Obituaries

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...

Dec 23, 2016

Belmont---Elizabeth Hall of 4954 Starvation Hill Road, died December 23, 2016 in her home. She was born on March 7, 1927 in Troupsburg, a daughter of the late William and Elnora Carr Hall.

Surviving is her sister-in-law, Gertrude J. Hall of Caneadea and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents she was predeceased...

Dec 16, 2016

Caneadea---Norma A. Fish, a former resident of Route 19, died Friday, December 16, 2016 in Olean General Hospital. She was born on February 24, 1927 in the Town of Caneadea, a daughter of the late Grover and Anna Hale Arnold. On June 16, 1946 she married Gerald B. Fish who predeceased her on October 15, 2014.

She...

Nov 22, 2016

Houghton--- Blanche A. Weaver of 7817 Tucker Hill Road went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at home. She was born on April 1, 1936 in Sutherland, Nebraska, a daughter of the late Oscar and Hazel Cather. She married Glenn O. Weaver who predeceased her on April 6, 2011.

Mrs....

Nov 20, 2016

Arcade---Sarah A. Ballard of 15 Southview Drive died Sunday, November 20, 2016 in Bertrand Chaffee Hospital, Springville. She was born on December 6, 1930 in Caneadea, a daughter of the late Ross and Clara Bahm. On April 6, 1947 she married Elbert L. Ballard who predeceased her on May 25, 2005

Sarah loved talking to friends and...