Obituaries

Jun 27, 2021

Wellsville, NY - Ann L. Cronin, 85, of Madison St, Wellsville, passed away on Sunday, June 27, 2021 at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Ann was born on March 8, 1936 to the late Lee and Doris (Whitney) Marvel. On December 1, 1956, at the Blessed Sacrament church in Andover, she married William Cronin who predeceased her on November...

Jun 25, 2021

Wellsville, NY - Barbara Ann Bastian

The friends and family of Barbara Ann Bastian are invited to a graveside service on Saturday, October 9, 2021 at 3:00 pm, in Sacred Heart Cemetery, 276 S. Main Street in Wellsville.

Barbara passed away on June 25, 2021 in Huachuca City, Arizona. To read the complete obituary, or...

Jun 25, 2021

Wellsville, NY - Barbara Ann Bastian, 80, formerly of 135 N. Brooklyn Avenue, Wellsville, passed away on Saturday (Jun. 25, 2021) in Huachuca City, Arizona, following a brief illness. She passed peacefully at home with her family at her side. She was born January 12, 1941, in Niagara Falls, the daughter of the late Wilbur F. and Esther H. (LaRock)...

Jun 24, 2021

George Olmsted MORLEY, 97, of Ulysses, PA, passed away Thursday, June 24, 2021 in UPMC Cole, Coudersport.  Born March 29, 1924, in Coudersport, he was the son of Edwin J. and E. Elizabeth Olmsted Morley.  On September 17, 1948, in New Hampton, NY, he married the former Maude A. Morley, who survives. A 1942 graduate of Ulysses High School, he...

Jun 23, 2021

Wellsville, NY - David A. Marsh, 63, of Rauber Street passed away on June 23, 2021 at Jones Memorial Hospital surrounded by family. He was born in Wellsville on February 18, 1958 the son of the late Donald and Ruth (Buckout) Marsh. On August 31, 1999 at home in Wellsville he married his wife Karen Yetman who survives.

Dave...

Jun 23, 2021

William J. Stewart ROULETTE- William J. Stewart, 94, of Pomery Rd., passed away Wednesday (Jun. 23, 2021) in his home. Born October 30, 1926, in Coudersport, he was a son of William N. and Ida Stewart.  On Sept. 17, 1949, in Roulette, he married Arlene J. Roberts, who died July 31, 2000. They were married 50 years. William was a...

Jun 22, 2021

Frederick O. Hammond PORT ALLEGANY- Frederick O. Hammond, 90, of E. Ransom St., passed away unexpectedly Tuesday (Jun. 22, 2021) in the Buffalo General Medical Center. Born September 14, 1930, in Troupsburg, NY, he was a son of Ephraim F. and Margariet M. Burton Hammond.  On Jun. 21, 1952, in Port Allegany, he married Dorothy I. Trimm, who died Mar....

Jun 22, 2021

Harley E. LINZA, 85, of Westfield, PA, died Tuesday, June 22, 2021 in his home.

Born October 23, 1935, in Willing, NY, he was the son of Max and Faith Withey Linza.  On July 9, 1955, in Cowanesque, he married the former Phyllis L. Schmidt, who survives.  A graduate of Wellsville High School, he was employed by Culligan Water...

Jun 21, 2021

David “Ray” Merriman PORT ALLEGANY- David “Ray” Merriman, 87, of Two Mile Rd., went to be with his Lord and Savior, Monday (Jun. 21, 2021) in UPMC Cole, Coudersport. Born January 13, 1934, in Jerome, PA, he was a son of Rev. Russell R. and Clara Wright Merriman.  On November 11, 1960, in Corry, PA, he married Mary Ann Dingfelder,...

Jun 20, 2021

Wellsville, NY - Amber Nicole Claire, 33, of 689 Trapping Brook Road died unexpectedly at home on Sunday, June 20, 2021. She was born November 16, 1987 in Wellsville, the daughter of John P. and Amy L. (Cradduck) Layfield. On July 23, 2011 in Scio she married Jeffrey D. Claire who survives.

Amber was raised in Allentown, and was...

Jun 20, 2021

Wellsville, NY - James R. Wenslow, 86, of East State Street, passed away on Sunday, June 20, 2021 at home surrounded by family. He was born at home in Nansen, PA on September 24, 1934 the son of the late Frank and Ida Mae (Rowlands) Wenslow. In 1958 he married the late Anne Braun of Rochester, with whom he had...

Jun 15, 2021

Wellsville, NY - Carla M. Baldwin, 80, of 2972 Trapping Brook Road, passed away on Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at Jones Memorial Hospital following a lengthy illness. She was born on May 22, 1941 in Wellsville, the daughter of the late Raymond and Clara (Green) Fox.  On August 14, 1980 in Wellsville, she married Lewis J. “Louie” Baldwin who...

Jun 14, 2021

Herman L. “Curly” Rennells PORT ALLEGANY- Herman L. “Curly” Rennells, 68, of Baxter Rd., passed away unexpectedly Monday (June 14, 2021) in his home. Born January 29, 1953, in Coudersport, he was a son of Robert and Lena Campbell Rennells.  On Oct. 23, 1970, he married Janice M. Klein, who survives.  They were married 50 years. He was a lifetime...

Jun 12, 2021

Thomas L. KIO, 64, of Ulysses, PA, died Saturday, June 12, 2021 in Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre.

Born June 4, 1957, in Coudersport, he was the son of Donald F. and Audrey L. Flynn Kio.  On August 30, 1975, in West Bingham, he married the former Donna M. Gill, who survives.  Tom was a self-employed logger.  He attended the Ulysses...

Jun 11, 2021

Mary Elaine SLAWSON, 67, of Emporium, PA, died Friday, June 11, 2021 in Pinecrest Manor, St. Marys.

Born August 10, 1953, in Andover, NY, she was the daughter of Keith and Marilyn Coleman Dolph.  On April 1, 1988, in Andover, NY, she married Clair E. Slawson, who survives.  Mary participated in Special Olympics on the local, state, and national...

Jun 9, 2021

Wayne A. HOLLISTER, 82, of Little Genesee, NY, died Wednesday, June 9, 2021 in Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester.

Born July 13, 1938, in Hume, he was the son of Alfred L. and Lucy Elizabeth Closser Hollister.  He was a 1956 graduate of Bolivar Central School, where he participated in basketball and was an all-star in football and track.  Following...

Jun 6, 2021

Thomas N. LAYMAN, Jr., 63, of Belmont, NY, died Sunday, June 6, 2021 surrounded by his family in Jones Memorial Hospital, Wellsville after a two year battle with cancer.

Born May 13, 1958, in Cuba, he was the son of Thomas and Donna Ward Layman.  He was married to his childhood sweetheart for 45 years, the former Mary...

Jun 5, 2021

Shinglehouse, PA - Robert J. Carroll, 91, of Eleven Mile Road, passed away on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at home surrounded by his family. He was born April 6, 1930 in Wellsville, NY the son of the late George and Florence (Cooney) Carroll. On October 16, 1954 in Genesee, PA he married Betty Eaton who predeceased him on March 3,...

Jun 5, 2021

Betty Jean HENRY, 68, of Coudersport, PA, formerly of Ulysses, PA and Arcadia, FL, died Saturday, June 5, 2021 in her home.

Born October 19, 1952, in Coudersport, she was the daughter of Richard W. and Hazel G. Buchanan Yentzer.  On October 9, 1971, in Coudersport, she married Roger L. Henry, who survives.  While living in Arcadia, FL, she...

Jun 4, 2021

Joan S. FREZZA, 89, of The Woodlands, TX, formerly of Malvern, PA, died Friday, June 4, 2021 in Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital.

Born July 11, 1931, in Rochester, NY, she was the daughter of Benjamin and Erma Reese Swetland.  On January 9, 1954, in Crestwood, NY, she married Samuel A. Frezza, who predeceased her.  Surviving are:  a...