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Local Obituaries for Ulysses, PA, Wellsville, NY, and Surrounding Areas
Joan L. SORTORE
May 5, 2015
Joan L. Sortore, age 80, of the Lamont Road passed away on Tuesday, May 5, 2015, at the Hart Comfort House in Wellsville. She was born on November 22, 1934 in Wellsville to Paul and Florence Flanagan Ludden. On November 5, 1965 in Angelica she married Richard Sortore who survives.Joan was a graduate of Wellsville Central High School in 1952...
Nicholas LUCIDI
May 4, 2015
Nicholas V. LUCIDI, 79, of Westfield, PA, formerly of Pottstown, died Monday, May 4, 2015 in Manor Care, Allentown, PA. Born March 27, 1936, in Pottstown, he was the son of Samuel and Elisa Aurini Lucidi. He was employed as a draftsman by Bethlehem Steel. Surviving are: three children, Gina, Anita, and Michael; and friends, the Leyrer family of Genesee,...
Debora J. (Campbell) Johnson
May 3, 2015
Debora J. Johnson PORT ALLEGANY- Debora J. Johnson, 56, of Chestnut St. passed away Sunday (May 3, 2015) in her home, after a lengthy illness. Born January 10, 1959, in Port Allegany, she was a daughter of Dale and Joyce Schoonover Campbell. On June 25, 2004, in Smethport she married Robert W. Johnson, who died Aug. 9, 2009. Debora worked...
Marcus Edward HOSHAL
Apr 30, 2015
Marcus Edward Hoshal, 28, of 4 Martin Street passed away on Thursday, April 30, 2015 at Buffalo General Hospital following a valiant battle with leukemia. He honorably took on every challenge he faced thought-out his life. He was born March 17, 1987 in Wellsville, the son of Richard J. Hoshal and Cynthia (Flint) Griswold.Marcus was raised in Belmont and was...
George GRABER
Apr 28, 2015
George GRABER, 78, of Wellsboro, PA, formerly of Sunderlinville and Philadelphia, PA, died Tuesday, April 28, 2015 in Broad Acres Health and Rehabilitation Center, Wellsboro, PA. Born July 17, 1936, in Los Angeles, CA, he was the son of A.C. and Alva Winters Graber. A US Army Veteran, he served honorably from 1953 - 1956. On August 22, 1958, in...
Marilyn F. PERKINS
Apr 27, 2015
Marilyn F. Perkins, 87, of 215 Madison Street passed away on Monday, April 27, 2015 at Jones Memorial Hospital with her loving family at her side. She was born August 30, 1927, in Wellsville, NY, the daughter of the late Florence (Barlow) Weber and William Weber. On August 10, 1946 in Allentown, she married the love of her life, Lyle...
Tracy L. Seeley GLEASON
Apr 27, 2015
Tracy L. Seeley GLEASON, 46, of Troy, PA, died Monday, April 27, 2015 in her home. She was born September 11, 1968, in Coudersport, PA. Tracy was a graduate of Northern Potter High School. She was last employed by Dupont in Towanda, PA. Surviving are: her father and step-mother, Larry E. and Marie Seeley of Belmont, NY; longtime companion, Dale...
Carl G. OSGOOD
Apr 26, 2015
Carl G. Osgood, 74, of 2733 Beech Hill Road passed away on Sunday, April 26, 2015 at the Hart Comfort House, surrounded by his family after a lengthy illness. He was born on May 29, 1940 in Inavale, the son of the late Frank and Bernice (Bessey) Osgood. On August 17, 2007, he married Marilyn A Stevens who survives.Carl enjoyed...
Robert E. BRANDES
Apr 26, 2015
Robert E. Brandes, age 72, of the Vorhees Hill Road passed away on Sunday, April 26, 215, at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester. He was born on October 25, 1942 in Wellsville to Walter and Medora Lish Brandes. On June 10, 1967 in Wellsville he married Connie Meyn who survives.Bob graduated from Wellsville Central High School in...
Llewellyn E. "Bud" METCALF
Apr 26, 2015
Llewellyn E. METCALF, aka "Bud" or "Slim", 83, of Westfield, PA, died Sunday, April 26, 2015 in Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, PA. Born July 8, 1931, in Potter Brook, PA, he was the son of Marion and Ruth Thompson Metcalf. A Korean War Veteran, he served honorably with the US Army for 11 years. He was employed by Eberle Tannery...
James Ira “Jesse” SHAVER
Apr 25, 2015
Wellsville, NY - James Ira “Jesse” Shaver, age 49, of 62 Railroad Avenue passed away on Saturday, April 25, at Olean General Hospital. He was born on June 2, 1964 in Wellsville to Ronald and Clara Hosmer Shaver. Jesse graduated from Andover Central High School and enlisted in the US Army. He moved to Tucson, Arizona where he was the...
Masako T. VANNATTER
Apr 24, 2015
Masako T. VANNATTER, 78, of Ulysses, PA, died Friday, April 24, 2015 in Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport, PA. Born September 11, 1936, in Okinawa, Japan, she was the daughter of Kana and Kama Tsuha. She was employed by Galeton Production, C&J Blouse Co., and Ulysses Lumber. Surviving are: five children, Keiko (Robert) Sutton of Galeton, PA, Joyce (Richard, Jr.) Nelson...
Martin Lee COLE
Apr 23, 2015
Martin Lee Cole, age 66, of Friendship Street passed away on Thursday, April 23, 2015 , at Olean General Hospital. He was born on November 29, 1948 in Olean to Howard and Flora May Ferri ngton Cole. On September 26, 20 02 in Ri chburg he married Margaret Loun sberry who survives.
Martin was a...
Irmgard Monica CRIPPEN
Apr 22, 2015
Irmgard Monica CRIPPEN, 89, formerly of Westfield, PA, died Wednesday, April 22, 2015, in Sweden Valley Manor, Coudersport, PA. Born March 16, 1926, in Herzberg, Germany, she was the daughter of Oswald and Anna Stein Grosser. On August 4, 1947, in Berlin, Germany, she married Olen C. Crippen, who predeceased her in 1992. She was employed by Galeton Production for...
Dawn A. WHITE
Apr 17, 2015
Dawn A. White, 58, of 5932 Fish Road passed away on Friday, April 17, 2015 at home with her family at her side. She was born June 20, 1956 in Cuba, the daughter of the late Dan and Anna Mae (Coyle) Hughes.Dawn was a foster mother and care giver to a number of children and adults for many years. She...
Marcella Marie RICHARDSON
Apr 16, 2015
Marcella Marie Richardson, 86, a resident of Manor Hills, passed away on Thursday, April 16, 2015 at Jones Memorial Hospital, with her family at her side. She was born March 29, 1929 in Hammond, Indiana the daughter of James P. and Florence A. (Moylan) McGinnis. On September 23, 1950 in Wellsville she married Francis E. Richardson who predeceased her on...
Joseph N. LERCH
Apr 14, 2015
Joseph N. LERCH, 78, of Ulysses, PA, died Tuesday, April 14, 2015 in Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, PA. Born April 18, 1936, in Middletown, PA, he was the son of William and Pauline Updegraff Lerch. On May 15, 2007, in Belmont, NY, he married his companion since 1972, Dorothy M. Stiles Hilfiger, who survives. He was employed as a human...
Nevada M. (Shultz) Higley
Apr 13, 2015
Nevada M. Higley PORT ALLEGANY- Nevada M. Higley, 89, of 29 Grant St., Duke Center, formerly of Higley Lane, passed away Monday (Apr. 13, 2015), in her home. Born Aug. 2, 1925, in Greenwood, PA, she was a daughter of Theodore L. and Anna Eyer Shultz. On Jan. 19. 1984, she married Theodore H. Higley, who died May 15, 2011....
Cora Jane Elizabeth TORREY
Apr 13, 2015
Cora Jane Elizabeth TORREY, infant daughter of Josh and Misty Gillespie Torrey of Andrews Settlement, PA, was stillborn on Monday, April 13, 2015 in Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport, PA. Surviving besides her parents are: a sister, Audrianna Torrey; a brother, Benjamin Torrey; paternal grandparents, Craig and Joan Torrey of Andrews Settlement; paternal great-grandfather, Zale (Edie) James of Ulysses; maternal grandparents,...
Katherine COSTELLO
Apr 12, 2015
Katherine Costello, age 97, a former long time resident of East State Street passed away on Sunday, April 12, 2015, at the Wellsville Manor Care Center. She was born on September 13, 1917 in the Town of Willing on the Stone Dam Road to Mathew and Daisy Jordan Costello.Katherine was employed by the former J and M Restaurant in Wellsville...
