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S. Penny Macdonald Davis
Aug 3, 2014
Penny died unexpectedly in her Olean home on Sunday, August 3, 2014. She was 54. She was born in Buffalo and attended Hinsdale Central High School. She graduated from Alfred State College as a Chef and worked for local restaurants until 1989 when she moved to Summerville, SC. She returned to Olean in 2012 and renovated the family home. She...
Joan M. Van Zwanenberg
Aug 2, 2014
Joan M. van Zwanenberg of 102 South Street, passed away Saturday, August 2, 2014 shortly after arrival at the Olean General Hospital. Mrs. van Zwanenberg was born on June 24, 1926 in Olean and was a daughter of Andrew and Johanna Speranzo Letro. On Dec. 3, 1955 in the St. Bonaventure Parish in Allegany she married Nico van Zwanenberg, who...
Benjamin H. Schwabenbauer
Jul 27, 2014
Mr. Benjamin H. Schwabenbauer of 306 South Barry Street, passed away on Sunday, July 27, 2014 in the Pines Health & Rehabilitation Center in Olean. Mr. Schwabenbauer was born Aug. 5, 1943 in Olean and was a son of Ambrose and Carrie Henderson Schwabenbauer. On June 8, 1968 in East Brady, PA he married his wife of 46 years, Rose...
Margaret M. Reynolds
Jul 21, 2014
Margaret M. "Peg" Reynolds of 312 South 7th Street, passed away Monday, July 21, 2014 at her home, following a brief illness. Peg was born May 4, 1938 in Buffalo and was a daughter of Phillip J. and Cecil Buntting Holt. She was formerly married to Scott Jim Toler, Sr. and Richard "Red" Reynolds, who predeceased her in the early...
Linda V. Adames
Jul 16, 2014
Linda V. Adames of 126 South 2nd Street passed away Wed. July 16, 2014 in the Cuba Memorial Hospital, following a brief illness. Linda was born Aug. 25, 1946 in Hoboken, NJ and was a daughter of Otto and Gertrude Klink Schlegel. On Sep. 14, 1974 in Jersey City, NJ she married her husband of almost 40 years, Norberto J....
Ethel M. Ramsey
Jul 14, 2014
Ethel M. (Heckathorn) Ramsey of 17 Longview Dr., passed away July 14, 2014 at Hart Comfort House in Wellsville, following a lengthy illness. Ethel was born Nov. 3, 1940 in Silver Creek and was a daughter of Cecil L. and Myrtle M. Fox Heckathorn. On June 8, 1984, she married her husband of almost 10 years, Richard Ramsey, who predeceased...
Frank U. Mclaughlin
Jul 12, 2014
Frank U. "Skip" McLaughlin formerly of 310 E. Riverside Drive, Olean, passed away on Saturday, July 12, 2014 in the Hyder House Hospice Home in Dover, NH. Frank was born on August 15, 1918 in Cuba NY and was a son of Frank B. and Dorothy Loverage McLaughlin. On March 6, 1943 in Fort Mammoth, NJ he married his wife...
Kevin J. Forness
Jul 11, 2014
Kevin J. Forness of 401 Gilmore Ave, passed away on Friday, July 11, 2014 in the Olean General Hospital, following a year long struggle with cancer. Kevin was born on March 8, 1950 in Olean and was a son of John W. and Mary C. Watkins, Forness. On July 24, 1982 in Christ United Methodist Church he married Deborah J....
Louise J. Dicerbo
Jul 2, 2014
Louise Chiarilli DiCerbo of Olean passed away on July 2, 2014 at her home in Buffalo. Born on May 4, 1921 in Bradford, PA to Luigi and Lucy Chiarilli of Ortucchio in the Abruzzo region of Italy, she was the youngest of 11 children. She graduated from Bradford High School in 1940 and was married to Leo "The Store" Nicolas...
Stephen Earl Stiles
Jun 27, 2014
Stephen Earl Stiles, formerly of Olean, passed away Friday, June 27, 2014 at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, ND after a short illness. Steve was born April 2, 1968 at Olean General, and is the son of Ester Harrison Stiles. Steve was a truck driver who loved to drive. He was always on the go, living in a number of...
Sally A. Stephan
Jun 20, 2014
Sally A. Stephan formerly of 918 Osgood Ave & Aspen Manor passed away Friday, June 20, 2014 at The Pines Health & Rehab Center in Olean following a long illness. Sally was born on Sept. 23, 1948 in Olean and was a daughter of Stanley E. and Norma Berwanger Stephan. Sally being a life long resident of Olean, she was...
Marvin F. Vandixon
Jun 19, 2014
Marvin F. VanDixon of 818 Maple Street, formerly 3223 Buffalo Road Allegany passed away Thursday June 19, 2014 at the home surrounded by his loving family. Mr. VanDixon was born on July 14, 1938 in Allegany. He was the son of Donald and Anna VanDixon. On April 16 1960 in the Showers United Methodist Church in Olean he married his...
Coda G. Hartburg
Jun 17, 2014
Coda G. Hartburg of 5330 Route 417, passed away June 17, 2014 at his home. Coda was born Nov. 26, 1993 in Olean and was a son of Harvey G. Hartburg, III and Wendi L. Colley Becker. Coda was a 2012 graduate of Allegany-Limestone school. He was also a graduate of BOCES as a welder. Coda worked with his father...
Denise A. Auman
Jun 8, 2014
Denise A. Auman of 27 Prospect St., Cuba, formerly of 133 � South 5th Street, passed away Sunday, June 8, 2014, at home, following a short illness. Denise was born Dec. 28, 1953 in Olean and was a daughter of Douglas & Hazel Thompson Belleisle. She was formerly married to Thomas Wayne Auman. Denise was a 1972 graduate of Wilson...
Natalie E. Hewitt
Jun 5, 2014
Natalie Eileen Hewitt, 29, of 949 Hartwig Rd., passed away Thursday, June 5, 2014 in Fayetteville, NC. Born March 19, 1985 in Wellsville, she was the daughter of Ted and Joni Buck Hewitt. Natalie graduated from Portville Central School in 2003. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in French in 2008 and a Master of...
Geraldine N. Heckler
May 31, 2014
Geraldine N. Heckler of 307 North 1st Street, passed away Saturday, May 31, 2014 at the Olean General Hospital, following an illness. Mrs. Heckler was born May 2, 1931 in Buffalo and was the daughter of Charles and Florence Krolikowski Yahn. On Dec. 5, 1964, she married Clarence Heckler, who predeceased her May 2, 1969. Mrs. Heckler received her LPN...
Susan Albert
May 30, 2014
Susan Albert of 17 Medbury Heights, formerly of Clarence, passed away Friday, May 30, 2014 at her home, surrounded by her loving family. Susan was born Nov. 26, 1938 in Buffalo and was a daughter of Dewitt and Mary Talmadge Schwartz. On April 29, 1961 in East Aurora she married her husband of 53 years, James F. Albert, who survives....
Sister Susan Mcgillicuddy
May 26, 2014
Born: Susan McGillicuddy on September 17, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pa. Died: May 26, 2014 at St. Joseph's Hospital, Tampa, FL. Daughter of Cornelius and Susan Sheppard McGillicuddy of Fort Myers, FL. She was received into the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, NY, at St. Elizabeth Motherhouse on September 3, 1957 and professed her final religious vows on August...
Barbara A. Kosidlo
May 19, 2014
Barbara A. Kosidlo, of 305 North 1st Street, passed away Monday, May 19, 2014 at the Absolut of Salamanca, following a brief illness. Barbara was born Oct. 14, 1940 in Olean and was a daughter of Joseph W. and Celia R. Butinski Kosidlo. She graduated from Olean High School in 1958 and continued her education at Alfred State College where...
Peggy Ann Quintana
May 9, 2014
Peggy Ann Quintana of 713 Bishop St, formerly of Sugarland, TX passed away Friday, May 9, 2014, at her home following a lengthy illness. Peggy was born April 10, 1947 in Honolulu, HI. She was a graduate of the Sacred Hearts Academy of Honolulu, HI. Peggy moved first to Colorado and then to Sugarland, Texas. While in Sugarland she worked...