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Local Obituaries for Ulysses, PA, Wellsville, NY, and Surrounding Areas
June I. WOOTON
Apr 13, 2018
June Irma WOOTON, 87, of Wellsville, NY, died Friday, April 13, 2018 in Highland Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Wellsville, NY with her family by her side. Born June 7, 1930, in Detroit, MI, she was the daughter of Noel and Irma Frank Wooton. A graduate of Florida State University, she earned a Master's degree in library science in 1969. She...
Jeffery K. WHEATON
Apr 12, 2018
Jeffery K. WHEATON, 60, formerly of Ulysses, PA, died Thursday, April 12, 2018 in Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN. A graveside service will be held 1:00 PM, Saturday, May 5, 2018 in Ulysses Cemetery. Born February 10, 1958, in Wellsboro, PA, he was the son of Keith E. and Evelyn D. Wynick Wheaton. A graduate of Northern Potter High...
Laverna I. VARGESON
Apr 11, 2018
Laverna I. VARGESON, 79, of Westfield, PA, died Wednesday, April 11, 2018 in her home. Born September 2, 1938, in Harrison Valley and raised in Brookfield, she was the daughter of Harold H. and Esther Widger Dibble. She married Richard D. Vargeson, who survives. She was co-owner of Vargeson's Restaurant in Westfield and was employed by Galeton Production, Stackpole Industries,...
Edward J. DONOVAN
Apr 10, 2018
Edward J. Donovan, 58, passed away on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at home from natural causes. He was born on April 12, 1959 in Hornell, the son of the late William F. and Catherine (Lynch) Donovan Sr.Ed was a 1977 graduate of Wellsville High School and a graduate of the Electrician Program at Alfred State College - School of Applied...
Regina OLEKSIAK
2018
Regina Oleksiak was born in Cheektowaga NY to Stephen and Agnes (Rogacki) Kwiatkowski. She was baptized and was a devout member of St John Gualbert's Roman Catholic Church. She graduated from Immaculate Heart of Mary Academy in 1940 and went on to Bryant Business School graduating in 1942. Jean was a lifelong bookkeeper enjoying the certainty of numbers. When she...
Robert G. HOPPE
Apr 10, 2018
Robert G. HOPPE, 96, of Harrison Valley, PA, died Tuesday, April 10, 2018 in Wellsville Manor Care Center, Wellsville, NY. Born June 15, 1921, in Carter Camp, PA, he was the son of Eugene and Phoebe Baker Hoppe. A World War II Veteran, he served honorably with the US Army. He was a combatant in the North African, Sicily, and Normandy invasions...
Doris K. REED
Apr 9, 2018
Doris K. REED, 83, of Genesee, PA, died Monday, April 9, 2018 in her home. Born August 16, 1934, in Genesee, she was the daughter of Howard G. and Dorothea L. McConeghy Kenyon. On March 21, 1953, in Genesee, she married Donald R. Reed, who predeceased her on March 1, 1981. A graduate of Genesee High School and Elmira Business...
Marjorie J. CLINE
Apr 8, 2018
Marjorie J. Cline, 91, formerly of 2183 Hallsport Road went to her heavenly home on Sunday, April 8, 2018 at Jones Memorial Hospital surrounded by her family. She was born on November 14, 1926 in the Town of Independence, the daughter of the late Milford and Florence (Cleveland) Kellogg. On October 4, 1946 in Wellsville she married Wayne O. Cline...
Emery Dean Shores
Apr 7, 2018
Emery D. Shores PORT ALLEGANY- Emery D. Shores, 93, of Sartwell Creek Rd., passed away Saturday (Apr. 7, 2018) in UPMC Cole, Coudersport, surrounded by his loving family Born in Salina, KS, on January 30, 1925, he was a son of Emery C. and Goldie Vermaus Shores. Emery was a former maintenance foreman at the Bradford Regional Medical Center and...
Carlton A. Larson
Apr 7, 2018
Carlton A. Larson PORT ALLEGANY- Carlton A. Larson, 88, of Ann St., passed away Saturday (Apr. 7, 2018) in UPMC Cole, Coudersport. Born September 12, 1929, in Port Allegany, he was a son of Levin and Grace Phalon Larson. On July 8, 1950, in Port Allegany, he married Shirley A. Hanlon, who survives. They were married 67 years. Carlton was...
Dorothy F. CARLOSH
Apr 6, 2018
Dorothy F. Carlosh, 96, of 853 Snow Road, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 6, 2018 at the Wellsville Manor Care Center. She was born on October 22, 1921 in Poland, NY, the daughter of the late Fred and Bertha (Hines) Forrest. On June 23, 1946 in Poland she married John Carlosh who predeceased her on April 13, 1999.Dorothy graduated...
Martha Ann "Matt" MUELLER
Apr 4, 2018
Martha Ann "Matt" Mueller, Associate Librarian Emerita - 1934 – 2018 Long time Librarian Retiree Martha Mueller passed away on April 4, 2018. “Matt” as her friends knew her was a regular at many Alfred University functions and was a true Saxon supporter. She was an avid team trivia competitor and a supporter of all of the performing arts programs....
Audine M. ASHLINE
Apr 2, 2018
Audine M. Ashline, age 92 of State Route 19, passed away on Monday April 2, 2018 at the Highland Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. She was born on December 22, 1925 in Clarion County Pennsylvania to Leroy and Lela Lewis Say. On April 4, 1959 in Genesee Pennsylvania she married Eugene Ashline who survives.Audine graduated from Genesee High School in...
William A. "Bill" EDWARDS
Apr 1, 2018
William A. “Bill” Edwards, age 69, of the Homer Road passed away on Sunday, April 1,2018 at St. James Mercy Hospital in Hornell. He was born on July 28, 1948 in Bradford Pennsylvania to Wayne and Agnes Cornelius Edwards. On November 17, 2001 in Willing he married Marilyn Skillman who survives.Bill graduated from Limestone High School in 1967. After graduation...
Martha A. BAXTER
Apr 1, 2018
Martha A. BAXTER, 95, of Ellisburg, PA, died Sunday, April 1, 2018 in her home. Born April 6, 1922, in Batavia, NY, she was the daughter of Frank and Grace Towner Edson. On June 26, 1944, in Ithaca, NY, she married Raymond C. Baxter, who survives. A graduate of LeRoy (NY) High School and Cornell University School of Home Economics,...
Donna L. (Larson) Jewart
Mar 31, 2018
Donna L. Jewart PORT ALLEGANY- Donna L. Jewart, 90, of Pooler, GA, formerly of Port Allegany and Kane, PA, passed away Saturday (Mar. 31, 2018) peacefully in her sleep at home and welcomed into Heaven by many friends and family. Born January 28, 1928, in Port Allegany, she was a daughter of Levin and Grace Phalon Larson. On Mar. 20,...
Diego VILLANUEVA
Mar 31, 2018
Diego VILLANUEVA, of Wellsville, NY, formerly of Henrietta and Middletown, passed away quietly in his sleep, at home, on March 31, 2018. Born November 11, 1935, in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, he was the son of Emilia Fuentes Rivera and Bernando Villanueva. He married Altagracia Torres Falu on September 1, 1956 at St. Jerome's Catholic Church in Bronx, NY. Diego became a police officer...
Shirley W. BREEDLOVE
Mar 30, 2018
Shirley W. BREEDLOVE, 82, of Wellsville, NY, died Friday, March 30, 2018 in Highland Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Wellsville, NY. Born February 12, 1936, in Chaffee, MO, she was the daughter of John W. and Betty Bolden Riley. She was married to Bobbie L. Breedlove of Danville, VA, who predeceased her on February 7, 1988. Surviving are: four children, Kelly (Maureen)...
Arthur W. THORNE
Mar 30, 2018
Arthur W. THORNE, 77, of Westfield, PA, died Friday, March 30, 2018 in Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport, PA. Born July 18, 1940, in Wana, WV, he was the son of Addison and Ruby E. Jones Thorne. He was married to the former Patricia Funk, who survives. Art was employed by Breeden School of Welding in Genesee, PA for 23 years,...
Colleen O'Connor KAILBOURN
Mar 29, 2018
Colleen O'Connor Kailbourn, age 82, of Sunnydale Avenue passed away on Thursday, March 29, 2018 at Jones Memorial Hospital. She was born in Wellsville on July 21. 1935, the second child of Lawrence and Marion Plain O'Connor. In 1978 she married Raymond Kailbourn who survives.Colleen attended and graduated from the Immaculate Conception School in 1951, and finished her high school...
