All Obituaries

Bliss --- Dolores Case Klein, age 68, of Bliss was welcomed into Heaven on Saturday, April 13, 2024 in Wyoming County Community Hospital, Warsaw. She was born on August 8, 1955 in Cuba, a daughter of the late Russel and Minnie LaFever Case. She married Charles “Chuck” Klein who survives. Dolores was a graduate of Cuba Central School, class of 1973. She excelled in drawing and painting. She won numerous ribbons in 1972 at the Rochester Art Show for her amazing watercolor...

Friendship – Carolyn Marie Hale of 3122 Zimmer Road, Town of Wirt, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Thursday, April 4, 2024, in Wellsville at the Hart Comfort House. She was born on August 7, 1963, in Owosso, Michigan, a daughter of Robert and Carol Thomas Brown. On November 27, 1982, she married Andrew Wayne Hale who passed on March 31, 2022. Carolyn was the Executive Secretary to President Lewis at Houghton College and throughout the years held other various...

Dalton --- Charles H. Barnes of 10180 Old State Road died Monday, April 1, 2024 in Noyes Memorial Hospital, Dansville. He was born on October 18, 1922 in Poole, England, a son of the late Frank and Frances Brown Barnes. He married Jean Brown who predeceased him on January 12, 2013. Charlie was a dairy farmer during his time in England and later immigrated to the United States in 1954. Afterward he became employed by the New York State Thruway until his retirement in 1982. He was an avid...

Rushford- We are sad to announce that Lois M. Bliss, a former resident of Rushford, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 in Westchester Manor Nursing Home, High Point, NC.  She was born on October 14, 1930 in Oswego Ill., a daughter of the late Archie and Elfie Ward Newton. In 1948 married Donald E. Bliss who predeceased her in 2022. Lois was a graduate of Rushford Central School. Over Lois’s lifetime she was a homemaker and business manager for her husband’s...

Fillmore --- Lynn C. Lilly, a former resident of Fillmore, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, March 23, 2024, in Wyoming County Community Hospital SNF, Warsaw. He was born on November 25, 1935, in Hume, a son of the late Joseph Reid and Alvira Wilcox Lilly. On June 2, 1956, he married Shirley May Wolfer who predeceased him on April 24, 2013. Lynn was a graduate of Fillmore Central School, class of 1954, a member of the Caneadea Methodist Church and a former member of the...

Hume --- A. Jean Cole of Williamsville and a former resident of Hume entered into rest on March 22, 2024, in the Weinberg Campus, Amherst. She was born on October 6, 1933, in Belmont, a daughter of the late Frank and Alice Easton Brown. She married Doy Cole who predeceased her in 2010. Jean was a member of the Fillmore United Methodist Church, serving as the church organist for over 50 years.  She was devoted to her family and loved getting together with them for any occasion -but...

Selkirk --- It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Myrna J. DeSarno, who left us peacefully on March 18, 2024, at the Wyoming County Community Hospital in Warsaw. Born to Charles and Clara Agnes Lounsbury Brown on November 17, 1931, in the Town of Humphrey, Myrna's journey was one of love, learning, and legacy. Myrna's academic and professional paths led her from Rushford Central School ('50) to the Rochester Business Institute ('52), and eventually to...

Dalton --- John “Jack” R. Truax Sr. of 9975 Oakland Street died Saturday, March 16, 2024, in East Side Nursing Home, Warsaw. He was born on August 12, 1935 in the Town of Grove, a son of the late Arthur and Ruby Everingham Truax. He married Mary Mower who predeceased him on September 22, 1998. Jack loved listening to classic country music, camping and puttering with lawn mowers and small engines. Surviving are his sons, John (Cheri) Truax of Strykersville, Randy Truax of...

Houghton --- Louise Marie Prinsell of Houghton passed away peacefully in her home on March 15, 2024, at 99 years old. She was born on January 12, 1925, in Jersey City, NJ, and raised during the “Great Depression.” Though from an uneducated family, she studied and worked hard to graduate from college and nursing school — earning both Bachelor of Science and RN degrees by the young age of 20. She married her childhood friend, Gustave Prinsell, on July 27, 1946, in Jersey...

Wiscoy --- Patti Jo Helm of 11913 County Road 27 died on Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at her home. She was born on February 13, 1964 in Springville, a daughter of the late Don and Patricia Dunmire Whitton. She was engaged to Patrick Michael Smith who predeceased her on December 21, 2020. Patti Jo was currently employed at Groveland Correctional Facility as a corrections officer where she was highly respected. She enjoyed hunting, gardening, being outdoors, cooking, baking, watching and caring...