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Nancy E. George
Mar 7, 2009
Nancy E. George of 1634 Goodrich, formerly of Queen Street, Olean, passed away Sunday, March 7, 2009 in the Bradford Manor Nursing Home. Mrs. George was born on March 27, 1930 in Olean and was a daughter of Harold and Leah Baker Littlejohns. On August 4, 1951 in Olean she married her husband of almost 58 years Richard S. "Dick"...
Shirley M. Peters
Mar 6, 2009
Shirley M. Peters of 6254 Limestone Run Road passed away Friday, March 6, 2009 at home following an illness. Born Feb. 10, 1935 in Olean she was a daughter of Harvard C. and Doris Shaw Hitchcock. On Aug. 14, 1954 at the Knapp Creek Trinity United Methodist Church she married her husband of 54 years John I. Peters, who survives....
Paul D. Yaw
Mar 3, 2009
Paul D. Yaw of 5 Medbury Heights passed away Tuesday, March 3, 2009 shortly after arrival at the Olean General Hospital. Mr. Yaw was born on May 19, 1921 in Ischua and was a son of Harvey and Leona Everetts Yaw. On May 29, 1942 in Franklinville he married Iola Stanbro, who pre-deceased him on Oct. 11, 1985. Mr. was...
Diane M. Eade
Mar 3, 2009
Diane M. Eade of #9 Appio Drive, Randolph, New Jersey, formerly of Olean, passed away Tuesday March 3, 2009 in the Hackensack Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey. Born Oct. 28, 1957 in Olean she was a daughter of Joseph K. & Mary T. Joseph Eade. Ms. Eade was a member of St. Joseph's Maronite Rite Catholic Church. She was a...
Laura Jane Mcelfresh
Mar 2, 2009
Laura Jane "Lolly" McElfresh of 750 Genesee Street in Olean died Monday March 2, 2009 at the Pines Nursing Home in Olean, NY after a long illness. She was born on June 30, 1923 to Charles and Mary Ellen McDermott. On September 13, 1947 she married the late John M. "Bus" McElfresh at Sacred Hart Roman Catholic Church in Portville,...
Rose Mary Bowker
Mar 1, 2009
Rose Mary Bowker of 90 South Main St. Apt. 211 passed away on Sunday March 1, 2009 shortly after arrival at Olean General Hospital. Mrs. Bowker was born on October 24, 1932 in Friendship N.Y. and was a daughter of Frank and Gladys Wheeler Speta. On October 28, 1950 she married her husband of 22 years, James Huling Bowker who...
William K. Dorler
Feb 26, 2009
William K. Dorler Jr., 56, died unexpectedly Thursday (Feb. 26, 2009). Born Aug. 15, 1952, in Dunkirk, a son of the late William Dorler Sr. of Dunkirk and Evelyn Boll Of Batavia, he resided At 610 Canary St. and Steger Apartments. Mr. Dorler was a graduate of Penn state College. He was a jack of all trades who specialized in...
Mary E. Truax
Feb 26, 2009
Mary E. Truax formerly of 2906 Route 305, passed away, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009 in the Absolut at Houghton. Mrs. Truax was born on July 1, 1928 in Hamilton, Ohio and was a daughter of Walter and Elizabeth Reddick Stubbs. On Jan. 18, 1946 in West Clarksville she married Rev. John R. Truax who pre-deceased her on Sept. 16, 2006....
Sister Margaret Mackey
Feb 21, 2009
Born: Margaret Mary Mackey on October 18, 1920 in Cove, Ireland Died: February 21, 2009 in Lawrenceville, New Jersey Daughter of: the late Mary F. Aherne Mackey and Daniel Mackey formerly of Albertson, NY Received into the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, New York, at St. Elizabeth Motherhouse on August 15, 1947, and professed her final religious vows...
Gary F. Huenniger
Feb 19, 2009
Gary F. Huenniger of 190 LaHarve Drive, Cheektowaga passed away Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009 in Mercy Hospital in West Seneca from complication from a surgery. Mr. Huenniger was born on Sept. 7, 1942 in Buffalo and was a son of Clarence and Violet Frank Huenniger. On Oct. 15, 1966 in Olean he married Sandra Lee Stimson, who survives. Mr. Huenniger...
Liberty Rose Marie Vaughn
Feb 16, 2009
Liberty Rose Marie Vaughn infant daughter of Sean and Angela Miller Vaughn of Prosser Road, Portville passed away at birth on Monday, Feb. 16, 2009 in the Olean General Hospital. Surviving are her besides her parents are five brothers, Dakota Miller, Sean Vaughn II, Skyler Miller, Neil Vaughn and Preston Vaughn; maternal grandparents, Diane & John Miller of Portville; maternal...
Thelma M. Quattrone
Feb 15, 2009
Thelma M. Quattrone formerly of Olean passed away Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009 in the Absolut at Salamanca. Mrs. Quattrone was born on March 26, 1919 in South Daton, NY and was a daughter of Robert and Clara Benton Bell. Mrs. Quattrone worked at the Olean General Hospital for over 30 years and was a Nurses Aid when she retired in...
Jean E. Kuhn
Feb 10, 2009
Jean E. Kuhn formerly of 39 Medbury Avenue passed away Tuesday February 10, 2009 at the Cuba Skilled Nursing Facility. Ms. Kuhn was born on November 16, 1921 in Cuba, NY to Lawrence J. and Cecil Short Easton. Ms. Kuhn was a graduate of Cuba High School and the New York State Teachers College of Fredonia. She received her Masters...
Lawrence W. Kilmer
Feb 8, 2009
Lawrence W. Kilmer formerly of 2603 West River Road, Olean, passed away Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009 in the Cuba Skilled Nursing Facility. Mr. Kilmer was born on June 30, 1916 in Randolph, NY and was a son of Lewis A. & Minne M. Belden Kilmer. On April 6, 1946 in Brocton, NY he married Shirley Shaw, who pre-deceased him on...
Earl M. Plaisted
Feb 8, 2009
Earl M. Plaisted of 6 Woodruff St. passed away Sunday (Feb. 8, 2009) at Olean General Hospital. He was born June 19, 1923, a son of Herman and Cecil Plaisted. On May 3, 1947, in Portville, he married Esther Mansfield, who predeceased him in June 2001. Mr. Plaisted was an electrical worker at Acme Electric Corp. in Cuba for many...
David L. Vandixon
Feb 3, 2009
Mr. David L. VanDixon of 114 Orleans Avenue, Olean passed away Tuesday, February 3, 2009 in Olean General Hospital. Mr. VanDixon was born in Olean on August 31, 1943. He was the son of Glenn and Clara Zandy VanDixon. Mr. VanDixon graduated from Olean High School in 1961. He worked as a mechanic and also repairing streets for the City...
Jeanne Corsette Heym
Feb 1, 2009
Jeanne Corsette Heym, age 78, passed away in La Jolla, CA, on Febriuary 1, 2009. She was born March 3, 1930, in Lockport, New York. Jeanne graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in Journalism. She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Bud, her children Jeffrey and Lora, and her grandson, John. Jeanne and Bud have lived...

Susan J. Vahl
Feb 1, 2009
Susan J. Vahl of 3082 Haskell Road passed away Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009 at home following a long illness. Born Oct. 18, 1947 in Fredonia she was a daughter of Jerald A. and Ruth Normand Hackman. Mrs. Vahl was a graduate of Fredonia State Collage with a degree in Liberal Arts. Mrs. Vahl was the Director of the Cattaraugus County...
Merle W. Swarthout
Jan 30, 2009
Merle W. Swarthout of Black Creek died January 30, 2009 at his home. Mr. Swarthout was born September 12, 1918 in Paola, Kansas and he was the son of Ward Leslie and Mary Edna Woodard, Swarthout. On July 1, 1944 in Cuba Mr. Swarthout married Elizabeth A. Wood who died on March 11, 1988, latter on June 3, 1989, in...
Sister Vera Agnes Mccarron
Jan 30, 2009
Sister Vera Agnes McCarron, OSF died January 30, 2009 at St. Elizabeth Motherhouse, Allegany, NY. Born Vera Agnes McCarron on June 18, 1913 in Harvey, Albert, New Brunswick, Canada, she was a daughter of Philip McCarron and Agnes O'Connor McCarron formerly of Harvey, Albert, New Brunswick, Canada. She was received into the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, New...