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Ruby M. "Rooke" Chase
May 20, 2015
Ruby M. Chase Whitesville Ruby M. Chase, 91, formerly of Maple St. went to be with her Lord on Wednesday (May 20, 2015). Born in Woodbridge England May 19, 1924, to Arthur and Ethel Redit Rooke. Ruby married Harry W. Hutchison an American Serviceman serving in WWII in England on Nov. 5, 1944. When the war ended, she travelled to...
Shirley D. Russell
May 17, 2015
Shirley D. Russell Elizabethton, Tennessee Shirley D. Russell, 85, formerly of Purdy Creek Road in Canisteo, passed away early Sunday morning, (May 17, 2015) at the Johnson City Medical Center in Johnson City, Tennessee. Born in Howard, NY, August 31, 1929, the son of Harold H. and Kathryn Harris Russell, he moved to Canisteo in 1965. He and his wife...
Suzanne F. "Suzi" Bennett
May 17, 2015
Suzanne F. "Suzi" Bennett Mt. Morris Suzanne F. "Suzi" Bennett, 53, of 36 Narry Lane, passed away Sunday (May 17, 2015) at Noyes Hospital in Dansville after a long and courageous battle with diabetes. Born in Hornell, NY, February 18, 1962, the daughter of Robert and Jacqueline McKibben Widmer, she had resided in Arkport during her early life and in...
Agnes Rose "Meyer" Comes
May 4, 2015
Agnes Rose Comes Almond Agnes Rose Comes, 79, of State Route 21, passed away Monday (May 4, 2015) at Jones Memorial Hospital in Wellsville surrounded by her family. Born in Albany March 11, 1936, the daughter of Carl and Lottie Worner Meyer, she had resided in Almond for 55 years. Agnes was a graduate of Alfred State College with a...
Felice S. "Schuyler" Platt
May 3, 2015
Felice S. Platt 95, of Warsaw, formerly of Angelica, passed away peacefully at home Sunday, May 3, 2015. She was born August 9, 1919, to Guy E. and Edna E. (Wyse) Schuyler in Hornellsville, New York, and lived most of her life in West Almond and Angelica. Felice was a 1936 graduate of Wilsonian High School in Angelica, and a...
Norma L. "Young" Young
May 2, 2015
Norma L. Young Almond Norma L. Young, 58, of 15 Main Street, passed away peacefully, Saturday (May 2, 2015) at Highland Hospital in Rochester, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Hornell, November 6, 1956, the daughter of Orman and Patricia (Gee) Young, she was a lifelong area resident, graduating from Hornell High School. Norma had worked various jobs...
William L. Acker
May 2, 2015
William L. Acker Bolivar William L. Acker, 64, of 116 Olean Street, passed away Saturday (May 2, 2015) in Zephyrhills, Florida. Born in Hornell, October 27, 1950, the son of Lawrence and Margaret Brown Acker, he had resided in Canisteo during his early life but most of his life in Wellsville. Bill had resided in Bolivar since 1978.He was a...
Michael J. Cole
May 1, 2015
Michael J. Cole Canisteo Michael J. Cole, 50, of 45 West Main Street, passed away Friday (May 1, 2015) at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. Born in Hornell, June 8, 1964, the son of Robert and Linda Willey Cole, he had resided in the Canisteo area all his life. He was a graduate of Canisteo Central School and was employed...
Catherine L. "Randall" Sweet
May 1, 2015
Catherine L. Sweet Canisteo Catherine L. Sweet, 67, of 29 Pine Street, passed away Friday (May 1, 2015) at Jones Memorial Hospital in Wellsville. Cathy was born in Rochester, October 16, 1947, and was the daughter of Walter and Edna Sanford Randall. She had resided in New Hampton, NY before returning to Canisteo in July of 2014.She had attended Canisteo...
Betty Anne "Lowe" Mullen
Apr 29, 2015
Betty Anne Mullen Almond Betty Anne Mullen, went to be with her Lord and Savior, one day before her 74th birthday on April 29, 2015. Betty Anne was born on April 30,1941 to Donald W. Lowe and Dorothy E. (Winters) Lowe in Rochester, NY. Betty Anne graduated from East High School in 1959, after graduation she then relocated to Almond,...
Anita I. "Proulx" Gettys
Apr 17, 2015
Anita Iona Gettys North Cohocton Anita Iona Gettys, of North Cohocton, age 66, passed away April 17, 2015 after a brief illness. She was born January 4, 1949 in Concord, NH to Iona Tenney and Leopold Proulx. She married Paul E. Gettys II on July 26, 1975 and their marriage was later solemnized in the Washington, DC Temple on April...
Robert J. "Bob" Reynolds
Apr 15, 2015
Robert "Bob" J. Reynolds Arkport Robert J. Reynolds, 70, of Apple Street, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Wednesday (April 15, 2015) on Cranberry Lane in McAuley Manor, where he received excellent care. Born in Hornell, November 29, 1944, the son of Robert and Edith (Singleton) Reynolds, he was a lifelong area resident, graduating from Hornell High...
Lillian L. "Stephens" Spencer
Apr 7, 2015
Lillian L. Spencer Greenwood/Hornell Lillian L. Spencer, 92, a former resident of Greenwood, passed away Tuesday evening (April 7, 2015) at the Hornell Gardens. Born in the Town Of Jasper, December 16, 1922, the daughter of Roy and Nina Kernan Stephens, she had resided in Greenwood for several years, later moving to Green Acres Park in Hornell, She was a...
Genevieve A. "Smith" Weirich
Apr 4, 2015
Genevieve "Jean" Ann Weirich Angelica Jean A. Weirich 54 of County Rd 16 passed away Saturday April 4, 2015 at Olean General Hospital after a long courageous battle with ovarian cancer and kidney failure. Born in Scranton, PA on December 27, 1960 to Charles and Rose Smith. On April 20, 1996 she married Jim who survives and will sadly miss...
Norma J. "Whyman" Ralyea
Apr 3, 2015
Norma J. Ralyea, 78, of 4004 Karr Valley Road, Town of West Almond, passed away April 3, 2015 in the Hart Comfort House of Wellsville after a courageous battle with ovarian cancer. Born on July 29, 1936 in Batavia New York, she was a daughter of Walter W. and Gertrude H. Courtney Whyman. Norma graduated Batavia Senior High School in...
Barbara A. "Dennis" Knapp
Apr 2, 2015
Barbara A. Knapp Canisteo Barbara A. Knapp, 68, of 8 Union Street, formerly of Tobes Hill Road, Hornell, passed away Thursday (April 2, 2015) at the Shorewinds Nursing Home in Rochester. Born in Hornell, February 2, 1947, the daughter of Melvin and Ruth Conners Dennis, she had resided in Hornell nearly all her life. She was predeceased by her father,...
Catherine A. "Pulkowsky" Ingalls
Mar 31, 2015
Catherine A. Ingalls Fremont Catherine A. Ingalls, 79, of 8221 Ingalls Road, passed away unexpectedly, Tuesday (March 31, 2015) at her home. Born in Canisteo, June 18, 1935, the daughter of Frederick and Louise Slatt Pulkowsky, she had resided in the Town of Fremont since 1979. Catherine had been employed at Loohns Cleaners and for several years in the laundry...
Arlene T. "Horton" Horton
Mar 30, 2015
Arlene T. Horton Hornell Arlene T. Horton, 104, formerly of West Vanscoter Street, passed awayMonday (March 30, 2015) at the Wellsville Manor. Born in the Town Of Howard, November 6, 1910, the daughter of Walter and Mary Bossard Horton, she had resided most of her life in Hornell. She had been employed at Remington Rand in Buffalo for several years....
Suzanne "Hall" Hall-Crosby
Mar 28, 2015
Suzanne Hall-Crosby Hornell/Canisteo Suzanne Hall-Crosby, 71, of Dineen Rd., passed away Saturday (March 28, 2015) in Elmira. Born in Hornell, October 19, 1943, the daughter of Alvin and Addelaide Crosby Hall, she had resided in the Hornell area all her life. Suzanne was a home health aide before her retirement from the ARC of Steuben. She loved gardening, sewing, quilting,...
Robert L. Jund
Mar 23, 2015
Robert L. Jund Angelica Robert L. Jund, 90, passed away Monday (March 23, 2015) after a brief illness at the Hart Comfort House of Allegany County in Wellsville. Born in Rochester, May 1, 1924, the son of Leo and Elsie (Eastwood) Jund, he had resided in Angelica full-time for the last 30+ years. Robert was a self-employed wallpaperer/painter in the...
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