January 2024

Patricia A. BLACK, 86, of Wellsville, NY, died Wednesday, January 10, 2024 in Jones Memorial Hospital. 

Born February 16, 1937, in Wellsville, she was the daughter of Edward and Dorothy Clark Fisher.  On December 2, 1955, she married Richard Jadwin, Sr., who predeceased her in 1958.  In 1959, she married King S. Black, III, who predeceased her on November 9, 1996. 

Pat was a homemaker, spending most of her time chasing her five boys around.  She loved music, participating in a band in her younger years. 

Ann A. COYLE, 82, of Genesee, PA, died Thursday, January 11, 2024 in her home.  

Born April 29, 1941, in Detroit, MI, she was the daughter of Joseph and Josephine Svendsen Arehart.  On July 6, 1998, in Ulysses, she married William J. Coyle, who survives.  

A graduate of Mountain Lakes High School, Mountain Lakes, NJ, she earned a degree in English Literature and Secondary Education in 1963 from the University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA.  

Ann was employed as an English teacher by Immaculate Conception School in Wellsville, NY from 1980 – 1982 and by Northern Potter High School from 1982 – 2003.  

She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Genesee and Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees.  Ann enjoyed gardening and reading. 

Gary C. Hickerson, 77, of Austin, PA passed away on Wednesday, January 10, 2024, at his home.  Gary was born on April 11, 1946, in Patterson, NJ, the son of the late Samuel and Eleanor (Smith) Hickerson.

Gary was an Army veteran, serving in Vietnam.  He worked many years as a security guard for a mall in New Jersey. 

Delores A. “Dee” Johnson, 83, of Shinglehouse, PA passed away on Wednesday, January 10, 2024, in the Olean General Hospital, Olean, NY, after long illness.

Funeral arrangements, entrusted to the care of Kevin J. Dusenbury, funeral director/owner of the Virgil L. Howard Funeral Home, Shinglehouse, are incomplete and will be announced with a full obituary.

Husband, Father, and Son

Leslie Michael “Les” Blouvet, 37, of 4112 Blouvet Road, Friendship, NY passed away Tuesday, January 9, 2024 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

Born on March 5, 1986, in Wellsville, he was a son of Michael Blouvet and Tina Homuth Blouvet.  On May 25, 2007 in Concord, North Carolina, he married the former Emily A. Evingham who survives.

He was a graduate of Friendship Central Schools Class of 2005.

Les owned his own semitruck and drove over-the-road several years, but was currently working as a logger for Blouvet Logging.

He loved tinkering, trucking, logging, the “new” yearly trips to Tennessee, and Saturday night cards.

Les leaves behind;

With great sadness, Virginia Joan Kellogg (aka Peanut, Mom, Nana), 81, of Pocomoke City, Maryland passed away on December 25, 2023 at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin, Maryland after a short illness.

She was born in Coudersport, PA in 1942 and is the daughter of the late Myron and Mary Lloyd. Virginia graduated from Coudersport High School in 1960 where she was a majorette (“GO FALCONS”) and involved in many club activities. She loved the Eastern Shore but longed to be home in Pennsylvania.

Loving Husband, Father, Grandfather

Gary Lee Fancher, 73, of 6474 New Hudson Road, New Hudson, NY passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, January 10, 2024 at home.

Born on April 15, 1950, in Olean, he was a son of Harlan James and Virginia Mae Russell Fancher.  On November 22, 1969 at the Seventh Day Baptist Church, Richburg, he married the former Lois May Taylor who survives.

Gary had worked for Dresser Rand and Air Preheater before going to work for the New York State Department of Corrections working for both the Fishkill Correctional Facility in Beacon and the Livingston Correctional Facility in Sonyea from where he retired in April of 2012. 

He played lead guitar in several local rock and country bands and was proud to have the Christian music song he wrote “Where Would I Be” copyrighted, loved watching old westerns on TV, and was a season ticket holder of the St. Bonaventure Men’s Basketball team for many years.