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Ernest C. Benson
Aug 17, 2015
Ernest C. Benson, of 118 King St., passed away Monday, Aug. 17, 2015, at his home, following a lengthy illness. Ernest was born Aug. 12, 1925 in Bolivar and was a son of Clyde and Bessie Raub Benson. On Jan. 9, 1954 in Olean he married his loving wife of 61 years, Rita D. Bentley, who survives. Ernest was a...
Glenn C. Lowe
Aug 12, 2015
Glenn C. Lowe, of 1721 Goodrich Ave., passed away Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015, at the Olean General Hospital, following a brief illness. Glenn was born Nov. 7, 1920 in Little Genesee and was a son of Archie and Ethel Amelia Reynolds Lowe. On Oct. 29, 1946 in Olean, he married his wife of 65 years, Ruth J. Smith, who predeceased...
Frank J. Siclari
Aug 12, 2015
Frank J. Siclari, of 1108 Maple Street, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015 at the Pines Health and Rehab, following an extended illness. Frank was born March 3, 1926 in Olean and was a son of Paul and Mary Nicolo Siclari. On May 29, 1965 at St. John's Church in Olean, he married his wife of 50 years, Natalie Lipson,...
Magdalene F. Barron
Aug 11, 2015
Magdalene F. "Mag" Barron, formerly of Dugan Rd. passed away, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015 at the Pines Health & Rehab, following a short illness. Mag was born Oct. 23, 1918 in Olean and was a daughter of Archie and Ethel Reynolds Lowe. On May 18, 1943, at the People's Methodist Church, she married Robert T. Barron, who predeceased her on...
Louis A. Rohwer
Aug 9, 2015
Louis A. Rohwer of 7664 Jersey Hollow Road, passed away Sunday, Aug. 9, 2015, at his home. Louis was born Jan. 23, 1939 in Buffalo and was a son of Albert and Lehn White Rohwer. On Jan. 24, 1958 in Little Valley he married his wife of 57 years, Alice J. Rarey, who survives. Louis worked for Art Benson Ford...
Johnathan L. Perrington
Aug 7, 2015
John L. Perrington of 517 Spring Street, passed away on Friday Aug. 7, 2015 at home. John was born Dec. 4, 1972 in Olean and was a son of Phillip and Linda M. Lippert Perrington. He was formerly married to Karen Peterson and Melissa Fuller. John worked as a cook/waiter at the Ponderosa, Good Times, and most recently for St....
Dolores A. Groth
Aug 6, 2015
Dolores A. Groth, formerly of Olean, passed away Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015 at the Charles Cole Memorial Hospital, following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Groth was born March 19, 1930 in Olean and was a daughter of Jeremiah and Willa Steele Toohey. On Nov. 10, 1951 at St. Mary of the Angels Church in Olean, she married her husband of 47...
Debra J. Ralston
Aug 2, 2015
Debra J. Ralston, 60, of 211 Irving Street, passed away on Monday, August 3, 2015 after a courageous 2-year battle with breast cancer. Debbie passed away in the comfort of her own home surrounded by her family & loved ones. Born in Salamanca on August 17, 1954, Debra was the daughter of Merlin and Lori Boardman Mosher who reside in...
Muhummed Ramadhan
Jul 30, 2015
Muhummed Ramadhan of Olean, peacefully passed away at his home while surrounded by family on July 30, 2015. He was born July 22, 1946, in Buffalo, NY a son of Obidah and Mary (Patterson) Ramadhan. He was 1 of 12 siblings from West Valley NY. He is a Vietnam War veteran who worked for several years at Republic Steel, Motorola...
Rosemarie Infinito
Jul 29, 2015
Born: Rosemarie Infinito on January 9, 1943 in Morristown, New Jersey. Died: July 29, 2015 in the Healthcare Center of St. Elizabeth Motherhouse, Allegany, New York. Daughter of Joseph Louis Infinito and Lena Marie D'Ottavio of Morristown, New Jersey. Sr. Rosemarie attended St. Vincent Martyr grade school from 1947-56 and Madison High School, both in Madison, NJ, graduating in 1960....
J. Mary Rambuski
Jul 27, 2015
J. Mary Rambuski of 9372 Health Camp Road, passed away Monday, July 27, 2015 at her home, following an apparent heart attack. Mary was born Aug. 14, 1931 in Portville and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Willover. On Dec. 12, 1949 in Cuba, she married her husband of 51 years, Raymond Robert Rambuski who predeceased her on...
Anita Louise Lewis
Jul 24, 2015
Anita L. Lewis of 25 North Main Street, Apt. 18, formerly of the Long Acres in Allegany, passed away on Friday, July 24, 2015 in the Olean General Hospital, following a brief illness. Anita was born on Sept. 29, 1946 in Olean and was a daughter of the late Paul and Elizabeth Fraun Whitcher. Anita was a 1964 Graduate of...
Candace S. Rouse
Jul 24, 2015
Candace S. Rouse of 3100 Cranberry Road, Cranberry Court Apt. #8, passed away Friday July 24, 2015 in the Buffalo General Hospital after an short illness. Candace was born on Jan. 5, 1935 in Bradford, Pa. and was a daughter of Clarence and Helen F. Thompson Moore. On Jan. 30, 1982 she married James W. Rouse, who pre-deceased her on...
Etta W. Firkel
Jul 21, 2015
Etta W. Firkel, of Bolivar Road, passed away Tuesday, July 21, 2015, at the Wellsville Manor Care Center, surrounded by her loving family. Etta was born Oct. 8, 1932 in Olean and was the daughter of William and Bina Brown Isaman. On March 27, 1954, she married her husband of 43 years, Mark L. Firkel, who predeceased her in January...
Sherry J. George
Jul 14, 2015
Sherry J. George of 2821 Fairview Ave., passed away on Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at home surrounded by her loving family, following a lengthy illness. Sherry was born in Olean on December 3, 1941 a daughter of James E. and Shirley B. "Watson" Favro. On March 25, 1960 at the Free Methodist Church in Olean, she married her loving husband...
Thomas J. Hughes
Jul 13, 2015
Thomas J. Hughes of 103 East Ohio Street, passed away on Monday, July 13, 2015 in the Olean General Hospital following a long illness. Tom was born Sept. 29, 1940 in Olean and was a son of the late Richard John and Felicia Ann Brannen Hughes. Tom was a 1958 graduate of Allegany Central High School. He served in the...
Harley J. Poore
Jul 10, 2015
Harley J. Poore, of 6236 Rawson Road, passed away Friday, July 10, 2015, at the Olean General Hospital, following an illness. Harley was born April 2, 1931 in Wapaca, Wisconsin and was the son of Chester and Freda Brodin Poore. In 1950, he married his wife of 49 years Margaret J. Howard, who predeceased him in 1999. On Sep. 30,...
Robert Michael Cook
Jul 6, 2015
Mike Cook, of 329 North 13th Street, passed away Monday, July 6, 2015 shortly after arrival at Olean General Hospital following a pulmonary embolism. Mike was born Nov. 9, 1954 in Olean and was a son of Robert F. and Betty Jane Wooten Cook. On June 18, 1977 in Olean he married his wife of 38 years, Noreen M. Langfitt,...
Betty Ruth Wilber Pixley
Jul 5, 2015
Betty Ruth Wilber Pixley, age 89, passed away peacefully in her sleep Sunday, July 5, 2015 in St. Petersburg, FL. Mrs. Pixley was born May 3, 1926 in Olean and was a daughter of Clarence and Winifred Wilber. She attended the US Cadet Nurse Corps in Bayonne, NJ. Mrs. Pixley was a registered nurse for over 50 years at the...
Darlene M. Fusiara
Jul 3, 2015
Darlene M. Fusiara, of 503 North 8th Street, passed away Friday, July 3, 2015 at the Olean General Hospital, following a brief illness. Darlene was born Jan. 3, 1958 in Olean and was a daughter of George F. and Regina Schindler Hill. She was formerly married to Joseph John Fusiara. Darlene was a 1976 graduate of Olean High School. She...