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Deloris J. Blade
Mar 27, 2017
Deloris J. Blade formerly of 331 West Delaware Ave., passed away on Monday, March 27, 2017 in the Brooks Memorial Hospital in Dunkirk. Deloris was born Sept. 27 1932 in Wake Forest, WV and she was a daughter of Ralph Robert and Ruby Katherine Farley Foster. On March 16, 1952, at the Four Square Gospel Tabernacle in Olean, she married...
Rose M. Collins
Mar 27, 2017
Rose M. Collins of 401 Alder Street, Apt. 31, passed away on Monday, March 27, 2017, at her home, following an illness surrounded by her loving family. Rose was born June 20, 1956 in Salamanca and was a daughter of Hobart E. and Margaret J. Gutswager Collins. Rose graduated from Salamanca High School in 1974. She worked at Bush Brothers...
Katherine E. Welch
Mar 25, 2017
Katherine E. Welch formerly of Laurel Ave, passed away on Saturday, March 25, 2017 at the Pines Health & Rehabilitation Center in Olean. Katherine was born April 4, 1926 in West Seneca and was a daughter of Frank Lawrence & Katherine Maline McCall. On June 28, 1947 she married her husband of 41 years Walter J. Randall, who pre-deceased her...
Maryjo A. Gesse-Lesinski
Mar 17, 2017
MaryJo A. Gesse-Lesinski, of 1129 Abbotts Road, passed away on Friday, March 17, 2017 at the Olean General Hospital, surrounded by her loving family. MaryJo was born on Nov. 15, 1958 in Buffalo and was a daughter of George and Julia Gesse. On Oct. 26, 1999, in Machias, she married her loving husband Rick F. Lesinski, who survives. MaryJo graduated...
Mary Clare Mcmaster
Mar 17, 2017
Born: Florence Edna McMaster on December 24, 1918, in Somerville, MA Died: Friday, March 17, 2017, at St. Elizabeth Motherhouse, Allegany, NY Daughter of Arthur and Mary (Martin) McMaster of Somerville, MA Sister Mary Clare was received into the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, NY, at St. Elizabeth Motherhouse on December 8, 1946, and professed her final religious...
Gordon M. Maynard
Mar 2, 2017
Gordon M. Maynard, formerly of Shinglehouse and 968 Coyle Road, Bolivar passed away Thursday, March 2, 2017 at the Cuba Memorial Hospital Palliative Care Unit, following a lengthy illness. Gordon was born Oct. 27, 1922 in Millport, PA and was a son of Martin Adelbert and Kathleen Maxwell Maynard. On Feb. 17, 1945 in Rapid City, SD he married his...
Cindy L. Tadder
Feb 28, 2017
Cindy L. Tadder, of 44 Christ Drive, passed away Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at the Olean General Hospital, following a brief illness. Cindy was born on Sept. 27, 1969 in Bradford and was a daughter of Earl and Merrie Marleen Brewer Paris. On Sept. 20, 2008, she married her loving husband, Rickey A. Tadder, who survives. Cindy attended the Smethport...
Patricia Ann Larabee
Feb 28, 2017
Patricia Ann "Pat" Larabee of 3621 Hedden Hollow Road, passed away Tuesday, February 28, 2017, at her home, following a lengthy illness. Pat was born on May 16, 1945 in Olean and was a daughter of Leon L. and Lillian Rose Maynard Larrabee. Pat attended Olean High School. She attended the Haskell Community Church. Pat was a member of the...
Rosella H. Kinsey
Feb 27, 2017
Rosella H. Kinsey, 95, of 179 North 2nd Street, passed away Monday, February 27, 2017 at the Cuba Memorial Hospital Palliative Care Unit, following a brief illness. Rosella was born May 27, 1921 in Eldred, PA and was a daughter of Nathan and Blanche Coffin Hyatt. On March 8, 1938 in Allegany, she married her husband of 34 years, Mitchell...
Jeremie N. Dietz
Feb 20, 2017
Jeremie N. Dietz, of 633 Garden Avenue, passed away Monday, February 20, 2017, shortly after arrival at the Olean General Hospital. Jeremie was born on June 6, 1978 in Olean and was a son of William H. and Connie L. Cobb Dietz. He was formerly married to Kelly M. Sears. Jeremie attended Otsego High School and Penta Vocational School. He...
Leroy G. Lovell
Feb 17, 2017
Leroy G. Lovell of 132 N. Union Street, At. 416, passed away on Friday, Feb. 17, 2017 shortly after arrival at the Olean General Hospital. Leroy was born Oct. 8, 1943 in Warsaw and was a son of Edward Leroy and Ethel Verona Rice Lovell. On Dec. 18, 2009 in Olean he married his loving wife, Victoria L. Laluk, who...
Calvin D. Murphy
Feb 7, 2017
Calvin D. Murphy, of 431 North 1st St., passed away Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017 at the Olean General Hospital, surrounded by his loving wife and family. Calvin was born Oct. 30, 1940 in Lowville, OH and was a son of Roy and Genevieve Clark Murphy. On March 31, 1962 at St. Rayfield's Church in Eldred, PA he married his wife...
Clara J. Vales
Feb 7, 2017
Clara J. Vales of 115 E. Baldwin Ave., passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017 in the Pines Health and Rehab Center in Olean. Clara was born August 2, 1924 in Olean and was a daughter of Venceslas J. and Josephine Hrdlicka. Clara was a 1942 graduate of Olean High School. She moved to Buffalo and continued her education while...
Grace L. Ash
Feb 7, 2017
Grace L. Ash, of 629 Prospect Ave., passed away Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017 at the Pines Health and Rehab, following a lengthy illness. Grace was born March 14, 1928 in Tabernacle and was a daughter of Lidle and Mildred Peterson Lippincott. On July 4, 1956 at St. Joseph's Church in Olean, she married her husband of 60 years, Robert L....
Betty R. Childs
Feb 5, 2017
Betty R. Childs, of 25 N. Main St. Apt. 8, passed away Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017 at the Wellsville Manor Care Center, following a short illness. Betty was born Dec. 1, 1927 in Alma and was a daughter of George and Florence "Flossy" Tret Quick. On Jan. 1, 1946, she married her husband of 57 years, George W. "Wesley" Childs,...
Tina M. Krouse
Jan 31, 2017
Tina M. Krouse, of 42 Thompson Ave., passed away Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017 at the Olean General Hospital, following a lengthy illness. Tina was born May 3, 1962 in Boston, MA and was a daughter of Bernard Guy and Mildred Bliss. She married Michael Krouse, who predeceased her. Tina graduated from Galeton High School in 1979. She worked as a...
Kenneth H. Wallace
Jan 29, 2017
Kenneth H. Wallace of 1229 Plum Street, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017 in the Levine & Dickson Hospice House at Southminster, following an illness. Kenneth was born Nov. 28, 1929 in Franklinville and was a son of Herbert F. and Lura Jones Wallace. On October 4, 1952 at the Baptist Church in Franklinville he married his wife of...
Linda Prevesk
Jan 28, 2017
Linda Prevesk, 68, of Colonial Village, went home to join the rest of her family in peace on January 28, 2017 at the Wellsville Manor. She was born January 9, 1949 in Olean, NY, the daughter of Joseph Charles and Clara Dower Prevesk, Sr. Linda was a graduate of Olean High School and a lifelong resident of Olean. Her father...
Mark Asa Hardy
Jan 22, 2017
Mark Asa Hardy, formerly of Olean, passed away on Sunday, January 22, 2017 in Randleman, NC, following a brief illness. Mark was born on July 31, 1957 in Olean and was a son of Robert A. and E. Jeanne Moyer Hardy. He was formerly married to Denise Cutler of Lockport. Mark was a 1975 graduate of Olean High School. He...
Duncan C. Wormer
Jan 21, 2017
Duncan Conrad Wormer, MD, a long-time physician and former resident of Portville, died January 21, 2017 in Jacksonville, FL after a brief illness. He was born on December 14, 1925, to Dr. Duncan Lee and Catherine Scheiterle Wormer in the family home at 9 Temple Street, Portville. On September 22, 1979, he married the former Mary Ellen Linnan in the...