Obituaries

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...

May 22, 2015

Fillmore --- Helen D. Powers of 11060 Route 19 died Friday, May 22, 2015 in her home. She was born on March 4, 1921 in Rushford, a daughter of the late Peter and Leola Balcom Powers.

She was employed with the Department of Social Services in Belmont for ten years, then taught kindergarten for 23 years. She...

May 21, 2015

Rushford --- Wilda K. Williams of 9455 Podonque Road died peacefully surrounded by her family on Thursday, May 21, 2015 in Cuba Memorial Hospital. She was born on May 27, 1923 in Georgetown, a daughter of the late Laurence and Goldie Truman Kellogg.  On May 27, 1944 in Georgetown she married Arthur D. Williams who predeceased her in 1996....

May 10, 2015

Friendship---Phillip A. Smith of 4409 Rt. 275 died Sunday May 10, 2015 in his home. He was born on June 12, 1962 in Warsaw, a son of Albert and Sharon Mason Smith. Phillip was a 1980 graduate of Fillmore Central School. He was a truck driver for Covered Wagon Train in Hornell.

He loved to hunt and...

May 6, 2015

Hume --- Robert Howard Raymond Clute of 10906 Route 19 died Wednesday, May 6, 2015 in his daughter’s home with his family by his side. He was born on April 13, 1929 in Wiscoy, a son of the late Nathan and Henrietta Phol Clute.

Bob was U.S. Navy Veteran and served during the Korean Conflict. He was...

May 4, 2015

Fillmore --- Theresa M. Kos “Terry” Piper of 10335 River Lawn died Tuesday, May 4, 2015 in Wyoming Co. Community Hospital, Warsaw. She was born on August 7, 1931 in Lackawanna. She married Homer C. “Lefty” Piper who predeceased her on March 5, 1993.

She was a member of St. Patrick’s Church in Fillmore.

Surviving...

May 2, 2015

Spencerport---Phyllis M. Daley of Spencerport and a former resident of Fillmore, died Saturday, May 2, 2015 in Unity Hospital Rochester. She was born on May 25, 1937 in Wellsville, a daughter of the late Ira and Mary Louise Harbeck Stuck. On Feb. 3, 1960 in Fillmore. she married Arthur M. Daley who predeceased her on April 28, 2004.

Apr 26, 2015

Fillmore---Lavern G. Bliss Sr. of 10065 Rt. 19, died Sunday, April 26, 2015 in his home. He was born on August 18, 1953 in Buffalo, a son of the late Harold and Mildred White Bliss.

Mr. Bliss was a self-employed logger.

Surviving are his children, Lavern (Anna) Bliss Jr. of Locust, N.C. Jay Bliss of...

Apr 22, 2015

Geneseo---Llola F. Clark of 5603 Fox Run and a former resident of Short Tract and Fillmore, died Wednesday, April 22, 2015 in her home.  She was born on July 21, 1953 in Warsaw, a daughter of the late Lloyd and Theda Sylor Clark.

Llola loved her family, horses, crossword puzzles, owls and her cat Simba.

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Apr 19, 2015

Fillmore---Nancy Lee Austin of 21 East Main Street, died Sunday, April 19, 2015 in Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester. She was born June 4, 1944 in Gowanda, a daughter of the late Lyle and Stella Wilkee McCabe. She married Robert A. Austin Sr. who predeceased her on November 4, 2010.

Surviving are her children, Robert (Connie) Austin Jr....

Apr 19, 2015

Hume---Candace “Candy” Brown of 7039 Liberty Street, died Saturday, April 19, 2015 in Select Specialty Hospital in Erie, Pa. She was born on April 3, 1944 in Niagara Falls, a daughter of the late Irving and Marion Heinrich O’Neill. She married Gerald “Jerry” Brown who survives.

Prior to retiring, Candy had been a supervisor for Prestolite in...

Apr 4, 2015

Oramel --- Robert C. Brundage of 7055 Crawford Creek Road died Saturday, April 4, 2015 in Jones Memorial Hospital. He was born on December 10, 1944 in Oramel, a son of the late Charles and Esther Neff Brundage. On June 29, 1963 in Oramel he married Marcia Grant who survives.

Bob was a mechanic for Southern Tier...

Mar 24, 2015

Short Tract --- Alvin M. "Sonny" Voss of 9876 Luckey Drive and a former resident of Short Tract died Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at the Absolut at Houghton Nursing Home. He was born on April 14, 1929 in the Town of Granger, a son of the late Morris and Ruth VanDusen Voss.

Sonny worked for the Town...