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Cheryl M. "Pataye" Owen

Cheryl M. "Pataye" Owen

Dec 17, 2012

Cheryl Marlene Owen, ne´e Pataye Angelica Cheryl Owen, 60, of 4383 County Road 2 passed away in peace and comfort on Monday December 17, 2012 at Cuba Memorial Hospital after a short battle with cancer. Born in Buffalo, she was a lifelong resident of Western New York. She worked for the Fisher-Price Toy Company in East Aurora and later sold...

Herbert D. Bates

Herbert D. Bates

Dec 15, 2012

Herbert D. Bates Howard Herbert D. Bates, 72, of 7678 County Route 70, passed away Saturday (December 15, 2012) at his home. Born in Hammondsport, July 11, 1940, the son of Herbert A. and Dorothy Stratton Bates, he had resided for more than 40 years with the Hubert and Suzanne Coddington Family in Hornell. He had been employed at Mercury...

Thomas J. Gugino

Thomas J. Gugino

Dec 13, 2012

Thomas J. Gugino Angelica Thomas J. Gugino, 67, of 120 East Main Street, passed away Thursday (December 13, 2012) at home. Born in Rochester, September 5, 1945, the son of John and Gilda (LoPresti) Gugino, he had resided in Belmont, and Oklahoma most of his adult life. Tom had owned and operated a couple of Bar-Restaurant's (Tom's Burgers) and (Gugino's...

Pauline N. "Snyder" Brown

Pauline N. "Snyder" Brown

Dec 11, 2012

Pauline N. Brown Wellsville Pauline N. Brown, 87, a resident of the Wellsville Manor, passed away Tuesday (December 11, 2012) at Jones Memorial Hospital. She was born in Wellsville, March 16, 1925, the daughter of Walter and Nora (Barber) Snyder. Pauline and her husband Ralph E. Brown raised their children in Rochester and retired to the Allegany County area, where...

Gordon D. Plank

Gordon D. Plank

Dec 8, 2012

Gordon D. Plank Almond Gordon D. Plank, 76, of Almond passed away Saturday (December 8, 2012) at St James Mercy Hospital following a long illness. Born in Hornell June 8, 1936, the son of Leroy and Neola Towner Plank, he had resided in Canisteo during his early life, and later in Hornell and the Town of Almond. He had attended...

William G. Zschoche

William G. Zschoche

Dec 6, 2012

William G. Zschoche William G. Zschoche, 93, of 4560 Nine Mile Point Road, (formerly of Hornell) passed away peacefully Thursday (December 6, 2012) at Strong Memorial Hospital. Born in Hornell, March 5, 1919, the son of Otto G. and Caroline Zschoche, Bill lived in Hornell with his family for many years. He moved to Winchester, VA in 1978 with his...

Muriel "Mary" Rossman

Muriel "Mary" Rossman

Dec 5, 2012

Muriel (Mary) Rossman (Morton) Almond Muriel Rossman passed away Wednesday (December 5, 2012) at the Comfort House of Allegany County. She was born March 17, 1924 in Ithaca, New York to Myron and Ethel Morton. She was predeceased by her husband Claire Rossman, of 43 years in 1986, two sisters Jean Yager of Fillmore and Marcia Short of Belfast. She...

Lewis W. Hallenbeck

Lewis W. Hallenbeck

Dec 4, 2012

Lewis W. Hallenbeck, Life Long Civil Servant, Former Chief Engineer, NYSDOT November 25, 1919-December 4, 2012 Lewis W. Hallenbeck was born in Albany but spent much of his childhood in a farmhouse on the banks of the Mohawk River at Hoffman's Ferry with his parents, Margaret (Lewis) and Johnson Potter Hallenbeck, and brother, Robert and sister, Mary. As a child...

Charles A. "Charlie" Boetcher

Charles A. "Charlie" Boetcher

Dec 4, 2012

Charles A. "Charlie" Boetcher Hornell Charles A. Boetcher, 80, a longtime resident of the Hornell Gardens, passed away Tuesday (December 4, 2012) at the Hornell Gardens. Born in Hornell, November 4, 1932, the son of Ernest M. and Maude (Wilson) Boetcher, he was a lifelong area resident. Charlie had worked for the City of Hornell, and was retired from the...

Elizabeth B "Betty" Armstrong

Elizabeth B "Betty" Armstrong

Dec 2, 2012

Elizabeth B. "Betty" Armstrong North Hornell Elizabeth B. "Betty" Armstrong , 92, passed away peacefully on Sunday (December 2, 2012) at McAuley Manor, where she had resided since July 2011. Betty was born in Bradford, PA on May 24, 1920. Betty resided in the Hornell area most of her life. She was predeceased by her parents, Claire and Mary (Ahles)...

Florence M. "Mccomb" Terwilliger

Florence M. "Mccomb" Terwilliger

Nov 22, 2012

Florence M. Terwilliger Hornell Florence M. Terwilliger, 96, formerly Of North Almond Valley Road, passed away Thursday (November 22, 2012) at the Steuben County Health Care Facility. Born in Detroit, MI, April 23, 1916, the daughter of William and Evelyn Brigham McComb, she had resided in the area since 1932. Florence attended Houghton College studying music. While at Houghton she...

Betty J "Fairbrother" Gonyea

Betty J "Fairbrother" Gonyea

Nov 21, 2012

Betty J. Gonyea Hornell Betty J Gonyea, 86, of 199 River Street, passed away Wednesday (November 21, 2012) at St. James Mercy Hospital. Born in Cohocton, February 14, 1926, the daughter of Daniel and Fannie (Stryker) Fairbrother, she was a lifelong area resident, and a graduate of Atlanta North Cohocton School. She was a member of the Atlanta Presbyterian Church...

Evelyn A. "Kelley" Brotzman

Evelyn A. "Kelley" Brotzman

Nov 20, 2012

Evelyn A. Brotzman Hornell Evelyn A. Brotzman, 94, formerly of South Canisteo, entered into eternal rest with our heavenly Father onTuesday (November 20, 2012). Born in Hornell, March 15, 1918, she was the daughter of Earl and Ella (Norton) Kelley. On December 22, 1939 at the South Canisteo Methodist Church parsonage, she married Eldred Brotzman who predeceased her on March...

Dorothy M. "Isamen" Jones

Dorothy M. "Isamen" Jones

Nov 20, 2012

Dorothy Isaman Jones Arkport - Dorothy Isaman Jones, 90, of 8789 Isaman Road, Arkport, NY, passed away at her home, under the loving care of family, caregivers and CareFirst/Hospice and went to her eternal rest with Jesus on Tuesday, November 20, 2012. Born on August 19, 1922, on Twin Elms Farm, in the town of Fremont, she was the daughter...

Florence M. "Rice" Austin

Florence M. "Rice" Austin

Nov 19, 2012

Florence Mae Austin Canisteo Florence Mae Austin, 84 of Canisteo passed over on Monday (November 19, 2012) at McAuley Manor in the arms of her daughter and best friend Laura. Born on Sept. 6, 1928 in Hornell, the daughter of Henry and Sarah Alice (Best) Rice, she was a graduate of Hornell High School where she played violin in the...

Esther S. "Sanford" Lacy

Esther S. "Sanford" Lacy

Nov 14, 2012

Esther Jeanette Sanford Lacy Canaseraga Esther S. Lacy, 92, formerly of County Route 15A, passed away Wednesday (November 14, 2012) at Updyke's Willow Ridge Quality Care Facility surrounded by her family. Born in Almond, January 29, 1920, the daughter of Lloyd and Nettie Belle (Wright) Sanford, she resided most of her life in Canaseraga. Esther was a graduate of the...

Stanley M. Savey

Stanley M. Savey

Nov 13, 2012

Stanley M. Savey Almond Stanley M. Savey, 87, of 87 Main Street, passed away Tuesday (November 13, 2012) at his home. Born in Hornell, March 30, 1925, the son of Guy and Jessie (White) Savey, he was a lifelong area resident. Stanley served in the US Navy during World War II, and retired in 1987, from the Alfred University Grounds...

Martha E. "Fronk" Fronk

Martha E. "Fronk" Fronk

Nov 8, 2012

Martha E. Fronk Hornell Martha E. Fronk, 63, of 129 East Main Street, passed away Thursday (November 8, 2012) at St. Ann's Home in Rochester. Born in Dansville, July 24, 1949, the daughter of Adam C. and Alta L. (Kennel) Fronk, she was a long time resident of the ARC of Steuben. She was a member of the Red Hat...

George M. Jones

George M. Jones

Nov 6, 2012

George M. Jones Sr. Canisteo George M. Jones Sr., 96, of County Route 30, passed away Tuesday (November 6, 2012) at McAuley Manor. Born in the Town Of Canisteo, March 21, 1916, the son of Isaac and Mina (Halsey) Jones, he had resided his entire life on the Swale. Living at that high altitude gave him a unique perspective on...

Roger L. Baker

Roger L. Baker

Nov 2, 2012

Roger L. Baker Hornell/Beaver Dams Roger L. Baker, 69, of Catlin Dr., passed away Friday (November 2, 2012) at home. Born in Hornell, June 1, 1943, the son of Bert and Adeline (Leyman) Baker, he had resided in Hornell most of life until moving to Beaver Dams 2010. Roger worked at the former Marion-Rohr and was a loving uncle. He...

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