Obituaries

Oct 8, 2015

Fillmore --- Sharon M. Myers of 16 N. Genesee Street died Thursday, October 8, 2015 in Jones Memorial Hospital, Wellsville. She was born on March 17, 1944 in the Town of Hume, a daughter of the late Melvin and Betty Cronk Miller. On March 30, 1963 in Hume she married David J. Myers who survives.

She was...

Sep 26, 2015

Fillmore --- Stanley T. Johns of 9876 Luckey Drive and a former resident of Fillmore died peacefully on September 26, 2015 in the Absolut of Houghton Nursing Home. He was born on July 28, 1927 in Elton, a son of the late Wesley and Sadie Ester Fisher Johns. On September 12, 1980 in Hanover, PA he married Patricia Becker...

Sep 25, 2015

Caneadea --- Clarice B. Furniss of 7723 Route 243 died Friday, September 25, 2015 in her home. She was born on March 17, 1923 in Corning, a daughter of the late Homer and Mildred Allen Balcom. On October 9, 1971 she married Philo Furniss who survives.

Clarice was a member of the Belfast United Methodist Church and...

Sep 9, 2015

Rushford---Arthur W. Kellogg of 9794 Hardy’s Corner Road, died Wednesday September 9, 2015 in the Hart Comfort House, Wellsville. He was born on October 13, 1932 in Fillmore, a son of the late Nellis and Winifred Buttifant Kellogg. On May 21, 1988 in the Rushford Baptist Church he married Ruby Roberta Borden who predeceased him March 13, 2002. On...

Aug 27, 2015

Fillmore---Marjorie Dawn Bentley of 115 W. Main Street, died Thursday, August 27, 2015 in her home. She was born on May 27, 1935 in Eldred, PA, a daughter of the late William and Virginia Emerson Tompkins. On September 15, 1956 in Eldred, Pa., she married Joseph C. Bentley who predeceased her on December 21, 2012.

She was...

Aug 27, 2015

Centerville---Genevieve Kolakowska of 9595 Findlay Road, died peacefully at the age of 94 on Thursday, August 27, 2015 in The Pines Nursing Home in Machias after a full and family centered life. She was born on May 27, 1921 in Williamsville, a daughter of the late Edmund and Mary Lipska Kolakowski. Gene served in the WAC during WW 11...

Aug 22, 2015

Short Tract --- Timothy R. Corrigan of 10545 Co. Road 15 died Saturday, August 22, 2015 in Jones Memorial Hospital, Wellsville. He was born on December 2, 1950 in Rochester, a son of the late Raymond and Jane Parker Corrigan. He married Carol L. McCarthy who survives.

Mr. Corrigan was a musician and artist. He enjoyed playing...

Aug 21, 2015

Short Tract---David M. Curran of 10837 Davis Road, died Friday, August 21, 2015 at his home. He was born on October 4, 1952 in the Town of Hume, a son of the late Francis E. Curran and Ida M. Webster. He married Sandra “Sam” Wendt who survives.

Dave was a graduate of Fillmore Central School and prior...

Aug 21, 2015

Fillmore--- Darus “Whitey” Heap, a former resident of Fillmore, died Friday, August 21, 2015 in Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital, Buffalo. He was born on May 13, 1929 in West Clarksville, a son of the late Clifford and Albertina Higby Heap. On January 10, 1954 in Olean he married Doris Dailey who predeceased him on March 12, 2013.

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Aug 14, 2015

Harlan C. “Demp” Evans

Harlan C. ‘‘Demp’’Evans of Port Charlotte, Florida and a former resident of Fillmore, N.Y., died Friday, August 14, 2015 at St. Petersburg Northside Hospital, Florida surrounded by his family. He was born on March 16, 1936 in Centerville, a son of the late Harlan and Loretta Owens Evens Sr. He married Barbara Crosby...

Jul 31, 2015

Rushford---Thomas C. Randall of 9228 East Centerville Road, died Friday, July 31, 2015 in his home. He was born on June 28, 1939 in Olean, a son of the late Clarence and Nettie Lane Randall. On October 18, 1986 in the Blasdell Gospel Chapel he married Esther Palmer Wolfley who survives.

Mr. Randall was a member of...

Jul 27, 2015

Wellsville --- Roger L. James of 4192 Bolivar Road died Monday, July 27, 2015 in the Wellsville Manor Care Center.  He was born on July 13, 1945 in Wellsville, a son of the late Francis and Crystal Harris James.

Roger was a graduate of Nunda Central School. He loved to read, research military history and watch football....

Jul 25, 2015

Houghton--- Roger B. Olsen of 9823 School Farm Road went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, July 25, 2015 in his home.  He was born on January 22, 1922 in Trappe, Maryland, a son of the late Henry and Mary Brown Olsen. In September of 1946 he married his beloved wife and life-partner, in all...

Jul 12, 2015

Hunt---Carl S. Cartwright of 9484 Short Tract Road, Town of Portage, died Sunday, July 12, 2015 in his home. He was born on Aug. 4, 1921 in the Town of Granger, a son of the late Jeffrey and Emma Hillagis Cartwright. He married Betty M. Tillinghast who predeceased him on May 22, 2001

Carl was a former...

Jul 7, 2015

Fillmore---Gary C. Fiegl of 103 West Main Street, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, July 7, 2015 in Hart Comfort Home in Wellsville. He was born on February 23, 1940 in the Town of Centerville, a son of the late Robert and Clydice Higgins Fiegl Sr. On August 13, 2005 in Island Pond, Vermont he...

Jul 5, 2015

Fillmore---Janice M. “Jan” Hatch of 23 N. Genesee Street, died Sunday, July 5, 2015 in Buffalo General Hospital. She was born on February 17, 1937 in the Town of Hume, a daughter of the late Lawrence and Leah Wolfer Thomas. She married Harry Hatch who predeceased her on February 9, 2013.

Jan had been a monitor at...

Jun 18, 2015

Fillmore---Clayton P. Witt of 11608 Rt. 19 died Thursday, June 18, 2015 in his home. He was born on Mar. 14, 1951 in Cuba, a son of the late Clayton and Leah Burrows Witt. He married June Riley who predeceased him in 2014.

He worked on several area dairy farms.

Surviving are a daughter, Megan...

May 30, 2015

Rushford --- James Wesley “Jim” Austin of 9707 Brookside Road died un-expectantly Saturday, May 30, 2015 in his home on the family farm.  He was born on November 4, 1957 in Cuba, a son of Wesley and Norma Springer Austin. On May 29, 2004 in Rushford he married Frieda Smith who survives.

Jim attended Rushford and Fillmore...

May 26, 2015

Warsaw---Margaret E. Mishic, a former resident of Silver Springs and Fillmore, died Tuesday, May 26, 2015 in East Side Nursing Home, Warsaw. She was born on December 8, 1918 in the Town of Granger, a daughter of the late Everett and Edna Merrit Eldridge. On November 15, 1945 in Kane, Pa., she married Frank Mishic who predeceased her in...

May 22, 2015

Fillmore --- Ronald E. “Ike” Gillette of Fillmore died Friday, May 22, 2015, at Olean General Hospital. He was born on July 16, 1933, in the Genesee Country Hospital in Fillmore, (better remembered as the Fillmore Hospital), a son of the late Robert E. and Mabel Maxson Gillette.  On December 23, 1959, in the Fillmore Methodist Church, he married...