Obituaries

Sep 5, 2017

Weirsdale, FL --- David E. Ellis of 16350 SE 153 rd Terrace died Tuesday, September 5, 2017 in Rushford. He was born on November 29, 1951 in Canandaigua, a son of the late David and Eleanor Kachel Ellis Sr.

David was a veteran of the United States military serving in the Marines. He also loved listening to...

Sep 3, 2017

Fillmore---Thomas D. Parmenter of 11151 Rt. 19A died Sunday, September 3, 2017 in his home. He was born on July 12, 1948 in The Town of Hume, a son of the late Frederick and Wilma Cronk Parmenter. He married Mickalie D. Hodnett who predeceased him in 1982. He later married Kathlyn Leet who survives.

Tom was a...

Aug 30, 2017

Fillmore --- Shanley M. Wright of 10987 Dugway Road passed away Wednesday, August 30, 2017 in Wyoming County Community Hospital, Warsaw. He was born on January 7, 1989 in Buffalo, a son of Mark and Tammy Rich Wright.

Shanley was a graduate of Fillmore Central School, Class of 2008, and was a New York Yankees and Buffalo...

Aug 25, 2017

Houghton --- Medical missionary and world traveler, Dr. Storer William Emmett, embarked on his final journey Friday, August 25, 2017. Storer, referring to himself as Tody Will, was born on September 9, 1932 in Crystal, Maine, a son of the late Stora and Elva Main Emmett. On September 1, 1956 in Old Town, Maine he married Wilma Monroe, who...

Aug 19, 2017

Belfast--- Debra Jean Pomeroy of 26 South Street and a former resident of Rushford, died Saturday August 19, 2017 in her home. She was born on August 10, 1955 in Olean, a daughter of the late Sherwood and Norma Kellogg Pomeroy.

Deb was the oldest of three children and has spent her life living and working in...

Aug 18, 2017

Rushford --- Rebecca Jane Armison of 9817 Brookside Road went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, August 18, 2017 in Wyoming County Community Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility, Warsaw. She was born on August 11, 1944 in Warsaw, a daughter of the late Frank and Ernestine Austin McFarland. She married Lynn C. Armison, who survives, they...

Aug 5, 2017

Angelica --- Charles E. McCarthy Jr. of 9642 Old State Road died, Saturday, August 5, 2017 in Buffalo General Hospital. He was born on August 31, 1954 in Nunda, a son of the late Charles Edmund and Gladys Bundy McCarthy.

He loved horses, changing tires and being around the family campsite.

Surviving are his sisters,...

Aug 4, 2017

Houghton --- Alyce K. Brown of 9845 Meadow Lane died, Friday, August 4, 2017 at the Absolut at Houghton Nursing Home. She was born on Mar 31, 1937 in Iowa City, Iowa, a daughter of the late Edwin and Margaret Dunkel Hawkins. On August 26, 1956 in Marengo, Iowa she married Jerry D. Brown who survives.

Alyce...

Jul 20, 2017

Fillmore---Roberta J. Ashcraft of 85 West Main Street, died Thursday, July 20, 2017 in East Side nursing home. She was born on May 24, 1929 in Corry, PA, a daughter of the late Robert and Wealthy Breaden Holland. She married Robert M. Ashcraft who predeceased her on December 12, 2008.

Roberta was a former secretary for Fillmore...

Jul 10, 2017

Fillmore --- Gordon R. Mason of 11392 Route 19 died Monday, July 10, 2017 in the New York State Veterans Home at Batavia. He was born on April 9, 1932 in Nunda, a son of the late Clark and Marguerite Lackey Mason. He married Dolores Turner who predeceased him on March 21, 1989.

Gordon was a veteran...

Jun 27, 2017

Geneva --- Marvin Charles Pomeroy of Geneva and a former resident of Rushford died Tuesday, June 27, 2017 in his home under the care of hospice. He was born on September 7, 1937 in Rushford, a son of the late Marvin H and Myrtle Jones Pomeroy. On July 20, 1963 he married Connie Marie Randolph at Rushford United Methodist...

Jun 20, 2017

Centerville --- Cheryl R. Olver of 8657 B McElroy Road died Tuesday, June 20, 2017 in Centerville. She was born on May 6, 1951 in Buffalo, a daughter of the late Joseph and Marjorie Fiebelkorn. She married RobRoy Olver who survives.

Cheryl loved gardening and fishing but most of all she loved her family.

Surviving...

Jun 9, 2017

Rushford --- Wesley Richard Austin of Rushford died Friday, June 9, 2017 in his home on the family farm, under the care of hospice, and was able to pass in the home where he began life. He was born on January 18, 1926 in Rushford, a son of the late Herbert and Bertha Owens Austin. On June 14, 1952...

Jun 8, 2017

Fillmore---Virginia A. Totsline of 6570 Co. Rd. 4, died Thursday, June 8, 2017 in Cuba Memorial Hospital. She was born in the Town of Caneadea on June 17, 1936 a daughter of the late Patrick and Carrie Smith Prial. She married John Totsline who predeceased her on April 24, 2007.

Virginia was a member of St. Patrick’s...

May 26, 2017

Harrisburg, NC --- Robert Williams of Harrisburg, NC passed away on May 26, 2017 after a lengthy illness. He was born on January 3, 1947, a son of the late Arthur and Wilda Kellogg Williams.

He worked as an Instrumental Music Teacher at Fillmore Central School where he retired from in 2000. He and his wife, Ginna,...

May 7, 2017

Cantonment, Florida---Ernestine G. Berg of Cantonment died on May 7, 2017 in her home. She was born on March 10, 1918 in the Town of Hume New York the daughter of the late Ernest and Fern Leet Gillette. She was predeceased by her husbands, Don Finnemore and Eugene Berg.

Surviving are two brothers, Roland (Mary) Gillette and...

May 6, 2017

Short Tract --- Marilyn “Nan” Fiegl of 10978 William-Eldridge Road passed away peacefully in her home on May 6, 2017. She was born on May 29, 1927 in Canandaigua, a daughter of the late Harry and Mildred Burke Andrews. On August 29, 1958 she married Lawrence E. Fiegl who predeceased her on March 31, 1984.

A prominent...

May 4, 2017

Short Tract --- Randall John Mueckl of 5327 Sonnleitner Road died Thursday, May 4, 2017 in his home. He was born on March 17, 1959 in Kenmore, a son of the late Joe Mueckl and Sofia Hackett. He married Brenda Beardsley who predeceased him on May 27, 2016.

Randy was a member of the Short Tract United...

May 3, 2017

Fillmore---Judith A. Schlienz of the Dugway Road, died Wednesday, May 3, 2017 in Olean General Hospital. She was born on May 4, 1944 in Buffalo. She married Charles A. Schleinz who predeceased her on November 23, 2007.

Judith was a former member of the Centerville Fire Department and the Machias American Legion Auxiliary.

Surviving are...

Apr 26, 2017

Freedom---Ellen S. Colley of 10904 Stickle Road, died Wednesday, April 26, 2017 in the Absolut Care at Houghton. She was born of January 1, 1916 in Centerville, a daughter of the late Howard and Nellie Ackerman Stickle. She married Clifford Delos Cooley who predeceased her on May 30, 2005.

She was a member of the Higgins Wesleyan...