Mark Farrell, 70 of Limestone
Mark Farrell, 70 of Limestone died Sunday November 17, 2024 after living a life he’d describe as “finer than a frog hair.”
Born July 1, 1954, he was the son of the late George R and Patricia L (Clark) Farrell JR. Mark loved all things outdoors, gardening, hunting, fishing, gathering mushrooms, and picking leeks to make Farrell’s famous leek sausage.
A 1972 Graduate of Otto-Eldred High School, Mark spent time as an accomplished drummer, even sitting in with Ronnie James Dio before beginning a career as an electrician with Hull Electric.
Shirley C. Foster, 89, of West Washington Street, Bradford, PA.
Shirley C. Foster, 89, of West Washington Street, Bradford, passed away Saturday, November 23, 2024, at the Bradford Ecumenical Home.
Born March 1, 1935, in DuBois, she was a daughter of the late Carl M. and Martha E. (Calhoun) Carlson.
Shirley had been employed as a Library Assistant at Penfield High School in Penfield NY, retiring in 1994.
On June 29, 1974, she married Stephen A. Foster, who preceded her in death on April 21, 2020.
Elmer Gatecloux, 87, formerly of Bradford and Smethport, PA
Elmer Gatecloux, 87, formerly of Bradford and Smethport, passed away Tuesday, November 19, 2024, at Snyder Memorial Health Care, in Marienville.
Born July 21, 1937, in Belmont NY, he was a son of the late Naomi (Dickerson) Gatecloux and Francis Gatecloux. He attended schools in Oil City.
Elmer worked as an independent house painter throughout McKean County.
Shop Small Week in Cameron County
Cameron County Chamber of Commerce and C&N Bank teaming up to encourage you to spend a week shopping in Cameron County. From Shop Small Saturday November 30 through Christmas in the Wilds Saturday December 7 spend $100 and you can win Chamber Bucks.
WELLSBORO COMMUNITY CONCERT ASSOCIATION TO PRESENT TWO FREE PERFORMANCES BY AWARD-WINNING STORYTELLER ON DEC.13 AND 14
The Wellsboro Community Concert Association is presenting two free performances by Adam Booth, an award-winning storyteller, educator, and musician.
Registration is recommended at wellsborocca.org or 570-404-0411 to ensure getting a seat to attend one or both of the free shows but is not required.
On Friday, Dec. 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the Coolidge Theatre at the Deane Center for the Performing Arts at 104 Main Street in Wellsboro, Booth will present “The Heron’s Journey.” He created this original tale about self discovery and self acceptance that combines spoken storytelling with quilting and paper sculptures.
10TH ANNUAL BENEFIT FOR HOMELESS ANIMALS CONTRIBUTES $3,133 TO HEADING HOME CENTER
Photo by John Eaton
Jerry Gay (shown) is operating the sawmill he made to cut logs into boards. From the boards, he will make birdhouses, tables, lanterns and other Items to be sold at the 2025 benefit to raise money for Second Chance’s Heading Home Center.
Friday and Saturday, Oct. 18 and 19, Jerry and Helen Gaye of Osceola held their 10th Annual Homeless Animal Benefit at Howard S. Lines Knoxville VFW Post 6753 at 703 Boatman Road in Knoxville, PA.
Raised was $2,633. In addition, a $500 donation was made during the benefit bringing the total contributed to $3,133 on Oct. 19 to the Heading Home Center at 725 Gee Road in Tioga, PA.
PITT-BRADFORD CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY
BRADFORD, Pa. – The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, including Hanley Library, will be closed Nov. 28 through Dec. 1, in observance of Thanksgiving.
Residence halls are closed, and there are no classes through Nov. 29.
Hanley Library will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 27 and closed from Thanksgiving through Nov. 30. The library will reopen on Sunday at 6 p.m. and remain open until 10 p.m.
The Marilyn Horne Museum and gift shop is closed through Sunday, Dec. 1, when the Marilyn Horne Museum Store will be open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. to celebrate Museum Store Sunday with 20% off all items.
The Marilyn Horne Museum Café will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, but otherwise open regular hours of 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
On campus, classes will resume, and offices will reopen on Dec. 2.
STARLITERS BIG BAND TO PLAY SWING AND OTHER DANCE TUNES AND CLASSIC HOLIDAY SONGS ON SATURDAY, DEC. 14; FREE SWING DANCE LESSON IS THAT DAY
Pictured is the trumpet section of the Starliters Big Band.
Love to dance or watch others do it or listen to music or sing along? Then, plan to attend the Starliters Big Band performance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14 in the Coolidge Theatre at the Deane Center for the Performing Arts at 104 Main Street in Wellsboro. There will be room for dancing.
EARLY BIRD SEASON PASS IS $150 UNTIL TUESDAY, DEC. 31 TO ATTEND ALL 17 ENDLESS MOUNTAIN MUSIC FESTIVAL CONCERTS IN THE SUMMER OF 2025
A $150 early bird season pass to attend all 17 Endless Mountain Music Festival concerts is available now through Tuesday, Dec. 31.
WILLIAMSPORT CITY JAZZ ORCHESTRA TO PRESENT HOLIDAY JAZZ CONCERT AT LYCOMING COLLEGE ON FRIDAY, DEC. 20 AND AT THE DEANE CENTER IN WELLSBORO ON SATURDAY, DEC. 21
The Williamsport City Jazz Orchestra is presenting its popular annual Holiday Jazz Concert twice, first on Friday, Dec. 20 at 7:30 p.m. at its home in the Trachte Music Center at Lycoming College and the next night, Saturday, Dec. 21 at 7:30 p.m.at the Deane Center for the Performing Arts at 104 Main Street in Wellsboro.
WELLSBORO’S 40TH ANNUAL DICKENS OF A CHRISTMAS IS NEXT FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, DEC. 6, 7 & 8
Photos by Tim McBride
Town Crier Phil Waber will greet visitors and ring his bell at the Victorian marketplace during Wellsboro’s Dickens of a Christmas celebration.
Hamilton-Gibson Productions will present A Dickens of a Concert Friday night at 7:30 p.m. and six performances of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” at the Deane Center’s two theaters on Saturday and one performance on Sunday.
GREEN FREE LIBRARY 14-DAY BOOK SALE IS DAILY MONDAY, DEC. 2 THROUGH SUNDAY, DEC. 15
The 14-day Dickens of a Book Sale will be indoors at the Green Free Library at 134 Main Street in Wellsboro beginning Monday, Dec. 2 and continuing through Wellsboro’s Dickens of A Christmas on Dec. 6, 7 and 8 and ending on Sunday, Dec. 15 of Wellsboro’s Christmas on Main Street with the $5 a bag sale. For more information, call the library at 570-724-4876.
Gently used, gift-worthy books for Christmas will be available every day. “We will have books for all ages, including new fiction, nonfiction, coffee table and Christmas books, older books at special prices, audio books and DVDs, and special items for sale as gifts,” said Leslie Wishard, Green Free Library director. Proceeds support the library. “We do accept cash and credit card payments,” she added.
Book sale hours are: Monday, Dec. 2 through Thursday, Dec. 5, 9am to 6pm; Friday and Saturday, Dec 6 and 7, 10am to 4pm; Sunday, Dec. 8, 10am to 2pm; Monday, Dec. 9 through Thursday, Dec. 12, 9am to 6pm; Friday, Dec. 13, 10am to 4pm; and Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 14 and 15, 10am to 2pm.
For more information, call the library at 570-724-4876.
PURCHASE RAFFLE TICKETS NOW UNTIL SATURDAY, DEC. 7 FOR CHANCE TO WIN DICKENS OF A CHRISTMAS BASKET AT GREEN FREE LIBRARY
Tickets are available for purchase now through Saturday, Dec. 7 for chances to win one of five Dickens of a Christmas Raffle Baskets, the Friends of the Green Free Library’s annual fundraiser.
Basket #1 is the Gourmet Food Basket; Basket #2, Tioga Basket; Basket #3, Fenton Christmas Basket; Basket #4, Home for Christmas Basket; and Basket #5, Spa Basket. The baskets and their full list of contents can be seen at the library in the display case. Photos of all five raffle baskets are also on The Friends of the Green Free Library Facebook Page.
Tickets are $2 each or three for $5 and can be purchased at the library at 134 Main Street in Wellsboro, or from members of the Friends of the Library. Purchasers must be at least 18 years old and those purchasing tickets for raffle basket #5 that includes wine must be 21 or older.
The drawing for the baskets will be at 2pm Saturday, Dec. 7, in the library’s Pennsylvania Room, immediately following the Friends’ Dickens of a Christmas Reception being held there from 11am to 2pm with light refreshments. The Friends ask that winners pick up their baskets at the library or make other arrangements.
The purpose of The Friends of the Green Free Library is to raise money to provide needed funds for the library. This is done through the Friends’ Annual Book Sale, its biggest fundraiser, the raffle baskets at Dickens, and with memberships and other donations. The library has used these funds to purchase new books, provide reading programs, assistance with grants, building repairs, and other needs.
Local residents making cookies for the Dec. 7 reception should package three per resealable bags and drop them off at the library between 9am and 7pm Thursday, Dec. 5, and 10am and 5pm Friday, Dec. 6.
LAST WALTZ CONCERT IS THIS FRIDAY, NOV. 29 IN WELLSBORO
This Friday, Nov. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the Coolidge Theatre at the Deane Center for the Performing Arts at 104 Main Street in Wellsboro, Stage Fright and nine guest musicians will perform selections from The Last Waltz, the famous “farewell” concert given on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 25, 1976 by the Canadian-American roots rock group known as The Band.
One of the most spectacular events in rock history, The Last Waltz was presented in the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, California, the same venue where The Band debuted in 1968.
Joseph Patrick Price, Sr., 81, of West Winfield, NY
Joseph Patrick Price, Sr., 81, of West Winfield, NY, died on November 21, 2024.
Joe was born on March 4, 1943, in Olean, NY. He graduated from the Port Allegany Union High School in 1961. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas, New Mexico. He received his master’s degree in Secondary Education from the University of New Mexico in Alburquerque, New Mexico.
He worked for the Oneida County Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) for 34 years. He served as the Director of Information and Technology Services until his retirement in 2001. He was also Head Coach for the Northern Community Golden Knights Pop Warner football team in Holland Patent, NY from 1973-1986.
Lynn K. Greenawalt, 74, of Ridgway, PA.
Lynn K. Greenawalt, 74, of Ridgway passed away on Friday, November 22, 2024 at her home surrounded by her family.
She was born on October 14, 1950 in Sandusky, Ohio, a daughter of the late Andrew and Betty Henry Reigle.
Lynn worked at St. Marys Carbon and then worked at Motion Control in Ridgway for many years until its closure. She enjoyed collecting Fenton glassware and going antiquing. Lynn also enjoyed spending time at the Hazen Fleamarket. More than anything she enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her beloved grandchildren.
Krista Chiaravalloti, 46, of Bradford, PA
Krista Chiaravalloti, 46, of Bradford passed away Friday, November 22, 2024, at Bradford Regional Medical Center.
Born on April 9, 1978, in Warren, to Elizabeth (Rodgers) Woodward and the late John Chiaravalloti.
Krista graduated High School in 1996 from Poteet High School in Mesquite, Texas where she played violin and enjoyed spending time with her friends and family. She loved spending time with her nephew (DJ) and her niece (Kelsey) and was so excited when her great nephew was born and could not wait to spoil him.
Krista showed compassion and love to everyone she met. Her smile and laugh were contagious, as her one goal each day was to make people smile. To know her was to love her, as she truly had a heart of gold and she will be deeply missed by many.
Robert A. Curcio, 71, of 21 Kloss Lane, Bradford, PA.
Robert A. Curcio, 71, of 21 Kloss Lane, Bradford, passed away Saturday, November 23, 2024, at Bradford Manor.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Hollenbeck-Cahill Funeral Homes Inc.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.hollenbeckcahill.com
Richard “Dick” Zimmerman, 84, of Russell, Pa
Richard “Dick” Zimmerman, 84, of Russell, Pa, died on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, in the John and Orpha Blair Hospice House, after an extended illness.
Family will receive friends on Friday, November 29, 2024, from 2:00 to 4:00 and 6:00 to 8:00 pm, at the Donald E. Lewis Funeral Home Inc., 304 East St, Warren, Pa.
A complete obituary will be published when it’s available.