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Local Obituaries for Ulysses, PA, Wellsville, NY, and Surrounding Areas
Dennis Frederick Wightman
Mar 21, 2015
Wellsville, NY - Dennis Frederick Wightman, 66, of 2088 County Road 18 passed away on Saturday, March 21, 2015 at the Buffalo VA Medical Center following a brief Illness. He was born July 21, 1948 in Wellsville the son of the late Frederick and Delphine (Moyer) Wightman. Dennis was a graduate of Wellsville High School and received an Associate Degree...
Richard H. FAY
Mar 21, 2015
Richard H. "Dick" FAY, 87, of Potter Brook, Westfield, PA, died Saturday, March 21, 2015 in his home surrounded by his family. Born January 24, 1928, in Fox Hill, Harrison Valley, PA, he was the son of Gordon "Pop" and Ethel Button Fay. On March 14, 1947, in Knoxville, PA, he married the former Eva Seamans, who survives. He was...
Rudolph “Rudy” Reinprecht
Mar 20, 2015
Wellsville, NY - Rudolph “Rudy” Reinprecht, 81, of 3866 Huntington Terrace died Friday, March 20, 2015 at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. He was born August 2, 1933 in Olean the son of Anton and Ann (Flicker) Reinprecht. He graduated from Wellsville Central School in 1952, attended Alfred State College, and graduated from Saint Bonaventure University with a BS degree...
Dona I. BLAKE
Mar 20, 2015
Dona I. BLAKE, 83, of Gold, PA, died Friday, March 20, 2015 in Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport, PA. Born November 6, 1931, in Whitesville, NY, she was the daughter of Leonard and Violet Carl Garner. On November 10, 1953, in Ulysses, she married Henry K. Blake, who predeceased her on January 3, 2015. She was employed by Galeton Production and...
Mary Ellen (Dudley) Smith
Mar 18, 2015
Mary Ellen Smith PORT ALLEGANY-Mary Ellen Smith, 65, of Winter Haven Fl, formerly of Port Allegany, passed away March 18, 2015, in Winter Haven Hospital. Born September 8, 1949, in Port Allegany, she was a daughter of Gordon F. and Marjorie L. Treat Dudley. Mary had worked as a trucking broker in Winter Haven, FL, before her retirement. She was...
Orlan G. Best
Mar 17, 2015
Orlan G. Best CYCLONE- Orlan G. Best, 84, passed away Tuesday (Mar. 17, 2015) in the Bradford Regional Medical Center. Born Aug. 12, 1930, he was a son of Orlo L. and Martha D. Cobler Best. On June 16, 1951, in Farmers Valley, he married Twila Church, who survives. They were married 64 years. Orlan was a veteran of the...
James G. KOCHER
Mar 11, 2015
James G. KOCHER, 80, of Ulysses, PA, died Wednesday, March 11, 2015 in his home. Born September 28, 1934, in Ulysses, he was the son of J. Glenn and Marcella Gamble Kocher. On July 31, 1980, in Fairfax, VA, he married the former Doris Frank Ward, who predeceased him on August 5, 2003. A 1953 graduate of Ulysses High School,...
Virginia GROVER
Mar 11, 2015
Virginia GROVER, 87, of Ulysses, PA, died Wednesday, March 11, 2015 in her niece's home in Livonia, NY. She was born June 22, 1927 in Ulysses Township. On March 21, 1977, in Boynton Beach, FL, she married Dr. Dewert G. Grover, who predeceased her on January 20, 1989. A 1946 graduate of Ulysses High School, she was employed and resided...
Beverly J. Mcgillivray
Mar 10, 2015
Belmont, NY - Beverly J. McGillivray, 74, of 5273 State Route 19 north, died Tuesday, March, 10, 2015 peacefully at home. She had previously survived a long battle with cancer as well as cardiac disease. She was born on January 25, 1941, in Westfield, NY; the daughter of the late Thomas and Corrine (Barnhart) Freeman. She was a graduate of...
Gary G. Briggs
Mar 9, 2015
Genesee, PA - A graveside service for Gary Briggs, will be Saturday, October 3, 2015 at 1:00 pm at North Bingham Cemetery with Rev. Greg DeSalvator presiding. Gary died on Monday, March 9, 2015. To read the complete obituary or leave on condolences, please visit www.embserfuneralhome.com .
Gary G. Briggs
Mar 9, 2015
Dateline: Genesee, PA - Gary G. Briggs, Ph.D., 67, of 1405 Genesee-Mills Road, died Monday, March 9, 2015, as a result of a fire at his home. He was born July 10, 1947, in Wellsville, the son of the late William H. and Marguerite (Perry) Briggs. On August 6, 1983, in Genesee, he married Mary (Fuss) Seely, who died...
Kenneth A. Lecrone
Mar 9, 2015
Kenneth A. LeCrone PORT ALLEGANY- Kenneth A. LeCrone, 72, of Lillibridge Creek, passed away Monday (Mar. 9, 2015) in UPMC Hamot, Erie, PA. Born September 28, 1942, in Altoona, PA, he was a son of Earl C. and Louise G. Peterson LeCrone. On Dec. 16, 1972, in Port Allegany, he married Kathryn M. Cook, who died May 18, 1998. Kenneth...
Robert A. HILL
Mar 9, 2015
Robert A. Hill, March 9, 2015, age 78, formerly of Manayunk, at his home in Ulysses, PA, surrounded by the love of his wife Josephine (nee Pizzillo) and his children. He was the son of the late John and Mary (nee Cappiella) Hill; father of Robert A. Hill Jr. (Barbara Westerfer), John, Kenneth and Eric Hill, Joann Condrone (Joseph), Natalie...
Claude J. Baker
Mar 8, 2015
Belmont, NY - Claude J. Baker, 83, of 5072 State Route 244 passed away on Sunday, March 8, 2015 shortly after arrival at Jones Memorial Hospital in Wellsville. He was born February 18, 1932 in Belmont the son of Clyde and Onolee (Harris) Baker. On June 6, 1964 in Stannards he married Elaine Dickerson who survives. Claude was a veteran...
Martin Louis "Marty" Wesche
Mar 2, 2015
Grand Island, Florida - Martin Louis "Marty" Wesche, 67, of Grand Island, passed away Monday, March 2, 2015. He was born in Wellsville, New York and moved to Grand Island in 2009 from the Ithaca area, New York. Marty was a founding member of the Petrolia Volunteer Fire Department, a member of Carpenters Union Local 66 and the Immaculate Conception...
Virginia Fay Wagner
Mar 2, 2015
Cuba, NY - Virginia Fay Wagner, 71, of 5 Chapel Street passed away on Monday, March 02, 2015 at the home of her son in Wellsville, with her family at her side. She was born July 5, 1943 in Wellsville, the daughter of the late Lawrence S. and Aileen (Fay) Button. On March 9, 1969 in Wellsville she married George...
Roberta H. Corcoran
Mar 1, 2015
Wellsville, NY - Roberta H. Corcoran of North Franklin Street passed away on March 1, 2015 at the Highland Health Care Center in Wellsville. She was born on June 30, 1931 in El Paso, Texas to Robert and Mildred Bartlett. Roberta graduated from Wellsville High School in 1948. She worked for W.T. Grant in Wellsville as the head of their...
William L. "Bill" BUCH
Feb 26, 2015
William L. "Bill" BUCH, 80, of Sabinsville, PA, died Thursday, February 26, 2015 in his home. Born March 7, 1934, in Manheim, PA, he was the son of Leo and Addie Shaw Buch. On September 24, 1960, in Winfield, VA, he married the former E. Marie Brown, who survives. He was employed as a store manager by Playtown (now Toys-R-Us)...
Linea L. McINTIRE
Feb 26, 2015
Linea L. McINTIRE, 62, of Ulysses, PA, formerly of Westfield and Canton, died Thursday, February 26, 2015 in Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport, PA. Born September 29, 1952, in Hershey, PA, she was the daughter of Richard A. and Carolyn Battles Herritt. She graduated from Nyack College with a degree in Christian education. On May 28, 1977, in Dundalk, MD, she...
Richard "Dick" T. Edwards
Feb 25, 2015
Wellsville, NY - Richard "Dick" T. Edwards, age 82, of Williams Avenue passed away on Tuesday, February 25, 2015 at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester. He was born in Elmira on April 2, 1932 the son of Edward and Hazel Sick Edwards. On November 8, 1952 in Wellsville he married Joan Wittmann who predeceased him on November...
