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Margaret "Maggie" Green
May 3, 2013
Wellsville, NY - Margaret "Maggie" Green, 82, passed away on Friday, May 3, 2013 at home surrounded by her family. She is survived by two daughters, Ruth Watkins and Cheryl Gleason, five sons, Jim, Dan, Brian, Ed and Dennis Green, and their spouses, 19 grandchildren, 22 great grandchildren, one sister, Eva Sinsebox and one brother, Ron Broughton as well as...
Pearl Gertrude "Gert" Gelser
Apr 29, 2013
Belmont, NY - Pearl Gertrude "Gert" Gelser, 82, of 3 Willets Avenue died unexpectedly Monday, April 29, 2013 at home. She was born August 3, 1930 in Belmont, the daughter of Edward and Rose (Masten) Scott. Pearl was a lifelong resident of Belmont and was formerly employed at Acme Electric in Cuba and Macler Industries in Friendship. She is survived...
Patricia Kane Pettnot
Apr 29, 2013
BELMONT, NY - Patricia Kane Pettnot, 76, passed away Monday, April 29, 2013 at the Hart Comfort House in Wellsville after 28 years of battling cancer. She was the daughter of the late Harold and Florence Greene Kane. On July 28, 1962 in Belmont she married Francis Pettnot who survives. Patricia graduated as valedictorian from Cuba Central School in 1954...
Charles L. LEYRER
Apr 26, 2013
Charles L. LEYRER, Sr., 79, of Genesee, PA, died Friday, April 26, 2013 in his home. Born May 31, 1933, in Pottstown, PA, he was the son of Louis and Elizabeth Nesley Leyrer. He was married to the former Mary S. Reichard, who survives. Charles was employed as a draftsman by Bethlehem Steel for 23 years and then worked as...
ILLA IRENE CARPENTER
Apr 25, 2013
ILLA IRENE CARPENTER, 81, of Avon Park, FL, a native of Sunderlinville and Galeton, PA, died Thursday, April 25, 2013 in Sebring, FL. Born February 28, 1932, in Galeton, she was the daughter of Claude and Edith Wooley Dunham. A resident of Avon Park since 1992, she previously resided in New Jersey. She was a homemaker and an active member...
Clara A. SCHOONOVER
Apr 24, 2013
Clara A. SCHOONOVER, 79, of Westfield, PA, died Wednesday, April 24, 2013 in Sweden Valley Manor, Coudersport, PA. Born December 21, 1933, in Philadelphia, PA, she was the daughter of Fredrick and Mary Freeman Green. On February 26, 1965, in Cowanesque, PA, she married Robert R. Schoonover, who predeceased her on June 29, 2012. She was employed by Electri-Cord in...
Beverly K. TORMEY
Apr 24, 2013
Beverly K. TORMEY, 72, of Harrison Valley, PA, died Wednesday, April 24, 2013 in Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital, Wellsboro, PA. Born October 4, 1940, in Harrison Valley, she was the daughter of Ivan and Myra I. Outman Kibbe. On December 23, 1960, in Harrison Valley, she married Robert E. Tormey, who survives. She was employed by Galeton Production, Electri-Cord...
Emma A. DRAYER
Apr 21, 2013
Emma A. DRAYER, 94, of Ulster, PA, formerly of Genesee, died Sunday, April 21, 2013 in Memorial Hospital, Towanda, PA. Born April 6, 1919, in Genesee, PA, she was the daughter of Judd and Esther Wood Steadman. She was a homemaker. Surviving are: a daugher, Diane (Eugene) Shauger of Ulster, PA; a son, Ronald (Karen) Gill of Ulysses, PA; a...
D. Gene PATTERSON
Apr 20, 2013
Rev. D. Gene PATTERSON, 66, of Picture Rocks, PA, formerly of Muncy and Ulysses, died Saturday, April 20, 2013 in The Gatehouse, Williamsport, PA. Born May 5, 1946, in Wellsville, NY, he was a son of Clair A. and Elva Monroe Patterson. On June 9, 1973, in Corning, NY, he married the former Janet Marmor, who survives. A graduate of...
Thelma J. BERDANIER
Apr 19, 2013
Thelma J. BERDANIER, 80, of Westfield, PA, died Friday, April 19, 2013 in Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital, Wellsboro, PA. Born September 14, 1932, in Hector Township, PA, she was the daughter of Emerson Rexford and Hazel Esther Griffin Trowbridge. She was a graduate of the Arnot Ogden School of Nursing in Elmira, NY. On June 24, 1953, in Sabinsville,...
Harold A. Schen
Apr 14, 2013
Wellsville, NY - Harold A. Schen, 89, of the Hallsport Road passed away on Sunday, April 14, 2013 at Jones Memorial Hospital after a lengthy struggle with congestive heart failure. Harold was born in Wellsville, November 8, 1923 to Carl and Luvae (Ploss) Schen. Like many of that generation, Harold entered the Navy at the start of World War II,...
Kathleen J. Johnson
Apr 12, 2013
Belfast, NY - Kathleen J. Johnson, 56, of 71 Sherman Avenue passed away Friday, April 12, 2013 at the Comfort House of Allegany County following a long illness. She was born December 12, 1956 in Cuba, NY the daughter of John and Rita (Shaffer) Johnson. Kathleen was raised in Belfast, was a graduate Belfast High School and was a former...
Nancy M. Ellis
Apr 11, 2013
Wellsville, NY - Nancy M. Ellis, age 94, of the Stannards Road passed away on Thursday, April 11, 2013, at the Jones Memorial Hospital in Wellsville. She was born on March 25, 1919 in Belmont to Louis and Rose Poste Frungillo. On January 4, 1947 in Wellsville she married John H. Ellis who predeceased her on June 28, 2005. Nancy...
Muriel E. SHINN
Apr 8, 2013
Muriel E. SHINN, 78, of Ulysses, PA, died Monday, April 8, 2013 in her home. Born September 8, 1934, in Niagara Falls, NY and raised in Lockport, NY, she was the daughter of Frank and Elsie Carter Tillotson. On October 9, 1952, in Fort Benning, GA, she married Leo B. Shinn, who survives. She was employed by Cole Memorial Hospital...
Billie T. MILLER
Apr 5, 2013
Billie T. MILLER, 77, of Westfield, PA, formerly of Doylestown, PA, died Friday, April 5, 2013 in Broad Acres Health and Rehabilitation Center, Wellsboro, PA. Born March 21, 1936, in Knotts Island, NC, she was the daughter of William and Chloe White Tatem. On June 19, 1955, in Norview, VA, she married Richard W. "Dick" Miller, who survives. She was...
Howard R. Amell
Apr 4, 2013
Howard R. Amell PORT ALLEGANY- Howard R. Amell, 90, 0f N. Brooklynside Rd., passed away Thursday (Apr. 4, 2013) in Sena Kean Manor, Smethport. Born Aug. 12, 1922, in Port Allegany, he was a son of Albert and Florence Chapin Amell. On Aug. 24, 1962, in Shinglehouse, he married Phyllis M. Chandler, who survives. Mr. Amell was a lifetime resident...
Donald E. "Donnie" Wilson Jr.
Apr 2, 2013
New Field, NY - Donald E. "Donnie" Wilson Jr., age 45, entered into rest on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 in Ithaca. He was born on January 11, 1968 in Ithaca to Donald E. and Ann E. Searle Wilson. Donnie graduated from Wellsville High School in 1986 where he played three different sports and especially loved playing baseball. Donnie later attended...
Duane L. ANDREWS
Apr 2, 2013
Duane L. ANDREWS, 74, of Ulysses, PA, died Tuesday, April 2, 2013 in the Leesburg Regional Medical Center, Leesburg, FL. Born May 25, 1938, in Harrison Valley, PA, he was the son of Lyle G. and Pearl Tanner Andrews. On September 27, 1961, in Elkton, MD, he married the former Patricia L. Marsh, who survives. A US Army Veteran, he...
Christina S. Diedrickson
Mar 31, 2013
Scio, NY - Christina S. Diedrickson, formerly of Dryden, NY went to join the love of her life, Roy on March 31, 2013. She was born in the Bronx , on 11/25/21 to Alexander and Christina Mennie. She married her kindergarten sweetheart, Roy Diedrickson who predeceased her in 1970. She was also predeceased by her son Roy (Skip) in 2009,...
Susan E. Leddy
Mar 31, 2013
Greenwood, NY - Susan E. Leddy of the Pinnacle Road passed away on Sunday, March 31, 2013, at the Jones Memorial Hospital. She was born on June 5, 1941 in Jamaica Queens, New York to Robert and Eva Anderson. She was married to Harry L. Gelber who predeceased her in 1983 and later she married Dennis Leddy who predeceased her...
