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Local Obituaries for Ulysses, PA, Wellsville, NY, and Surrounding Areas
Pearl I. SNYDER
Oct 31, 2017
Pearl I. SNYDER, 82, of Genesee, PA, died Tuesday, October 31, 2017 in her home. Born May 8, 1935, in Westfield, PA, she was the daughter of Ernest and Ruth Williamson Benson. On May 30, 1952, in Harrison Valley, PA, she married William J. "Bill" Snyder, who predeceased her on April 17, 2011. A graduate of cosmetology school in Olean,...
Brian M. Buck
Oct 29, 2017
Brian M. Buck PORT ALLEGANY- Brian M. Buck, 40, of Indian Echo Dr., passed away unexpectedly Sunday (Oct. 29, (2017) in Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport. Born December 7, 1976, in Philadephia, he was a son of Robert P. and Edna M. Elliss Buck. Brian was a resident of the area for 14 years, coming from Philadelphia. Surviving in addition to...
Robert W. “Dobro Bob” Norton
Oct 26, 2017
Whitesville, NY - Robert W. “Dobro Bob” Norton, 85, of 2062 Route 248A, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, October 26, 2017 at home. He was born February 13, 1932 in Jasper, NY, the son of the late Chester and Katherine (Mattison) Norton. On November 27, 1954 in Whitesville, he married Lucy Ray who predeceased him on December 26, 2000. Dobro...
Bruce Leroy Burr
Oct 25, 2017
Wellsville, NY - Bruce Leroy Burr of Wellsville, NY, died on October 25, 2017 at the age of 85. He was born on April 13, 1932 in the family farmhouse located by the dam at Rushford Lake in the town of Caneadea, NY. He was the 6th of 10 children of the late Alanson Andrew Jackson Burr (born on June...
Victor L. Fowler
Oct 24, 2017
Victor L. Fowler PORT ALLEGANY- Victor L. Fowler, 66, of Route 155, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday (Oct. 24, 2017) in his home. Born July 16, 1951, in Coudersport, he was a son of John F. and Alma Mahon Fowler. On November 25, 1994, in Port Allegany, he married Donna L. Mantz, who survives, Victor was a lifelong resident of the...
Carol J. LEWIS
Oct 23, 2017
Carol Jeannette LEWIS, 74, of Rexville, NY, entered into the arms of Jesus on Monday, October 23, 2017 and was reunited with her oldest son, Ken, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born July 6, 1943, at home in Quarryville, PA, she was the daughter of P. Mylin and Emma Kauffman Lefever. She was a graduate of Lancaster Mennonite High...

Loretta M. Herrington
Oct 22, 2017
Scio, NY - Loretta M. Herrington, age 86, of Charles Street passed away on Sunday, October 22, 2017, at the Highland Health Care Center. She was born on August 6, 1931 in the Town of Willing to Charles and Julia Mae Gillitte Ost. On September 13, 1958 in Wellsville she married Robert Herrington who predeceased her on January 19, 2008....
Walter A. LARNERD
Oct 22, 2017
Walter A. LARNERD, 67, Harrison Valley, PA, died Sunday, October 22, 2017 in his home. A Memorial Service will be held 10:00 AM, Saturday, October 28, 2017 at the West Pike Baptist Church, West Pike, PA. The Rev. John Prouty will officiate. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Teacher's Pet Rescue, 19 Blackberry Lane, Coudersport, PA 16915....
Henry W. WHITESELL
Oct 22, 2017
Henry W. WHITESELL, 55, of Rexville, NY, died Sunday, October 22, 2017 in his home. Born April 5, 1962, in Wellsville, NY, he was the son of Francis Melvin and Marjorie Faulkner Whitesell. Henry worked as a farmhand, logger, and woodcutter and was a jack of all trades. He was the type of man that would give you the shirt...
Gregory Nicholas DUNNE
Oct 22, 2017
Gregory Nicholas DUNNE, 18, of Andover, NY, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, October 22, 2017. Born December 20, 1998, in Jones Memorial Hospital, Wellsville, NY, he was the son of Sebastian and Victoria Jordan Dunne. He was a most excellent Christmas gift! Greg brought love and laughter to all who knew him, not only as a son, grandson, and brother,...

Kathryn “Kay” Hauser Genung
Oct 17, 2017
Fremont, California - Kathryn “Kay” Hauser Genung, 97, passed away on October 17, 2017 in Fremont. She was born on April 12, 1920 in Loucks Mills, PA, the daughter of the late Carl Frederick and Edna Louisa (Waterman) Hauser. On July 25, 1941 in Buffalo, she marred Arthur “Art” Genung who predeceased her in 1991. Kathryn was a 1937 graduate...
Mortimer A. “Mort” Grisewood
Oct 16, 2017
Belmont, NY - Mortimer A. “Mort” Grisewood, Jr., age 86, of Maple Street passed away on Monday, October 16, 2017, at Olean General Hospital. He was born on July 20, 1931 in Belmont to Mortimer and Marion Rulison Grisewood. On January 28, 1956 in St. Mary’s Catholic Church he married Margaret “Jo” Hosley who predeceased him on January 17, 1994....

Patricia A. (Thomas) Haskins
Oct 16, 2017
Patricia A. Haskins SMETHPORT- Patricia A. Haskins, 82, of Smethport, passed away Monday (Oct. 16, 2017) in Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport. Born September 12, 1935, in Bradford, she was a daughter of Lester C. and Mildred Dillon Thomas. Patricia had attended Port Allegany High School. She was a resident of the area for three years, coming from the Buffalo, NY,...

Mortimer A. Grisewood Jr. - Notice
Oct 16, 2017
Belmont, NY - Mortimer A. Grisewood Jr., age 86, of Maple Street passed away on Monday, October 16, 2017, at the Olean General Hospital. Friends are invited to call on Thursday, October 19, 2017, from 2-4 and 7-9 pm at the J.W. Embser Sons Funeral Home in Belmont. A Mass of Christian will be celebrated on Friday at 11 am...
Charles Howard “Chuck” Gardner
Oct 16, 2017
Wellsville, NY - Charles Howard “Chuck” Gardner, age 75, of 143 West State Street, passed away on Monday, October 16, 2017, at home. He was born on June 12, 1942 in Wellsville to Howard and Geraldine Daley Gardner. On September 21, 1994 in Scio he married Alysia Haxton who survives. Chuck worked for Allegany ARC in many capacities including the...

Deborah Ann Hunt
Oct 13, 2017
Belmont, NY - Deborah Ann Hunt, 61, a longtime resident of Belmont, died Friday, October 13, 2017 in her home after a long terminal illness. Deborah was born May 24, 1956, the oldest daughter of the late Leo “Don” and Sandra (Grastorf) Hunt. Deborah graduated with honors from Belmont Central School in 1974. Deborah furthered her education, receiving an Associate’s...
Manley G. HARRIS
Oct 13, 2017
Manley G. HARRIS, 95, formerly of East Main Street, Angelica, NY, died Friday, October 13, 2017 in Highland Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Wellsville, NY following a long illness. Born September 18, 1922, in Centerville, NY, he was the son of Ralph W. and Clara Austin Harris. On August 20, 1943, in Wellsville, NY, he married the former Virginia L....

Betty Jean WINDUS
Oct 13, 2017
Betty Jean WINDUS, 91, of Wellsville, NY, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Friday, October 13, 2017 in Hart Comfort House, Wellsville. Born January 5, 1926, at home in Wellsville, she was the daughter of Clarence and Rhea Marsh Hanchett, Sr. On February 26, 1949, in the Christian & Missionary Alliance Church on Pearl Street...

Ethel E. STAMBAUGH
Oct 12, 2017
Ethel E. STAMBAUGH, 91, of Whitesville, NY, died Thursday, October 12, 2017 surrounded by many of her twelve children. Ethel was born the seventh child of John and Ethel Small on September 19, 1926. She had many fond memories of her early life on the family farm near Hanover, PA. The lessons she learned there about working hard and taking...
Gary R. Hults
Oct 11, 2017
Gary R. Hults PORT ALLEGANY- Gary R. Hults, 64, of Upper Grimes Rd., passed away unexpectedly Wednesday (Oct. 11, 2017) in his home. Born June 21, 1953, in Port Allegany, he was a son of Ronald G. and Dorothy Grenell Hults. Gary was a lifetime resident of the area and a graduate of Port Allegany High School, class of 1971....