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Local Obituaries for Ulysses, PA, Wellsville, NY, and Surrounding Areas
Claude J. BAKER
Mar 8, 2015
Claude J. Baker, 83, of 5072 State Route 244 passed away on Sunday, March 8, 2015 shortly after arrival at Jones Memorial Hospital in Wellsville. He was born February 18, 1932 in Belmont the son of Clyde and Onolee (Harris) Baker. On June 6, 1964 in Stannards he married Elaine Dickerson who survives.Claude was a veteran of the U. S....
Martin Louis "Marty" WESCHE
Mar 2, 2015
Martin Louis "Marty" Wesche, 67, of Grand Island, passed away Monday, March 2, 2015. He was born in Wellsville, New York and moved to Grand Island in 2009 from the Ithaca area, New York.Marty was a founding member of the Petrolia Volunteer Fire Department, a member of Carpenters Union Local 66 and the Immaculate Conception Church in Wellsville. He enjoyed...
Virginia Fay WAGNER
Mar 2, 2015
Virginia Fay Wagner, 71, of 5 Chapel Street passed away on Monday, March 02, 2015 at the home of her son in Wellsville, with her family at her side. She was born July 5, 1943 in Wellsville, the daughter of the late Lawrence S. and Aileen (Fay) Button. On March 9, 1969 in Wellsville she married George E. Wagner who...
Roberta H. CORCORAN
Mar 1, 2015
Roberta H. Corcoran of North Franklin Street passed away on March 1, 2015 at the Highland Health Care Center in Wellsville. She was born on June 30, 1931 in El Paso, Texas to Robert and Mildred Bartlett.Roberta graduated from Wellsville High School in 1948. She worked for W.T. Grant in Wellsville as the head of their credit department. She later...
Linea L. McINTIRE
Feb 26, 2015
Linea L. McINTIRE, 62, of Ulysses, PA, formerly of Westfield and Canton, died Thursday, February 26, 2015 in Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport, PA. Born September 29, 1952, in Hershey, PA, she was the daughter of Richard A. and Carolyn Battles Herritt. She graduated from Nyack College with a degree in Christian education. On May 28, 1977, in Dundalk, MD, she...
William L. "Bill" BUCH
Feb 26, 2015
William L. "Bill" BUCH, 80, of Sabinsville, PA, died Thursday, February 26, 2015 in his home. Born March 7, 1934, in Manheim, PA, he was the son of Leo and Addie Shaw Buch. On September 24, 1960, in Winfield, VA, he married the former E. Marie Brown, who survives. He was employed as a store manager by Playtown (now Toys-R-Us)...
Richard "Dick" T. EDWARDS
Feb 25, 2015
Richard "Dick" T. Edwards, age 82, of Williams Avenue passed away on Tuesday, February 25, 2015 at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester. He was born in Elmira on April 2, 1932 the son of Edward and Hazel Sick Edwards. On November 8, 1952 in Wellsville he married Joan Wittmann who predeceased him on November 20, 2002.Dick was...
Arnold E. CARY
Feb 25, 2015
Arnold E. CARY, 78, of Potter Brook, Westfield, PA, died Wednesday, February 25, 2015 in the home he built. Born June 2, 1936, in Harrison Valley, he was the son of Clarence and Myra Seeley Cary. On November 2, 1957, in Potter Brook, he married the former Faith Stafford, who survives. He was employed by Ingersoll-Rand, Cub Ransom Construction, and...
Lorna J. (Stuckey) Moore
Feb 22, 2015
Lorna J. Moore PORT ALLEEGANY- Lorna J. Stuckey Moore, 52, of Wildwood Dr., passed away peacefully Sunday (Feb. 22, 2015) at home, surrounded by her loved ones, due to her battle with cancer. Born May 20, 1962, in Coudersport, she was a daughter of Robert M. and Ardith Vanocker Stuckey. She was married to Ronald E. Moore, Sr. Lorna had...
David J. Hanchett
Feb 21, 2015
David J. Hanchett LEWIS RUN- David J Hanchett, 65, of Beaver Dr., passed away Saturday (Feb. 21, 2015) in the Buffalo General Hospital, after a lengthy illness. Born Jun 6, 1949, in Coudersport, he was a son of Clarence R. and Hilda May Bent Hanchett. Mr. Hanchett was a lifetime resident of the area and a graduate of the Port...
Marjorie J. (Daum) Petzold
Feb 20, 2015
Marjorie J. Petzold PORT ALLEGANY- Marjorie Jean Petzold, 79, of Hillside Ave., passed away unexpectedly and peacefully on Friday (Feb. 20, 2015) in Dana Point, CA, while vacationing with her family and with her husband by her side. Born January 24, 1936, in Newmansville, PA, she was a daughter of Russell and Dorothy Daum. On Sept. 13, 1958, in Oil...
Donna E. (Manning) Mcgarvey
Feb 20, 2015
Donna E. McGarvey PORT ALLEGANY- Donna E. McGarvey, 85, of S. Pine St., passed away Friday (Feb. 20, 2015) in Sena Kean Manor with her family at her side. Born August 3, 1929, in Port Allegany, she was a daughter of Lawrence D. and Florence A. DeLong Manning. On Aug. 6, 1949, in Port Allegany, she married Robert D. McGarvey,...
Barbara A. COLLINS
Feb 19, 2015
Barbara A. Collins, 80, of 81 South Street died Thursday, February 19, 2015 at home. She was born on August 12, 1934 in Friendship: the daughter of Hugh Paul and Doris Pearl (Vosburg) Doner.On April 9, 1955, she married Donald Collins, who survives.Mrs. Collins had worked part-time at the Belfast Lumber Co. and at the Belfast Central School Cafeteria. She...
Nora Colmers ZINNER
Feb 18, 2015
Nora Colmers Zinner, 100, passed away peacefully in her home on February 18 with her daughter and grandson at her side. Born May 1, 1914, in Vienna, Austria, the daughter of Franz Colmers and Marie Leiner Colmers, Nora whose full name was Eleonore Friederika Klara Elisabeth Gertrud Marie was the goddaughter of her namesake, the exiled Queen (Tsaritsa) Eleonore of...
Howard L. ROSEMA
Feb 18, 2015
Howard L. Rosema, 66, of 1482 Route 14A passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 shortly after arrival at Soldiers & Sailors Hospital in Penn Yan. He was born September 20, 1948 in Geneva, Illinois, the son of Howard W. and Rosa L. (Mick) Rosema.Howard was a graduate of Broadmoor Senior High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He joined...
Marcia K. (Fortner) Tauscher
Feb 17, 2015
Marcia K. Tauscher ROULETTE-Marcia K. Tauscher, 78, of Main St., passed on peacefully Tuesday (Feb. 17, 2015) at her home, in the company of her family. Born December 28, 1936, in Bellefonte, PA, she was a daughter of Donald G. and Marietta E. Strickland Fortner. On December 16, 1977, in Coudersport, she married Gerald H. Tauscher, who survives. Marcia was...
Susan E. "Sue" HYDE
Feb 17, 2015
Susan E. "Sue" HYDE, 65, of Ulysses, PA, died Tuesday, February 17, 2015 in her home surrounded by her family. Born September 6, 1949, in Coudersport, PA, she was the daughter of James Holden and Marian Storey Stilson. On July 15, 1967, in Gold, PA, she married Lyle E. Hyde, who survives. A graduate of Northern Potter High School, she...
Laszlo SZABO
Feb 16, 2015
Laszlo Szabo, age 91, of Pine Street passed away on Monday February 16, 2015 at the Hart Comfort House in Wellsville.Mr. Szabo was born in Nagyer, Hungary on August 6, 1923. He was the youngest child in a family of seven. He attended business school in Hungary, enlisted in a military academy, and served in the Hungarian Army. During World...
Ella F. (Jackson) Donovan
Feb 15, 2015
Ella F. Donovan SMETHPORT-Ella F. Donovan, 84, of Emerald Isle, passed away Sunday (Feb. 15, 2015) in Lakeview Senior Care & Living Center, Smethport. Born June 20, 1930, in Keating Township, PA, she was a daughter of Albert F. and Hattie E. Willis Jackson. On Aug. 15, 1959, in Coryville, she married Larry H. Donovan, who died Oct. 3, 1996....
Geraldine L. (Johnson) Nelson
Feb 13, 2015
Geraldine L. Nelson PORT ALLEGANY- Geraldine L. Nelson, 83, of Hillside Ave., passed away Friday (Feb. 13, 2015). Born August 13, 1931, she was a daughter of C. Harry and Elena Linquist Johnson. On Oct. 4, 1952, in Port Allegany, she married Philip R. Nelson, who died Sept. 13, 2007. Geraldine was a lifetime resident of the area and a...
