Obituaries

Jan 11, 2015

Centerville --- Merle R. Hatch of 8399 Ballard Road, town of Centerville, died Sunday, January 11, 2015 in his home.  He was born on July 16, 1939 in the town of Centerville, a son of the late Wellington and Sadie Cockle Hatch.  In October of 1958 in Arcade he married Virginia Lennox who survives.

Merle was an...

Jan 5, 2015

Short Tract---Dora M. Harris, a former resident of Short Tract, died Monday, January 5, 2015 in the Absolut at Houghton nursing home. She was born on October 4, 1919 in Cuba. She married James ″Jim″ Harris who predeceased her in 1981.

She loved to dance, play cards, but her greatest joy was spending time with family and...

Dec 31, 2014

Fillmore---Karen L. Milke of 6673 Shongo Valley Road, Town of Caneadea, died Wednesday, December 31, 2014 in Olean General Hospital. She was born on October 11 1945 in Buffalo, a daughter of the late Thomas and Helen Weismore Doughherty. In 1996 she married Thomas ″Paa″ Milke who predeceased her on April 20, 2012

Karen was a certified...

Dec 31, 2014

Caneadea --- Fr. Francis J. Jann a former resisdent of Caneadea died, Wednesday, December 31, 2014 in Brothers of Mercy Nursing Home in Clarence.  He was born on March 12, 1922 in South Buffalo the son of the late Frank and Maria Sekelsky Jann.

Father Jann was a graduate of Saint Joseph Collegiate Institute in Kenmore and...

Dec 20, 2014

Stafford---Lucille Sandford, a former resident of Pike, died Saturday December 20, 2014 in Lakeside Beikirch Care Center in Brockport. She was born on October 22, 1921 in East Koy, a daughter of the late Forrest and Mildred Overholt. She was married to Raymond H. Sandford for 65 years who predeceased her on June 22, 2007.

Mrs. Sandford...

Dec 15, 2014

Fillmore---Carol E. Smith of 10058 Dutch Hill Road, died Monday, December 15, 2014 in Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester.  She was born on October 26, 1953 in Nunda, a daughter of the late Emmette and Marion Jones Smith. As their caregiver Carol was committed to caring for her parents in their later years.

Carol was a graduate of...

Dec 5, 2014

Centerville---Virginia Ivia Hatch, a former resident of Centerville, died Friday, December 5, 2014 in the Absolut at Houghton nursing home. She was born on December 11, 1921 in Java, a daughter of the late Edward and Fanny Hicks Covert. On November 16, 1940 in Higgins, she married Milford M. “Sharky” Hatch who predeceased her on June 9, 1996.

Dec 5, 2014

Rushford---Robert Moss Hope of 6495 E. Centerville Rd., died Friday, December 5, 2014 in Mercy Hospital, Buffalo. He was born on August 21, 1929 in Buffalo, a son of the late John and Eleanor Smith Hope. Robert was an Army Veteran and owned and operated a beef farm.

Robert had many hobbies which included hunting, fishing, trapping,...

Nov 16, 2014

Rushford---Marjorie Cole of 9012 Lewellen Street, died Sunday November 16, 2014 in Olean General Hospital.  She was born on March 21, 1921 in Rushford a daughter of the late George and Agnes Moseley Caner. She married Greydon Cole who predeceased her on June 29, 1983.

Marjorie loved her Lord and Savior and used to attend the Rushford...

Nov 13, 2014

Hume---Leora C. Anderson of 10834 Claybed Road, died Thursday, November 13, 2014 in Absolut at Houghton Nursing Home. She was born on September 24, 1913 in Bergen, a daughter of the late Christopher Dilcher and Grace Miller. She married Harry D. Anderson Jr. who predeceased her on July 1, 1989.

Mrs. Anderson was a member of the...

Nov 7, 2014

Short Tract---Florence E. Roof a former resident of Short Tract, died Friday, November 7, 2014 in Wyoming County Community Hospital, Warsaw. She was born on February 24, 1924 in Perry, a daughter of the late Clyde and Bessie Harbeck Holtz. She married Milton E. Roof who predeceased her on January 20, 2000.

Mrs. Roof was a graduate...

Oct 28, 2014

Angelica --- Charles R. Wilcox of 37 E. Main Street died Tuesday, October 28, 2014 in Olean General Hospital.  He was born on July 29, 1934 in the Town of Allen, a son of the late Charles and Arlene VanOcker Wilcox. On May 15, 1954 in Caneadea he married Lucia Burr who survives.

Mr. Wilcox was an...

Oct 15, 2014

Caneadea---Gerald B. ‟Jerry” Fish , a former resident of Caneadea, died Wednesday, October 15, 2014 in Jones Memorial Hospital, Wellsville. He was born on September 23, 1925 in Rochester, a son of the late Leslie and Genevieve Denk Fish. On June 16, 1946 he married Norma Arnold who survives.

He was a US Army Air Forces Veteran...

Oct 9, 2014

Nunda --- Robert E. Weir Jr. of 68 Mill Street passed peacefully into the presence of the Lord with his family at his side on Thursday, October 9, 2014 at Highland Hospital, Rochester. He was born on May 17, 1927 in Nunda, a son of the late Robert E Weir Sr. and Catherine. On August 22, 1970 in Nunda...

Oct 9, 2014

Arcade---Frank W. Mauerman of 285 Skyview Dr., died Thursday, October 9, 2014 in Bertrand-Chaffee Hospital in Springville. He was born on July 20, 1923 in Orchard Park, a son of the late Stephen and Gertrude Harris Mauerman. He married Dorothy Fiegl who predeceased him and later married Marilyn Albauch who survives.

He was an Army Veteran of...

Oct 9, 2014

Hume --- Blanche A. Beardsley of 11008 Mills-Mills Road died Thursday, October 9, 2014 at the East Side Nursing Home in Warsaw where she has resided since November, 2012. She was born on August 29, 1925 in Shawnee, Oklahoma, a daughter of the late John and Sarah Porter Williams.  On October 10, 1944 she married John Beardsley, Jr who...

Oct 7, 2014

Houghton---Doris Wells of 9900 Luckey, went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 in the Absolut at Houghton Nursing Home. She was born on February 22, 1921 in Dushore, PA, the third of eight children of the late Fred and Harriett McCarty Driscoll.  She married George R. Wells who predeceased her on October 15, 2009....

Oct 3, 2014

Hunt --- Pamela Wynne ‟Pam″ James of 5030 Sonnleitner Road died Friday, October 3, 2014 in Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester.  She was born on March 10, 1955 in Cuba, a daughter of the late Oliver and Violet Wilcox Sonnleitner.  On April 4, 1973 in Short Tract she married Michael L. James who survives.

Pam was a graduate...

Sep 21, 2014

Alice Ann ‟Judy” Bentley

Dalton---Alice Ann ‟Judy” Bentley of 4233 Schneider Rd., died Sunday, September 21, 2014 in the Leo Center for Caring in Rochester. She was born on Nov. 5, 1942 in Fillmore, a daughter of the late Edmund and Frances Wheeler Gayford. On November 20, 1960 in the town of Granger she married Gary Gordon...

Aug 24, 2014

Frances B. Smith

Fillmore--- Frances B. ″Fran″ Smith passed away peacefully in her home Sunday, August 24, 2014. She was born on July 31, 1929 in Canandaigua, a daughter of the late Lewis and Dorothy Henry Brahm. On September 7, 1946, she married Gordon L. Smith who predeceased her on November 15, 2002. Together they owned and...