Obituaries

Mar 12, 2022

Nunda --- Mary Jo Sherlock of 67 Mill Street passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2022 surrounded by her children in Noyes Memorial Hospital, Dansville. She was born on May 9, 1955 in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late Ivan and Eunice Davis Warren.

Mary Jo enjoyed playing cards, especially rummy, riding around on golf carts...

Mar 11, 2022

Centerville --- John C. Sprague of Williams Road passed away on Friday, March 11, 2022 in Rushford. He was born on March 3, 1960 in Olean, a son of the late F. Richard and Joan Neal Sprague.

John graduated from Rushford Central School and was currently a self-employed carpenter. He loved hunting, snowmobiling, farming and hanging out...

Mar 11, 2022

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Bliss --- Leonard R. Frazier of 7601 Centerville Road passed away on Friday, March 11, 2022 in Centerville. He was born on January 5, 1946 in Fillmore a son of the late Robert and Arloene Washburn Frazier. On September 4, 1965 in Higgins Wesleyan Church he married Nancy Duman who survives.

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Mar 11, 2022

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Fillmore --- Michael D. Frazier of 7756 Stone Spring Road passed away on Friday, March 11, 2022 in Centerville. He was born on October 21, 1950 in Fillmore, a son of the late Robert and Arloene Washburn Frazier. On October 23, 1971 in the Bliss Baptist Church he married Candy Dersam who survives....

Mar 7, 2022

Rushford --- Arthur M. Smith of 9012 Buffalo Street died Monday, March 7, 2022 in Cuba Memorial Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility. He was born on March 18, 1927 in Rushford, a son of the late Putnam F. and Della Lewis Smith. On July 18, 1953 in Pennsylvania he married Verna Palmateer who predeceased him on October 28, 2020.

Mar 4, 2022

Houghton --- Thomas G. Hartman of 9978 Route 19 passed away on Friday March 4, 2022 in Pike. He was born on March 13, 1977 in Tonawanda, a son of Thomas P. and the late Debra Herzberger Hartman. He was engaged to Tiffany Lafferty who survives.

Tom was an avid outdoorsman where he enjoyed fishing, hunting with...

Mar 1, 2022

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Fillmore --- Paul Merritt Miller of 10850 Route 19A passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 in Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, PA. He was born on June 9, 1952 in Hume, a son of Alvin “Dodd” and Olive “Polly” Cockle Miller. On July 10, 1971 he married Rondus Perry who survives.

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Feb 22, 2022

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Houghton --- Gladys C. Andrews, a former resident of Houghton, passed away on Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at Tender Touch Heart & Home in Elizabethtown, KY. She was born on February 23, 1935 in Painesville, Ohio, a daughter of the late Eli and Pearl Korpinen Wakkinen. On June 7th, 1958 she married John M....

Feb 22, 2022

Fillmore --- Louise Webster a former resident of Fillmore died Tuesday, February 22, 2022 in the Houghton Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility. She was born on June 22, 1932 in Kane, Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late Richard and Orpha Dauber Berger. She married Clyde Webster who predeceased her on October 14, 2019.

Louise enjoyed cross stitching and...

Feb 15, 2022

Nunda --- Robert Lawrence O’Connor, a former resident of Nunda, passed away on Tuesday, February 15, 2022 in Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester. He was born on July 7, 1959 in Warsaw, a son of the late Alvis and Velma Buckley O’Connor.

Robert was a veteran of the United States Navy serving until 1992. He enjoyed listening to...

Feb 8, 2022

Castile --- Shirley J. McKurth Rissinger, a former resident of Castile, passed away on Tuesday, February 8, 2022 in Wyoming County Skilled Nursing Facility, Warsaw. She was born on May 31, 1935 in Lenoir City, TN, a daughter of the late Thomas and Anna Belle McManis Jenkins. She married Charles Rissinger who predeceased her on August 18, 2019.

Feb 7, 2022

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Short Tract --- Ashley L. Ellis of 10299 County Road 15 passed away surrounded by her family on Monday, February 7, 2022 in Wyoming County Community Hospital, Warsaw. She was born on December 20, 1987 in Rochester, a daughter of Michael and Tina Kellaway Ellis. She was engaged to Joshua James who survives.

Feb 5, 2022

Eagle --- Mary Lou Anderson of 2646 Genesee Road entered into the Lord’s rest on Saturday, February 5, 2022 in her home. She was born on August 7, 1930 in Buffalo, a daughter of the late Charles and Clara Stevens Randall. On February 2, 1949 she married David Anderson who predeceased her in 1983.

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Jan 30, 2022

Caneadea --- Peter C. Fuller of 9124 Robbins Road passed away on Sunday, January 30, 2022 in Olean General Hospital. He was born on August 5, 1946 in Fillmore, a son of the late Claude and Bessie Collver Fuller. On June 27, 1965 in Short Tract he married the love of his life Loriene Perry who survives.

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Jan 21, 2022

Rushford --- Diane DeRosa of 9821 County Road 23 went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, January 21, 2022 in Suzanne’s Comfort Home, Perry. She was born on January 20, 1957.

Diane attended the Higgins Wesleyan Church, loved raising and training horses, especially mustangs and taking care of rescued horses.

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Jan 20, 2022

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Fillmore---Arthur G. Arnold of 9760 Council House Road, died Thursday, January 20, 2022 in Cuba Memorial Hospital. He was born on December 26, 1934 in Caneadea, a son of the late Ray and Veva Parker Arnold. On October 6. 1956 in the Caneadea United Methodist Church he married Mabel Kruppner who predeceased him...

Jan 18, 2022

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Houghton --- Harold Arthur Grant of 7382 Centerville Road passed away January 18, 2022 at Olean General Hospital following a heart regulating procedure.  Harold was born on July 24, 1928 in Goshen, in the Catskills. A son of the late Ralph and Estella Smith Grant, as one of an eventual total 13 children.

Jan 9, 2022

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Houghton --- Marjorie Eila Shea of 9876 Luckey Drive passed away on Sunday, January 9, 2022.  She was born on March 5, 1944 in Warsaw, the second child of the late Alton James Shea and Aileen Ortlip Shea.  She led a life dedicated to beauty and service in West Africa and in the...

Jan 5, 2022

Pike --- Bruce Van Slyke of 80 N. Water Street passed away on January 5, 2022 in Rumford Hospital, Rumford, Maine. He was born on November 3, 1935 in Pike, a son of the late Wesley and Ruth Morris Van Slyke. On August 25, 1962 in St. Michael’s Church in Warsaw he married Carolyn Wozniak who survives.

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Jan 4, 2022

Fillmore --- Precious Ezekiel “Zeke” James Sardina, born April 28, 2016 passed peacefully into heavenly eternity on January 4, 2022 in the comfort of his loving home with his mother and father by his side and siblings close by.

He soaked in and gave love with his gentle eyes and radiant smile, captured the adoration of all...