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Local Obituaries for Ulysses, PA, Wellsville, NY, and Surrounding Areas
Arlouine L. Strassner
Sep 20, 2019
Wellsville, NY - Arlouine L. Strassner, age 100, of 296 Scott Avenue passed away on Friday, September 20, 2019, at Wellsville Manor Care Center. She was born on June 22, 1919, the daughter of German Immigrants, Henry and Rose Weihonig Liesegang. Arlouine worked for many years in the Dietary Department of Jones Memorial Hospital. She enjoyed playing bingo and was...
Helen M. CRANCE
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...
Steven C. Allen
Sep 17, 2019
Alfred Station, NY - On Tuesday, September 17, 2019 Steven C. Allen, of Alfred Station was called home to be with his Heavenly Father after a long battle with illness, he was only 66 years old. Born in Wellsville on February 4th, 1953 to the late Lawrence ”Mike” and Barbara (Barnes) Allen. Baptized at John's Episcopal in Wellsville, where he...
Mary A. (Dixon) Sweeney
Sep 17, 2019
Mary A. Sweeney SMETHPORT- Mary A. Sweeney, 83, of N. Open Brook Rd, passed away Tuesday (Sept. 17, 2019) in Sena Kean Manor, Smethport. Born November 27, 1935, in Bronx, NY, she was a daughter of Frank and Mary Smith Dixon. On June 2, 1957, in Bronx, NY, she married Peter D. Sweeney, who died May 31, 1996. Mary was...
Jeffrey J. HOWELL
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,...
Norman L. Davis
Sep 13, 2019
Webster, NY - Norman L. Davis, 85, of 355 Spinnaker Lane passed away on Friday, September 13, 2019 at Highland Park Healthcare Center in Wellsville, NY. He was born February 23, 1934 in Wellsville the son of the late Harold and Olive (Headley) Davis. On June 7, 1962, he married Jung Ja Choi who predeceased him on August 23, 2011....
Terry E. Wright
Sep 12, 2019
Wellsville, NY - Terry E. Wright, 76, of 37½ Pleasant Street passed away on Thursday, September 12, 2019 at Arnot Ogden Medical Center in Elmira. He was born April 26, 1943 in Galeton, PA the son of the late Sylvester (Ai) and Eva (Putman) Wright. Terry was raised in Galeton and was a 1961 graduate of Galeton High School. He...
Eleanor R. WESCHE
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...
Roberta G. SPRAGUE
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...
Earl Lansing Wright
Sep 10, 2019
Wellsville, NY - A memorial service for Earl Lansing Wright was held on October 12, 2019 at the Sunnyside Cemetery in Merrillsville, New York. The service was officiated by Pastor Katie Yahns from the St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Verona, New York. Immediate family attended. Earl, age 90, passed away on September 10, 2019 at the Wellsville Manor, in Wellsville,...
Robert E. OSTRANDER
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...
Kimberly Marie (Field) Sharp
Sep 9, 2019
Glendale, AZ - Kimberly Marie (Field) Sharp, 43, of 8344 N. 67th Avenue passed away unexpectedly on Monday, September 9, 2019 at home. She was born July 22, 1976 in Wellsville the daughter of Dennis B. and Luanne (Ross) Field. Kimberly was raised in Scio and was a 1994 graduate of Scio Central School. She resided in the Scio area...
Joan Y. (Studer) Waid
Sep 8, 2019
Joan Y. Waid PORT ALLEGANY- Joan Y. Waid, 80, of Skinner Creek Rd., passed away Sunday (Sep. 8. 2019) in the comfort of her home, with family by her side. Born December 3, 1938, in Port Allegany, she was a daughter of Floyd A. and Iva Harris Studer. On Aug. 8, 1954, in Port Allegany, she married Edward C. Waid,...
Edith I. (Merrill) Russell
Sep 7, 2019
Edith I. “Edie” Russell SMETHPORT- Edith I. “Edie” Russell, 75, of Bordell Rd., passed away Saturday (Sept. 7, 2019) in the comfort of her home. Born July 13, 1944, in Deposit, NY, she was a daughter of Donald R. and Irene N. Canfield Merrill. On June 24, 1960, in Deposit, NY, she married Donald R. Edwards, who died July 31,...
Earnest H. BRIGGS, Sr.
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...
George Douglas DREHER
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...
Helen M. MASTIN
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...
O'rianna J. MANNING
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...
James Lloyd Swarthout
Sep 4, 2019
Wellsville, NY - James Lloyd Swarthout, 89, most recently of Yarmouth, Maine, on September 4, 2019 of natural causes. Jim was a life-long resident of Wellsville, NY until 2016 when he moved to Maine to be closer to family members. Jim was born on September 24, 1929 in Scio, NY, son of Lloyd and Margaret (Link) Swarthout. He graduated from...
John H. FOUST
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...
