Obituaries

Mar 30, 2019

Hinsdale - Sarah Masip Scott     "Loving Daughter & Sister"

            Sarah Masip Scott, of 3554 Ford Miles Road, passed away on Saturday, March 30, 2019, at 868 Route 446.

            Sarah was born on Oct. 14, 2002 in Olean and was a daughter of Basil L. Scott and Lucy T. Masip Filjones.  She was proud of her Philippine-American heritage.  Sarah attended Hinsdale...

Mar 25, 2019

Olean - Donna J. Conner

            Donna J. Conner, 79, passed away on Monday, March 25, 2019, at the Select Specialty Hospital in Erie, following a long illness.

            Donna was born on February 8, 1940 in Olean and was the daughter of Ralph and Helen McClure Whiteman.

            Donna graduated from Olean High School in 1958.  She worked at various retail jobs...

Mar 25, 2019

Mar 25, 2019

Mar 21, 2019

Portville - Matthew B. Witt     "Loving Father & Brother"

            Matthew B. Witt of 90 South Main Street, passed away on Thursday, March 21, 2019, at the Olean General Hospital, after a courageous battle with cancer.

            Matthew was born on July 6, 1964 in Buffalo and was the son of the late Fredrick W. and Loretta...

Mar 18, 2019

Olean - Norman A. Wilson     "Loving Father & Grandfather"

            Norman A. Wilson, of 609 East State Street, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, March 18, 2019, at the Olean General Hospital, following an illness.

            Norman was born on Nov. 4, 1938 in Olean and was a son of Woodrow and Twila Wilson.  He was raised by...

Mar 16, 2019

Limestone - Kathleen L. Hadden    

            Kathleen L. Hadden, of 1430 Route 219 North, passed away on Saturday, March 16, 2019, at the Olean General Hospital.

            Kathleen was born on October 18, 1933 in Wellsville and was a daughter of Claude and Esther Hunt Hills.  On June 10, 1955 in Cuba, she married her husband of 63 years, T. Patrick...

Mar 12, 2019

Mar 11, 2019

Olean - Robert L. Vaughn, Sr.     "Loving Father & Grandfather"

            Robert L. Vaughn, Sr., of 127 South 13th Street, passed away on Monday, March 11, 2019, at his home.

            Robert was born on February 12, 1948 in Olean and was a son of Robert L. and Ethel Handley Vaughn.  He was formerly married to Kathrine Gurtrude.

            Robert was a 1966...

Mar 11, 2019

Cattaraugus - Thelma J. Fish    

            Thelma J. Fish, of 35 Waverly Street, passed away on Monday, March 11, 2019 at the Olean General Hospital, following a brief illness.

            Thelma was born on November 14, 1957 in Indiana, PA and was a daughter of Aida May Berkley.  On August 12, 2000, in Machias, she married Glenn R. Fish, who survives....

Mar 10, 2019

Allegany - Mark A. Auman     "Well-known Local Contractor"

            Mark A. Auman, of 2044 Four Mile Road, passed away on Sunday, March 10, 2019, at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo.

            Mark was born on July 30, 1958 in Olean and was a son of Arthur Ray and Charlotte Lindermoth Auman.  He was a 1977 graduate of Olean High School. ...

Mar 9, 2019

Born:   Mary Ellen Motto on September 5, 1931 in Utica, NY

Died:   March 9, 2019

Daughter of Rocco and Anna Tartaglia Motto of Utica, NY.

Sister Anne Peter was received into the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, NY, at St. Elizabeth Motherhouse on August 15, 1955, and professed her final religious vows on August 16, 1962.  Sister faithfully lived the mission...

Mar 5, 2019

Arlington, VA - Charles Martin Bredehoft

            Charles Martin Bredehoft, age 87, of McLean, VA, passed away on Tuesday March 5, 2019 at Arleigh Burke Pavilion at Vinson Hall Retirement Community in McLean.

            Charles was born on December 29, 1931 in Jamaica, NY to Charles and Mary Ponk Bredehoft. He graduated...

Mar 3, 2019

Zephyrhills Fla. - Milburn A. "Mel" Cunningham      "Purple Heart Recipient"

            Milburn A. Cunningham, 97, formerly of Allegany & Olean, passed away on Sunday March 3, 2019 at his home in Zepherhills Fla.

            Born Feb. 25, 1922 in Washington, Indiana, he was the son of Milburn A. and Jane (Greenwood) Cunningham. On Feb. 17, 1946, he married Dolores Silloway in Olean,...

Mar 2, 2019

Feb 27, 2019

Cuba – Reta A. Derx    

            Reta Ann (Nicklas) Derx was born on February 16, 1936, in Olean, the daughter of Paul J. and Ruth Ann (Sackinger) Nicklas. She was welcomed in heaven, on February 27, 2019. Reta passed suddenly with a heart attack. Though heart wrenching for all of those who loved her, we know God answered her prayers...

Feb 27, 2019

Olean - Robert C. "Bob, Pops" Prizel     "Loving Husband, Father & Grandfather"

            Robert C. "Bob, Pops" Prizel, of 161 S. 25th St., formerly of 116 S. 14th St., passed away on Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at the Olean General Hospital, following a brief illness.

            Bob was born on Feb. 22, 1935 in Angola and was a son of Clarence and...

Feb 24, 2019

Cuba - Henry C. Morris, Jr.     "Loving Husband, Father, & Grandfather"

            Henry C. Morris, Jr., of 9426 Morris Lane, passed away on Sunday, February 24, 2019 shortly after arrival at the Jones Memorial Hospital.

            Henry was born on Sept. 9, 1926 in Rochester and was the son of Henry C. and Dorothy Marchand Morris.  On Dec. 24, 1954 in Pennsylvania,...

Feb 21, 2019

Portville - Kenneth R. Fowler     "Loving Husband, Father, & Grandfather"

            Kenneth R. Fowler, of 1136 Portville-Obi Road, passed away on Thursday, February 21, 2019, at his home, surrounded by his loving family.

            Kenneth was born on July 29, 1940 in Olean and was a son of Raymond A. and Margie R. Eaton Fowler.  On July 22, 1961, at the St....

Feb 19, 2019

Wellsville - Alice E. Liguori     

            Alice E. Liguori, age 96, passed away peacefully at the Wellsville Manor Nursing Home on February 19, 2019. 

            Alice was born April 22, 1922 in Meridian, PA to Alice Charlier Smith and Lester Leroy Smith who predeceased her.  She graduated from Evans City High School in Pennsylvania.  On April 13, 1943 in Christ...