Noted Connellsville Historian Loses Battle with Cancer

William "Bill" Balsley

CONNELLSVILLE - William "Bill" Balsley reveled when he was asked a question about a landmark or a historic event tied to his beloved hometown of Connellsville.

His knowledge of the city's past was expansive and if he immediately did not have the answer, somewhere in his vast collections of photographs, documents and other memorabilia it would eventually be found.

The man who was known to many as "Mr. Connellsville," died early Friday after a lengthy battle with cancer.

Balsley, 90, was born and raised in Connellsville and a 1934 graduate of Connellsville High School.

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Monaca Sportsman Club, Beaver County, PA

John Seifert and a Group of Unknown Men

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John is in the top row, far right.

The rest of the men are unknown. You might recognize some of them.

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Union City High School, Union City, PA Junior Class 1932

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In the photograph: Jane Alcorn, Lyle Allen, Mavis Baker, Meredyth Batchelder, Paul Behan, Overal Bisbee, Irene Blakely, Ethel Boarts, Lillian Burger, Gertrude Chaffee, Theresa Chesney, Alfred Chesley, Charles Clark, Clair Conover, Elton Crocker, Virginia Cross, Perry Davids, Helen Dewey, Dorothea Donaldson, Kingdon Drake, Paul Dyne, Richard Earll, Russell Eaton, Richard Fisk, Thelma Fogel, Eleanora Gahring, John Gates, Mildred Gibbons, Marion Greishaw, Margaret Glenn, Helen Griffith, Ruth Hadlock, Harold Hanson, Margaret LeFevre, Katherine Lilley, Marian Magee, Dorothy Mallick, Harold Marlow, Wilmah Maryott, Amie McCoy, Madoline Miller, Anna Mineo, Paula Parker, Anna Perkins, Mary Pituch, Arden Proper, Katherine Roach, Ada Sowman, Robert Smith, Irene Shreve, Marjorie Steves, Hazel Stevenson, Anna Sturdevant, Margaret Thomas, Helen Toner, Helen Watson, Robert Wellmon, Harold Wise, Elmer Wontenay, Alfred Wright, Laverne Wright, Loren Yochim

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Clarion State Teachers College, Clarion, PA Junior Class 1934

The future class of 1935

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