Obituaries

May 5, 2018

Fillmore --- Ryan J. Wagner of 14 Emerald Street, died Saturday, May 5, 2018 in his home. He was born on July 22, 1983 in Dansville, a son of Joseph and Sandra Schirmer Sullivan.

Surviving are a son, Keegan R. Wagner of Dansville, his mother of Fillmore, his siblings, Christopher (Bonnie) Wagner of Fillmore, Brandy (Mike) Martin...

May 1, 2018

Fillmore --- Wanda Makowski of 7509 Higgins Creek Road, died Tuesday, May 1, 2018 in the Absolut at Houghton Nursing Home. She was born on August 3, 1924 in Buffalo, a daughter of the late Frank and Aniela Dziedzic Adamowicz. On October 24, 1942 in Arcade she married Thaddeus “Ted” A. Makowski who predeceased her on January 22, 2014. Wanda...

Apr 23, 2018

Freedom --- Richard S. Christen of 7820 Trall Road died Monday, April 23, 2018 in his home. He was born on March 14, 1963 in Buffalo, a son of the late Francis and Marion McCarthy Christen. He was a graduate of Fillmore Central School, class of 1982. Richard enjoyed Civil War reenactments and hunting. Surviving are his siblings, Marilyn (Keith)...

Apr 22, 2018

Rushford --- David J. Clark of Van Dusan Road passed away Sunday, April 22, 2018 in Buffalo General Hospital surrounded by his loving children, grandchildren, brothers and sisters, following a courageous battle with diabetes and heart disease. He was born on April 28, 1949 in Cuba, a son of the late R. Dean and Eleanor Williams Clark. David J. was...

Apr 21, 2018

Franklinville --- Theresa M. Spencer of 1833 Raub Road died Saturday, April 21, 2018 in the Absolut at Houghton Nursing Home. She was born on April 5, 1972 in Buffalo, a daughter of the late Walter and June Long Spencer. Surviving are three sons and two grandsons. Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery, Hamburg

Apr 13, 2018

Houghton --- Rev. Hudson Smalley Hess a former resident of Houghton died Friday, April 13, 2018 in Lynchburg, VA. He was born on May 9, 1934 in Zamboanga City, Philippines, a son of the late Robert Reuel and Mary Viola Roth Hess. He married Lucy Mae Mears who survives. Robert and Viola were missionaries to the Philippines with the Christian...

Apr 5, 2018

Fillmore --- Fred R. Ballard Sr. of 10270 Daley Road passed away on Thursday, April 5, 2018 in his home. He was born on May 16, 1941 in Centerville, a son of the late Lloyd and Ellen Ford Ballard. He married Bobbi Jo Keiser who survives. Fred loved woodworking, farming and tinkering. Surviving in addition to his wife are his...

Mar 29, 2018

Short Tract --- Clayton E. Bentley of 4608 Schneider Road and a former resident of Oramel died Thursday, March 29, 2018 in his home. He was born on June 22, 1942 in Fillmore, a son of the late Oliver and Elizabeth Crandall Bentley. He married Ida Hoffman who predeceased him and later married Jean A. Tyler who survives. Clayton was...

Mar 29, 2018

Houghton—Ella Phelps Woolsey of Houghton died on Thursday, March 29, 2018 in the Absolut at Houghton Nursing Home. She was born on December 26, 1922 in Batavia, a daughter of the late Harvey and Viola Woolf Phelps. On August 23, 1946 in Indian Falls, New York she married Warren M. Woolsey, who recently preceded her in death. They were devoted,...

Mar 16, 2018

Houghton --- Geraldine “Gerry” H. Alderman of 9900 Luckey Drive went to be with her Lord on Friday, March 16th, 2018 at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Tampa, FL after a brief illness. She was born on August 11, 1934 in Fillmore, a daughter of the late Leroy R. and Marian J. Hall Howard. On March 28, 1953, in Nunda, she married...

Mar 8, 2018

Houghton --- Katherine Walberger Lindley of Woodstown, New Jersey, formerly of Houghton, passed away March 8, 2018. Born in Otisco, New York, on June 25, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Lillian Kinney Walberger. Katherine graduated from Houghton College in 1943. After teaching high school for two years, she moved to Madison, Wisconsin to pursue a...

Mar 8, 2018

Freedom --- Donald H. Young of 9728 County Road 3 died Thursday, March 8, 2018 in Olean General Hospital. He was born on April 22, 1941 in Scranton, PA, a son of the late Charles and Ruth Grey Young. He was happily married to his best friend Christine Fagowski since 1986. Don was a member of the NRA and loved...

Feb 28, 2018

Fillmore --- Robert J. White of 79 W. Main Street died Wednesday February 28, 2018 in Olean General Hospital. He was born on November 6, 1950 in Fillmore, a son of the late Roger and Wilma Curry White. On August 16, 1969 in the Fillmore United Methodist Church he married his high school sweetheart Elizabeth Ann Hudson who survives. He...

Feb 26, 2018

Belmont --- James Robert Wilcox of Belmont passed away on Monday, February 26, 2018 in Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester. He was born on May 16, 1947 in Cuba, a son of the late Charles and Arlene Vanocker Wilcox. In 1965 he married the love of his life Linda Deniston.

James was a proud veteran of the United...

Feb 22, 2018

Portageville --- Francis ‟Buster” L. Brown of 11954 Route 19A died Thursday, February 22, 2018 in his home. He was born on February 17, 1933 in Fillmore, a son of the late Forest and Laura Hoagland Brown. On November 29, 1957 he married Donna Vedder who survives.

Buster was a foreman for Armco Steel Corp in Baltimore,...

Feb 19, 2018

Gainesville, FL --- E. Ruth Gledhill of 3805 NW 50 th Street and a former resident Fillmore, NY died Monday, February 19, 2018 in her home. She was born on April 21, 1921 in Nunda, a daughter of the late Chester and Janette Cromwell. She married Clair M. Gledhill who predeceased her on October 4, 2002.

Ruth...

Feb 19, 2018

Fillmore---Helen I. Preston of 131 W. Main Street, died Monday, February 19, 2018 in Suzanne’s Comfort Care Home in Perry. She was born on July 3, 1926 in the town of Hume, a daughter of the late George and Neva Buchholz Bennett. She married Robert S. Preston who predeceased her on Sept. 4, 1987.

She loved to...

Feb 15, 2018

Hunt --- Brenda L. Rightmeyer of 1057 Clark Road, died Thursday, February 15, 2018 in her home. She was born on April 3, 1946 in Hornell, a daughter of the late Howard and Anna Mae Hanchett Aylor. She married James Rightmeyer who predeceased her in 2011. Brenda was a former LPN at Perry Day Treatment and was very active in...

Feb 11, 2018

Short Tract --- Wenton E. Barney of 5362 County Road 4 died Sunday, February 11, 2018 in Olean General Hospital. He was born on September 16, 1949 in Cuba, a son of the late Alton Barney and Delores Blatchley Curry. On October 27, 1973 in the Oakland Wesleyan Church he married, Betty Wilkins who survives.

Wenton enjoyed...

Feb 9, 2018

Belmont --- Beatrice P. Scott, formerly of Belmont, died Friday, February 9, 2018 in the Absolut at Houghton Nursing Home. She was born on April 28, 1929 in Angelica, a daughter of the late Clifford and Eula Warden Prentice. She married Sidney Glenn Scott who predeceased her.

Surviving are three daughters, Joanne (Jay) Cockle of Fillmore, Glena...