Roy “Bud” Reynolds, 83, of Warren, PA, died peacefully with his family at his side on Sunday, September 17, 2023, at St. Vincent Hospital, AHN, Erie, PA.
Bud was born November 17, 1939, in Warren, PA. He was the son of Roy W. and Bessie Groves Reynolds, Sr. Roy was a lifelong Warren area resident. He was a 1957 graduate of Warren High School. He had served with the U.S. Airforce as airman 3rd class.
COUDERSPORT, Pa.—Brenda L. Renko, 62, a longtime resident of Coudersport, PA passed away with her loving family by her side on Sunday, September 17, 2023, in UPMC Cole, Coudersport, after a brief 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.
Mark E. Lopus, 67, of Bradford, PA passed away Saturday, September 16, 2023 at the Olean General Hospital.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete and under the direction of the Hollenbeck-Cahill Funeral Homes Inc.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.hollenbeckcahill.com
Jeffery L. Cram, 60, of Wellsboro, PA, passed away on September 17, 2023, at home surrounded by his family.
He was born on July 13, 1963, in Laconia, NH, to Herbert and Bernice (Fields) Cram. He married Deborah Callahan on August 19, 2000. Jeffery greatly enjoyed gardening, painting, pottery, and music.
Susan E. Mangel, 75, of Droney Road, Gifford, PA passed away, Sunday, September 17, 2023, at the Bradford Ecumenical Home.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Hollenbeck-Cahill Funeral Homes, Inc.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.hollenbeckcahill.com
Lois A. Anderson, 100, of Smethport, PA passed away Sunday (September 17, 2023) at Olean General Hospital, Olean, NY.
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Hartle-Tarbox Funeral Homes, Inc., Smethport.
Bill was born January 30, 1963, in Philadelphia, PA. He was the son of Barbara Luff Boger of Warren, PA., and the late Dr. William L. Boger.
William E.”Bill” Boger, II, 60, of Youngsville, PA, passed away due to heart failure with family at his bedside on Sunday, September 10, 2023, at UPMC Hamot in Erie, PA.
Bill was a resident of the Warren area for most of his life. He was a 1981 graduate of The Gow School in East Aurora, N.Y. and attended Westminster College. Bill also served in the US Navy and graduated from Erie Institute of Technology. He was previously employed in several roles within the wholesale food and automotive industries. He was an avid reader, a lover of music and film, and an ardent poet.
David L. Barger, 75, of 5701 Church Street, Limestone, NY, passed away, Sunday, September 17, 2023, at Bradford Regional Medical Center.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete and under the direction of the Hollenbeck-Cahill Funeral Homes, Inc. in Bradford.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.hollenbeckcahill.com
“Bicycle Bob”
Robert W. Williams, 79, of Wellsville, New York passed away Friday, September 15, 2023, at his daughter’s home surrounded by family.
Born on July 3, 1944, in Olean, he was a son of Dorr O. and Violet Burrows Williams Sr. On June 10, 1980, in Obi, he married the former Cindy R. Brockel who predeceased him on May 26, 2004.
He had worked at St. Bonaventure Cemetery, Mt. View Cemetery, and for Work and Silvas Construction Company. Bob was known for riding his bicycle all around Olean and Cuba and would collect pop cans wherever he went. During the winter months, he would shovel snow and with better weather would mow lawns and do landscaping work. He was well-known and loved.
At the age of 97, Rick peacefully passed away. He was a retired mechanical engineer. He is the son of the late Florence Lus Ring and James Ring. He was married to Brenda Ring.
Devoted father to Terrie Butts (Randy) and stepfather to Debra White (Thomas), Wayne Bradley (Krista), Ronald Bradley (Mary Beck), Kenneth Gable (Deborah), Pam Rocheford (Michael Camp).
Loving grandfather to Jesse Davis (Jayme), Susie Bailey (Kyle), Bob Butts (Alexandria), Kyle Butts (Shandi) and 11 step-grandchildren.
Adoring great-grandfather to Anthony Butts, Olivia Bailey, Rory Davis, Gavin Bailey, Nova Bailey, KJ Butts, Selena Butts, 12 step-great grandchildren and 7 step-great-great grandchildren.
He is preceded in death by Patricia Ring (first wife) and Robert & Shirley Ring (brother & sister-in-law).
He was a member of Winter Haven Christian Church. He was an avid fisherman and always enjoyed a good fresh fish fry.
The burial will be at Chestnut Hill Cemetery in Portville, NY.
For those who wish, the family requests donations to Shriners Hospital for Children, C.A.S.T. for Kids Foundation or Good Shepherd Hospice in his honor.
Jason Michael Gallik, of Erie, PA, passed away on Monday, September 11, 2023.
Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Robert Thomas Gallik and Robin Lynn (Pratt) Gallik.
Jason was very outgoing and quick to help anyone in need. He loved to laugh and live life light-heartedly. He was a ray of sunshine to everyone around him. Jason graduated from Bradford High School, Class of 2006.
He was an Assistant Manager at various Perkins restaurants, and loved being around people.
Stephen V. Morrison, 79, of Annin Creek Rd., Turtlepoint, PA passed away Tuesday (Sept. 12, 2023) in his home, after a lengthy illness.
Born Mar. 23, 1944, in Philadelphia, PA, Stephen (aka Red Beard) was the son of Stephen M. and Elizabeth A. Palmieri Morrison. He grew up in Ardmore, PA.
He rode his Indian Flyer Motorcycle to Monsignor Bonner High School, Drexel Hill, PA, where he graduated Jun. 6, 1962. He eloped with his high school sweetheart, Patricia A. Johnson, March 1963-with whom he couldn’t live with and couldn’t live without.
He was a veteran, having served in the US Navy, during the Vietnam War.
O. June Kio, 93, of Chapel Ridge, Bradford, formerly of Eldred, PA passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Wednesday (Sept. 13, 2023) in the Ecumenical Home in Bradford.
June was born on March 28, 1930, to George and Emma Nicklaus.
Her parents owned a dairy farm on Sartwell Creek Road in Burtville. It was there that she met the love of her life Roland S. Kio. They married on April 17, 1949 in Port Allegany. They lived to be married 71 years.
Deborah Anne (Lukens) Schimpf passed away on September 5, 2023, in Troy, Pennsylvania, at the age of 76.
She was born on October 13, 1946, in Philadelphia, PA, and was raised in Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania, by her parents Robert and Dorothy (Green) Lukens, along with her younger sister Margaret.
She graduated from Abington High School and Geneva College. She was married to the late W. Scott Schimpf, for 43 years, living in Blue Bell, Harleysville, and Morris, Pennsylvania.
Deborah helped her husband start his business, Guardian Fire Equipment and held several positions at the former US Healthcare (now Aetna Insurance).
Glenda R. HANCOCK, 74, of Westfield, PA, died Wednesday, September 13, 2023 in her home.
Born March 14, 1949, she was the daughter of Robert T. and Phyllis M. Burdick Hancock.
A 1967 graduate of Northern Potter High School, she earned an associate’s degree in human services from the Pennsylvania College of Technology.
Glenda was employed by the Longhorn and Home Comfort Restaurants in Westfield, and CONCERN in Wellsboro.
Edna S. BIESER, 94, of Wellsville, NY, formerly of North Bingham, PA, died Friday, September 15, 2023 in Wellsville Manor Care Center.
Born April 9, 1929, in Corning, NY, she was the daughter of Earl and Terza Benedict Smith.
She was the last surviving member of Whitesville Central School, Class of 1947. On August 16, 1949, in Whitesville, she married Frederick C. “Fritz” Bieser, who predeceased her on January 3, 1996.
Edna and her husband owned and operated a dairy farm in North Bingham for many years. She served as secretary of the North Bingham Cemetery Association for 46 years.
Mikayla S. PERKINS, 23, of Bolivar, NY, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, September 14, 2023.
Due to the circumstances, there will be no services at this time.
Cremation was at OLNEY-FOUST Private Crematory.
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.
Jack Halloran passed away on September 12, 2023 at the age of 82.
He was born on July 21, 1941 in Coudersport, PA, to Virginia (Mitchell) and Howard Halloran.
He excelled as an athlete at Coudersport High School. He graduated from Mansfield University in 1963 and embarked on a career in education. Jack taught high school in Ulysses, PA, before marrying Allyn Sue VonNieda Aug 5, 1967. They relocated to Fullerton, California, where he continued as a teacher.
In 1972, Jack returned to Coudersport and assumed the helm of the family’s hardware business. For three decades he ran Halloran’s Hardware, a Main Street fixture, leaving a lasting impression on countless hunters, visitors, and the community.
Joan “Jone” Doris Willson Mader, 93, formerly of Scotland, passed away Thursday, August 31, 2023, at the Bradford Ecumenical Home, Bradford.
She was born in Philadelphia on November 29, 1929, the daughter of the late Judge Joseph Putnam Willson and Leonora (Sloan) Willson of Smethport.
Jone spent the first few years of her life in the care of her grandparents, The Rev. William J. Willson and his wife Wilhelmine Putnam Willson in Oakfield, N.Y. while her father finished law school in Philadelphia and her mother taught school in the same city.
In 1933, the family moved to Smethport, where Jone enjoyed attending school and spending time with friends.
Patricia Ann Tinklepaugh, lost her battle with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease this week.
Patty was a one-of-a-kind beautiful soul and will be greatly missed.
Survivors include one sister, Betty Pierce, two nieces, Victoria Carnegie, and Jeanne (Kris) Dominy, and grand nieces, and nephews, Alena Carnegie, Joseph, Annabelle, and Samuel Dominy.
Private service will be held for family at the Hollenbeck-Cahill Funeral Homes Inc.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.hollenbeckcahill.com
David C. Schell, 66, of Smethport, PA passed away Thursday (September 14, 2023) at Sena Kean Manor, Smethport.
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Hartle-Tarbox Funeral Homes, Inc., Smethport.
Natasha Joella Largey, 47, of 333 East Main Street, Bradford, PA passed away Tuesday, September 12, 2023, at the Bradford Regional Medical Center, after a lengthy illness.
She was born December 2, 1975, in Ridgway, the daughter of the late Sharon M. Fazzio and Peter A. Largey, who survives of St. Marys.
Natasha was a high school graduate of Journey Health System, formerly known as the Children’s Home of Bradford.
Paul E. “Gene” Westerburg, 95, of Kane, PA, formerly of Wilcox, passed away on Thursday, September 14, 2023 at his home.
He was born on June 18, 1928 in Kane, the son of the late Irving and Helen Mines Westerburg.
He attended the Wilcox area schools.
On September 2, 1950 in the St. Callistus Catholic Church Rectory, Kane, he married Elizabeth A. “Betty” Cuthbertson who preceded him in death on March 10, 2022.
Glendon “Glenda” Sue Jackson, 73, of Elkland, PA sadly left us on September 10, 2023 following a brief illness.
Glenda was born September 26, 1949 in Brownsville, WV to Maxine Jackson and Glendon Reed.
She is survived by several brothers and sisters in several states. Thelma Myers of Kingwood WV, Lisa Everson of Belington WV, Donna Jean Jackson, Judy Kay Jackson, James Franklin Jackson, Paul Edward Jackson, Dale Nueton Jackson, several nieces and nephews.
Preceding her in death was Daisey Marie Lanham, Roger Lee Jackson, and Rodney Jackson. Glenda never had children nor been married but had friends like family. George and Lynnette Heckler were loved like her own.
Glenda’s request for cremation was honored.
To honor Glenda’s memory, we are holding a celebration and memorial service of her life at 2:00-4:00 pm on September 30th, 2023 at Osceola Fire Department, 7654 State Route 49. We invite anyone who knew her to attend and remember her wonderful life.
Even though a failing body took her away from this world, Glenda’s loving heart left a beacon of light for all in the community. Arrangements are in care of Kenyon Funeral Home, Elkland.
Luanne Stocum,68 of Lawrenceville, PA was taken home suddenly yet peacefully in her sleep in the early morning hours of Sunday, September 10th.
She was born 6-11-1955 at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital in Wellsboro, Pa.
Janelle Amanda Boone was born to Rod and Lora Boone on December 16, 1959, in Deming, New Mexico. The family lived in Texas from 1960 to 1965, first in Fort Stockton, then El Paso. In 1965 they lived in Mesquite, New Mexico, in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1966, then back to Texas, Houston and Austin this time, from 1967 onwards.
She graduated from Leander High School in the class of 1977, then graduated as a Paramedic from Austin Community College in 1988 and was proud to be in the first class of a Paramedic to Registered Nurse bridge program. Janelle, “Jan” to so many, worked as a Paramedic in Largo, Florida, in 1988, and went on to join the Austin-Travis County EMS in 1989, where she served with distinction and pride for thirty years before retiring as a Commander.
Janelle married Dale Johnson and their son, Luke, was born in 1977, son, Mark, in 1979, and daughter, Mandy, in 1981. Janelle was a proud grandmother many times over. She began a relationship with Debbie Fena that lasted from 1995 until Debbie’s passing in 2011. On June 26, 2015, the very day same-sex marriage was legalized, Janelle and Christine Wylie were in Travis County’s first group to receive their marriage license. On August 29 of the same year, the loving couple was wed, and they went on to fill their homes with love, laughter, and cats. Janelle passed away in Pennsylvania on September 9, 2023, after a life well-lived.
“Jan” Boone wore a great many hats in her life. She was a wife, a mother and a grandmother, a sister and a beloved aunt. She was a friend, a mentor, a first responder, and an immensely respected Commander. Words cannot describe the lives that she touched, nor how they were brightened by her humor, her wit, her generosity, and her love. Numbers cannot do justice to the lives that she quite literally saved in her decades of service, instruction, and leadership.
Janelle was preceded in death by her eldest brother, Craig Anthony Boone, in 1969, her mother Lora May Kull Boone in 2003, her wife Debbie Fena Boone in 2011, and her father Rodney Tom Boone in 2016.
She is survived by her older brother Steve Boone and sister-in-law Cindy, and Janelle’s nieces Stacy and Kristy; by her son Luke Johnson and daughter-in-law Maria, grandson Samuel and granddaughter Kayla; by her son Mark and daughter-in-law Nicole, granddaughter Tiyana and grandson Craig; and by her daughter Mandy and her husband Ronnie, granddaughters Addison and Taylor, and grandsons Troy and Colton; by the ATCEMS family, and by her loving wife, Christine Boone.
Janelle’s arrangements have been entrusted to the Thomas E. Fickinger Funeral Home, 210 North East Street, Coudersport. To share a memory or condolence visit www.thomasfickinger.com.
Ruth Leona Kearney, age 94, of Kane, PA passed away on Tuesday, September 12, 2023 with family by her side.
Ruth was born on January 13, 1929 in Bradford, PA to Benjamin Wilcox and Neva Clark Wilcox. She married William E. Kearney of Bradford in February 1949, who preceded Ruth in death in 2008 after 59 years of marriage.
Ruth and Bill moved their family to Kane in 1954 where they made their home on South Edgar Street, raised ten children, and where Ruth continued to reside up until her death.
Glenda R. HANCOCK, 74, of Westfield, PA, died Wednesday, September 13, 2023 in her home.
Arrangements will be announced by OLNEY-FOUST Funeral Homes & Crematory, Ulysses, PA. Online condolences may be expressed at www.olneyfoust.com.
John F. Alexander, 89, of 538 Bolivar Drive, Bradford, PA died peacefully, Tuesday, September 12, 2023, at his residence.
Born June 26, 1934, in Bradford, he was a son of the late A. O. and Eleanor (Meachem) Alexander.
On October 2, 1965, in Bradford, he married Norma Jean (Dougherty) Alexander who preceded him in death on May 28, 1994.
John was a 1952 graduate of Bradford High School. While in high school he worked at McGregor Working Barrell.
Leatrice Joyce Rhines, 90, of Ridgway, PA died on Thursday, September 14, 2023, at Penn Highlands Elk after a brief illness.
She was born on January 16, 1933, in Ridgway, a daughter of the late Earl and Mary Ellen Carlson Johnson.
On June 26, 1954, she married the late Richard Rhines, who preceded her in death in 1990.
