Obituaries

Dec 28, 2017

Santee, SC --- Richard W. White of 343 Pinewood Drive and former resident of Fillmore, N.Y. died Thursday, December 28, 2017 in the Buffalo VA Hospital. He was born on December 14, 1951 in Fillmore, a son of the late Roger and Wilma Curry White. On March 10, 1973 in Pike he married Cynthia Marie Tonaus who predeceased him...

Dec 24, 2017

Houghton --- Warren M. Woolsey of Houghton died Sunday, December 24, 2017 in the Absolute at Houghton Nursing Home. He was born on April 2, 1922 in Marion, Indiana, a son of the late Pierce and Mildred Morris Woolsey. On August 23, 1946 in Indian Falls he married Ella Phelps who survives.

As a young child Dr....

Dec 18, 2017

Arcade --- Walter Myron Francis of 37 Aristo Terrace and a former resident of Rushford died Monday, December 18 th , 2017 in Buffalo General Hospital following open heart surgery and pulmonary complications. He was born on June 20, 1937 i n the town of New Hudson, a son of the late Norman and Marjorie Baker Francis Sr. He...

Dec 16, 2017

Cuba---Marion B. McCarty of 9643 Hardys Corner Road, town of Rushford, died Saturday, December 16, 2017 in Olean General Hospital. She was born on September 10, 1924 in Fillmore, a daughter of the late Lester and Bernice Smith Rees. In 1942 she married Bruce McCarty who predeceased her in 2000.

Marion was a member of the Rushford...

Nov 14, 2017

Houghton --- Marjorie L. Kellogg, a former resident of Houghton, had a grand home-going to see the Lord on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 in morning when she died peacefully in her sleep. She was born November 11, 1926 in Mooers, a daughter of the late Stanley and Myrtle Gearhart Lawrence. On Oct 20, 1956 she married Meredith W. Kellogg...

Nov 9, 2017

Wellsville---Albert B. Butler of 4192B Bolivar Road and a former resident of Friendship, died Thursday, November 9, 2017 in Jones Memorial Hospital, Wellsville. He was born on May 8, 1961 in Cuba, a son of the late Lloyd and Harriett LaBelle Butler.

Surviving are three brothers, Kenneth Butler of Fillmore, David Butler of Friendship and Philip Butler...

Nov 9, 2017

Bolivar---Dorothy A. Beardsley a former resident of Rossburg and Wiscoy, died Thursday, November 9, 2017 in Highland Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Wellsville. She was born on May 3, 1928 in Buffalo, a daughter of the late Otto and Alice Ayer Schlicht. She married Clifford H. Beardsley who predeceased her in 2007. Dorothy was the former postmaster of the Rossburg...

Nov 1, 2017

Hume --- Amy J. Dewe of 7052 Liberty Street died Wednesday, November 1, 2017 in Olean General Hospital. She was born on November 2, 1965 in Warsaw, a daughter of the William and Eleanor Brown Smith.

Amy was a graduate of Fillmore Central School and a former employee of the Fillmore Pharmacy. Also she was a member...

Oct 21, 2017

Houghton --- Daniel P. Woolsey of Houghton went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, October 21, 2017 due to Frontotemporal Degeneration. He was born on October 23, 1955 in Sierra Leone, West Africa, a son of Warren and Ella Phelps Woolsey. He married Kathleen Keifer who survives. Dan was a member of St. Michael’s Church in...

Oct 17, 2017

Fillmore --- Richard K. Voss of 10711 County Road 27B died Tuesday, October 17, 2017 in Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo. He was born on May 3, 1933 in Fillmore, a son of the late Harold and Marjorie Piatt Voss. He married Margaret Nichols who survives.

He was a veteran of the United States military serving in...

Sep 21, 2017

Belfast --- Lori Borden of 6132 Van Allen Road died Thursday, September 21, 2017 after a courageous battle with illness in Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, Pennsylvania. She was born on November 26, 1970 in Liberty, a daughter of Tom and Connie Van Wagner Matthews. Lori was a graduate of Tri-Valley High School and graduated from SUNY New Paltz with a...

Sep 15, 2017

Portageville --- Julius J. Good of 7942 Wiscoy Road, died Friday, September 15, 2017 in his home. He was born on February 4, 1926 in Preston, Connecticut, a son of the late Anthony and Francis Cudish Good. He married Lorelei Thoma who predeceased him on January 1, 2001. Julius was a veteran of the United States Army. He was a...

Sep 12, 2017

Birdsall --- Rodney K. Carpenter of 3409 Gillies Hill Road, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at Noyes Memorial Hospital in Dansville. He was born on January 20, 1952 in Cuba, a son of the late Gerald and Lillian James Carpenter. He was married to Lisa Flegal for 44 years...

Sep 11, 2017

Fillmore---Warren Douglas Young of 126 West Main Street, died Monday, September 11, 2017 in the Absolut at Houghton nursing home. He was born on October 7, 1924 in Virginia, a son of the late Ruggles Brooks and Marion Brink Young. He married Elizabeth Kingsley who predeceased him on May 10, 2011. He was a member of the Friends in Christ...

Sep 10, 2017

St. Joe, Indiana --- Scott M. Bushnell, age 70, of St. Joe, Indiana died on Sunday, September 10, 2017 of Lewy Body disease. Born in Poughkeepsie, New York on February 12, 1947 to John and Alice Bushnell. He married Barbara Weir, a former resident of Belfast, who survives. He began his career as a sports writer for the Poughkeepsie Journal....

Sep 6, 2017

Fillmore---Grace M. Knibloe of 5613 Co. Rd. 4, passed away on Wednesday, September 6, 2017 in Jones Memorial Hospital, Wellsville. She was born on September 13, 1921 in the Town of Caneadea, a daughter of the late Glenn and Nellie Smith Talbott. On April 2, 1947 on Dutch Hill, she married Keith M. Knibloe who survives. Grace was a graduate...

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...