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Local Obituaries for Ulysses, PA, Wellsville, NY, and Surrounding Areas
Louise C. Fuller TOMB
Jul 19, 2012
Louise C. Fuller TOMB, 66, of Elkland, PA, died Thursday, July 19, 2012 in her home. Born May 11, 1946, in Olean, NY, she was the daughter of Fred M. and Marion Cooper Manning. She was employed by Electri-Cord in Westfield, Galeton Production, and the Penn Wells in Wellsboro. She was a member and Sunday School teacher at the Abundant...
Patricia Ann "Pat" PICKREIGN
Jul 16, 2012
Patricia Ann "Pat" Pickreign a former resident of Wellsville and Syracuse passed away on Monday, July 16 2012, at the home of her daughter in Brocton. She was born on March 12, 1949 in Syracuse to Charles and Bessie Price Lester Sr. On August 18, 1977 in Syracuse she married Edward J. "Butch" Pickreign who predeceased her on March 25,...
Arnold L. FREEMAN
Jul 13, 2012
Arnold L. FREEMAN, 61, of Coudersport, PA, died Friday, July 13, 2012 in his home, with his family by his side. Born October 11, 1950, in Shady Grove, PA, he was the son of Franklin L. and Evelyn P. Wagaman Freeman. On December 19, 1975, in Hagerstown, MD, he married the former Teresa M. Forsyth, who survives. Mr. Freeman was...
Milton J. WEISS
Jul 13, 2012
Milton J. WEISS, 79, of Ulysses, PA, formerly of Galeton and North Bingham, died Friday, July 13, 2012 in the Green Home, Wellsboro, PA. Born February 4, 1933, in Summit Township, Coudersport, PA, he was the son of Edward J. and Violet Hogancamp Weiss. On October 2, 1953, in Pearl River, MS, he married the former Maria Alvarez, who predeceased...
Ruby L. KEMP
Jul 5, 2012
Ruby L. Kemp formerly of Norton Street passed away on Thursday, July 5, 2012, at the Highland Park Health Care Center in Wellsville. She was born on November 26, 1917 in Bolivar to Fred and Mary Pire Van Curen. On April 18, 1936 in Bolivar she married Jay Kemp who predeceased her on March 20, 2005.Ruby was a long time...
M. Olive (Harrison) Glase
Jul 2, 2012
M. Olive Glase PORT ALLEGANY- M. Olive Glase, 84, of N. Brooklynside Rd., passed away Monday (July 2, 20102) in the Charles Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport. Born March 19, 1928, in Charleroi, PA, she was a daughter of Ralph and Tornada Roberts Harrison. On July 3, 1947, in Port Allegany, she married Frank C. Glase, who died Mar. 7, 2011....
Gordon F. Dudley
Jul 1, 2012
Gordon F. Dudley, Sr. ROULETTE- Gordon F. Dudley, Sr. 89, of Third St. passed away Sunday (July 1, 2012) in his home. Born September 14, 1922, in Port Allegany, he was a son of McCellan “Mac” and Ora Main Dudley. On Sept. 14, 1946, in Roulette, he married Marjorie L. Treat, who died Feb. 18, 2002. He was employed by...
Robert R. SCHOONOVER
Jun 29, 2012
Robert R. SCHOONOVER, 74, of Westfield, PA, died Friday, June 29, 2012 in the Sweden Valley Manor, Coudersport, PA. Born April 10, 1938, in Knoxville, PA, he was the son of Roe and Leona Jeffers Schoonover. On February 26, 1965, in Cowanesque, PA, he married the former Clara Green, who survives. He was employed by MacKnight's Agway in Westfield. Surviving...
Betty A. WHITMIRE
Jun 28, 2012
LTC Betty A. WHITMIRE, Retired, 75, of Chambersburg, PA, formerly of Westfield, PA, died Thursday, June 28, 2012 in her home. Born January 22, 1937, in Westfield, PA, she was the daughter of Ernest and Rebecca Anders Whitmire. Attending Westfield High School through the 11th grade, she graduated from Southside High School in Elmira in 1955. She earned a nursing...
Stanley E. Major
Jun 26, 2012
Stanley E. Major PORT ALLEGANY- Stanley E. Major, 82, of Benton Ave., passed away Tuesday (Jun. 26, 2012) in his home. Born September 30, 1929, in Austin, PA, he was a son of Harold and Delores Sheppard Major. On Aug. 25, 1951, he married Beatrice B. Young, who died Feb. 7, 1983. He was employed with Pittsburgh Corning Co. of...
Phyllis Potter BURROWS
Jun 24, 2012
Phyllis Potter Burrows, 91, died peacefully at St. Luke's Health Facility in Oswego, N.Y. on June 24, 2012 after a long illness. Phyllis was born in Houlton, Maine on January 10, 1921 to Dr. John G. and Evelyn Haskell Potter. She attended Ricker High School and Colby College in Maine. She moved to Andover and then Wellsville in 1944 where...
Judith A. NICHOLS
Jun 24, 2012
Judith A. Nichols, 67, of 42 Chamberlain Street died Sunday, June 24, 2012 at Jones Memorial Hospital following a long illness. She was born May 25, 1945 in Bradford, PA the daughter of Robert and Thelma (Rodgers) Heffner."Judy" was a graduate of Bradford High School and had resided in Coudersport prior to moving to Wellsville in 1989. She was formerly...
Doris E. WATSON
Jun 18, 2012
Doris E. WATSON, 74, of Roulette, PA, formerly of Ulysses, died Monday, June 18, 2012 in the Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport, PA. Born June 17, 1938, in Ulysses, she was the daughter of Leroy F. and Eva Haxton Schoonover. She was married to Harrry O. Watson, who predeceased her on July 8, 2006. Doris was a farm worker employed by...
Lawrence Raymond THOMPSON
Jun 18, 2012
Lawrence Raymond THOMPSON, 74, of West Bingham, PA, died Monday, June 18, 2012 in the Jones Memorial Hospital, Wellsville, NY. Born January 7, 1938, in Bingham Township, PA, he was the son of Lawrence C. and Madeline H. Truax Thompson. On January 2, 1962, in Ulysses, PA, married to the former Marjorie White, who survives. A US Army Veteran, he...
Kathleen EMPSON
Jun 15, 2012
Kathleen EMPSON, 87, of Selinsgrove, PA, died Friday, June 15, 2012 in the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA. Born January 12, 1925, in Bingham Township, PA, she was the daughter of Jacob W. and Emma Viola Hamilton Empson. She was a longtime resident of Selinsgrove Center. She loved cats, music, and Disney characters. Surviving are: three brothers, Richard (Shirley) Empson...
Stephen P. PHOTOPOULOS
Jun 13, 2012
Stephen P. PHOTOPOULOS, 79, of Ulysses, PA, died Wednesday, June 13, 2012 in the Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport, PA. Born August 10, 1932, in Kastoria, Greece, he was the son of Peter Stephen and Athena Photopoulos. On December 4, 1955, in Atlantic City, NJ, he married the former Catherine H. Reres, who survives. He owned and operated The Chateau in...
Joseph R. ANDERSON
Jun 11, 2012
Joseph R. Anderson, 85, of 29 Crescent Drive died Monday, June 11, 2012 at Jones Memorial Hospital following a brief illness. He was born at home September 21, 1926 at 80 Dyke Street in Wellsville the son of the late Leo P. and Mary (Shine) Anderson. On June 3, 1950 in Friendship he married Marjorie Hewitt who survives.He was a...
John A. GRAVES
Jun 10, 2012
John A. Graves of the Hallsport Road passed away on Sunday, June 10, 2012, at home. He was born on May 28, 1933 in Buffalo and was the son of Forrest and Arabell (Clark) Graves. On February 15, 1965 he married Garnet Layhue who predeceased him on September 4, 2009.John was a lifelong resident of Wellsville and graduated from Wellsville...
Jerry L. WRIGHT
Jun 9, 2012
Jerry L. WRIGHT, 64, of Coudersport, PA, died Saturday, June 9, 2012 in the Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, PA. Born September 28, 1947, in Coudersport, he was the son of Harold A. "Bill" and Margaret Hilfiger Wright. He owned and operated Wright's Auction Barn and was the former owner of Wright's Restaurant and Truck Stop, Northwoods Tavern, and the Pine...
Robert W. RANSOM
Jun 9, 2012
Robert W. "Bob" RANSOM, 72, of Whitesville, NY, died Saturday, June 9, 2012 in his home. Born May 2, 1940, in Coudersport, PA, he was the son of Howard E. and Elnora Johnson Ransom. On November 15, 1958, in Whitesville, NY, he married the former Paula Nesbit, who survives. He was employed by ABB Air Preheater in Wellsville for over...
