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Local Obituaries for Ulysses, PA, Wellsville, NY, and Surrounding Areas
Carlton A. Larson
Apr 7, 2018
Carlton A. Larson PORT ALLEGANY- Carlton A. Larson, 88, of Ann St., passed away Saturday (Apr. 7, 2018) in UPMC Cole, Coudersport. Born September 12, 1929, in Port Allegany, he was a son of Levin and Grace Phalon Larson. On July 8, 1950, in Port Allegany, he married Shirley A. Hanlon, who survives. They were married 67 years. Carlton was...
Dorothy F. Carlosh
Apr 6, 2018
Whitesville, NY - Dorothy F. Carlosh, 96, of 853 Snow Road, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 6, 2018 at the Wellsville Manor Care Center. She was born on October 22, 1921 in Poland, NY, the daughter of the late Fred and Bertha (Hines) Forrest. On June 23, 1946 in Poland she married John Carlosh who predeceased her on April...
Martha Ann (Matt) Mueller
Apr 4, 2018
Alfred, NY - Martha Ann (Matt) Mueller, Associate Librarian Emerita - 1934 – 2018 Long time Librarian Retiree Martha Mueller passed away on April 4, 2018. “Matt” as her friends knew her was a regular at many Alfred University functions and was a true Saxon supporter. She was an avid team trivia competitor and a supporter of all of the...
Audine M. Ashline
Apr 2, 2018
Wellsville, NY - Audine M. Ashline, age 92 of State Route 19, passed away on Monday April 2, 2018 at the Highland Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. She was born on December 22, 1925 in Clarion County Pennsylvania to Leroy and Lela Lewis Say. On April 4, 1959 in Genesee Pennsylvania she married Eugene Ashline who survives. Audine graduated from...
William A. “Bill” Edwards
Apr 1, 2018
Angelica, NY - William A. “Bill” Edwards, age 69, of the Homer Road passed away on Sunday, April 1,2018 at St. James Mercy Hospital in Hornell. He was born on July 28, 1948 in Bradford Pennsylvania to Wayne and Agnes Cornelius Edwards. On November 17, 2001 in Willing he married Marilyn Skillman who survives. Bill graduated from Limestone High School...
Martha A. BAXTER
Apr 1, 2018
Martha A. BAXTER, 95, of Ellisburg, PA, died Sunday, April 1, 2018 in her home. Born April 6, 1922, in Batavia, NY, she was the daughter of Frank and Grace Towner Edson. On June 26, 1944, in Ithaca, NY, she married Raymond C. Baxter, who survives. A graduate of LeRoy (NY) High School and Cornell University School of Home Economics,...
Donna L. (Larson) Jewart
Mar 31, 2018
Donna L. Jewart PORT ALLEGANY- Donna L. Jewart, 90, of Pooler, GA, formerly of Port Allegany and Kane, PA, passed away Saturday (Mar. 31, 2018) peacefully in her sleep at home and welcomed into Heaven by many friends and family. Born January 28, 1928, in Port Allegany, she was a daughter of Levin and Grace Phalon Larson. On Mar. 20,...
Diego VILLANUEVA
Mar 31, 2018
Diego VILLANUEVA, of Wellsville, NY, formerly of Henrietta and Middletown, passed away quietly in his sleep, at home, on March 31, 2018. Born November 11, 1935, in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, he was the son of Emilia Fuentes Rivera and Bernando Villanueva. He married Altagracia Torres Falu on September 1, 1956 at St. Jerome's Catholic Church in Bronx, NY. Diego became a police officer...
Shirley W. BREEDLOVE
Mar 30, 2018
Shirley W. BREEDLOVE, 82, of Wellsville, NY, died Friday, March 30, 2018 in Highland Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Wellsville, NY. Born February 12, 1936, in Chaffee, MO, she was the daughter of John W. and Betty Bolden Riley. She was married to Bobbie L. Breedlove of Danville, VA, who predeceased her on February 7, 1988. Surviving are: four children, Kelly (Maureen)...
Arthur W. THORNE
Mar 30, 2018
Arthur W. THORNE, 77, of Westfield, PA, died Friday, March 30, 2018 in Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport, PA. Born July 18, 1940, in Wana, WV, he was the son of Addison and Ruby E. Jones Thorne. He was married to the former Patricia Funk, who survives. Art was employed by Breeden School of Welding in Genesee, PA for 23 years,...
Colleen O'Connor Kailbourn
Mar 29, 2018
Wellsville, NY - Colleen O'Connor Kailbourn, age 82, of Sunnydale Avenue passed away on Thursday, March 29, 2018 at Jones Memorial Hospital. She was born in Wellsville on July 21. 1935, the second child of Lawrence and Marion Plain O'Connor. In 1978 she married Raymond Kailbourn who survives. Colleen attended and graduated from the Immaculate Conception School in 1951, and...
Michael E. HOFFMAN
Mar 27, 2018
Michael E. HOFFMAN, 36, of Friendship NY, passed away unexpectedly on March 27, 2018. Born September 13, 1981, in Wellsville, he was the son of Ronald Hoffman Jr. and Bonnie Barber Cross. The love of Mike's life was his son, Jaice Michael Hoffman, who he adored so deeply. Also surviving are his step-brothers, Keith (Ashley) Hoffman and Kyle Cross; step-father, Dennis Cross; grandparents, Genevieve...
Mary F. ELDRIDGE
Mar 27, 2018
Mary F. ELDRIDGE, 72, of Wellsville, NY, died Tuesday, March 27, 2018 in Hart Comfort House, Wellsville, NY. Born April 23, 1945, in Wellsboro, PA, she was the daughter of Henry A. and Daphne L. Babcock Morrison. On August 7, 1965, in Wellsville, she married Max Russell Eldridge, who survives. A graduate of Wellsville Central School, she began her working...
Lyle F. KALKHOF
Mar 26, 2018
Lyle F. KALKHOF, 90, of Wellsville, NY, passed away Monday, March 26, 2018 in St. James Mercy Hospital, Hornell, NY. Born February 21, 1928, in Kossuth, he was the son of William and Leona Buell Kalkhof. On March 10, 1950, in Scio, he married the former Patricia Annabell Angell, who predeceased him on October 1, 2017. A Korean War Veteran,...
Gregory F. Bessette
Mar 23, 2018
Friendship, NY - Gregory F. Bessette, 60, of 7777 Searles Road passed away at home on Friday, March 23, 2018, surrounded by his family. He was born December 24, 1957 in Cuba, the son of Howard and Barbara (Stark) Bessette. Greg was a 1977 graduate of the Belmont Central High School. While in High School he worked for the former...

Margaret E. Bailey
Mar 21, 2018
Wellsville, NY - Margaret E. Bailey, formerly of East State Street, died peacefully on Wednesday, March 21, 2018 with her family by her side at Jones Memorial Hospital. She was born on January 23, 1929 in Wellsville to Gus and Elva Broadbent Weber. On March 10,1951 she married Charles M. Bailey who predeceased her in 1981. Margaret was a lifelong...

June E. Deschler
Mar 18, 2018
Wellsville, NY - June E. Deschler, age 88, of Williams Avenue passed away on Sunday, March 18, 2018 at Rochester General Hospital with family and friends at her side. She was born on October 12, 1929 in Hallsport to Floyd and Evelyn Doan Beckwith. On November 15, 1954 in Wellsville she married Richard Deschler who predeceased her on July 29,...

Gail E. (Cermak) Weimer
Mar 17, 2018
Gail E. Weimer PORT ALLEGANY- Gail E. Weimer, 77, formerly of 38 E. Vine St., passed away Saturday (Mar. 17, 2018) in the Bradford Manor. Born Jan. 6, 1941, in Philadelphia, PA, she was a daughter of William and Thelma Gossin Cermak. In June 1968, in Coudersport, she married George A. Weimer, who died Nov. 27, 2005. Surviving are a...

Philip L. BENNETT
Mar 17, 2018
Philip L. BENNETT, 55, of Ulysses, PA, died Saturday, March 17, 2018 in Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, PA. Born July 30, 1962, in Wellsville, NY, he was the son of Ronald G. and Judy A. Hosley Bennett. A 1980 graduate of Northern Potter High School, he studied at Penn State, Mansfield University, and Alfred University. Surviving are: his father, Ronald,...
Mildred A. "Millie" WOODARD
Mar 17, 2018
Mildred A. "Millie" WOODARD, 86, of Belmont, NY, died Saturday, March 17, 2018 in Wellsville Manor Care Center, Wellsville, NY. Born December 13, 1931, in Wellsville, she was the daughter of King Solomon and Doris Greene Black, II. On May 9, 1953, in Olean, NY, she married Harry V. Woodard, who survives. Millie was a waitress at The Coffee Mill in...