Homer F. Mott, Jr., 62, of Emery Towers, Bradford, PA passed away Thursday, October 19, 2023, at his residence.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Hollenbeck-Cahill Funeral Homes Inc.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.hollenbeckcahill.com
Coudersport, Pa., October 19, 2023 – UPMC Cole welcomes families and their trick-or-treaters to its first Halloween Path on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2 to 4 p.m. This free event will be held outdoors, rain or shine, at UPMC Cole’s East Entrance, East 2nd St., Coudersport.
This year’s theme is “Children’s Books: A World of Imagination.” Attendees can expect special goodies from the characters of “Where’s Waldo,” “The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” “Wizard of Oz,” “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” “The Cat in the Hat,” “Little Red Riding Hood,” and more.
For more information, contact Kari Kurtz, director, Community Relations, at 814-274-5550.
Betty Faye Foster, 73, of Austin, PA passed away on Wednesday, October 18, 2023, at Penn Highlands Dubois.
Betty was born on February 17, 1950, in Coudersport, the daughter of the late Robert and Edith “Shirley” (Holt) Hunsinger.
Betty worked for Truck Lite and was also a bartender and cook. She was of Methodist faith, volunteered at the East Fork Sportsmen’s club, and enjoyed crafts, especially flower arranging, cooking, and baking.
Mary L. PROUTY, 80, of Ulysses, PA, died Wednesday, October 18, 2023 in Sweden Valley Manor, Coudersport.
Born September 25, 1943, in Coudersport, she was the daughter of Winford B. and Golda V. Hillyard Tubbs. On February 1, 1963, in Wellsville, NY, she married Lloyd C. Prouty, who survives.
She was a graduate of Fort Knox High School in Fort Knox, KY and business school in Louisville, KY. Mary was employed by Galeton Production and Stackpole. She was a member of West Pike Baptist Church.
Surviving besides her husband, Lloyd, are: four siblings, Charlene Earle of Brookings, SD, Carolyn Prouty of Ulysses, Rose (Timothy) Foust of Coudersport, and Dale R. Tubbs of Coudersport; nieces and nephews.
Jack M. RISEWICK, 87 of Caneadea, NY, died Friday, September 22, 2023 in the Hart Comfort House, surrounded by his family.
Friends may call at Parish of the Holy Family, 4100 Lyell Road, Rochester, NY 14606 on Friday, October 20, 2023 from 11:00 – 12:00 PM, with a Mass of Christian Burial following at 12:00 PM. Father Steve Lape will be the Celebrant. Burial will be in Holy Ghost Cemetery, Gates, NY.
Arrangements are under the direction of OLNEY-FOUST Funeral Homes & Cremation, Crowell Chapel, 296 North Main Street, Wellsville, NY. Online condolences may be expressed at www.wellsvillefuneralhome.com.
Loving mother
Beverly A. Van Curen, of Little Genesee, NY passed away Tuesday (Oct. 17, 2023) after a long illness, at Olean General Hospital, surrounded by her family.
Born in Cuba on March 31, 1943, she was the daughter of Bernard and Louise Griffin Torpey. On July 10, 1965, she married Charles “Chuck” Van Curen, who passed away Dec. 25, 2006.
Beverly graduated from Portville Central School, going on to earn a bachelor’s degree in English from SUNY Geneseo. She ended her working career as a manager for Dunn’s Drug Store in Bolivar.
Todd D. Muroski, 52, of Warren, PA, passed away on Monday, October 16, 2023, in his home after an extended illness.
He was born in Warren, PA, on July 6, 1971, the son of the late David Muroski and Jacqueline Minninck Muroski who survives.
Todd was a graduate of Warren High School, Class of 1990. He worked in the restaurant industry and worked at many local establishments throughout the Warren area. Todd was a member of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church and served as an altar boy in his younger years.
Smethport–On March 10, 1939, Lena Southworth Smith and Worth Smith, welcomed their fourth, and last child into their home. They named him Kent.
He grew up with his two older brothers and older sister on the homestead in Smethport, Pennsylvania. As a boy, Kent helped with the many chores around the farm, and also at his father’s store, the Worth W Smith Hardware. Here, he first heard one of his favorite quotes, “Flush twice, it’s a long way to Washington.”
A bright student, in High School Kent enjoyed all of his classes with the exception of Latin, saying he would have preferred to learn a “living” language. Kent graduated Valedictorian at Smethport High School in 1957. Encouragement from a cousin led Kent to pursue the pre-med degree from Penn State, where he graduated in 1961.
He then attended Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA, and graduated with his degree in medicine in 1965. It was while attending med school that Kent met the love of his life, Miriam “Mimi” Lucas, at a bar called “Dirty Franks”. She was a talented artist. They married in Medford Lakes, NJ, June 6, 1964 and had two children, Kent Worth and Christie Lynn Wallis “Walt”.
Nancy A. Venable of Absolut of Allegany passed away on Tuesday, October 17, 2023.
Friends will be received on Wednesday, October 25, 2023 from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm at the Letro-McIntosh-Spink Funeral Home, Inc., 646 E. State St., Olean, NY. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 11:00 am. The Rev. Dr. Anthony L. Evans will officiate.
A full obituary will be published. Online condolences may be made at www.letromcintoshspinkfuneralhome.com
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association
Carroll Lee (Faivre) Plant, age 57, of Wellsboro, PA, passed away Oct. 17, 2023 at her home.
She was born on Feb. 27, 1966 in Wellsboro, PA, a daughter of Carroll “Cub” and Dorothy (Fisher) Faivre and was married to John Plant.
She worked at the Tioga County Courthouse, Tioga HAS, Corning, Inc. and most recently Sam Inc.
COUDERSPORT, Pa.—Barbara J. Neefe, 73, a lifelong resident of Coudersport, passed away with her loving family by her side on Wednesday, October 18, 2023, in UPMC Cole, Coudersport.
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.
Chief Timothy M. Johnson (TJ), 56, of Warren, PA, lost his life in the line of duty shortly after responding to an EMS call on Monday evening, October 16, 2023. He passed away early Tuesday morning, October 17 at Warren General Hospital after an unexpected medical emergency.
Tim was born in Warren, PA, on December 1, 1966, the son of the late Gary W. and Jane L. (Bertetto) Johnson. On June 19th, 1993, he married the former Kathryn (Kathy) McAulay at St. John’s Lutheran Church.
He was a graduate of Warren High School Class of 1985, he then graduated from the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, with a bachelor’s degree in computer science. He was employed by Whirley Industries for 34 years and most recently was the IT Director.
Tim was a very active member at Pleasant VFD for the past 37 years. He was the current Chief and Trustee as well as an EMT for over 35 years. Tim had also served Pleasant VFD as a secretary, deputy chief, and assistant chief.
COLUMBUS, Ohio—The family of Ruth Ann Girlando will receive visitors from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., followed by a Celebration of Ruth’s life at 5:00 p.m., on Sunday, October 22, 2023, at J. Liu’s, 6880 North High Street, Worthington. Friends are encouraged to attend and share stories about Ruth, if they wish. Ruth’s ashes will be interred at Maple Grove Cemetery in Shinglehouse, Pennsylvania on November 4.
Ruth’s family entrusted her care and cremation arrangements to Kevin J. Dusenbury, funeral director/owner of the Virgil L. Howard Funeral Home, Shinglehouse, Pa.
For further information, please visit www.virgillhowardfuneralhome.com
Elk County- Leah Whiteman, Owner of Elk County Real Estate and St. Marys Area United Way board member along with Elk County Real Estate Sales Associates Debbie Dippold, Ben Kmetz, and Pam Stauffer, office manager presented a generous donation to Doug Gaffey, St. Marys Area United Way President; Jim Ryan, St. Marys Area United Way Vice-President; Doug Bauer, St. Marys Area United Way Payroll Program Chair; and John Dippold, St. Marys Area United Way board member.
Elk County Real Estate, LLC is a real estate company specializing in the marketing and sales of residential, commercial, land, investment, recreational, and rental properties.
Unleash your productivity and take control of your data! Do you manage large sets of numbers, names, dates, or other pieces of information? If so, then you need to know how to create worksheets to manage, store, organize, and even analyze this information. Excel, Microsoft’s powerful spreadsheet software, is the most widely used program for these tasks, and most workplaces want new employees to have a basic understanding of Microsoft Excel.
Introduction to Excel will introduce you to the program’s basic functions and uses. You will learn a number of shortcuts for setting up worksheets quickly and efficiently and will get tips on sorting and analyzing data. By the time you’re done, you will know how to use this important tool.
With everything that has been dysfunctional in government of late I’m happy to report that, with the modifications we made to HB1351, it is on its way to the Governor for his signature!
The 25th District has seen one hospital reduced to emergency care only and two others over the past year and a half being very close to closure. We’ve also lost one EMS provider and another that serves our area from another district go out of service. A number of our nursing homes are in dire straights as well.
HB 1351 now contains language that will provide help in the following ways:
At 10:26 AM on Thursday, Coudersport ambulance has been dispatched to Mapleview Lane for a medical call.
At 10:09 AM on Thursday, Coudersport Fire Dept. has been dispatched for an automatic alarm of fire at the Truck-Lite facility.
10:19–Coudersport units returning & available.
This Notice is to inform any Absentee or Mail-In voter in McKean County of an error that was made on any 2023 Municipal General Election Ballot that was postmarked October 13th 2023 or prior.
Any voters who have received the 2023 Municipal General Election Ballot with the error, but have not returned it, are asked to disregard that ballot and wait until they receive the new revised ballot to return their vote. For those voters who have already returned absentee/mail-in ballots, please re-vote the new revised ballot you will receive and return it per the included instructions.
The McKean County Elections Office and the McKean County Board of Elections would like to apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Every vote is of the utmost importance to any election and we will do everything possible to make sure every voter is represented.
Brett Perry, McKean County Director of Elections
