion; Mrs. Martha Cornman, Rimersburg; Mrs. Clara Gold, Tarentum, and Mrs. Fannie Eisenman, Strattanville.
Wallace Wiant was one of the kindliest souls in Clarion. He was a genial and gentlemanly man. He also had a quality of humor and levity which brought him into intimate touch with his fellowman. The real Wallace was the man you could sit down with and have a real sensible and uplifting talk. Those who talked lightly and jokingly with him always found him ready with a response in like kind, but those who approached him on social, civic, or religious subjects found him just as ready and prepared to talk as any other subject. He had a good, kind heart and loved people. He was a Christian in spirit and practice and was a staunch and loyal member of the Grace Lutheran Church ever since its organization. His happy spirit and his genial manner of life made him hosts of friends. His frank, honest outspoken opinion may sometimes have seemed to eliminate friends, but honesty to his convictions of truth caused all to realize that he never meant evil or harm to any, but loved all his associates even though he may not always have agreed with them. No evil or false trail is left behind by his life. He was insured in the Maccabee Order.
His funeral was held from the family home Sunday afternoon at4:00 o’clock, the services which were very impressive being conducted by Rev. J. Kent Rizer, pastor of the deceased, in the presence of a very large company of people, from many parts of the County, and amid floral offerings of surpassing beauty and almost unlimited quantity. The funeral sermon was strikingly suggestive and most appropriate and comforting to the friends. The interment was made in the Clarion Cemetery, the pall bearers being: E. L. Leids, W. E. Page, Jr.; O. O. Hahn, W. Harold Laughlin, Wayne Page, and William H. Thompson.
Source: Paul E. Kifer and Pamela Myers-Grewell. “Dearly Departed, 1931-1933, Obituaries from the Clarion Democrat, Clarion Republican, and the Knox Herald Newspapers.” 2012. Print.
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This community was startled last Thursday evening by the report that W. Wallace Wiant, one of our best known citizens, had disappeared from his home on the afternoon or evening of Thursday, July 21st, and could not be found. The report was rapidly circulated that a crowd of men began searching for him. It was ascertained that he had left his home on South Fourth avenue and gone towards the Rankin Grove where some men were employed topping some trees. It was said he had gone from there towards the woods down along Trout Run, as he occasionally was accustomed to do, in times when he was not engaged at work, when work was scarce as at present. The search was continued into the night Thursday but without finding him. The search was organized for the next day by some members of the Clarion Fire Co., the Boy Scouts, and volunteer men and a thorough hunt for the missing man was instituted. The theory was that he, being a man 68 years of age, and not as sturdy on his feet as when younger, might have fallen and hurt himself so that he could not help himself. Or, he might have fallen into the water and drowned accidentally. All day Friday the search was continued in systematic manner, but without result. In the meantime word was sent to relatives and friends in other parts of the County to ascertain whether he had not gone to visit some of them, but no clue to his whereabouts was received. The search was continued into the night without finding him, and arrangements were made for the hunt of the next day. An intense anxiety hung over the community Saturday as the searching party started out that morning. But reward came to the diligent searchers along about 10 o’clock when Herbert Cyphert, son of Mrs. H. H. Cyphert, and a close neighbor of the Wiant family, and also a nephew of the deceased, discovered Mr. Wiant’s body lying in a deep pool in Trout Run near where it empties into the Clarion River. The fact of the finding was soon conveyed to the searchers and an ambulance call was sent to the Jenkins Ambulance which responded and the body was taken to the funeral parlors for preparation for interment.
A coroner’s jury was summoned and after going over the circumstances, and hearing the testimony deducible and viewing the body where found rendered a verdict of accidental drowning.
William Wallace Wiant was a son of William and Elizabeth (Howe) Wiant and was born in Porter Township, Clarion County, Pa., on July 16, 1864. He grew to manhood in that community. He was united in marriage with Miss Edith McClain, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry McClain, of Monroe Township. Mr. and Mrs. Wiant established their home in Clarion following their marriage and have been honored residents and citizens ever since. Mrs. Wiant now survives her husband with the following children: Mrs. Alice Edder and Mrs. Margaret Reed, Clarion; Mrs. Florence Hinkle, Warren, Pa.; Robert and Mary Louise, at home. With them also survive nine grandchildren. Two children, Mildred Wiant Servey and Henry Wiant, preceded him in death. He is also survived by the following sisters: Mrs. Katherine Gathers, Sangor, Calif.; Mrs. Jane Keefer, Clarion; Mrs. Martha Cornman, Rimersburg; Mrs. Clara Gold, Tarentum, and Mrs. Fannie Eisenman, Strattanville.
Wallace Wiant was one of the kindliest souls in Clarion. He was a genial and gentlemanly man. He also had a quality of humor and levity which brought him into intimate touch with his fellowman. The real Wallace was the man you could sit down with and have a real sensible and uplifting talk. Those who talked lightly and jokingly with him always found him ready with a response in like kind, but those who approached him on social, civic, or religious subjects found him just as ready and prepared to talk as any other subject. He had a good, kind heart and loved people. He was a Christian in spirit and practice and was a staunch and loyal member of the Grace Lutheran Church ever since its organization. His happy spirit and his genial manner of life made him hosts of friends. His frank, honest outspoken opinion may sometimes have seemed to eliminate friends, but honesty to his convictions of truth caused all to realize that he never meant evil or harm to any, but loved all his associates even though he may not always have agreed with them. No evil or false trail is left behind by his life. He was insured in the Maccabee Order.
His funeral was held from the family home Sunday afternoon at4:00 o’clock, the services which were very impressive being conducted by Rev. J. Kent Rizer, pastor of the deceased, in the presence of a very large company of people, from many parts of the County, and amid floral offerings of surpassing beauty and almost unlimited quantity. The funeral sermon was strikingly suggestive and most appropriate and comforting to the friends. The interment was made in the Clarion Cemetery, the pall bearers being: E. L. Leids, W. E. Page, Jr.; O. O. Hahn, W. Harold Laughlin, Wayne Page, and William H. Thompson.
Source: Paul E. Kifer and Pamela Myers-Grewell. “Dearly Departed, 1931-1933, Obituaries from the Clarion Democrat, Clarion Republican, and the Knox Herald Newspapers.” 2012. Print.
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This community was startled last Thursday evening by the report that W. Wallace Wiant, one of our best known citizens, had disappeared from his home on the afternoon or evening of Thursday, July 21st, and could not be found. The report was rapidly circulated that a crowd of men began searching for him. It was ascertained that he had left his home on South Fourth avenue and gone towards the Rankin Grove where some men were employed topping some trees. It was said he had gone from there towards the woods down along Trout Run, as he occasionally was accustomed to do, in times when he was not engaged at work, when work was scarce as at present. The search was continued into the night Thursday but without finding him. The search was organized for the next day by some members of the Clarion Fire Co., the Boy Scouts, and volunteer men and a thorough hunt for the missing man was instituted. The theory was that he, being a man 68 years of age, and not as sturdy on his feet as when younger, might have fallen and hurt himself so that he could not help himself. Or, he might have fallen into the water and drowned accidentally. All day Friday the search was continued in systematic manner, but without result. In the meantime word was sent to relatives and friends in other parts of the County to ascertain whether he had not gone to visit some of them, but no clue to his whereabouts was received. The search was continued into the night without finding him, and arrangements were made for the hunt of the next day. An intense anxiety hung over the community Saturday as the searching party started out that morning. But reward came to the diligent searchers along about 10 o’clock when Herbert Cyphert, son of Mrs. H. H. Cyphert, and a close neighbor of the Wiant family, and also a nephew of the deceased, discovered Mr. Wiant’s body lying in a deep pool in Trout Run near where it empties into the Clarion River. The fact of the finding was soon conveyed to the searchers and an ambulance call was sent to the Jenkins Ambulance which responded and the body was taken to the funeral parlors for preparation for interment.
A coroner’s jury was summoned and after going over the circumstances, and hearing the testimony deducible and viewing the body where found rendered a verdict of accidental drowning.
William Wallace Wiant was a son of William and Elizabeth (Howe) Wiant and was born in Porter Township, Clarion County, Pa., on July 16, 1864. He grew to manhood in that community. He was united in marriage with Miss Edith McClain, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry McClain, of Monroe Township. Mr. and Mrs. Wiant established their home in Clarion following their marriage and have been honored residents and citizens ever since. Mrs. Wiant now survives her husband with the following children: Mrs. Alice Edder and Mrs. Margaret Reed, Clarion; Mrs. Florence Hinkle, Warren, Pa.; Robert and Mary Louise, at home. With them also survive nine grandchildren. Two children, Mildred Wiant Servey and Henry Wiant, preceded him in death. He is also survived by the following sisters: Mrs. Katherine Gathers, Sangor, Calif.; Mrs. Jane Keefer, Clarion; Mrs. Martha Cornman, Rimersburg; Mrs. Clara Gold, Tarentum, and Mrs. Fannie Eisenman, Strattanville.
Wallace Wiant was one of the kindliest souls in Clarion. He was a genial and gentlemanly man. He also had a quality of humor and levity which brought him into intimate touch with his fellowman. The real Wallace was the man you could sit down with and have a real sensible and uplifting talk. Those who talked lightly and jokingly with him always found him ready with a response in like kind, but those who approached him on social, civic, or religious subjects found him just as ready and prepared to talk as any other subject. He had a good, kind heart and loved people. He was a Christian in spirit and practice and was a staunch and loyal member of the Grace Lutheran Church ever since its organization. His happy spirit and his genial manner of life made him hosts of friends. His frank, honest outspoken opinion may sometimes have seemed to eliminate friends, but honesty to his convictions of truth caused all to realize that he never meant evil or harm to any, but loved all his associates even though he may not always have agreed with them. No evil or false trail is left behind by his life. He was insured in the Maccabee Order.
His funeral was held from the family home Sunday afternoon at4:00 o’clock, the services which were very impressive being conducted by Rev. J. Kent Rizer, pastor of the deceased, in the presence of a very large company of people, from many parts of the County, and amid floral offerings of surpassing beauty and almost unlimited quantity. The funeral sermon was strikingly suggestive and most appropriate and comforting to the friends. The interment was made in the Clarion Cemetery, the pall bearers being: E. L. Leids, W. E. Page, Jr.; O. O. Hahn, W. Harold Laughlin, Wayne Page, and William H. Thompson.
Source: Paul E. Kifer and Pamela Myers-Grewell. “Dearly Departed, 1931-1933, Obituaries from the Clarion Democrat, Clarion Republican, and the Knox Herald Newspapers.” 2012. Print.
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