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    Home Archives Obituaries for Saturday
    Obituaries for Saturday
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    December 23, 2005

    Obituaries for Saturday

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    ST. MARYS – William J. Samick, 79, of 1220 E. Eschbach Road, St.
    Marys, died Thursday (Dec. 22, 2005) at Pinecrest Manor after a
    lengthy illness. Arrangements are under the direction of the
    Lynch-Green Funeral Home Inc.[neWLine]

    Harold H. Ostrander, 80, of 216 Pithole Road, Cyclone, died
    Friday (Dec. 23, 2005) at his residence. Funeral arrangements are
    incomplete and will be announced by the Hollenbeck-Cahill Funeral
    Homes Inc.[neWLine][neWLine]

    [neWLine]

    Parker H. Shaw, 79, of the Bradford Manor Nursing Home died
    Thursday (Dec. 22, 2005) at the manor. Arrangements are under the
    direction of Koch Chatley Gaeto Funeral Home and Cremation Services
    Inc.[neWLine]

    KANE – Clara E. Keener, 78, of 17 Autumn Lane, Kane, formerly of
    West Kane, died Wednesday morning (Dec. 21, 2005) at the Kane
    Community Hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of the
    Ronald McDonald II Funeral Home.[neWLine]

    SMETHPORT – Guy Richard Nichols, 36, of Spring, Texas, Died
    Monday (Dec. 19, 2005) in Mattituck, N.Y. Arrangements are under
    the direction of the Gary K. Drum Funeral Home.[neWLine]

    SMETHPORT – Louise H. Boswell, 92, of Smethport, died Wednesday
    (Dec. 21, 2005) in Sena-Kean Manor. Arrangements are under the
    direction of Gary K. Drum Funeral Home.[neWLine][neWLine]

    [neWLine]

    Carl L. “”Sloany”” Sloan, 49, of 303 E. Main St., died Tuesday
    (Dec. 20, 2005) in Bayside Nursing Home, Erie, after a lengthy
    illness. Arrangements are under the direction of the
    Hollenbeck-Cahill Funeral Homes Inc.[neWLine]

    Ruth I. Burdick, 86, of 12 Emery Ave., died Wednesday (Dec. 21,
    2005) at The Pavilion at BRMC. Arrangements are under the direction
    of the Hollenbeck-Cahill Funeral Homes Inc.[neWLine]

    SMETHPORT – Louise H. Boswell, 92, of Smethport, died Wednesday
    (Dec. 21, 2005) in Sena-Kean Manor. Arrangements are under the
    direction of the Gary K. Drum Funeral Home.[neWLine]

    GALETON – Wanetta M. Empson, 86, of Galeton, died Wednesday
    (Dec. 21, 2005) in the Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport.
    Arrangements are under the direction of the Olney Funeral Home and
    Cremation Service.[neWLine][neWLine]

    [neWLine]

    Helen E. Rapchick, 88 of 1049 Anna Knapp Blvd., Mount Pleasant,
    S.C., formerly of Emery Towers, Bradford, died Monday (Dec. 19,
    2005) in Sandpiper Convalescent Center in Mount Pleasant.
    Arrangements under the direction of Koch Chatley Gaeto Funeral Home
    and Cremation Services Inc.[neWLine]

    SMETHPORT – Guy Richard Nichols, 36, of Spring, Texas, died
    Monday (Dec. 19, 2005) in Mattituck, N.Y. Arrangements are under
    the direction of the Gary K. Drum Funeral Home.[neWLine]

    ULYSSES – Betsey E. Morley, 91, of Gold, died Tuesday (Dec. 20,
    2005) in her home. Arrangements are entrusted to the Olney Funeral
    Home & Cremations Service.[neWLine]

    SMETHPORT – Mildred Bittinger, 76, of Smethport died Wednesday
    (Dec. 20, 2005) in the Bradford Regional Medical Center.
    Arrangements are under the direction of the Gary K. Drum Funeral
    Home.[neWLine][neWLine]

    [neWLine]

    TURTLEPOINT – Scott Richard Feile, 30, of Turtlepoint, died
    Monday (Dec. 19, 2005) at his home. Arrangements are under the
    direction of the Robert J. Hartle Funeral Home Inc.[neWLine]

    ULYSSES – Christopher James Thomas Miller, 3-month-old son of
    Craig A. and Stacey Miller of Aberdeen, N.C., died Saturday (Dec.
    17, 2005) in his home. Arrangements are under the direction of the
    Olney Funeral Home and Cremation Service.[neWLine]

    ULYSSES – Dewey E. Baumgarner, 85, formerly of Gerry, N.Y.;
    Chili Center, N.Y.; and Ulysses, died Sunday (Dec. 18, 2005) in the
    LeRoy Village Green Nursing Home in LeRoy, N.Y. Arrangements are
    under the direction of the Olney Funeral Home and Cremation
    Service.[neWLine]

    GALETON – Mary Huggler, 95, of Galeton, died Monday (Dec. 19,
    2005) in the Corning Hospital in Corning, N.Y. Arrangements are
    under the direction of the Olney Funeral Home and Cremation
    Service.[neWLine]

    JOHNSONBURG – Ann Marie Ruberto Baruffalo, 71, of Elk Haven
    Nursing Home in St. Marys, formerly of High St., Johnsonburg, died
    Monday (Dec. 19, 2005) at the Elk Haven Nursing Home following a
    lengthy illness. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of
    the Ubel Funeral Home.[neWLine][neWLine]

    [neWLine]

    Thomas L. Neely, 56, of 2 Bushnell St., Bradford, died Friday
    (Dec. 16, 2005) in his home. Arrangements are under the direction
    of the Koch Chatley Gaeto Funeral Home and Cremation Services
    Inc.[neWLine]

    Hope F. Steck, 78, of 7 Lang Maid Lane, Lewis Run, died Friday
    (Dec. 16, 2005) at Hamot Medical Center in Erie. Arrangements are
    under the direction of the Hollenbeck-Cahill Funeral Homes Inc.,
    South Avenue.[neWLine]

    RIDGWAY – Florence I. Hamby, 80, of 4246 Wilcox Road, Wilcox,
    died Sunday morning (Dec. 18, 2005) at Elk Haven Nursing Home in
    St. Marys following a lengthy illness. Arrangements are under the
    direction of the Thompson Funeral Home.[neWLine]

    KANE – Harry R. Cartwright, 82, of Kane, died Saturday (Dec. 17,
    2005) at Pinecrest Manor in St. Marys. Arrangements are under the
    direction of the Cummings Funeral Home Inc., Kane.[neWLine]

    SMETHPORT – Robert C. Black, 76, of East Smethport, died
    Saturday (Dec. 17, 2005) in the Olean (N.Y.) General Hospital.
    Arrangements are under the direction of the Gary K. Drum Funeral
    Home.[neWLine]

    SMETHPORT – Howard A. Wright, 94, of Smethport, a loving father
    and grandfather, died Saturday (Dec. 17, 2005) in Bradford Regional
    Medical Center. Arrangements are under the direction of the Gary K.
    Drum Funeral Home.[neWLine]

    ELDRED -Margaret F. Wade, 74, of Barden Brook Road, died
    Saturday (Dec. 17, 2005) at her residence following an apparent
    heart attack. Arrangements are under the direction of the Frame
    Funeral Home.[neWLine]

    KANE – Lawrence W. Holquist, 88, of 126 Pine Ave., died Friday
    (Dec. 16, 2005) at The Lutheran Home at Kane. Arrangements are
    under the direction of the Cummings Funeral Home Inc.[neWLine]

    GALETON – Winnbert K. Smith, 82, of Galeton, died Friday (Dec.
    16, 2005) in the Green Home in Wellsboro. Arrangements are under
    the direction of the Olney Funeral Home and Cremation Service,
    Galeton.[neWLine]

    GALETON – Carl A. Hicks, 74, of Galeton, died Sunday (Dec. 18,
    2005) in his home. Arrangements are under the direction of the
    Olney Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Galeton.[neWLine]

    JOHNSONBURG – Charlotte M. Anderson, 91, of 23 Clarion St.,
    Wilcox, died Sunday (Dec. 18, 2005) at the Pinecrest Manor in St.
    Marys following a brief illness. Arrangements are under the
    direction of the Anthony Ferragine Funeral Home Inc.

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