Obituaries

Oct 22, 2015

Alfred M. Martin of Wellsburg, NY, also known as Big Al or Sonny by his loved ones, passed away Thursday, October 22, 2015 at the Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA following an illness.  Alfred was born May 24, 1943 in Elmira, NY son of the late Alfred & Josephine (Jones) Martin. He grew up in North Chemung and...

Oct 11, 2015

Helen G. “Honey” Becraft, Age 93, formerly of Lowman, passed away peacefully on Sunday. October 11, 2015 at Elderwood at Waverly. Helen was born March 25, 1922 in Greenwood, NY daughter of the late Floyd and Mary (Brownell) Sherman. She was married to the late Howard Becraft and was retired from Artistic Greeting Card Company in Elmira.  Helen was...

Sep 30, 2015

Charles H. “Butch” Campbell, 69, of Wellsburg, NY, passed away on Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at the Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA.

Butch was born on June 6, 1946 in Ralston, PA, son of the late Elmer and Marjorie (Letteer) Campbell.  He was a graduate of Southside High School, Class of 1965. Butch worked...

Sep 29, 2015

Gary L. Bennett, 67, of Lowman, NY, passed away on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at the Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA.

Gary was born on December 9, 1947 in Elmira, NY son of the late Henry and June (Zettlemoyer) Bennett.  He was a graduate of Waverly High School, Class of 1968.  Gary was a...

Sep 23, 2015

Marion B. Paul, Age 82, of Southport, NY, passed away Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at the Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, PA. Marion was born July 23, 1933 in Elmira daughter of the late Theodore R. and Vera (Fields) Barnes. Following graduation from school Marion worked at Grand Union, Danny Discount, Carey’s Luggage, Harold’s Army Navy, Personius-Warne Studios, Thatcher and...

Sep 11, 2015

Carol J. (Evans) Wagner, Age 61 of Wellsburg, NY passed away Friday, September 11, 2015 at home with her family at her side. Carol was born December 3, 1953 in Elmira, NY daughter of Larry and Shirley (Ackerman) Evans. She was a graduate of George Washington High School in Philadelphia, PA class of 1972. She and Joseph K. Wagner...

Aug 23, 2015

Maynard Chomenko, 88, of Lowman, NY, passed away on Sunday, August 23, 2015 at ELCOR in Horseheads, NY.  He was the loving husband of Hazel (Jackson) Chomenko.  The couple married in 1950 and had 65 happy years together.

Maynard was born in Lowman, son of the late John and Victoria (Silowanick) Chomenko.  He was a...

Aug 5, 2015

Eugene J. Cranmer, 59, of Wellsburg, NY, passed away on Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at his home with his family by his side.  Gene was born on September 24, 1955 in Elmira, NY, son of the late Elmer E. Cranmer and Betty Jean (Anderson) Cranmer of Wellsburg.  He was a Waverly High School graduate, Class of 1974, and was...

Aug 2, 2015

Dakota S. Dickerson, Age 12, of Bentley Creek, PA passed away on Sunday, August 2, 2015 at home surrounded by his loving family the Dickerson’s. Dakota was born March 20, 2003 in Sayre, PA son of Walter Dickerson, Jr. He attended SRU Middle School and was about to enter the 6th grade this fall.  Dakota...

Jul 27, 2015

Martha E. Hanmer, Age 88, formerly of Wellsburg, NY passed away on her birthday, Monday, July 27, 2015 at the Arnot Ogden Medical Center. She was born in Wellsburg on July 27, 1927 daughter of the late George & Martha (Dalton) Hanmer, Jr. She was retired from Janowsky Realty were she was employed as their Office Manager for many...

Jul 23, 2015

Jacqueline (Farr) McMann, 83, of Springfield Township, Bradford County, PA, passed away on Thursday, July 23, 2015 at Twin Oaks Personal Care Home in Granville, PA with her family by her side.  She was the wife of the late John McMann who passed away in 1990.  The couple married July 7, 1951 and had 39 happy years together.

Jul 21, 2015

Charles H. Woodruff, 87, of Wellsburg, NY, went to be with his Lord on Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at ELCOR in Horseheads, NY.  He was the loving husband of Darlene E. (Chase) Woodruff.  The couple married March 20, 1982 and had 33 happy years together.

Charles was born on June 20, 1928 in Elmira, NY,...

Jul 21, 2015

Theresa A. (Flannery) Miller, 52, of Bentley Creek, PA and formerly of the Philadelphia area passed away on Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at her home with her family by her side.  She was the loving wife of Kenneth R. Miller.  The couple married July 17, 1999 and had 16 happy years together.

Theresa was born...

Jul 11, 2015

Jonathan Andrew Drake, 32, of Pine City and formerly of Wellsburg, NY passed away on Saturday, July 11, 2015 at the Arnot Ogden Medical Center in Elmira.  Jonathan was born on May 10, 1983 in Elmira, son of Michael F. and Teddi Anne (Vanderpoel) Drake of Pine City, NY.  He was a graduate of South Side High School, Class...

Jul 9, 2015

Robert A. “Bob” Tuning, 72, of Elmira, NY, went to be with his Lord on Thursday, July 9, 2015 from the Chemung County Nursing Facility.  He was the loving husband of Sharon (Petty) Tuning.  Services are at the convenience of Bob’s family and have been entrusted to the Roberts Funeral Home, Inc. 279 Main Street Wellsburg, New York.

Jul 5, 2015

Virginia A. (Daniels) Conte, Age 89, formerly of Mosherville and Elmira, NY passed away Sunday, July 5, 2015 at the Robert Packer Hospital. Virginia was born December 5, 1925 in Ridgebury Township, PA daughter of the late William and Alice (Clark) Daniels. She was previously employed at Westinghouse where she worked as an inspector and prior to that at...

Jun 3, 2015

Leola (Lee) Reeve Abbott of Centerville, PA passed away Wednesday, June 3, at the Sayre Care Center in Sayre, PA following a brief illness.

She was born in Herrickville, PA, September 30, 1919, to Charles Reeve Sr. and Aliph Waterman Reeve.  She was the 7th of nine children.  She had brothers George, Ward, Carl, Jesse and Charles,...

Jun 2, 2015

John A. “Jack” Knapp, Age 77, of Church Street, Wellsburg, NY passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at the Robert Packer Hospital. Jack was born June 28, 1937 in Elmira, NY son of the late Ernest and Hazel Bell (Reed) Knapp. Jack was a veteran of the US Navy serving from 1955 to 1959. He was retired following 31...

Jun 1, 2015

Madge (Keiffer) Grace, 86, of Chemung, NY, passed away on Monday, June 1, 2015 at her home surrounded by her family.  She was the loving wife of Arthur W. Grace.  The couple married July 6, 1947 and had 67 happy years together.

Madge was born on July 24, 1928 in Elmira, NY, daughter of the...

May 26, 2015

William Lamarr Day, Age 67 of Lowman, NY, passed away at home on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 following an extended illness. Bill was born November 21, 1947 in Elmira, NY, son of Mary (Holcomb) Day Conkling and the late Robert Day. He was a veteran of the US Army serving during the Vietnam era but received an honorable medical...