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Sister Patricia Redmond
Apr 9, 2014
Born: Patricia Ann Redmond on July 30, 1936 in Buffalo, NY. Died: April 9, 2014 in the Healthcare Center of St. Elizabeth Motherhouse, Allegany, NY. Daughter of Daniel and Catherine Lee Redmond of Buffalo, NY. She was received into the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, NY at St. Elizabeth Motherhouse on August 15, 1952 and professed her final...
Jean M. Dhesi
Apr 8, 2014
Jean M. Dhesi of 122 West Green Street, passed away Tuesday, April 8, 2014, shortly after arrival at the Olean General Hospital. Jean was born Nov. 4, 1937 in Beauharnois, Canada and was a daughter of Michael and Emma Lafleur Savada. Jean was a member of the St. Mary of the Angels Church. She loved raising her daughters, especially Deloween....
John R. Bean
Apr 8, 2014
John R. Bean, Jr. of 115 North 21st Street, passed away on Tuesday, April 8, 2014 in the Buffalo General Hospital, following a brief illness. John was born Sep. 15, 1945 in Olean and was a son of John R. and Elizabeth J. McLaughlin Bean, Sr. He graduated from Olean High School in 1964. John served in the Navy from...
Joanne R. Mazza
Apr 8, 2014
JoAnn R. Mazza, 88, formerly of 2877 Five Mile Road, passed away on Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at the Pines Health & Rehabilitation Center in Olean. Born on June 2, 1925, JoAnn was the daughter of Donald L. and Mary E. Wheeler who preceded her in death. On Nov. 11, 1945, at the Olean First Baptist Church, she married her...
Dawn M. Doherty
Apr 4, 2014
Dawn M. Doherty of 2964 Route 244, passed away Friday, April 4, 2014 at home following a long illness, surrounded by her loving family. Dawn was born Sep. 4, 1961 in Cuba and was a daughter of Roger V. and Dorothy E. Denning Middaugh, Sr. On May 10, 1980, at the Belmont Catholic Church, she married her husband of 33...
Judith A. Crawford
Apr 3, 2014
Judith A. Crawford, of 3111 Pennsylvania Road, formerly of the 446 in Cuba, passed away Thursday, April 3, 2014 at the Olean General Hospital, following a brief illness. Judy was born June 18, 1941 in Lockhaven, PA and was a daughter of James and Marjorie Jean Adams Carey. She was formerly married to Ronald N. Isaman. On March 18, 1989,...
Kathleen L. Garey
Apr 2, 2014
Kathleen L. Garey formerly of Aspen Tower and The Olean Pines Health & Rehabilitation Center passed away Wednesday April 2, 2014 in the Fiddler's Green Manor Nursing Home in Springville. Kay was born on August 6, 1925 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent England. She was the daughter of Sidney V. and Winifred S. Tindall. Kay grew up in England and moved...
Richard E. Backer
Mar 29, 2014
Richard E. Backer formerly of Mendham, NJ, Belfast, Ithaca & Glens Falls, passed away Saturday, March 29, 2014 in the Pines Health & Rehab in Olean. Dick was a graduate of Morristown High School NJ. He served in the US Navy from March 22, 1944 to July 10, 1946 where he received the WWII Victory Medal. He married Betty Lou...
Ruth M. Derock
Mar 24, 2014
Ruth M. DeRock, formerly of 124 West Main Street Cuba and 102 West Spring Street Olean, passed away Monday, March 24, 2014 at the Pines Health & Rehab, following a lengthy illness. Ruth was born April 2, 1927 in Franklinville and was a daughter of Charles W. and Tessie Deveraux Chapman. On June 25, 1954, in Oramel, she married her...
Rebecca L. Pantano
Mar 22, 2014
Rebecca L. Pantano of 1602 Park Avenue passed away Saturday March 22, 2014 at home, following a brief illness, with her loving husband & family at her side. Rebecca was born December 14, 1960 in Olean and was the daughter of Gerald and Doris Nitsche Gore. She married her life-long companion of 30 years, Pete Pantano, who survives. Rebecca worked...
Cheryl L. Harrison
Mar 21, 2014
Cheryl L. Harrison of 3880 Pumpkin Hollow Road passed away Friday March 21, 2014 in the Olean General Hospital following a short illness. Mrs. Harrison was born September 26, 1951 in Olean, NY, a daughter of John M. and Alice M. Randall, Isaman. Cheryl was a graduate of Allegany Central School, Class of 1969. On August 25, 1970 in Salamanca...
Lucille T. Kaduc
Mar 16, 2014
Lucille T. Kaduc of 649 Grandview Avenue passed away Sunday March 16, 2014 in the Olean General Hospital. Lucille was born on Feb. 19, 1931 in Olean and was a daughter of Joseph and Josephine Nohra Moses. On Oct. 22, 1955, at St. Joseph's Church in Olean, she married her husband of almost 59 years, Frank A. Kaduc, who survives....
Arthur Edwin Shavalier
Mar 16, 2014
Arthur Edwin Shavalier went to be with his Heavenly Father March 16, 2014. Without ambulance or hospital, he died at home, in answer to his prayers, after suffering a stroke. He was born June 1, 1922 on the family farm approximately 1200 feet from where he died. He was the son of Arthur E. Shavalier Sr. and Theresa Margaretta Fichtner...
Sharon N. Spencer
Mar 16, 2014
Sharon N. Spencer of 3837 Witter Road, Cuba, passed away Sunday March 16, 2014 at home, after a long fight with cancer. Born on December 19, 1939, Sharon was the daughter of the late Raymond Boser and Nancy Rickicki. On August 19, 1995 she married her soul mate and love of her life Clifton F. Spencer, who survives. Sharon was...
George T. Bello
Mar 14, 2014
George T. Bello of 916 Osgood Avenue passed away Friday March 14, 2014 in the Buffalo General Hospital, surrounded by his loving family and friends. George was born November 10, 1950 in Butler, PA and was the son of Samuel and Margaret McMahon Bello. On June 3, 1972 in Butler he married his High School sweetheart Elizabeth J. Graham, who...
Jeannine M. Baker
Mar 9, 2014
Jeannine M. Baker, 85, of 228 N. 5th St., passed away Sunday, March 9, 2014 with her loving children at her side in the Olean General Hospital following a lengthy illness. Jeannine was born Dec. 18, 1928 in Buffalo and was a devoted daughter of Angelo Antonio and Lillian E. Clark DiGregorio. Jeannine was a receptionist at the Linwood Center...
Elizabeth L. Morrill
Mar 5, 2014
Elizabeth L. "Betty" Morrill, of 3067 Rte 16 N, passed away March 5, 2014 at the Olean General Hospital following a lengthy illness. Betty was born Jan. 27, 1926 in Los Angeles, CA and was a daughter of William Harvis and Frances R. Davis Barnes, Sr. On June 1, 1971 in Jackson, Missouri she married her husband of 30 years,...
Burton A. Herrington
Mar 2, 2014
Burton A. Herrington of 8004 Stewart Road passed away Sunday March 2, 2014 at home surrounded by his loving family. Burton was born July 15, 1942 in Belmont and was a son of Edward A. and Auta L. Cline Herrington. On June 24, 1966 at the Church of the Nazarene in Olean, he married his wife of 47 years, Carol...
Sister Annette Mirco
Mar 1, 2014
Antoinette Mirco on January 21, 1918 in Buffalo, NY. Died: March 1, 2014 at Buffalo General Hospital, Buffalo, NY. Daughter of Michael and Anna Louise McGinty Mirco of Buffalo, NY. She was received into the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, NY at St. Elizabeth Motherhouse on August 15, 1942 and professed her final religious vows on August 16,...
Richard L. Keller
Feb 28, 2014
Richard L. Keller of 433 North 9th Street passed away Friday, February 28, 2014, at ECMC, Buffalo, following a lengthy illness. Richard was born on October 23, 1953, in Olean N.Y., the son of Lawrence R. and Anna E. (Heil) Keller. A life long resident of Olean, and a graduate from Olean High School, he served in the workforce at...