Obituaries

Jul 21, 2021

Andover, NY - Robert “Ozzy” Ordway, 59, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, July 21, 2021. He was born in Wellsville's Jones Memorial Hospital on November 21, 1961 the son of Franklin and Ida Ordway.

He was a life-long Wellsville area resident (including Alma and Andover). He held many jobs in the area, the two longest were at...

Jul 21, 2021

Owned and operated Ulysses, PA funeral home from 1984 through 1989

Charles S “Chuck” WETMORE, 70, of Nine Mile Falls, WA, died July 21, 2021, in Spokane, WA after complications following back surgery.

Born December 15, 1950, in Port Jervis, NY, he was the son of Henry G. Wetmore and Emma Hoffman Wetmore.  He...

Jul 19, 2021

Wellsville, NY - The friends and family of Thomas W. Forness are invited to celebrate his life on Sunday, August 1, 2021, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm at the Morrison Hayes American Legion Post 702, 23 Jefferson Street in Wellsville.

Tom passed away on Monday, July 19, 2021. To leave online condolences, or read the complete obituary, please visit...

Jul 19, 2021

Wellsville, NY - Thomas W. Forness, 82, of Proctor Road, passed away on Monday, July 19, 2021 at Highland Park Rehab and Nursing Center after a long illness. He was born in Olean on September 12, 1938 the son of the late Leo E. and Marie (Hassett) Forness. On October 17, 1959 in Portville he married his wife of sixty-one...

Jul 19, 2021

Michelle L. COPENHAVER, 53, of Olean, NY, died Tuesday, November 23, 2021 in Olean General Hospital after developing complications from COVID.

Born October 22, 1968, in Pottstown, she was the daughter of Roland M. and Dorothy M. Reifsnyder Griesemer.  A graduate of Northern Potter High School, she was employed by Perkins and Ponderosa as a server.  Five years...

Jul 18, 2021

Doris Mae METCALF, 96, of Milledgeville, GA, formerly of Potter Brook and Port Allegany, PA, died Sunday, July 18, 2021 in Lynn Haven Health & Rehabilitation, Gray, GA.

Born April 4, 1925, in Potter Brook, she was the daughter of William Richard and Agnes Mae Robbins Truax.  On August 28, 1943, in Potter Brook, she married Wilbert Richard...

Jul 17, 2021

Wellsville, NY - Anne Bornand Walchli, 93, passed away at home on July 17, 2021 after a brief illness. Anne Stephens Bornand was born October 14, 1927 in Westfield, New York, the daughter of Jeanette Stephens Cochrane and Max Arnold Bornand.

Mrs. Walchli graduated from Westfield Academy and High School in 1945. During high school she played clarinet in...

Jul 17, 2021

William C. “Billy” SCHWEIGART, 62, of Coudersport, PA, formerly of Wellsville, NY, died Saturday, July 17, 2021 in Jones Memorial Hospital, Wellsville, NY.

Born April 18, 1959, in Wellsville, he was the son of William A. and Ruth Dexter Schweigart.  On May 19, 2017, in Coudersport, he married Jill Malkin Hughart, who survives.  A 1977 graduate of Northern Potter...

Jul 16, 2021

Merle A. “Pete” Haskins TURTLEPOINT- Merle A. “Pete” Haskins, 72, of Annin Creek, passed away Friday (July 16, 2021) in UPMC Hamot, Erie, PA. Born February 14, 1949, in Coudersport, he was a son of Richard and Mildred Easton Haskins.  On November 29, 1980, in Eldred, he married M. Diane Barlet, who survives. He was a veteran of Viet Nam,...

Jul 16, 2021

Patricia Louise BROWN, 85, of Stoneville, NC, formerly of Wellsville, NY, died Friday, July 16, 2021 in UNC Chapel Hill Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC.

Born June 16, 1936, in Wellsville, she was the daughter of Paul Wheeler and Margaret Hull Stevens.  A graduate of Wellsville High School and Fredonia State Teachers College, she was a teacher in Starpoint...

Jul 14, 2021

Mary Lou Silvis PORT ALLEGANY- On Wednesday (July 14, 2021) after a brief illness. Mary “Mim” Lou Silvis entered the glorious kingdom of our Lord. We danced on January 21, 1965, the day she entered this life as the daughter of Raymond G. Silvis and Nancy J. (Timblin) Gadley. Today her family and friends weep as we say our final...

Jul 14, 2021

Robert H. SMITH, Jr., 82, of Wellsville, NY, formerly of Whitesville, NY and Coudersport, PA, died Wednesday, July 14, 2021 in Wellsville Manor Care Center, Wellsville.

Born April 11, 1939, in Wellsville, he was the son of Robert H. and Hazel M. Ritter Smith.  Bob was a lifelong area resident and a farmer.

Surviving are:  two sons,...

Jul 11, 2021

Scio, NY: Eileen Marie Kane, 64, of 3821 Dry Brook Road passed away on Sunday, July 11, 2021 at Jones Memorial Hospital in Wellsville with her family at her side. She was born September 11, 1956 in Wellsville, the daughter of the late George M. and Betty Jean (Barnes) Lynch. On December 14, 1974  in Belmont she married Dale “Tex”...

Jul 11, 2021

Marcia B. PETRENCSIK, 61, of Galeton, PA, died Sunday, July 11, 2021 in Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre.

Born February 20, 1960, in Wellsboro, she was the daughter of James V. and Cynthia Cotton Dandrea.  A graduate of Galeton Area High School, she was employed by Widmann’s, Brosius Manor, and as a Gale Hose Ambulance dispatcher.  Marcia attended St. Bibiana...

Jul 10, 2021

Jeanne S. EHMANN, 100, of Alfred Station, NY, died Saturday, July 10, 2021, in the Comfort House of Allegany County, Wellsville.

Born December 5, 1920, in Ogden, she was the daughter of Walter F. and Bertha Peck Stettner.  On April 11, 1942, in Spencerport, she married W. Edward Ehmann, who predeceased her on December 1, 2016.  A graduate of...

Jul 6, 2021

Allentown, NY - Luther D. Washer, 65, of 6173 Drum Road, passed away on Tuesday, July 6, 2021 at home with his family at his side. He was born March 14, 1956 in Wellsville the son of  Wilfred and Etta Ann (Chapman) Washer Jr. On September 14, 1979 in Hamburg he married Sharon B. Kuebler, who survives.

Lue was...

Jul 5, 2021

Maddux Michael CURRIE, 26, of Olean, NY, died Monday, July 5, 2021.

He was born December 6, 1994 in Olean.  On October 17, 2014, in Wellsville, he married the former Tanner Plummer, who survives.  He was employed by Patriot Towers in Rochester and as a foreman by Council Rock Telecommunications in Rochester.  An outdoorsman and thrill seeker, he loved bonfires,...

Jul 4, 2021

Robert M. Dunn, Jr. EAST SMETHPORT- Robert M. Dunn, Jr., 73, of Route 6, passed away Sunday (July 4, 2021) in UPMC Hamot, Erie, PA. Born September 14, 1947, in Kane, PA, he was a son of Robert M. and Pauline Palmer Dunn, Sr. On May 16, 1970, in Smethport, he married Nadine K. Cole, who died May 10, 1990.  ...

Jul 3, 2021

Wellsville, NY - Lois S. Flurschutz, 95, of Fassett Lane, entered into eternal rest Saturday, July 3 , 2021, at Jones Memorial Hospital following a brief illness. She was born January 23, 1926, the daughter of the late Milford C. and Lydia (Fleischman) Sweet. On November 15, 1946 at First Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, she married her high school sweetheart,...

Jul 2, 2021

Rebecca Wilkins Coats TCHORZ, 48, of Wyoming, OH, formerly of Andover, NY, died Friday, July 2, 2021.

Born May 18, 1973, in Wellsville, NY, she was the daughter of Robert Michael and Mary J. Hawks Wilkins.  On February 15, 2021, she married Norman Tchorz, who survives.  A graduate of Andover High School, she earned an associates in nursing from...