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Sarah Elizabeth Collar
Oct 16, 2014
Sarah Elizabeth Collar, 68, of 8955 North Brach Road, was received through the gates of Heaven on October 16, 2014, following a long illness. Sarah was born on April 12, 1946 in Bellaire, Ohio. She was greeted at the Golden Gates by her mother (Ruth Darnley) and father (Hiram Darnley) along with her brothers James, Richie, Pat and sister Linda...
Otis W. Walker
Oct 12, 2014
Otis W. Walker of 319 North Second Street, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014 shortly after arrival at the Olean General Hospital following an apparent heart attack. Otis was born June 18, 1955 in Hesperia, MI and was a son of Ernest Beverly Spaulding Walker. On Dec. 29, 2005, in Hinsdale, he married Barbara C. Wing, who survives. Otis...
Edward W. Havers
Oct 12, 2014
Edward W. "Ed" Havers (87)of 1015 Delaware Ave, passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 12, 2014 at the Cuba Memorial Hospital Palliative Care unit, following a lengthy illness. Ed was born March 18, 1927 in Lapeer, MI and was a son of Stewart and Carrie Wheeler Havers. On Jan. 6, 1944, in Olean, he married his childhood friend and later...
Karen A. Staker
Oct 7, 2014
Karen A. Staker, of Colonial Village, passed away Tuesday, October 7, 2014, at the Olean General Hospital following a lengthy illness. Karen was born April 28, 1954 in Buffalo and was the daughter of Robert and Nina Schriber LaPolt. She was formerly married to Kim E. Staker. Karen worked at the MDS Lab and then at the Olean General Hospital...
Stephanie Anne Tisdale
Sep 30, 2014
Stephanie Anne Tisdale, of 817 Bishop Street, passed away, Tuesday, Sep. 30, 2014, unexpectedly at her home. Stephanie was born Jan. 3, 1991 in Olean and was a daughter of Steven Tisdale and Carla Frost (Scott) Budaj. Stephanie attended JCC for Nursing and ECC for Forensic Science. She enjoyed music, but her family most important to her, especially her son...
Arlyne L. Warner
Sep 29, 2014
Arlyne L. Warner of The Pines Health & Rehab passed away Monday, Sep. 29, 2014 at the Olean General Hospital, following a lengthy illness. Arlyne was born Feb. 2, 1947 in Buffalo and was a daughter of Percy C. and Ada May Davis Warner. She was a very interesting person who always lived life to the full. She will be...
Susan A. Stanley
Sep 28, 2014
Susan A. Stanley, 71, of 3088 Rt. 16 North, passed away at Buffalo General Hospital on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014 from complications from a stroke. Susan Being a life long Resident of Olean was born in Olean on July 26, 1943, and was a daughter of the late Ronald Leon & Dorothy Goodyear Hollowell. She graduated from Olean High School...
Fred Howell
Sep 27, 2014
Fred Howell of 537 East Spring Street in Olean passed away on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014 in the Palliative Care Unit at Cuba Memorial Hospital, following an illness. Fred was born Aug. 29, 1938 in Olean and was the son of Clifton A. and Beryl Whittemore Howell of Eldred, PA. The eldest son of a sports-loving family, Fred was an...
Eva C. Yorke
Sep 27, 2014
Eva C. Yorke, formerly of 309 � West State Street and Eden Heights, passed away Saturday, Sep. 27, 2014, at the Rochester General Hospital, following an illness. Mrs. Yorke was born Jan. 22, 1918 in Olean and was the daughter of Joseph and Josephine Nohra Moses. On Oct. 16, 1939, she married her husband of almost 60 years, Louis A....
Marlyn A. Sharp
Sep 25, 2014
Marlyn A. Sharp formerly of East Notch Road, passed away Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014 in the Wellsville Manor Nursing Home following an illness. Marlyn was born Dec. 1, 1933 in Cuba and was a daughter of John A. and Carmelita Robinson O'Donnell. On June 9, 1965, she married her husband, William A. Sharp, who predeceased her on June 1, 1980....
Donna B. Mallery
Sep 23, 2014
Donna B. Mallery of 27 North Gate Drive, passed away Tuesday, Sep. 23, 2014, at the Bradford Nursing Pavilion, following a short illness. Donna was born June 14, 1938 in Olean and was the daughter of William and Bina Brown Isaman. On Sep. 7, 1953 in Olean she married her husband of almost 45 years, Donald W. Mallery, Sr., who...
Sister Mary Fook Kong
Sep 17, 2014
Born: Violet Louise Fook Kong on February 28, 1925 in Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies Died: September 17, 2014 in the Healthcare Center of St. Elizabeth Motherhouse, Allegany, NY. Daughter of James and Esther Stanley Fook Kong of Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. She was received into the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, NY at St. Elizabeth Motherhouse on August...
Perry E. Guthrie
Sep 13, 2014
Perry E. Guthrie of 315 North 15th Street Apartment #1, passed away Saturday, September 13, 2014 at Olean General Hospital, following a brief illness. Perry was born May 16, 1945 in Bradford, PA and was the son of Robert and Margaret Gump Guthrie. He grew up in the Bradford area. Perry lived in a number of places including Washington, D.C....
Catherine L. Fields
Sep 12, 2014
Catherine L. Fields, formerly of Wellsville, passed away Friday, Sept. 12, 2014 at 28 Elm St., following a short illness. Catherine was born March 28, 1966 in Pensacola, FL and was the daughter of Cecil and Lynette Nix May. She was engaged to Christopher Hall of Wellsville, who survives. Catherine worked as a CNA first at Florala Health and Rehab...
John Henry Brown
Sep 10, 2014
John H. Brown passed away on Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2014 at the home of Patricia Gleason, the love of his life, at 3485 Route 16N, Olean following a short battle with lung cancer. John was born March 9, 1957 in Montgomery, AL and was a son of John Henry and Annice Boswell Brown, Sr. He was raised by his mother...
Marie W. Hamlin
Sep 5, 2014
Marie Therese Wasik Hamlin, of 1301 Sunrise Drive, passed away on Friday, September 5, 2014. Marie was born August 25, 1933 in West Rutland, Vermont and was the daughter of Albert John and Sophia Hyduke Wasik. On, October 4, 1958 in West Rutland, she married her husband of almost 56 years, Giles B. Hamlin, MD, who survives. Marie Graduated from...
M. Evelyn Steen
Sep 5, 2014
Evelyn Steen formerly of 1009 West Sullivan and Eden Heights, passed away Friday, Sept. 5, 2014 in the Pines Health & Rehabilitation Center in Olean following a short illness. Evelyn was born Sept. 23, 1918 in Peterboro, Ontario, Canada and was a daughter of George and Alice Evelyn Knox Weir. On March 28, 1942 in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, she married...
Joann M. Handley
Aug 23, 2014
Joann M. Handley went home to Jesus, her Lord and Savior on Saturday, August 23, 2014. She was born in Wilkensburg, PA on May 18, 1933, the daughter of Melvin and Elizabeth Carney Johnson. On Sep. 19, 1953 at St. Mary's Church, she married Thomas C. Handley. She was a graduate of St. Mary's Academy in 1948 and of Olean...
Robert W. Howard
Aug 17, 2014
Robert W. "Bob" Howard, of 605 Barnum Road, passed away Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014, at his home. Bob was born Feb. 16, 1951 in Olean and was the son of Harry Howard and Florence Marie Swintak. On May 25, 1985, he married his wife of almost 29 years, Marianne E. Farnham, who predeceased him Feb. 16, 2014. Bob graduated from...
Clarence R. Spiller
Aug 17, 2014
Clarence R. Spiller of 412 South 3rd Street, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014 in the Absolut at Houghton Nursing Home, following a long illness. Clarence was born April 23, 1928 in Williamsburg, WV and was a son of the Rev. Maynard D. and Viola C. Kent Spiller. He married Lois J. Easley who predeceased him June of 1975....