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Thomas C. Busack
Sep 7, 2012
Thomas C. Busack, 97, of 718 Genesee Street, passed away Friday, September 7, 2012 at Sr. Pat's Home at 122 South First Street. Tom was born Feb. 5, 1915 in Chicago, IL and was a son of Karl and Catherine Zimmerlin Busack. On Oct. 29, 1938, on the Southside of Chicago he married his wife of 72 years, the former...
Donald Edward Morris
Sep 6, 2012
Donald Edward Morris passed away Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, in Polo, Ill., at the home of his son. Donald was born Sept. 18, 1923, in Limestone. He was a son of Arthur and Evelyn Morris. On June 27,1948, in Bolivar, Donald married his wife of more than 59 years, Alberta May Mascho, who preceded him in death in January 2007....
Carl M. Timme
Sep 1, 2012
Carl M. Timme of 532 Third Ave. Passed away on Saturday Sept. 1, 2012 in the Olean General Hospital following lengthy illness. Carl was born in Olean, on May 20, 1920 and was a son of Carl F. & Rose Joans Timme. On February 23, 1945 At St. Mary's Church he married Clarice Polen who survives. Carl served in the...
Margaret A. Morse
Aug 31, 2012
Margaret A. "Peg" Morse of 9220 Hoyett Road, passed away Friday, August 31, 2012 in the Olean General Hospital. Peg was born June 3, 1939 in Buffalo, and she was a daughter of Irving and Margaret Winslow Anderhalt. She was formerly married to Lynn Morse who predeceased her. Peg formerly worked at Wilson Farms and B.J. Wholesale club. She was...
Carol Ann Smucinski
Aug 23, 2012
Carol Ann Smucinski of 111 North 9th Street passed away Thursday August 23, 2012 at the Pines Health and Rehabilitation Center surrounded by her loving family, following a lengthy illness. Carol was born January 23, 1940 in Olean, and she was the daughter of Ralph and Helen Bergreen Fox. On August 26, 1961 in St. John's Church, she married her...
Wilburn E. Stringer
Aug 15, 2012
Wilburn E. Stringer, 97, formerly of 627 North Union Street, passed away Wednesday, August 15, 2012 in the Absolut of Allegany Nursing home following a lengthy illness. Mr. Stringer was born Oct. 8, 1914 in Crystal Springs, MS and was the son of the late Virgil and Olivia King Stringer. On July 2, 1938 in Wellsboro, PA, he married his...
Stanley F. Blackmon
Aug 11, 2012
Stanley F. Blackmon of 1788A Portville-Obi Road passed away Sat. August 11, 2012 shortly after arrival at the Olean General Hospital following an apparent heart attack. Stanley was born June 27, 1935 in Hinsdale and he was a son of Kenneth and Hetti Nobles Blackmon. On November 27, 1954 at the Hinsdale United Methodist Church he married Kathryn L. Isaman,...
Viola C. Smith
Aug 10, 2012
Viola C. Smith, 104, formerly of 649 Grandview, passed away Friday, Aug. 10, 2012 in the Absolut of Allegany Nursing Home. Mrs. Smith was born on March 11, 1908 in Salamanca, NY and was a daughter of Michael and Mary Meyers. On September 30, 1931 in Salamanca she married her husband of 46 years, Carl D. Smith, who pre-deceased her...
Betty Jean Halladay
Aug 9, 2012
Betty Jean Halladay, 81, passed away Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012 in the Pines Health and Rehab. Jean was born Oct. 16, 1930 in Wellsville and was the daughter of Leon and Esther Cline. She was formerly married to Walter Robbins. In 1962, Mrs. Halladay married William N. Halladay who predeceased her March 15, 1988. Jean worked at the Olean Tile...
Velma L. Sanders
Aug 7, 2012
Velma L. Sanders, 98 of Canaseraga passed away Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012 in the Palliative Care Unit at the Cuba Memorial Hospital, Cuba. Mrs. Sanders was born Sep. 6, 1913 in Blasdell, North Dakota and she was a daughter of Byron and Susan Updike Ritter. On June 27, 1936, she married George Sanders who predeceased her in 1997. Mrs. Sanders...
Harry G. Budinger
Aug 2, 2012
Harry G. Budinger of 107 West Street, Olean passed away Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, following a lengthy illness. Bud was born Nov. 30, 1948 in Wellsville and was a son of Kenneth Edward and Millicent Marie Hale Budinger. He was formerly married to Rachael VanAernam. Bud was a 1967 graduate of Angelica High School. Bud served his county during the...
Sherry L. Mitchem
Jul 31, 2012
Sherry L. Mitchem, 61 of 645 E. State Street, passed away Tuesday, July 31, 2012 in the Olean General Hospital. Sherry was born July 15, 1951 in Cuba and was a daughter of Robert LeRoy and Ruth Mildred Thompson Giles. She loved her pets. Sherry is survived by four children, Buddy, Claudia, Scooby, and Jimmy; three brothers, Bill F. Giles...
David C. Eastman
Jul 26, 2012
David C. Eastman of Hinsdale passed away Thursday, July 26, 2012, at the Sweden Valley Manor in Coudersport, following a lengthy illness. David was born June 20, 1953 in Olean and was a son of Wilfred C. and Phyllis M. Woodruff Eastman. He was a 1971 graduate of Hinsdale Central High School. David worked as a laborer for Mountainwood Builders...
Anne L. Livingston
Jul 18, 2012
Anne L. Livingston of 470 Indiana Ave, passed away Wednesday July 18, 2012 in the Olean General Hospital following an illness. Anne was born February 20, 1926 in Clymer, PA, and was a daughter of Frank and Neva Frech Tate. On June 16, 1947, at the Sacred Hearts Church in Altoona, PA she married her husband of 65 years, Guy...
Odell T. Snyder
Jul 18, 2012
Odell T. "Spike" Snyder of Olean, formerly of Franklinville, passed away on Wednesday, July 18, 2012. Spike was born May 26, 1958 in Salamanca and was a son of Victor S. and Pauline J. Adams Snyder. On February 7, 1998, he married Mary A. Strano, who survives. He worked at Pallet Plus in Olean for 4 years until his injury...
Kimberly Sue Maine
Jul 13, 2012
Kimberly Sue Maine of 124 � North 4th Street, passed away Friday, July 13, 2012. Kim was born July 13, 1968 in Olean and was a daughter of Chuck Maine and Mary Ellen Lyman Maine. Kim Maine was one of the first members of her brothers church (Pastor Chuck Maine) Epic Church, She often came and brought crafts for the...
Rodney R. Waldrip
Jul 8, 2012
Rodney R. Waldrip, of 2456 Windfall Road, passed away Sunday (July 8, 2012) in the Buffalo General Hospital surrounded by his loving family. Rod was born on Jan. 9, 1951, in Lock Haven, Pa., and was a son of Jeffie and Anne Galbraith Waldrip. On July 14, 2008, he married Jean I. Beyers, who survives. Rod was a 1969 graduate...
Rosemary A. Adams
Jul 7, 2012
Rosemary Ann Adams of 1007 West State Street, Olean, NY passed away Saturday, July 7, 2012. Rose was born on December 13, 1932 in Port Jervis, NY and was a daughter of Henry L. and Julia Sorg Brehm, Sr. She worked at Olean Tile and then Ka-Bar Knife Co. before going to work at Angee's Restaurant as a cook for...
Kathleen A. Moustapha
Jul 6, 2012
Kathleen A. Moustapha of 1495 Beach Tree Road, passed away on Friday, July 6, 2012 shortly after arrival at Bertrand-Chaffee Hospital in Springville. Kathleen was born Feb. 2, 1953 in Buffalo and was a daughter of Leslie and Florence Fronckowiak Montgomery. On May 16, 1974 she married Ali E. Moustapha, who survives. Kathleen was a graduate of Pioneer High School...