Obituaries

Sep 27, 2019

Donald R. CHASE, Jr., 74, of Alma, NY, died Friday, September 27, 2019 in his home. Born May 29, 1945, in Richmond, VA, he was the son of Donald and Daisy Victoria Arnold Chase. On March 16, 1989, he married the former Donna J. Ziegler, who survives. A graduate of Seoul American High School, he served honorably with the US...

Sep 27, 2019

Edwin H. SCHEID, 91, of Coudersport, PA, died Friday, September 27, 2019 in UPMC Cole, Coudersport, PA. Born April 1, 1928, in Glenshaw, PA, he was the son of Henry William and Florentine Anna Voller Scheid. On May 24, 1969, in Coudersport, he married the former Dawn E. Clark Walters, who predeceased him on April 28, 2011. He was a...

Sep 25, 2019

Jacob I. COLWELL, 93, of Alma, NY, died Wednesday, September 25, 2019 in Fox Run at Orchard Park.

Burial with military rites will be 3:00 PM, Thursday, January 30, 2020 in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.

Born June 24, 1926, in Susquehanna, PA, he was the son of George R. and Gladys Skinner Colwell....

Sep 23, 2019

Timothy Vaughn PORTER, 60, of Bradford, PA, died Monday, September 23, 2019 in Indiana Regional Medical Center, Indiana, PA. Born July 10, 1959, in Wellsville, NY, he was the son of Harlow D. "Hal" and Sue Jackson Porter. On July 29, 2017, in Mapleton Depot, PA, he married the former Mary Kay Good who survives. He was employed as...

Sep 21, 2019

Mary Lou R. LEWIS, 85, of Coudersport, PA, died Saturday, September 21, 2019 in her home. Born August 1, 1934, in Ithaca, NY, she was the daughter of Clifford G. and A. Isabelle Perry Reynolds. On March 30, 1951, in Mills, she married Howard N. Lewis, who survives. Mary Lou was employed by North Penn Gas Co. in Westfield and First...

Sep 20, 2019

Helen M. CRANCE, 93, of Scio, NY, died Friday, September 20, 2019 in her home. Born August 17, 1926, in Coudersport, PA, she was the daughter of Clarence and Gertrude Herrington MaCauley. A graduate of Scio Central School, she was employed as a nurse's aide by Highland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Wellsville. Surviving are:  three daughters, Sheila (Tom) Smith of...

Sep 14, 2019

Jeffrey J. HOWELL, 52, of Wellsville, NY, died Saturday, September 14, 2019 in Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester. Born June 29, 1967, in Warsaw, he was the son of David and Patricia Watt Howell. He was employed as a contractor in Ocala, FL and by Wellsville Roofing and Sheet Co. Jeff was a member of Yorks Corners Mennonite Church. Surviving are: a son,...

Sep 12, 2019

Eleanor R. WESCHE, 96, of Wellsville, NY, died Thursday, September 12, 2019 in her home surrounded by her family. Born July 17, 1923, at home in the Town of Pomfret, she was the daughter of Lawrence and Florence Piehl Sprague. On June 5, 1943, in Dunkirk, she married Ernest A. Wesche, who predeceased her on July 28, 2003. Eleanor...

Sep 11, 2019

Roberta G. SPRAGUE, 78, of Wellsville, NY, died Wednesday, September 11, 2019 in Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester. Born August 8, 1941, in Wellsville, she was the daughter of Clair and Beula Burdick Gowdy. On April 4, 1964, in Wellsville, she married Paul R. Dixon, who predeceased her on April 8, 1974. A graduate of Wellsville High School and E.J. Myer Memorial...

Sep 10, 2019

Robert Edwin OSTRANDER, 88, of Romulus, NY, formerly of Wellsville, died Tuesday, September 10, 2019 in Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, surrounded by his loving family. Robert "Bob" was born June 30, 1931, in Pittsburgh, PA, the son of Robert J. and Elizabeth Comstock Ostrander of Wellsville. Bob married Margaret Servello, on December 27, 1958, in Venezuela, while working there as a...

Sep 6, 2019

Earnest H. BRIGGS, Sr., 85, of Lincolnton, NC, died Friday, September 6, 2019 in the Charles George VA Medical Center, Asheville, NC. Born October 17, 1933, in Brookland, PA, he was the son of Earnest and Ethel Trimm Briggs. On January 30, 1952, in Eldred, he married the former Eleanora May Baker, who survives. A Korean War and Vietnam War...

Sep 5, 2019

O'rianna J. MANNING, 5, of Smethport, PA, died Thursday, September 5, 2019 in her home. Born February 6, 2014, in Coudersport, she was the daughter of William C. and Kassandra L. Hunt Manning, Jr. A fighter, O'rianna battled illness for over four years.  She was loved very much. Surviving besides her parents are:  six siblings, Searah Shutt, Ginni Smith, Shea Smith, Aidan...

Sep 5, 2019

George Douglas DREHER, 60, of Angelica, NY, died Thursday, September 5, 2019.  Known as Douglas, G. Douglas and Douglas Fir to his friends, Douglas enjoyed his little property in Angelica since he moved there from California over ten years ago. He had big dreams of making it into the "smallest vegetable farm or the largest vegetable garden" in the county. Through the...

Sep 5, 2019

Helen M. MASTIN, 93, of Ulysses, PA, died Thursday, September 5, 2019 in UPMC Hamot, Erie. Born May 22, 1926, in Galeton, she was the daughter of Lorenzo and Sarah Griffin Robinson. On January 20, 1946, in Elkland, she married Arthur Leroy Mastin, who predeceased her on August 16, 1990. She was employed by Westinghouse in Bath, NY and Galeton Production.  Helen and...

Sep 4, 2019

John H. FOUST, 77, of Coudersport, PA, died Wednesday, September 4, 2019 in UPMC Cole, Coudersport. Born July 19, 1942, in Coudersport, he was the son of Harry and Goldina McCracken Foust. A US Army Veteran, he served honorably from 1959 - 1962.  He was an MP in Germany. On June 21, 1980, in Coudersport, he married the former Lana L. Mitchell, who...

Sep 3, 2019

Melvin L. LOWREY, 80, of Gaines, PA, died Tuesday, September 3, 2019 in his home. Born August 13, 1939, in Blossburg, he was the son of Sabin C. and Daisy Shelly Lowrey. A US Army Veteran, he served honorably from 1958 - 1961. On February 24, 1990, in Knoxville, he married the former Audrey D. Stevens, who survives. He was...

Sep 1, 2019

Lynne A. SKINNER, 83, of Westfield, PA, died Sunday, September 1, 2019 in Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital, Wellsboro. Born December 28, 1935, in Roulette, she was the daughter of Lynn and Louise Thielges Caulkins. On October 24, 1959, in Roulette, she married Glenn W. "Skip" Skinner, who survives. A graduate of Roulette High School and Bryant and Stratton Business...

Aug 30, 2019

Alice C. McCUTCHAN, 83, of Wellsville, NY, died Friday, August 30, 2019 in her home. Born February 17, 1936, in Gloversville, NY, she was the daughter of C. Maxwell and Margaret Salladin Hammer. On January 1, 2000, in Las Vegas, NV, she married James H. McCutchan, who survives. A graduate of Gloversville High School, she attended the University of Alaska, Anchorage.  She...

Aug 24, 2019

Helen M. MATTESON, 86, of Rose Lake, Andrews Settlement, PA, died Saturday, August 24, 2019 in her home. Born October 31, 1932, in Wellsville, NY, she was the daughter of Lawrence and Emma Morris Higgins. In May of 1949, in Scio, NY, she married Ernest N. Matteson, who predeceased her on July 26, 2014. Helen was employed by Cole Memorial...

Aug 22, 2019

Robert H. KENYON, 82, of Genesee, PA, died Thursday, August 22, 2019 in his home. Born March 20, 1937, in Wellsville, NY, he was the son of Howard G. and Dorothea L. McConeghy Kenyon. On March 24, 1958, in Rockville, MD, he married the former Sandra R. Burger, who survives. Bob attended Genesee High School through his sophomore year and graduated...