Obituaries

Mar 31, 2017

Fillmore --- Calvin R. Ricketts of 14 Prospect Street died Friday, March 31, 2017 at the age of 84, in Absolut Care of Houghton Nursing Home. He was born on November 27, 1932 in Fillmore, a son of the late Leslie Ricketts and Margaret C. Stout. He married Mary Doud in 1951 who survives.

Mr. Ricketts was...

Mar 28, 2017

Fillmore --- Laverne F. ‟Buddo” Arnold of 10804 Claybed Road died Tuesday, March 28, 2017 in Olean General Hospital. He was born on July 2, 1927 in Hornell, a son of the late Leo and Olive Newell Arnold. On August 8, 1951 in Eden he married Carol Rice who survives.

He was a member of the former...

Mar 23, 2017

Wiscoy --- Kenneth Thayer of 6064 Mechanic Street died Thursday, March 23, 2017 in his home after a courageous twelve month battle with cancer. He was born on May 26, 1947 in Fillmore, a son of the late Herbert and Edna Bennett Thayer. He married Mildred Gierke who survives.

Ken was an antique car enthusiast, golfer, garage...

Mar 23, 2017

Short Tract---Garold ″Gary″ Prentice of Short Tract, died Thursday, March 23, 2017 in Wyoming County Community Hospital, Warsaw. He was born on February 3, 1947 in the Town of Hume, a son of the late Clifford and Eula Worden Prentice.

Gary was a United States Army veteran serving from 1967 to 1969 and was a graduate of...

Mar 15, 2017

Hume — Betty A. Luckey of 10933 Route 19, died Wednesday (March 15, 2017) in Olean General Hospital. She was born on March 27, 1925 in Freedom, a daughter of the late Irving and Lena Murray Hurlburt. She married Beverly A. Luckey who predeceased her on November 28, 1997.

Betty was a former cafeteria employee of Fillmore...

Mar 13, 2017

Wiscoy---Deborah A. Russell of 6173 Wiscoy-Mills Mills Road, died Monday, March 13, 2017 in Wyoming Co. Community Hospital, Warsaw. She was born on March 9, 1953 in Jersey City, N.J. a daughter of the late Charles and Dorothy King Moyer.

Deborah was a former nurse’s aide at Murray Hill Nursing Home in Mt. Morris. She loved to...

Mar 12, 2017

Campobello, SC --- Barbara Ann Klein Nichols of Campobello, SC, and a former resident of Fillmore passed away on March 12, 2017 in her home. She was born on March 31, 1951, a daughter of the late Joseph J. and Georgia Anna Howard Klein. On August 14, 1971 in St. Patrick’s Church in Belfast she married Robert C. Nichols...

Mar 9, 2017

Houghton --- John M. Andrews II of Houghton and Watchung, New Jersey died Thursday, March 9, 2017 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ. He was born on April 30, 1937 in Wellsville, NY, a son of the late John and Lila Scarborough Andrews. He married Gladys Wakkinen who survives John, a Houghton College graduate, continued on to...

Feb 18, 2017

Springville --- Dawn M. Ballard of 168 W. Main Street and a former resident of Centerville died Saturday, February 18, 2017 in Mercy Hospital of Buffalo. She was born on October 29, 1954 in Cuba, a daughter of the late Elbert and Sarah Bahm Ballard.

Dawn was a member of the Catholic Church. She enjoyed reading, crafts,...

Feb 18, 2017

Rushford --- June L. Luce of 9123 E. Centerville Road died Saturday, February 18, 2017 in Olean General Hospital. She was born on June 18, 1934 in Springville, a daughter of the late Homer and Ethel Ellis Smith. On October 24, 1953 in Bellville she married Stanley L. Luce who survives.

June was a graduate of Griffith...

Feb 12, 2017

Fillmore --- Mary Royce Gayford of 36 S. Genesee Street died Sunday, February 12, 2017 in her home. She was born on June 8, 1939 in Angelica, a daughter of the late Otis and Isabelle Woodruff Royce. On June 29, 1957 she married Gary Gayford who survives.

Mary was a graduate of Angelica Central School, class of...

Feb 3, 2017

Rochester --- Henry P. Hackett of Rochester and a former resident of Friendship and Cuba died Friday, February 3, 2017 in Monroe Community Hospital after a long illness. He was born on August 25, 1931 in Newark, a son of the late George and Iona Perkins Hackett.

Henry was a US Air Force Veteran serving from 1952...

Feb 1, 2017

Fillmore --- Bernice R. Shaver of 10661 Co. Rod 27B died Wednesday, February 1, 2017 in her home. She was born on October 11, 1926, a daughter of the late Roy and Alice Buffey Cockle. She married Albert R. Shaver who predeceased her on July 27, 2013.

Surviving are her children, Bernard (Lynn) VanName of Silver Lake,...

Jan 30, 2017

Portageville---Jeanette E. Hodnett of 11992 Wiscoy Road, died Monday, January 30, 2017 in Wyoming County Community Hospital, Warsaw. She was born on September 9, 1936 in Belmont, a daughter of the late Clair and Bernice Fuller Bliss.

Jeanette attended the Castile United Church of Christ and was a former computer operator for the Bank of Castile.

Jan 11, 2017

Conway, S.C. --- A. Elizabeth "Betty" Mills, 97, of Conway, SC, passed away January 11, 2017. She was born on September 6, 1919 in Gallitzin, PA, a daughter of the late Rev. Charles and Esther Meyer Robb. She married Rev. James H., Mills Jr. who predeceased her.

She served with Rev. Mills in churches in New York,...

Jan 7, 2017

Houghton – Bettyelna Chamberlain of 9876 Luckey Drive went to be with the Lord on January 7, 2017 at the Absolut at Houghton Nursing Home. She was born on January 25, 1929, in Alexander, a daughter of the late Arlon and Ethel Underwood Waite. In April of 1951, she married Wilbur Page Chamberlain who predeceased her in August of...

Dec 31, 2016

Houghton --- Rev. Robert F. Miller of Houghton died Saturday, December 31, 2016. He was born on August 24, 1925 in Napoleon, Ohio a son of the late Kenneth Emiheizer and Mabel Miller. He married Ruth Negley who survives.

Bob was a Navy veteran and served during World War II and also was a member of the...

Dec 29, 2016

Pinellas Park, FL --- Jane Ann Sznajder passed away peacefully the morning of December 29, 2016 at her Pinellas Park, Florida home with her husband, family, and beloved dog, Bear, by her side. Jane was born September 1, 1945 in Fillmore, New York, a daughter of the late Charles Edmund and Gladys Bundy McCarthy. She married Stephen P. Sznajder...

Dec 29, 2016

Houghton – Dr. William Timberlake Allen of 9816 Seymour Street, died Thursday, December 29, 2016 at Olean General Hospital. He was born on June 2, 1926 in Aberdeen, South Dakota, the son of the late Walter J. and Jeannette T. Allen. On July 28, 1962 he married Jane McMahon Allen, who survives.

At age 8 he started...

Dec 27, 2016

Rushford---Thelma J. Moyer a former resident of Rushford, died Tuesday, December 27, 2016 in Wyoming County Community Hospital. She was born on May 28, 1932 in Cuba, a daughter of the late Herbert and Alberta Cline Crandall. On November 29, 1952 she married Gerald E. Moyer who predeceased her on February 28, 2011.

Thelma was a former...