Obituaries

Mar 8, 2014

Lanny M. Clark

Fillmore --- Lanny M. Clark of 10746 Co. Rd. 23, died Saturday, March 8, 2014 in his home.  He was born on January 19, 1954 in Cuba, a son of Everett and Jeanette Haskins Clark.  He married Patricia ″Patti″ Brown who survives.

He was a graduate of Fillmore Central School. He was...

Mar 2, 2014

Bonnie Mae Szymanski

Houghton --- Bonnie Mae Szymanski of Houghton, died Sunday, March 2, 2014 in Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester. She was born on October 18, 1990 in Buffalo, a daughter of James and Karen Swanekamp Szymanski.

She was a graduate of Houghton College.

Family and friends may gather on Saturday, March 8,...

Feb 22, 2014

Meredith Gene Smith

Short Tract---Meredith Gene Smith of 10501 Co. Rd. 15, died Saturday, February 22, 2014 in his home. He was born on June 3, 1938 in Ridgeview, WV., a son of the late Raymond and Altha Racer Smith. He married Susan Porter who survives.

Meredith was a lifelong truck driver and loved to...

Feb 14, 2014

Ruth Hutton

HOUGHTON – Ruth Fancher Hutton, 92, died Feb. 14, 2014, at Olean General Hospital in Olean after a short illness.

She was born Feb. 10, 1922, in the parlor of the family home in Houghton. She was the daughter of H. LeRoy Fancher and Isabella Stebbins Fancher and attended local schools, graduating from...

Feb 14, 2014

Keith Emerson Cromwell

Olean---Keith Emerson Cromwell of 4192A Bolivar Road left his torn and pain riddled body to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, February 14, 2014 in Jones Memorial Hospital, Wellsville. He was born on July 18, 1933 at home on Rattlesnake Hill in Barkertown, a son of the late William and Ruby Wambold...

Feb 13, 2014

Margaret A. Wilcox

Fillmore---Margaret A. Wilcox of 10789 Rt. 19, died Thursday, February 13, 2014 in Buffalo General Hospital. She was born on March 20, 1920 in Centerville, a daughter of the late Thomas and Mary Dornan McElroy. In 1940 in Fillmore, she married Hartley W. ″Slim″ Wilcox who predeceased her on November 20, 2001.

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Feb 12, 2014

Mildred Louise Davis

Angelica --- Mildred Louise Davis of 9390 Old State Road died, Wednesday, February 12, 2014 in her home. She was born on June 2, 1930 in the Town of Allen, a daughter of the late Merton and Evelyn Dye Closser.

She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Wellsville....

Feb 6, 2014

Shirley Ann Bickford

Friendship --- Shirley Ann Bickford of 11 Pennsylvania Ave., died Thursday, February 6, 2014 in Buffalo General Hospital.  She was born on February 7, 1949 in Olean, a daughter of the late Robert and Evelyn Schultz Doxey.

Surviving are her children, Sherry (Tony) Orisini of Springville, John Harvey of Ft. Walton, Fl.,...

Jan 31, 2014

Isobel M.L. Alexander – Loving Mother, Nana and Great-Nana

Houghton---Isobel M.L. Alexander formerly of 9800 Fancher Heights, died Friday, January 31, 2014 in the Absolut at Houghton Nursing Home. She was born on November 16, 1921 in Edinburgh, Scotland, a daughter of the late David and Jessie Russell Thomson. She married David S.J. Alexander in 1943 who...

Jan 22, 2014

Thaddeus A. Makowski

Fillmore---Thaddeus ″Ted″ Makowski of 7509 Higgins Creek Road, died Wednesday, January 22, 2014 in the Absolut at Houghton nursing home. He was born on September 12, 1921 in Buffalo, a son of the late Adam and Rose Sitarz Makowski.  On October 24, 1942 in Arcade he married Wanda Adamowich who survives.

Ted...

Jan 15, 2014

Gary L. Russell

Wiscoy --- Gary L. Russell of 6173 Wiscoy Mills-Mills Road, died Wednesday, January 15, 2014.  He was born on August 9, 1962 in Olean, a son of John and Charlotte Clark Russell.  He married Deborah Moyer Daley who survives.

Mr. Russell was an avid train collector.

Surviving in addition to...

Jan 11, 2014

Cynthia Marie White

Santee, SC --- Cynthia ″Cindy″ White of 343 Pinewood Drive and former resident of Fillmore, N.Y. died suddenly in her home on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. She was born on July 26, 1953 in Warsaw, N.Y. a daughter of the late Joseph and Alice Witt Tonaus. On March 10, 1973 in Pike, N.Y.  she...

Jan 9, 2014

Donald F. Alderman

Oliver Springs, TN --- Donald F. Alderman of Oliver Springs, TN and a former resident of Rushford, N.Y., died on Thursday, January 9, 2014 at the Park West Medical Center in Knoxville, TN. He was born on June 5, 1926 in Rushford, a son of the late Arthur and Grace Miller Alderman.

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Dec 28, 2013

Ruth Tucker

Houghton---Ruth Tucker of 9737 Genesee St., died Saturday, December 28, 2013 in Wyoming County Community Hospital, Warsaw. She was born on April 16, 1929  in  Washington, DC, a daughter of the late William and Mary Neff Parry.  She married Alfred J. Tucker who predeceased her on Nov. 17, 1986.

She was a member...