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Ameil M. Ash
Aug 22, 2013
Ameil M. Ash of 310 North 5th St., passed away Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013 at his home following a lengthy illness. Ameil was born Sep. 21, 1923 in Olean and was a son of John J. and Adele Simon Ash. He was a graduate of Olean High School. On July 4, 1946, at St. Joseph's Catholic Maronite Rite Church in...
Clayton A. Burger
Aug 22, 2013
Clayton A. Burger, of 8737 Hoyett Road, passed away Thursday, August 22, 2013 at the Cuba Memorial Hospital Palliative Care Unit. Clayton was born March 15, 1920 in Candor, the son of Homer W. and Retta A. Ferris Burger. Clayton and his sister Jessie were orphaned at a young age and the court awarded custody to their paternal Grandmother Emily...
Billie Gayle Wheeler
Aug 5, 2013
Billie Gayle Wheeler of 1416 Steam Valley Road, passed away on Monday, August 5, 2013 at home. Gayle was born Sep. 3, 1935 in Ceres and was the daughter of Jasper E. and Erma D. Burrell Torrey. On Jan. 14, 1956 at the United Methodist Church in Portville, she married her husband of 35 years, Lawrence R. Wheeler, who predeceased...
Clinton V. Matteson
Jul 27, 2013
Clinton V. Matteson, 101, formerly of 103 South Main St. Portville and 57 Medbury Ave, Cuba, passed peacefully away on Saturday, July 27, 2013 in the Wellsville Manor Nursing Home, Wellsville. Mr. Matteson was born on Feb. 25, 1912 in Whitesville and was a son of Van and Anna McElroy Matteson. On May 5, 1935 he married Frances S. Eymer...
Raymond J. Greene
Jul 25, 2013
Raymond J (Peckham) Greene of 4312 Rt. 417 Allegany passed away at home Thursday July 25, 2013. He was buried with a full Military Funeral on July 29, 2013 in the Olean Mount View Cemetery. Raymond Peckham was born March 20, 1931 in New York around this area. His birth parents for five years were Arthur B. Peckham and Nona...
Kenneth A. Blade
Jul 25, 2013
Kenneth A. Blade of 331 West Delaware Ave. passed away Thursday (July 25, 2013) at Olean General Hospital surrounded by his loving family following an illness. Ken was born Feb. 2, 1934 in Olean and was a son of Gordon C. and Martha Mae Black Blades. On March 16, 1952, at the Four Square Gospel Tabernacle Church in Olean, he...
Sharon L. Eifert
Jul 19, 2013
Sharon L. Eifert of 301 Coleman Street, passed away Friday, July 19, 2013 at home. Sharon was born Oct. 3, 1953 in Lockport and she was a daughter of Charles and Stella Sturtevant Eifert. Sharon graduated from Lockport Senior High School in 1971. After moving to Olean in 1979, she worked for McKean Machinery Sales as a secretary and then...
Alfred E. Rudd
Jul 17, 2013
Alfred E. Rudd, of 131 � Fulton Street passed away Wednesday, July 17, 2013 from injuries sustained in a house fire. Geno was born on Dec. 2, 1928 in Ellicottville, where he grew up, and was formerly married to Sharon Amidon. He served in the U.S. Army from Nov. 24, 1950 to Nov. 26, 1952. Geno worked for a number...
Irene A. Vollentine
Jul 5, 2013
Irene A. Vollentine of 2115 Hastings Road, passed away on Friday, July 5, 2013 at the Olean General Hospital following a lengthy illness. Irene was born on November 21, 1929 in Colden, NY and was a daughter of the late Anthony and Margaret Katoski Bakerzinski. On Aug. 15, 1953 in the First Presbyterian Church in Faulkner, she married D. Kirk...
Myron D. Meyers
Jun 29, 2013
Myron D. Meyers of 3102 Rt. 16 North passed away June 29, 2013 at his home surrounded by his loving family after a 13 year long battle with cancer. Myron was born Dec. 9, 1930 in Sardinia and was a son of Sherman H. and Ethel Belle Rogers Meyers. On July 29, 1961 he married his wife of almost 52...
Fred J. Ash
Jun 28, 2013
Fred J. Ash, of 211 North 4th St., passed away Friday, June 28, 2013 at the Olean General Hospital, following a brief illness. Fred was born Nov. 10, 1924 in Olean and was a son of John Joseph and Adele Simon Ash, Sr. On Jan. 2, 1956 at St. John Marion Catholic Church in Buffalo he married his wife of...
Esther F. Strauss
Jun 28, 2013
Esther F. Strauss formerly of 137 North 8th Street & Eden Heights passed away Friday June 28, 2013 in The Pines Health &Rehab. Mrs. Strauss was born March 24, 1917 in Erie, Pa. and was the daughter of Isadore H. and Rose Shneiderman Freitag. On July 7, 1940 she married James Strauss who pre-deceased her on April 24, 1957. Esther...
William J. Sader
Jun 26, 2013
Mr. Sader of 1701 Stardust Lane passed away Wednesday June 26, 2013 at the home of his daughter and son-in-law Ellen & Michael Keenan at 23 Wood Hill Road, Pittsford, NY surrounded by his loving wife and family, following a short illness. Mr. Sader was born April 29, 1929 in Olean and was a son of George and Rose Knieser...
Joseph J. Ash
Jun 24, 2013
Joseph J. Ash of 1517 River Street, passed away on Monday, June 24, 2013 in the Strong Memorial Hospital following a short illness. Mr. Ash was born July 17, 1922 in Olean and was a son of John Joseph and Adele Simon Ash, Sr. On Sep. 2, 1957 at St. Joseph's Church in Olean, he married his wife of almost...
Anna Kennedy
Jun 24, 2013
Anna R. Kennedy formerly of Keller Hill Road, Cuba & Underwood Manor, Hinsdale, passed away Monday, June 24, 2013, at the Pines Health & Rehab in Machias, following a lengthy illness. Anna was born on March 21, 1928 in Buffalo and was a daughter of Edward and Rose Lafchec Bilinski. In 1952 she married Robert W. Kennedy who pre-deceased her...
Gladys I. Sharp
Jun 23, 2013
Gladys I. Sharp, formerly of Chipmonk Rd. and Aspen Towers, passed away Sunday, June 23, 2013 at the Cuba Memorial Hospital's Palliative Care Unit. Gladys was born Feb. 17, 1923 in Wirt, NY and was a daughter of William and Clarice Clara Everson Hosmer. On Oct. 15, 1940, in Wellsville she married her husband of almost 60 years, Dale C....
Adaline Wakefield
Jun 21, 2013
Adaline �Addy� Anderson Wakefield, 87, a lifetime Cuba resident, was called home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday (June 21, 2013) while residing at The Pines Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Olean. Born Aug. 19, 1925, in Tidioute, Pa., she was a daughter of Carl Albin and Julia Rhetta Kelsey Anderson. Addy was one of the first nurses�...
Jason M. Snyder
Jun 20, 2013
Jason M. Snyder of Olean, passed away Thursday June 20, 2013 at home. Jason was born March 29, 1973 in Olean and was a son of Christine Snyder and Wayne J. "Buzz" Buchanan. He was formerly married to Amy S. Burlingame. Jason attended school at the Olean School System. He worked for Olean Wholesale for past 13 years. Jason enjoyed...
Lucie A. Kwiatkowski
Jun 11, 2013
Lucie Ann Kwiatkowski, daughter of Giacomo and Teresa (Cacciotti) Pagliaroli , sister of Josephine Pagliaroli, wife of Joseph C. Kwiatkowski, mother of Terrance J. Kwiatkowski, M.D., passed gently to the Lord on June 11, 2013 at home with her husband and sister at her side. Lucie will always be remembered for her smile, her laugh and her style, but mostly...
Hazel J. Elliott
Jun 4, 2013
Hazel J. Elliott, 90, of 3380 Pennsylvania Rd., passed away Tuesday, June 4, 2013, at the Olean General Hospital following a short illness. Hazel Elliott was born May 3, 1923 in Otto and was a daughter of Wallace C.A. and Agnes Gerwitz Grube. On Feb. 6, 1950 in Cumberland, MD, she married her husband of 16 years Clarence (Curly) Elliott,...