Obituaries

Mar 12, 2017

BELMONT – Our beloved and beautiful Julie Presutti Congelli returned to her Heavenly family on Sunday, March 12, 2017 just weeks after her 100th birthday.  She was intensely and lovingly tended at home for the last four years of her life by her devoted granddaughter.  Dedicated wife, mother, grandmother, sister, sister-in-law, aunt, great aunt, and friend, she spent all of...

Mar 4, 2017

Wellsville, NY - Riccardo “Rick” Ferraloro, 52, of 2834 Miller Road passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, March 4, 2017 at home. He was born June 10, 1964 in Jamestown, the son of the late Carmelo and Maria (Boscia) Ferraloro Jr. On September 30, 1995 in Wellsville he married Tina Hager who survives. Rick was raised in Jamestown and was a...

Mar 4, 2017

Lewis A. "Sonny" SMITH, 76, of Coudersport, PA, died Saturday, March 4, 2017 in Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport. Born June 3, 1940, in Blossburg, PA, he was the son of Dorr and Margie M. Snay Smith. He was married to the former Loretta Button, who survives. Sonny was employed by Damascus Tannery in Coudersport, Snyder Tank in Galeton, PennDOT, and...

Mar 3, 2017

Quentin A. GAMBLE, 69, of Brookland, Ulysses, PA, died Friday, March 3, 2017 in the Bath VA Medical Center, Bath, NY. Born May 16, 1947, in Coudersport, PA, he was the son of Edward L. and Ruth A. French Gamble. On June 8, 1968, in Mayville, NY, he married the former Bonnie Seekings, who survives. A Vietnam Veteran, he served...

Mar 2, 2017

Ethel M. ORDWAY, 82, of Whitesville, NY, died Thursday, March 2, 2017 in Jones Memorial Hospital, Wellsville, NY. Born December 29, 1934, in Little Marsh, PA, she was the daughter of Dana and Ethel Rogers Tracy. On March 13, 1954, in Whitesville, NY, she married Leon J. Ordway, who predeceased her on October 16, 2014. She was employed by Wellsville...

Mar 2, 2017

Michelle M. HOUGHTALING, 53, of Westfield, PA, died Thursday, March 2, 2017 in Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport, PA. Survivors include: her husband, Hal; and three children, Jeremy Hanes, Jennifer Hanes, and Melanie Hanes. Services will be private. Arrangements are entrusted to the Olney Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Ulysses, PA. Online condolences may be expressed at www.olneyfuneralhome.com.

Mar 1, 2017

Scio, NY - Rhonda J. Clark, 59, of 3893 Weinhauer Hill Road died on Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at Jones Memorial Hospital in Wellsville. She was born on January 31, 1958 in Wellsville, the daughter of Ronald L. and Barbara Jo (Jackson) Morrison. On November 8, 1986 in Scio she married Donald K. Clark Sr. who survives. Rhonda was a...

Mar 1, 2017

James H. PETTIE, Jr., 61, of Sabinsville, PA, formerly of Sellersville, died Wednesday, March 1, 2017 in his home. Born October 6, 1955, in Sellersville, PA, he was the son of James H. and Eula Fox Pettie. He was married to the former Dawn D. Mann, who survives. James was employed as a supervisor by Pilgrims Pride in Franconia for...

Feb 22, 2017

Jeanette W. DENHOFF, 89, of Whitesville, NY, died Wednesday, February 22, 2017 in Jones Memorial Hospital, Wellsville, NY. Born January 10, 1928, in Gold, PA, she was the daughter of Glenn and Dorothy Redner Webster. On November 14, 1952, in Whitesville, she married John A. Denhoff, who survives. Jeanette owned and operated a beauty shop in Whitesville for many years....

Feb 21, 2017

Robert F. JACOBS, 96, of Coudersport, PA, died Tuesday, February 21, 2017 in the Sweden Valley Manor, Coudersport. Born April 19, 1920, in Coudersport, he was the son of William R. and Lottie M. Baker Jacobs. In 1974, in Gettysburg, PA, he married the former Margie Osgood, who predeceased him on June 3, 2012. A 1937 graduate of Coudersport High...

Feb 20, 2017

Wellsville, NY - Daniel P. Dolan, age 64, of East Fassett Street passed away on Monday, February 20, 2017, at Jones Memorial Hospital. He was born on February 10, 1953 in Wellsville to Robert and Madalene Merry Dolan. Dan graduated from Scio Central High School, SUNY Geneseo with a B.S. in Biology, and from Paul Smith College with an A.A.S....

Feb 19, 2017

Andover, NY - David M. Kemmer , age 81, of Andover passed away at home surrounded by his family. He was born on March 11, 1943, in Baltimore Maryland to the late John W. and Louise [Smith] Kemmer .

David was a long-time resident of Pasadena, M aryland, who moved to Andover in 2000. He served in the US...

Feb 19, 2017

Andover, NY - Barbara A. “Toots” “Babs” Shelley, age 76, of 511 Route 417 passed away on Sunday, February 19, 2017, at home surrounded by her family. She was born on January 26, 1941 in Philadelphia, PA. She is survived by her husband of 17 years David Kemmer Sr. Barbara was a former resident of Maryland who retired from Merry...

Feb 17, 2017

Harold L. Howard PORT ALLEGANY- Harold L. Howard, 89, of Sartwell Creek Rd., passed away Friday (Feb. 17, 2017) in Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport. Born May 5, 1927, in Ceres, NY, he was a son of Harold D. and Margaret Turner Howard.  On Sept. 22, 1945, in Wellsville, NY, he married Edith M. Howden, who died July 15, 2016. Harold...

Feb 16, 2017

Belmont, NY - Rose Marie Davis, age 61, of State Route 19 passed away on Thursday, February 16, 2017, at home. She was born on February 15, 1956 in Wellsville to James and Alice Brewer Davis. Rose graduated from Wellsville High School as a member the Class of 1974. She had been a long time Belmont resident who had been...

Feb 16, 2017

Tammy L. REIGH, 58, of Sabinsville, PA, died Thursday, February 16, 2017 in Corning Hospital, Corning, NY. She was born June 29, 1958 in Wellsboro, PA. On November 18, 2006, in Elkland, she married Randall T. Reigh, who survives. A 1975 graduate of Cowanesque Valley High School, she earned a bachelor's degree in education from Mansfield University in 1992 and...

Feb 15, 2017

Carroll B. SHERWOOD, 54, of Ulysses, PA, died Wednesday, February 15, 2017 in the Arnot Ogden Medical Center, Elmira, NY. Born September 4, 1962, in Wellsville, NY, he was the son of Harold L. and Shirley Hancock Sherwood. Carroll was active in the operation of the family business, Sherwood Enterprises, Inc., for many years. He enjoyed motor sports and all...

Feb 14, 2017

Wellsville, NY - Sandra Lee Reynolds, age 72, of 340 South Main Street passed away on Tuesday, February 14, 2017, at the Wellsville Manor Care Center. She was born in Buffalo on July 3, 1944 to Lester and Hazel Hibbard Reynolds. Sandy graduated from Kenmore West High School in 1963. She was a care giver for her parents and in...

Feb 13, 2017

FRANK CADY - LEGENDARY EDUCATOR, LEADER, COACH, AND LIFE-LONG MENTOR PASSES WELLSVILLE, NY – Frank Earl Cady, 82 of 93 Jefferson Street, passed away Monday morning (Feb13, 2017) at the Hart Comfort House in Wellsville. He was born on April 30, 1934 in Wellsville the son of the late Earl Forest and Pearl (Babcock) Cady of Allentown.  On June 21,...

Feb 13, 2017

Wellsville, NY - Doris C. Mallory, age 92, of Florida Avenue passed away on Monday, February 13, 2107, at the Wellsville Manor Care Center. She was born on April 3, 1924 in Allentown to Lloyd and Margaret Link Swarthout. On November 3rd, 1946 in the First Trinity Lutheran Church she married Floyd Mallory who predeceased her on June 22, 2016....