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Walter L. Reisner
Jan 19, 2017
Walter L. Reisner of 1658 Olean-Portville Road, passed away Thursday Jan. 19, 2017 in the Olean General Hospital following an illness, surrounded by his loving wife and family. Walter was born on Sept. 6, 1947 In Biloxi, MS and was a son of Dr. Lewis C. and Doris Field Reisner. On Feb. 14, 1975, at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in...
Sarah Lucille Yard
Jan 8, 2017
Lucille Yard of 5549 Dutch Hill Road, passed away Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017 at the Pines Health & Rehab, following a brief illness. Lucille was born on Oct. 7, 1918 in Allensmills, PA and she was a daughter of Eugene and Adda Callen Mottorn. On March 19, 1938 in Falls Creek, PA she married her husband of 60 years, Rowland...
Catherine Michael Brady
Jan 8, 2017
Born: Catherine Mary Brady September 9, 1919 Died: Sunday, January 8, 2017 Daughter of Michael and Mary (Murray) Brady Wilmington, MA. Sister Catherine Michael was received into the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, NY at St. Elizabeth Motherhouse on August 15, 1946 and professed her final religious vows on August 16, 1953. Sister Catherine Michael devoted herself to...
David M. Manion
Jan 7, 2017
David M. Manion of 2513 West Five Mile Road, passed away Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017 from injuries sustained in a snowmobiling accident. David was born Aug. 11, 1957 in Buffalo and was a son of James W. and Shirley M. Heidel Manion. He graduated from Allegany High School in 1975. David served as a mechanic in the US Army from...
Mary K. Greenawalt
Jan 5, 2017
Mary K. Greenawalt of 1130 MacDuffie Drive, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 5th 2017 in the Buffalo General Hospital surrounded by her loving husband and family following an apparent heart attack. Mary was born on Sept. 26, 1942 in Coudersport, Pa, and was a daughter of Edward and Greta Taubert Gillon. On Dec. 28, 1963 in Coudersport she married her...
Kenda R. Stern
Jan 2, 2017
Kenda R. Stern of 458 Wolf Run Road, passed away Monday, Jan. 2, 2017 at the Olean General Hospital, following an illness. Kenda was born on May 4, 1947 in Olean and was a daughter of Kenneth F. and Dona M. Wagner Reiss. On Feb. 1, 1995 in Florida she married her husband of 21 years, William A. Stern, who...
Dorothy E. Middaugh
Dec 25, 2016
Dorothy E. Middaugh of 5633 County Route 31A, passed away on Dec. 25, 2016 shortly after arrival at Jones Memorial Hospital, Wellsville following an illness. Dorothy was born on June 26, 1941 in Angelica and was a daughter of William and Frances Illerbrun Brown. Dorothy worked at ACME in Cuba for 32 years. She was formerly a member of the...
Rosa Mystica Niedda
Dec 24, 2016
Born: Patricia Ann Niedda on March 26, 1931 Died: Saturday, December 24, 2016 Daughter of Peter and Rose (Polo) of Niagara Falls, NY. Sister Rosa Mystica was received into the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, NY at St. Elizabeth Motherhouse on August 15, 1948 and professed her final religious vows on August 16, 1955. For 68 years, Sister...
Richard J. Piccioli
Dec 22, 2016
Richard J. "Richie" Piccioli, of 4115 South Nine Mile Rd., formerly of Grant Court and Olean, passed away Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016 at the Pines Health & Rehab. Richie was born Nov. 21, 1930 in Buffalo and was a son of Pasquale and Mildred Orlando Piccioli. On June 13, 1964 at St. Mary of the Angels Church he married his...
Robert Martin
Dec 21, 2016
Robert Martin, of 4322 Five Mile Road, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016 at the Olean General Hospital following a brief illness. Robert was born Feb. 17, 1930 in Lackawanna and was a son of Harry and Marie L. Eisenhut Martin. On October 4, 1975 in Buffalo, he married his wife of 41 years, Mary Ann Staszczyk, who predeceased him...
John E. Milks
Dec 18, 2016
John E. Milks, formerly of 3606 Fay Hollow Rd., passed away Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016, at the Pines Health & Rehab, following a lengthy illness. John was born Oct. 16, 1931 in Jamestown and was a son of John H. and Ethel Francis Milks. On July 24, 1954 in Little Valley he married his wife of 59 years, Norma J....
Elizabeth J. O�Leary
Dec 9, 2016
Born: Mary Anne O�Leary on February 21, 1933 in Camden, NJ. Died: December 9, 2016 at the St. Elizabeth Motherhouse, in Allegany, NY. Daughter of John and Elizabeth Cusick O�Leary of Westmont, NJ. Sister Elizabeth was received into the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, NY at St. Elizabeth Motherhouse on July 2, 1961 and professed her final religious...
Mary Ann Martin
Dec 9, 2016
Mary Ann Martin, of 4322 Five Mile Road, passed away Friday, Dec. 9, 2016 at her home. Mary Ann was born August 15, 1936 in Buffalo and was a daughter of John Joseph and Alice Kirszensztain Staszczyk. On October 4, 1975 in Buffalo, she married her husband of 41 years, Robert Martin, who survives. Mary Ann worked a number of...
Helen Rowe
Dec 8, 2016
Helen Rowe, 86, formerly of Olean, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ December 8, 2016 in her home in Houston, Texas surrounded by her family after a brief illness. Born December 4, 1930, in Olean, she was the daughter of Olive (Polly) Stephan and Frank J. Eisert. On November 6, 1954 she married Robert Rowe, who...
Stephanie Diane Hall Easterly
Dec 4, 2016
Stephanie Diane Hall Easterly, formerly of N. 12th St. and 607 W. Green St., passed away Sunday, December 4, 2016 at the Comfort House of Allegany County, after a lengthy battle with cancer. Stephanie was born May 21, 1957 in Salamanca and was the youngest of Ernest C. and Beatrice Z. Rickey Hall's children. She was formerly married to Glenn...
Donald Peter Schaefer
Nov 29, 2016
Donald Peter Schaefer, of 9320 North Shore Road, formerly of Buffalo, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016 at the Olean General Hospital. Peter was born on July 16, 1950 in Buffalo and was a son of Donald John and Margaret Josefiak Schaefer. On July 22, 1972, at the Transfiguration Church in Buffalo, he married his wife of 44 years, Donna...
Norma L. Gallagher Clark
Nov 25, 2016
Norma L. Gallagher Clark of 2936 Five Mile Road, passed away Friday, Nov. 25, 2016 in the Olean General Hospital, following an brief illness. Norma was born Oct. 13, 1930 in Cuba and she was the daughter of Harry C. and Jennie I. Tucker Taylor. She was formerly married to William Peters, John "Jack" Gallagher and Richard Clark. Norma first...
Carolyn A. Kron
Nov 20, 2016
Carolyn A. Kron, of 120 North Clinton Street, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016 at the Pines Health & Rehab, following a lengthy illness. Carolyn was born on Dec. 26, 1937 in Waterbury, CT and was a daughter of Rev. E. Einar and Ingrid E. Andren Kron. She graduated from Olean High School in 1955. Carolyn attended Elmira College...
Robert Allen Croft
Nov 19, 2016
Robert Allen Croft, 82, of 2857 Route 16 North, passed away Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016, following a short illness. Bob was born Nov. 5, 1933 in Olean and was a son of George and Helen Fath Croft. He was formerly married to Barbara Sherwood. Bob graduated from Olean High School in 1952. He was a US Navy veteran serving aboard...
Maurice Walter Middaugh
Nov 19, 2016
Maurice Walter "Mo" Middaugh, Sr., of 5220 County Road 31A, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016 at Jones Memorial Hospital, surrounded by his loving family. Maurice was born March 4, 1935 in Amity and was a son of William Vincent "Toby" and Ruby Emily Sortore Middaugh, Sr. On October 9, 1971, he married his wife of 45 years, the...