Grace Lucy Daughenbaugh, 91, of New Jersey, formerly of Ridgway, died on Sunday, March 17, 2024, at Garnet Medical Center after a brief illness.

She was born on March 4, 1933, in Ridgway, the daughter of the late Anthony and Lucy Capuano Raspatello.

On August 24, 1957, she married the late Marvin W. “Doc” Daughenbaugh, who preceded her in death on January 3, 1984.

Grace was a lifelong member of the area and a member of St. Leo Magnus Church. She and Doc were the proud owners of Circle D in Kersey and owned The Summit, where she hosted numerous memorable wedding receptions. Her dedication to her work was matched only by her unwavering love for her family. In 2017, at the age of 84, she retired and moved with her daughter and son-in-law to Greenwood Lake New York where she quickly became a special part of the village community.

Outside of her professional endeavors, Grace had a wide range of hobbies and interests that brought her joy. She found solace in baking, enjoyed watching game shows, indulged her creative spirit through painting, and savored moments spent playing cards and watching movies. One of her favorite pastimes was taking trips to the casino with her daughter and son-in-law.

Douglas D. Austin, 63, of Corry, Pa., passed away Friday, March 15, at the Corry Manor.

He was born Oct. 3, 1960, in Bradford, Pa., a son of the late Robert E. and Ermma “Billie” (Swackhammer) Austin.

Doug was raised and educated in Bradford and graduated from Bradford Area High School in 1978. After high school, he attended Mansfield State College and obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Financial Accounting. After college, he came back to Bradford and worked at Bradford Pipe and Supply as a threader and then for the Bradford Era as a newspaper deliverer. Eventually, Doug took over his family business, Austin’s Distributions and ran it for 30 years until he fell ill. At that time he moved into the Corry Manor, where he would be recognized for his warm smile and waving he gave to us all in the community.

Donald Wayne Botens:  Loving Father, Grandfather, Great Grandfather

Donald Wayne Botens, 86, of 30 South Street, Cuba, NY passed away Saturday, March 16, 2024 at Olean General Hospital after short illness.

Born on June 13, 1937, in New Hudson, he was a son of Paul M. and Bernice M. Vaughn Botens.  On June 20, 1959, at the Cuba First Baptist Church he married the former RoseAnn Schryver who predeceased him on November 2, 2018. 

Wayne was a graduate of Cuba Central School.  He had worked at ACME Electric, Schryver’s Market in Cuba as a butcher, and last as a maintenance worker at Cuba Memorial Hospital from where he retired. 

He was a little league coach for 25 years coaching the dodgers and cardinals.  He was also good at building and fixing things, enjoyed reading and puzzles. 

He is survived by

Wesley E. Schmidt, 45, of 727 Center Street, St. Marys, PA passed away following a courageous battle with liver disease, Sunday, March 17, 2024, at his residence. 

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and under the direction of Lynch-Radkowski Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc.

John A. Pellicano, Sr., age 91, of Mansfield, PA went to be with his Lord and Savior on March 9, 2024. He was born on February 17, 1933, to the late Biagio and Carmela (Tataro) Pellicano. 

John was a very proud Korean War Veteran with the United States Air Force and retiree from Corning Glass Works. He loved his coffee and visiting with family and friends. 

Paul Christopher Stanley, age 52, of Sterling, VA passed away suddenly at his home on Sunday, February 25 from natural causes. 

Paul was born August 5, 1971 in Corning, NY and grew up in Osceola, PA.

William S. RICHARDSON, 69, of Portville, NY, died Friday, March 15, 2024 in Wellsville Manor Care Center. 

Born April 4, 1954, in North East, PA, he was the son of Howard G. and Gertrude L. Northrup Richardson.  A graduate North East High School, he was employed by Welch Foods, Inc in North East, Waterford Florida High School, and St. Bonaventure University, where he did custodial work and was also certified to refinish gymnasium floors. 

Bill was a member of the South Side Union Chapel in Olean and was part of the prison ministry team.  He loved animals and enjoyed reading his bible, singing Oldies music, watching John Wayne movies, baseball, boxing, basketball, Portville football, and going hunting and fishing.  In years past, he participated in Civil War Reenactments. 

Bonita L. “Boni” SNYDER, 60, of Ulysses, PA, died Thursday, March 14, 2024, in her home.  

A graduate of Oswayo Valley High School, she was employed as a home health aide and loved working with older people.  She was employed by Truck-Lite in Coudersport for 17 years and Viant in Westfield for seven years.  

Boni enjoyed camping, fishing, taking walks in the woods behind her house, and spending time in her she shed.  

Harold D. Losey, 98, Pioneer Road, Emporium, PA, passed away Wednesday afternoon (March 13, 2024).

  Born July 12, 1925 in Dents Run, PA a son of the late Lee J. and Daisy C. Rider Losey, he was raised in rural Benezette Township, graduating Benezette High School class of 1942 (class of 5). 

The Bennetts Valley area, its mountaintop vistas, feeder trout streams, and old logging roads and abandoned railroads remained a playground his entire life. Working in the area coal industry for a time, he enlisted in the US Army in August of 1944, serving in the Pacific Theatre, and honorably discharged in August 1946. 

After service to his country, he returned briefly to the coal industry, but it seemed life had a different calling in mind.  A required aptitude test at the St. Mary’s unemployment office identified some talent for mechanical drawing and landed him a drafting position at Sylvania in Emporium in 1948.

A 40 year career in automated equipment design and management ensued, culminating in a final year abroad in Eindhoven, Netherlands, the headquarters for Sylvania successor company Philpis Electronics.

Roy D. Jackson

SHINGLEHOUSE, PA—Roy D. Jackson, 82, of Shinglehouse, PA went to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 16, 2024, in his home surrounded by his loving family.

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.

Peggy Houser, 73, of Reigel Rd. in Kane, PA passed away on Thursday (March 14) at UPMC Hamot in Erie, PA.

Born on October 20, 1950 in Kane, she is the daughter of the late Clyde and Carolyn (Hetrick) Van Straten. On June 18, 1976 in Kane, she married Donald Houser who survives.

Peggy loved art and loved sharing it with people. She owned a ceramics shop for many years where she helped others to create art. When her customers were worried they couldn’t do something she would remind them that “it’s just paint” and that they could do it.

Later, Peggy taught middle school art where she impacted so many students. She taught them that art is everywhere and that they could do anything they wanted to do if they put their mind to it. She helped and encouraged them however they needed in any way she could.

Joy L. Bolling                  “celebration of life slated”

COUDERSPORT, PA—To pay respects to Joy L. Bolling, 51, of Coudersport, formerly of Roulette, family and friends may call from 2pm to 4pm on Sunday, March 17, 2024, at the Riverside United Methodist Church, River Street, Roulette, where a Celebration of Life will follow at 4pm, with the Rev. James Cannistraci, pastor, officiating.

Joy passed away on February 19, 2024. 

For further information, please visit www.virgillhowardfuneralhome.com

Joy’s sons entrusted her care and cremation arrangements to Kevin J. Dusenbury, funeral director/owner of the Virgil L. Howard Funeral Home, Shinglehouse.

Nada A. Carr, 64, of 182 Skyline Drive, Kersey, PA passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at Penn Highlands DuBois.

She was born October 5, 1959 in Ridgway, daughter of the late Frederick and Louise Shadd Moore.  She was a lifelong resident of the area, a graduate of Ridgway High School, and employed at Penn Highlands Elk.

Alice I. Malacarne, 85, of Ridgway, PA died on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, at her residence after a lengthy illness.

She was born on October 16, 1938, in Tyler, the daughter of the late Walter and Doris Saline Celinski.

On January 11, 1958, at St. Stanislaus Church, she married the late Irvin Malacarne Sr., who preceded her in death on May 12, 1993.

Alice resided most of her life in Ridgway and was a member of St. Leo Magnus Church. She loved to spend her time outside, she often found solace in simply swinging on her back porch. Her presence brought warmth and light to those around her, and her devotion to her family knew no bounds. Alice could be found reading a book or enjoying a picnic with her family.

Robert W. SEELEY, 67, of St. Marys, PA, formerly of Westfield, died Thursday, March 7, 2024.  

A Memorial Service will be held 11:00 AM, Saturday, March 16, 2024 at Olney-Foust Funeral Homes & Crematory, Ulysses, PA.  

Rev. Timothy H. Miller will officiate.  Cremation was at OLNEY-FOUST Private Crematory.  Burial will be in Ulysses Cemetery.  

Online condolences may be expressed at www.olneyfoust.com.

John E. CORNEBY, 75, of Genesee, PA, died Wednesday, March 6, 2024.  A graveside service will be held 2:00 PM, Saturday, March 16, 2024 in Whitesville Rural Cemetery.  Rev. Roy Ward will officiate.  

Cremation was at OLNEY-FOUST Private Crematory.  Memorials may be made to Genesee Volunteer Ambulance, P.O. Box 9, Genesee, PA 16923.  

Arrangements are under the direction of Olney-Foust Funeral Homes & Crematory, Ulysses, PA.  Online condolences may be expressed at www.olneyfoust.com.

Richard Ernest Buckley, 92, of Central Avenue in Ludlow, PA passed away Wednesday (March 13, 2024) at the Lutheran Home at Kane.

    Born May 26, 1931, at Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh, he was the son of the late Ernest R. and Mary J. Buckley.  He was married to Ila (Peg) Buckley who passed away in 2008.On October 3, 2014, in Mechanicville, NY, he married Claire Ann Olson Depto who survives.

    Dick was a 1949 graduate of Bradford High School and received his B.S. Degree from Slippery Rock College in 1954. in 1966, he received his Master’s Degree in Guidance and Counseling from IUP. He also had an Administrative Certification and Letter of Eligibility (Superintendent) from St. Bonaventure University which he received in 1971.  From 1954 through 1971, he served in the military.

    He taught Social Studies at Bradford Jr. High School for two years before moving to Williamsburg where he served as a math and social studies teacher for seven years and guidance counselor for three years. While there, he also coached the Blue Pirates High School basketball team for ten years where his team compiled a 207 wins and 44 losses record. The team went to the state finals in 1961, 1966, and 1968, with the 1966 team winning the P.I.A.A. “Class C” State Championship with a 25-0 record.

    In 1969, Dick moved to the Kane Area Jr. High School where he taught math for one year and served as guidance counselor for four years.  In 1975, he was appointed Kane Area Jr. High School principal and remained in that position until his retirement in 1993. Dick was inducted into the Blair County Sports Hall of Fame in 1966.  In 2016, the Blue Pirates Basketball team was also inducted into the Hall of Fame.

    You never heard a former student or player call Mr. Buckley by his first name.  He represented the true meaning of respect and esteem.  He stressed the importance of setting goals and taught his students and ball players how to achieve them. He motivated so many with his energetic approach to life and many of them followed to become teachers and coaches themselves. He inspired everyone to his very last days.  His bark truly was worse than his bite.  His kind soul will be missed.

Amy Marie Greene, 47, of Sarver PA, passed away peacefully at home on March 12, 2024 surrounded by her loved ones.

Born on Nov. 12, 1976 in Port Allegany PA, Amy was the beloved daughter of Colleen (McElwee) Greene and the late Edward Greene.

She was the granddaughter of Ann (MacKenzie) and the late Norman Greene and of Edward “Bub” and Phyllis (Foley) McElwee.

She is survived by her loving husband, George J. Noland, her adoring son, Layne James Greene Noland, her mother, Colleen Greene, and her brother, Charles Greene.

Billie Nuhfer

Billie D. Youngberg Nuhfer, 61, of Warren, PA., died Thursday morning, March 14, 2024.
A complete obituary will be announced when available through the Donald E. Lewis Funeral Home, Inc.,
Warren, PA. 

Please run in the Friday, March 15, 2024 edition of the Warren Times Observer.  Thank you, Mike

Genevieve I. Burlingame, 85, of Smethport, passed away on Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at UPMC Cole, Coudersport.

She was born on June 5, 1938 in Portville, NY, a daughter of the late Harry and Pansy Baker Roberts.

She was a proud graduate of the Otto-Eldred School District.

On October 12, 1997 she married Raymond P. Burlingame who preceded her in death on February 14, 2024.

She was a member of the Smethport American Legion Auxiliary Post 138 and the Bucktail Club, Smethport.  She was also the former “First Lady” of the Men’s Room, Hilton, NY.

She was employed by various area businesses including, the Former Ethan Allen, W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery and the former Viko furniture factory.  But she considered being a loving mother and wife to be her greatest job.

Francis J. “Frank” Herzing, 84, of 741 West Creek Road, St. Marys, passed away Wednesday,
March 13, 2024 at Penn Highlands DuBois. 

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and under the direction of Lynch-Radkowski Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc.

Burdette Lewis “Bud” MERRELL, 84, of Olean, NY, formerly of Bolivar, died Wednesday, March 13, 2024 in Eden Heights, Olean.  

Born July 26, 1939, in Nunda, he was the first born of seven children of Clarence and Pearl Buffum Merrell.  On June 4, 1960, in Rochester, he married Clara Anne Gerew, who predeceased him on December 20, 2022.  A U.S. Navy Veteran, he served honorably as a hospital corpsman from 1956 – 1959.  

He was employed by Wellsville Central School for many years, retiring in 1995.  Bud also worked as a farmer for many years.  Active in his community, he served on the Bolivar-Richburg Central School Board for four years, oversaw the Bolivar Food Pantry for eight years, and served on the Bolivar Fire Commission.  He coached youth sports, football, softball, baseball, and basketball, for many years in Avon, Wellsville, and Bolivar.  In his later years, he spent much of his time fishing, watching high school sports, and spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and his cat, Pussycat.  Bud was a member of Riverside Assembly of God in Wellsville.  He resided at Eden Heights in Olean, where the staff became a second family to him.  

Donald Thibeault Jr., Restorer of Wooden Boats, Dies at 70

BY TOM RECCHIO MAR 13, 2024 Provincetown Independent

Wooden boat restorer Donald Andrew Thibeault, Jr., who learned his skills at Flyer’s Boatyard in Provincetown, died at his home in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. on Feb. 23, 2024. He had been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in early January; he and his wife, Kathleen, spent his last 45 days with “deepening closeness,” she said. Don was 70.

Don learned boat building as a teenager and nearly 50 years later worked for Moores Marine on the restoration of John F. Kennedy’s presidential yacht Honey Fitz in West Palm Beach.

The son of Donald Andrew Thibeault and Marie Allene (Smith) Thibeault, Don was born on Sept. 9, 1953 in Coudersport, Pa. He grew up on various farms where his father worked, one being an experimental high-altitude truck farm that grew peaches and potatoes in industrial quantities. Don learned to farm by helping his father grow food for the family. A love for the land, and later the sea, never left him. Read more…..

Nada A. Carr, 64, of 182 Skyline Drive, Kersey, passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at Penn Highlands DuBois. 

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and under the direction of Lynch-Radkowski Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc.

Jay E. Furman, 79, a resident of Evergreen Elm since 1981, passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at the Bradford Manor.

Born March 31, 1944 in Chicago, IL, he was the son of the late Rosalee May Furman.  Due to the untimely death of his mother, Jay was also cared for by his grandmother, Helen Furman and later by his aunt, Bertha Howard, residing in the Port Allegany area.

Jay attended school in Ulysses. Upon moving to Bradford, he was employed at Futures Rehabilitation Center, from 1981 until 2024, attending the Work Center Program performing assembly work along with participating in the Community Integration Program where he went to various locations within the community to socialize.

Patricia Ann Tehle, 85, formerly of 21 Potter Street, Bradford, passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2024, at The Bradford Ecumenical Home.

Born on March 31, 1938, in Bradford, she was the only child of the late Patsy and Nancy (Rich) Rizzo.

On April 11, 1964, in St. Bernard Church, she married Joseph D. Tehle, who preceded her in death on July 10, 1999.

Patty was a 1956 graduate of Bradford Area High School where she was Student Council President. Patty was a 1959 graduate of Millard Fillmore Hospital School of Nursing in Buffalo, NY. She was President of the Student Council in her junior and senior years. She graduated with an associate degree in nursing.

After graduation, Patty worked in the operating room at Bradford Hospital, Bradford, Daytona Beach General Hospital, Daytona Beach, FL, and Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, VA. She also worked in labor and delivery at Bradford Hospital, the McKean County VNA, and retired from the Bradford Ecumenical Home. She was a registered nurse for forty years. She was named Nurse of the Year in 1990.  She along with her husband owned and operated the City Line Restaurant for nearly 20 years.

Patty was a member of St. Bernard Church in Bradford. She spent two terms as President of the Bradford Hospital Nurses Organization.

John M. Ricklefs

        KEATING SUMMIT – John M. “Ripchuck” Ricklefs, 70, passed away Friday (Mar. 8, 2024) in UPMC Cole Coudersport.

     Born October 25, 1953, in Glendale, AZ, he was a son of John W. and Patricia M. Baker Ricklefs.  On Mar. 4, 2002, in Coudersport, he married Linda C. Stebick, who survives.

     John was a self-employed contractor and had worked for Sea Ray Boats, while living in Florida.  Most recently he had worked at C& S Lumber Co. of Roulette, before his retirement.

    He was a veteran having served with the US Navy, during the Vietnam War.

     John was a resident of the area since the mid 1990’s, coming from Indiana.

     He loved the outdoors and working with wood. He also enjoyed drawing, swimming, and most of all, spending time with his family.