Obituaries

Jan 23, 2017

Belmont, NY - Gary A Swetland of 13 Schuyler Street, Belmont, NY passed away Monday, January 23, 2017 at the VA Hospital in Buffalo, NY following a brief illness surrounded by his loving daughter Brittni and family. Gary was born August 29,1959 in Chateuroux, France and was a son of Jack P. Swetland Sr. and Sally (Bearfield) Swetland. Gary was...

Jan 18, 2017

Wellsville, NY - Jessica Ann Hanchett, 27, formerly of 3293 Proctor Road died on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 in Buffalo. She was born October 18, 1989 in Wellsville the daughter of Michael and Lisa (Forness) Ainsworth. Jessica was a 2007 graduate of Whitesville High School and attended Finger Lakes Community College. She was employed as a private duty healthcare aide...

Jan 12, 2017

Wellsville, NY- Maxine E. Whitesell, age 84, of the Stannards Road passed away on Thursday January 12, 2017 at Jones Memorial Hospital. She was born on September 13, 1932 in Wellsville to Lowell and Mae Reynolds Morrison. On February 25, 1949 in Wellsville she married Alvin Whitesell who predeceased her on August 11, 2015. Maxine was a lifelong resident of...

Jan 11, 2017

Annette E. "Toni" TRACY, 78, of Knoxville, PA, died Wednesday, January 11, 2017 in Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport, PA. Born March 28, 1938, in Knoxville, she was the daughter of Oliver E. and Adaline J. Giantomasi Beebe. On November 8, 1975, in Westfield, she married Jeffrey R. Tracy, who survives. She was employed by Citizens & Northern Bank for several...

Jan 10, 2017

Bluffton, Ohio - Harold Eugene Lehman, age 84, died on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton, Ohio, where he resided since December 2014. Harold was born August 6, 1932 in Lancaster County, PA to Daniel and Ada (Hossler) Lehman who preceded him in death. On February 3, 1954, he married Beulah (Kinsey) Lehman who died August 5,...

Jan 10, 2017

Phyllis C. CONABLE, 82, of Galeton, PA, died Tuesday, January 10, 2017 in her home. Born July 11, 1934, in Eldred, PA, she was the daughter of William Ray and Phyllis Marjorie Archer Perry. On June 19, 1954, in Eldred, she married Willis B. Conable, who predeceased her on September 5, 1997. As a poor girl from a large family...

Jan 6, 2017

Virginia A. Segulin SMETHPORT- Virginia A. Segulin, 90, of Route 46, passed away Friday (Jan. 6, 2017) in Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport. Born August 22, 1926, in Straight Creek, PA, she was a daughter of William and Anna Gurnot Cunningham.  On Sept. 26, 1953, in Smethport, she married Edward J. Segulin, who died Mar. 28, 2003. They were married 50...

Jan 6, 2017

Leonard Jerald "Jerry" PALMATIER, 80, of Genesee, PA, died Friday, January 6, 2017. Born July 7, 1936, in Genesee Township, he was the son of Noel D. and Martha J. Currier Palmatier. He attended the country school in Ellisburg and Genesee High School. A US Army Veteran, he served honorably from 1955 - 1957, with service in Korea. On March...

Jan 5, 2017

Jack L. Culver PORT ALLEGANY-Jack L. Culver, 87, of Combs Creek Rd., passed away Thursday (Jan. 5, 2017) in Sena Kean Manor, Smethport. Born Sept. 11, 1929, in Coudersport, he was a son of Robert W. and Iva Abbott Culver.  On Dec. 26, 1951, he married D. Jean Falconer, who survives. They were married 65 years. Jack was a lifetime...

Jan 5, 2017

Jane A. Hultz PORT ALLEGANY- Jane A. Hultz, 88, formerly of Harrison St., passed away Thursday (Jan. 5, 2017) in Lakeview Senior Care & Living Center, Smethport. Born June 11, 1928 in Austin, PA, she was a daughter of Lester and Donna VanWhy Jeffers.  On May 29, 1948, in Austin, she married Wallace Hultz, who died Jun. 6, 1970. Mrs....

Jan 3, 2017

Belmont, NY - Daniel J. Teach, 59, a former resident of Almond, NY, passed on January 3, 2017, at Jones Memorial Hospital in Wellsville after a long and diligent battle with cancer.  Daniel had currently resided in Wylie, Texas during the previous four and half years. Daniel was born on February 2, 1957, he was predeceased by his parents, Lawrence...

Jan 1, 2017

Wellsville, NY - Evelyn F. (Bartell) Reed, 99, of 160 Seneca Street , p assed away on Sunday, January 1, 2017 at Highland Park Healthcare Center. She was born November 12, 1917 in Erie, PA, the daughter of the late Albert and Mary ( Phillips ) Bartell.

She was a 1935 graduate of Randolph Hi gh School...

Dec 31, 2016

Helen J. LAMPMAN, 93, of Ulysses, PA, died Saturday, December 31, 2016 in Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport, PA. Born May 5, 1923, in Harrison Valley, she was the daughter of Arthur L. and Helena R. Van Pelt Lewis. On October 26, 1968, in Ulysses, she married Frank Lampman, who predeceased her in 1988. She was employed as a nurse's aide...

Dec 30, 2016

Eugene V. “Blinkie” Sherwood PORT ALLEGANY- Eugene V. “Blinkie” Sherwood, 89, of Coleman Mills Rd., passed away Friday (Dec. 30, 2016) in Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport. Born November 19, 1927, in Port Allegany, he was a son of Victor J. and Stella M. Eastwood Sherwood.  On Apr. 9, 1947, in Port Allegany, he married Elizabeth Z. “Betty” Hoffman, who died...

Dec 29, 2016

Wellsville, NY - Wayne “Satch” Gary of 39 Sunset Avenue, Wellsville NY,  was born in Wellsville, NY on September 23, 1939 and died at Jones Memorial Hospital after a lengthy battle with lung cancer December 29, 2016. Wayne was the son Cleo Gary, Edith Sprague Gary and  Stepmother: Carolyn Gary. He was married to Therese Rose Fortner of Wellsville on...

Dec 22, 2016

Joseph A. Dugan COUDERPSORT-Joseph A. Dugan, 62, of Old Shovel Rd., passed away Thursday (Dec. 22, 2016) in UPMC Hamot, Erie, PA. Born August 11, 1954, in Port Allegany, he was a son of Richard D. and Marlene L. Fuller Dugan.  On Oct. 31, 1996, in Perryton, TX, he married Jackie L. Sprague, who survives. Joe was a longtime resident...

Dec 21, 2016

Wellsville, NY - William “Billy” Broughton, 55, of 110 O’Connor Street passed away on Wednesday. December 21, 2016 at Jones Memorial Hospital with his family at his side. He was born September 28, 1961 in Elmira the son of the late Robert and Beulah (Sick) Broughton. On October 1, 1983 in Wellsville he married Audrey Dash who survives. Billy was...

Dec 18, 2016

Wellsville, NY - On the morning of Sunday, December 18, 2016, Terrance J. (Terry) Brown lost his year-long battle with cancer. After seeing his daughter Erin married the day before, Terry passed surrounded by the lights and love of his life-wife and three daughters. Terry was born on March 25, 1961 at Jones Memorial Hospital, to James and Joan (Bruckman)...

Dec 17, 2016

Waylon David GERHART, infant son of Kellen D. and Katelyn M. Smoker Gerhart of Coudersport, PA, went to heaven on Saturday, December 17, 2016. Surviving besides his parents, are: maternal grandparents, David and Kathleen Smoker of Gold; paternal grandparents, Terry and Stephanie Gerhart of Coudersport and Maureen and Brian Martin of Doylestown, OH; paternal great-grandmothers, Sally Duffee of Wharton, PA...

Dec 16, 2016

Jeanne C. Buchanan PORT ALLEGANY- Jeanne C. Buchanan, 72, of Benton Ave., passed away Friday (Dec. 16, 2016) in UPMC Hamot, Erie, PA. Born August 7, 1944, in Olean, NY, she was a daughter of Harold E. and Ruth L. Prindle Chapin.  On Aug. 7, 1968, in Port Allegany, she married John J. Buchanan, who survives. They were married 48...