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Local Obituaries for Ulysses, PA, Wellsville, NY, and Surrounding Areas
Ruby L. Kemp
Jul 5, 2012
Belmont, NY - Ruby L. Kemp formerly of Norton Street passed away on Thursday, July 5, 2012, at the Highland Park Health Care Center in Wellsville. She was born on November 26, 1917 in Bolivar to Fred and Mary Pire Van Curen. On April 18, 1936 in Bolivar she married Jay Kemp who predeceased her on March 20, 2005. Ruby...
M. Olive (Harrison) Glase
Jul 2, 2012
M. Olive Glase PORT ALLEGANY- M. Olive Glase, 84, of N. Brooklynside Rd., passed away Monday (July 2, 20102) in the Charles Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport. Born March 19, 1928, in Charleroi, PA, she was a daughter of Ralph and Tornada Roberts Harrison. On July 3, 1947, in Port Allegany, she married Frank C. Glase, who died Mar. 7, 2011....
Gordon F. Dudley
Jul 1, 2012
Gordon F. Dudley, Sr. ROULETTE- Gordon F. Dudley, Sr. 89, of Third St. passed away Sunday (July 1, 2012) in his home. Born September 14, 1922, in Port Allegany, he was a son of McCellan “Mac” and Ora Main Dudley. On Sept. 14, 1946, in Roulette, he married Marjorie L. Treat, who died Feb. 18, 2002. He was employed by...
Robert R. SCHOONOVER
Jun 29, 2012
Robert R. SCHOONOVER, 74, of Westfield, PA, died Friday, June 29, 2012 in the Sweden Valley Manor, Coudersport, PA. Born April 10, 1938, in Knoxville, PA, he was the son of Roe and Leona Jeffers Schoonover. On February 26, 1965, in Cowanesque, PA, he married the former Clara Green, who survives. He was employed by MacKnight's Agway in Westfield. Surviving...
Betty A. WHITMIRE
Jun 28, 2012
LTC Betty A. WHITMIRE, Retired, 75, of Chambersburg, PA, formerly of Westfield, PA, died Thursday, June 28, 2012 in her home. Born January 22, 1937, in Westfield, PA, she was the daughter of Ernest and Rebecca Anders Whitmire. Attending Westfield High School through the 11th grade, she graduated from Southside High School in Elmira in 1955. She earned a nursing...
Stanley E. Major
Jun 26, 2012
Stanley E. Major PORT ALLEGANY- Stanley E. Major, 82, of Benton Ave., passed away Tuesday (Jun. 26, 2012) in his home. Born September 30, 1929, in Austin, PA, he was a son of Harold and Delores Sheppard Major. On Aug. 25, 1951, he married Beatrice B. Young, who died Feb. 7, 1983. He was employed with Pittsburgh Corning Co. of...
Judith A. Nichols
Jun 24, 2012
Wellsville, NY - Judith A. Nichols, 67, of 42 Chamberlain Street died Sunday, June 24, 2012 at Jones Memorial Hospital following a long illness. She was born May 25, 1945 in Bradford, PA the daughter of Robert and Thelma (Rodgers) Heffner. "Judy" was a graduate of Bradford High School and had resided in Coudersport prior to moving to Wellsville in...
Lawrence Raymond THOMPSON
Jun 18, 2012
Lawrence Raymond THOMPSON, 74, of West Bingham, PA, died Monday, June 18, 2012 in the Jones Memorial Hospital, Wellsville, NY. Born January 7, 1938, in Bingham Township, PA, he was the son of Lawrence C. and Madeline H. Truax Thompson. On January 2, 1962, in Ulysses, PA, married to the former Marjorie White, who survives. A US Army Veteran, he...
Doris E. WATSON
Jun 18, 2012
Doris E. WATSON, 74, of Roulette, PA, formerly of Ulysses, died Monday, June 18, 2012 in the Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport, PA. Born June 17, 1938, in Ulysses, she was the daughter of Leroy F. and Eva Haxton Schoonover. She was married to Harrry O. Watson, who predeceased her on July 8, 2006. Doris was a farm worker employed by...
Kathleen EMPSON
Jun 15, 2012
Kathleen EMPSON, 87, of Selinsgrove, PA, died Friday, June 15, 2012 in the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA. Born January 12, 1925, in Bingham Township, PA, she was the daughter of Jacob W. and Emma Viola Hamilton Empson. She was a longtime resident of Selinsgrove Center. She loved cats, music, and Disney characters. Surviving are: three brothers, Richard (Shirley) Empson...
Stephen P. PHOTOPOULOS
Jun 13, 2012
Stephen P. PHOTOPOULOS, 79, of Ulysses, PA, died Wednesday, June 13, 2012 in the Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport, PA. Born August 10, 1932, in Kastoria, Greece, he was the son of Peter Stephen and Athena Photopoulos. On December 4, 1955, in Atlantic City, NJ, he married the former Catherine H. Reres, who survives. He owned and operated The Chateau in...
Joseph R. Anderson
Jun 11, 2012
Wellsville, NY - Joseph R. Anderson, 85, of 29 Crescent Drive died Monday, June 11, 2012 at Jones Memorial Hospital following a brief illness. He was born at home September 21, 1926 at 80 Dyke Street in Wellsville the son of the late Leo P. and Mary (Shine) Anderson. On June 3, 1950 in Friendship he married Marjorie Hewitt who...
John A. Graves
Jun 10, 2012
Hallsport, NY - John A. Graves of the Hallsport Road passed away on Sunday, June 10, 2012, at home. He was born on May 28, 1933 in Buffalo and was the son of Forrest and Arabell (Clark) Graves. On February 15, 1965 he married Garnet Layhue who predeceased him on September 4, 2009. John was a lifelong resident of Wellsville...
Robert W. RANSOM
Jun 9, 2012
Robert W. "Bob" RANSOM, 72, of Whitesville, NY, died Saturday, June 9, 2012 in his home. Born May 2, 1940, in Coudersport, PA, he was the son of Howard E. and Elnora Johnson Ransom. On November 15, 1958, in Whitesville, NY, he married the former Paula Nesbit, who survives. He was employed by ABB Air Preheater in Wellsville for over...
Jerry L. WRIGHT
Jun 9, 2012
Jerry L. WRIGHT, 64, of Coudersport, PA, died Saturday, June 9, 2012 in the Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, PA. Born September 28, 1947, in Coudersport, he was the son of Harold A. "Bill" and Margaret Hilfiger Wright. He owned and operated Wright's Auction Barn and was the former owner of Wright's Restaurant and Truck Stop, Northwoods Tavern, and the Pine...
Daniel E. Webster
Jun 5, 2012
Friendship, NY - Daniel E. Webster of Depot Street passed away on Tuesday, June 5, 2012, at the Olean General Hospital. He was born on May 22, 1957 in Cuba. He was the son of Donald and Anna Mae (Coyle) Webster and he was married to Donna Strong. Daniel was a US Navy Veteran. He was a truck driver and...
Margie O. JACOBS
Jun 3, 2012
Margie O. JACOBS, 88, of Coudersport, PA, died Sunday, June 3, 2012 in the Sweden Valley Manor, Coudersport. Born May 10, 1924, in Galeton, PA, she was the daughter of Clayton "Pete" and Carmen Couch Osgood. A graduate of Galeton High School, she was employed by Galeton Production for 18 years. In 1972, in Gettysburg, PA, she married Robert F....
Anne Catherine Benjamin
May 30, 2012
Wellsville, NY - Anne Catherine Benjamin of North Main Street passed away on Wednesday, May 30, 2012, at her home. She was born on April 8, 1919 in Brooklyn to Emil and Catherine (Heronen) Kolaski. On March 11, 1938 she married Burton P. Benjamin who predeceased her on May 19, 2000. Anne was a long time resident of Angelica who...
Duane A. Miller
May 28, 2012
Duane A. Miller PORT ALLEGANY- Duane A. Miller, 45, of Gleason Hollow, passed away unexpectedly Monday (May 28, 2012) in the Charles Cole Mem. Hospital, Coudersport. Born March 17, 1967, in Port Allegany, he was a son of Harold and Betty Trimm Miller. On July 24, 1990, in Smethport, PA, he married Michelle L. Graves, who survives. Mr. Miller was...
Roy L. Armstrong
May 27, 2012
Olean, NY — Roy L. Armstrong, a longtime resident of Wellsville, passed away on Sunday (May 27, 2012), at the Hart Comfort House. He was born on June 18, 1948, in Wellsville, to Clarence and Helen Armstrong. On July 8, 1967, he married Diane Wells, who survives. Roy had worked for the former Rochester Button Factory in Wellsville as a...
